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Finally! A Three-Cornered Consulting Service for Enterprise 2.0

Its not too often I endorse a new service - in fact, I never have without a lot of due diligence and at least some production history.   So, for the first...and potentially only....time ever, I'm telling you that I'm truly excited about the launch of Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0.  I'm...

Tags: Socialtext, Enterprise 2.0, Framework, Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0, Michael Krigsman, Ross, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Enterprise Irregulars Join Social CRM Fray

I'd say that the headline is a bit of an understatement or maybe even a misstatement by me.  Let me tell you why. If your life preference is to cower under bedcovers, then you might not have heard of the Enterprise Irregulars EI.   They are a group of iconoclastic, often...

Tags: Blog, Customer, CRM, Ross, Customer Insight, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-08-12

Trivia Mania Brain Buster II Question Set 1.0 (Mobile)

Ross has come through again with another 1000 really tough free trivia questions! Try them if you dare. Use with the Trivia Mania Game Program. Demo included. Get more free questions at www.acorndg.com.

Tags: Mobile, Question, James A. Dunlap Jr., Ross, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Office 2.0: an Irregular mashup

The upcoming Office 2.0 conference is one of the first in the fall calendar that keeps people like me in more airports than I care to think about. It's also one for which I have fond memories. Office 2.0 started out as an idea put out into the Enterprise Irregulars'...

Tags: Innovation, Conference, Office 2.0, Mashup, Unconference Session, Ross, Susan Scrupski, Zoli Erdos, Vinnie Mirchandani, Vinnie, David Tebbutt, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-25

SocialText moves the collaboration goalposts

  I caught up with Ross Mayfield, president of SocialText today to discuss its new products, SocialText Dashboard and SocialText People. Ross believes that wikis are the foundation for collaboration within the enterprise and that Dashboard and People represent the next iteration in the way people will...

Tags: Collaboration, Socialtext, Ross, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Wiki, Social Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-17

Temperature Converter 2.3 (Windows)

Convert 4 different temperature scales. You can convert to and from Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin, and Rankine. Very portable program, no installer needed. Small enough (1.44MB) to be put on a portable drive. Version 2.3 has added a readme and changelog.

Tags: Ross, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-04-03

The CIO's innovation dilemma

The often uncomfortable relationship between IT and business is nothing new but has taken on fresh piquancy. The visibility achieved by the impact coming from the use of socialprise I have seen among major brands fuels that debate. There is a history here and I sense that...

Tags: Information Technology, Ross, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-03-25

Geometry Calculator 3 (Windows)

Geometry Calculator can calculate the area and perimeter of a circle, triangle, rectangle/square, and a regular N-Gon polygon. It can also calculate the surface are and volume of a sphere, cylinder, rectangular prism/cube, cone, and a pyramid. There is currently no graphical user interface, it's just a console text interface...

Tags: Ross, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-04-19

Ross's Scripts for Apple Modems Feb01 (Mac)

These scripts overcome problems with 3Com-based ISPs to permit V.90 (over 33.6k) connections, and allow you to limit the connect speed to any V.90 rate from 34.6k to 50k for added reliability. These will work with the PowerBook G3 Series, the B&W G3s, G4s, iMacs and any later Mac with...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., V.90, Taniwha, Ross, Speed Improvement, Modems, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2001-02-06

Additional Resources

Dell finalizes $3.9 billion offer for Perot

Dell buys PerotH.Ross and T.Boone should get together and build the NG fueling infrastructure needed to convert semi-tractors off diesel, then build and rent out a parallel power grid so there would be a way to distribute power from wind/tide farms and the excess from micro solar installations. The utilities...

Tags: Perot, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Finally! A Three-Cornered Consulting Service for Enterprise 2.0

Managing Change is the Biggest Challenge for Enterprise 2.0 & Social MediaGreat post Paul- and agreed that congrats are in order. What is often missed in deploying new technologies or old standards is the degree to which it changes how people do their job, what their daily life looks like-...

Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Leadership, Enterprise software, Dion, Managing Change, Enterprise 2.0, CRM

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Oracle's big plan: Double revenue in five years

Oracle capped off its OpenWorld conference with a powwow with analysts where management was described as extremely confident about the company's prospects. Although I'm not sure you could ever describe Oracle management as timid---does Larry Ellison allow that?---analyst notes seem to portray executives as exceedingly confident. Judging...

Tags: Revenue, Oracle Corp., Ross MacMillan, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Dell and Perot: What this means

MIke=stupid and Ross=richerMichael way overpaid for Perot Systems. Sixty (60) times earnings! What?Ross, on the other hand, is enjoying that giant sucking sound as money is vacuumed into hos pockets.

Tags: Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion

Dell to buy Perot Systems ...... HEY! I'm Ross' long lost, illegitimate son, thrice removed, on my uncle's side!RE: Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billionIf the shoe fits....wear it!RE: Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billionDell has a Board of Director base whose strength lies in finance....

Tags: Corporate governance, Financial accounting, Perot Systems Corp., Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion

Dell says it has agreed to buy the IT services company Perot Systems for about $3.9 billion as it looks to expand beyond the PC business. The Round Rock, Texas-based Dell said Monday that it will offer $30 per share in cash for Perot, which is based...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Perot Systems Corp., It Services, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Going beyond the hype: Identifying Enterprise 2.0 best practices

Learning from Business AdministrationGood points, Dion. The ?enterprise context? is subject in many business models. I think we can learn a lot from so called "integrated management systems" that have been developed in the last decades, e.g. "Total quality management TQM", "European Foundation for Quality Management EFQM" or the one...

Tags: Quality, Strategy, Dion, Enterprise 2.0

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Works of Aristotle. FREE Author's biography & partial work in the trial 10.3 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-10

Works of Aristotle. FREE Author's biography & partial work in the trial (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-10

Source code for Skype eavesdropping trojan in the wild

Social Engineering?According the the Symantic press releasehttp://www.prwire.com.au/pr/14463/symantec-threat-bulletin-trojan-peskyspy-recording-skype-voip-conversation"The Trojan is detected by Symantec as Trojan.Peskyspy and can be downloaded to a computer by way of tricking the user with an E-mail scam or other social engineering tactic....The Trojan is targeting Windows API hooks, a technique used to alter the planned behavior...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Skype Technologies S.A., trojan horse, Source Code Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Can social business software transform people into a "platform"?

[caption id="attachment_685" align="aligncenter" width="475" caption="Ross Mayfield co-founder of SocialText - photo by Jemima Gibbons"][/caption]Ross Mayfield is the co-founder of SocialText, a Silicon Valley startup that has been pioneering the use of social network tools within the world of enterprise IT. It might seem that...

Tags: Software, Business Software, Social Software, Collaboration, Wiki, Online Communications, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-12