I have said it before, as have many others, Enterprise 2.0 is not just about technology. As I have commented on, this was a common theme at this year’s Enterprise 2.0 conference. Indeed, if web-based collaboration were only about the technology, then any organization with even a modest IT budget would be doing it and […]
IAM Alert: Amazon.com has announced a “definitive agreement” to purchase the ecommerce, “powered by service” Zappos.com for 10 million shares of Amazon stock (current market value of $807 million). (see the Letter from the CEO – Tony Hsieh – to Zappos employees, describing the drivers and benefits behind the acquisition) Amazon has long been held […]
In 1964, Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase ” The medium is the message.” I have often quoted McLuhan in my writings and presentations, in agreement. But, I fear far too many take his message the wrong way, which can and has lead to serious repercussions. Yesterday I was watching to a video podcast interview between […]
Last week the annual Enterprise 2.0 conference was once again held in my home town, Boston. Like thousands of my colleagues I came, I saw, I commented. So, why has it taken me so long to blog about it? Well, in addition to the usual – “I have been busy” excuses (truthful as they are), […]
I am appalled, indeed outraged by the Chinese government’s ongoing use of censorship and suppression of search tools, blogs and microblogging in order to “erase” the Tianamen Square Massacre from the history of China. According to recent articles, there is an entire generation of Chinese who have no idea the event ever happened. But, while […]
Information Architected Market Alert (IAM Alert): Google has been resting on it’s laurels (simple/streamlined search) and primary revenue stream (AdWords) for far too long, it would seem. Introduced last week at the Google I/O developer’s conference is their latest entree the “Google Wave” offering (see preview announcement of Google Wave at Google). (Note: This offering […]
