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Why social software won't dethrone the incumbents: It's not often I find myself fundamentally disagreeing with Sam Lawrence. He's a smart guy with a great marketing head. But on this post he's over-reaching in my opinion. His basic argument says this: The big IT vendors arenâ€™t taking social software seriously. They canâ€™t. Not even if they...; Tags: Austin Ventures, Channel Management, Dennis Howlett, IBM Corp., Internet, Marketing, Oracle Corp., Sam, SAP AG, Software, Value Chain, Vendor, Web 2.0; Blog posts 2008-04-30
VCs have $70 bln in cash ready for investments: VCs have plenty of money to play with - up to $70 billion in committed, but not yet invested, capital.While some dealmakers were in retreat and teeing off at Pebble Beach, these VCs were earning their management fees. The most active investors in the first nine months of 2003: IN...; Tags: New Enterprise Associates, Austin Ventures; Blog posts 2004-02-02

Culture, measurement and managed expectations critical for social business success: * Jennifer Leggio is at RSA Conference Guest editorial by Peter Kim Leading up to SXSW and Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, I thought a lot about the latest thinking in social media to prepare for panels at both events. ...; Tags: Social Media, IT Pro, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2009-04-20
News to know: Salesforce.com; SXSW; Cisco; HP: Here are todayâ€™s notable headlines. You can get News To KnowÂ via email alertÂ andÂ RSS daily.Â For continuous updates see BNETâ€™sÂ around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan:Â Salesforce.com: Pondering the next 10 years Â Sam Diaz: SMBs to Salesforce: We want more SaaS ...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., SXSW, Microsoft Windows, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-03-16
Spotlight on Austin: Dachis Corporation's Peter Kim: South by Southwest Interactive SXSWi kicks off tomorrow in good ol' Austin, Texas. While a lot of companies from all over creation are heading down south to network and display and launch new technologies, there's a bevy of innovation and creativity coming out of the city as well. I...; Tags: Austin, Social Media, Endgame, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2009-03-12

Taming Ruby on Rails with FiveRuns: According to Gartner, the number of Ruby On Rails developers will grow to some 4 million by 2013. While many of these will be hobbyists, Gartner believes the largest area of growth will be inside the firewall. There's one problem. Until recently, there have not been...; Tags: Developer, Performance, Environment, Ruby, FiveRuns, Ruby On Rails, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-03-18
Linux patent suit: In search of the Microsoft smoking gun: Linux patent suit: In search of the Microsoft smoking gunThis is why Novell ...The Microsoft Novell deal wheels are starting to come off"It is particularly relevant given that, according to Novell's NTAP information, Microsoft's covenant not to sue Novell users will be extended to "all GPL v3 users as soon...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Linux; Discussion threads 2007-10-12
Look who's coming to DEMO 2007: Ill be attending the DEMO 07 conference next week in Palm Desert, CA. This will be my third DEMO Conference and fourth DEMO event. Chris Shipley and her team put on an absolutely first-rate event and I cant wait to see what great ideas are presented this year. The companies...; Tags: DEMO, Computer Associates International Inc.; Blog posts 2007-01-26

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