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Enterprise 2.0 promise is years off...if it materializes

At the risk of bringing the wrath of the Enterprise 2.0 fans crashing around this blog I'm taking a deliberately contrarian view of Dion Hinchcliffe's recent Determining the ROI of Enterprise 2.0. My intention is not to upend Dion's argument but to expand upon the issues....

Tags: Collaboration, Blog, ROI, Enterprise 2.0, E2.0, Hugh MacLeod, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-04-13

Build ERP on social media: not a joke

Shel Israel is undertaking a research project for SAP:I am trying to answer a single, overwhelming question: "What is going on in the world with regard to social media? ...Mostly I am looking for real people with stories and personal experience about what is happening with blogging, video, online communities...

Tags: ERP, Enterprise applications

Blog posts 2007-07-17

GapingWidget

A few months ago Hugh Macleod of GapingVoid fame joined the Gillmor Gang. Mike Arrington suggested Hugh produce a widget, and now he's gone and done it, as Mike reports on TechCrunch today. I've linked to Mike directly here so as to annoy him, as thanks for ignoring my request...

Tags: Hugh MacLeod

Blog posts 2006-06-24

Additional Resources

Sex, geeks and Blackbox Republic

The first time you meet Sam Lawrence, ex-CMO of Jive Software you just know he's a specially talented marketing person. He's a creative which for geeks should be an immediate affinity thing. Today, he, along with co-founder April Donato came out of stealth mode with Blackbox...

Tags: Community, Oliver, Collaboration, Groupware, Investment, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Body art won't save you

Todd Bishop's report that a Microsoftie who has a Blue Monster tattoo got pink slipped made me smile: Microsoft solutions adviser Dan Woodman achieved minor celebrity status for getting a tattoo of the company's unofficial "Blue Monster" mascot -- a character created by Hugh MacLeod...

Tags: Logo, I2 Technologies Inc., Tattoo, Todd Bishop, Blogging, Investment, Flash Memory, Internet, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-01

Cloudy views and more aaS

Microsoft's entry into the so-called cloud computing space sparked off some collateral knock about posts between Tim O'Reilly and Nick Carr with Tim Bray and Stephen O'Grady joining in. At first blush each seems incredibly reasonable. When taken together they become as dense as some of...

Tags: Google Inc., Network Effect, Cloud Computing, Network, Microsoft Corp., Tim Bray, Tim, Stephen, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Dell's 'Cloud Computing' and other strange stuff

 and When I took a wee poke at Dell the other day I could not possibly have known that labeling something Hybrid and expecting us to meekly gobble it up was only the tip of what can only be described as an ill-conceived marketing strategy iceberg....

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hoover, Cloud Computing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoid

I love the ideas behind social media and the move towards all things green but if you want evidence our industry is fashion driven then look no further than John Furrier's 'so what?' thumbs down to Delicious2. Even so, sooner or later, technology has to deliver and it is a...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Social Media, General Motors Corp., Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-04

An Irregular experience with Oracle

I was in Lisbon, Portugal yesterday, attending Oracle EMEA's marketing kick off. This was unusual on three counts: I tend to stick it to Oracle on any and every occasion It's rare for someone with my background to be invited to these affairs ...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Web 2.0, Channel Management, Public Relations, Internet, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-06-18

News to know: The week in video; Software licensing doomed?; Windows Mobile UI; Microhoo

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Traditional software licensing: Could a customer revolt cook the model? The week in video: Cisco's virtual health care project Sun Labs looks into 'proximity communications' RSA 2008: Sizing up security RSA 2008: Emerging tech...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Video, Microhoo, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Patches, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-04-11

Fickr user revolt; Why I deleted my twitter account

The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the week… Flickr video feature spurs online revolt. Not all that surprising to see a mini user revolt after Flickr finally added video uploads. A segment of the...

Tags: Flickr, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Steve O'Hear

Blog posts 2008-04-10

Seesmic, Twhirl, Newsgang: whereto for RSS?

Yesterday's announcement that Seesmic has acquired Twhirl is no surprise. Loic LeMeur, CEO of Seesmic was muttering something about it when we met last month but asked me to keep quiet. What is far more interesting to me is the long term impact on desktop client applications like Twhirl to...

Tags: Twitter, Twhirl, Video App, Goodness, RSS, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Internet, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-04

The trouble with Groundswell

Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff at industry analysts Forrester are bagging a lot of positive blog hype over their new book Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. In my view the hype levels buzzing aeround the book make certain enterprise software claims seem tame. This from David...

Tags: Supply Chain, Blog, Groundswell, Sam Lawrence, Marketing Research, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-03

Steelie Neelie slaps Microsoft with record fine

When Neelie Kroes burst on the scene as EU Commissioner for Competition with a hefty swipe at Microsoft back in 2004, my thoughts at the time were something like: 'Out of touch, doesn't get the issues.' Four years on and her agenda is unequivocal. Drag Microsoft into line - whatever...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Steelie Neelie, Sales Strategy, Corporate Law, Sales Force Management, Security, Open Source, Sales, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-02-27

Liddell destroying Microsoft from within

Liddell destroying Microsoft from withinCiscoFor what it's worth, Cisco has managed a long string of acquisitions quite well. Then again, they are pretty good at LWA: Leave Well Alone -- if a group is doing well, don't charge in and make changes.I admit that I can't offhand think of...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Liddell, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-12

Facebook and the CIA

In a piece of carefully researched critique, Guardian Unlimited writer Tim Hodgkinson does a masterful job unpacking the politics of Facebook, implying that the company's backer's real agenda is the realization of the original American dream: Here at last is the Enlightenment state longed for since the Puritans of...

Tags: Facebook, Nature, CIA, Tim Hodgkinson, Corporate Governance, Blogging, Venture Capital, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Finance, Financing Startups, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-01-14

Forget predictions, get a wishlist

At this time of the year, pundits of all stripes seek to grab attention by appearing sage and wise by making predictions for the coming year. Heck, I've done it myself - and lived to regret such pretensions. This year I prefer to pen an enterprise wishlist because that's...

Tags: Innovation, Twitter, Enterprise, Fashion Victim, Hugh, Seesmic Twitter, Leadership, Social Networking, Strategy, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-12-26

SAP's Business ByDesign go to market

One of the niggling questions about SAP's Business ByDesign is just how the heck it is going to reach the numbers it says it wants to achieve. 10,000 new customers a year by 2010, many coming from this market, is ambitious. To date, SAP has been fuzzy about how that...

Tags: SAP AG, Steve Mann, Blogging, Tools & Techniques, Sales Strategy, Frame Relay, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Management, Sales, Networking, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-10-02

Enterprise software marketing: time for a rethink

It's always nice to see two representatives from the same company writing independently of one another yet looking for much the same answer. In this instance I'm referring to SAPpers and fellow Irregulars Charles Zedlewski and Thomas Otter. Both are highly articulate and quick to defend their company's position (as...

Tags: Dennis Howlett, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Sales, Thomas Otter

Blog posts 2007-09-10

Is Microsoft OOXML the best deal open source can get?

The Microsoft Office formats are in the news again. (Picture from Stephesblog, copyright Hugh MacLeod.)Massachusetts has backed-down and accepted the Microsoft Office OOXML format as a standard while the companies in Microsoft's open source orbit promise they will work together on conversion routines between OOXML and Open Office's ODF.Many in the...

Tags: Strategy, Standards, Microsoft, mass market, marketing, Legal, Government, General, Applications

Blog posts 2007-07-03