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- Office 2010 Beta 2: More than just a bunch of pretty icons
- Of course its better, they stole ideas fromOf course 2010 is better, they stole (oops, innovated) most of the new ideas from Office MVPs that built add ins to previous versions. (There is a very silent revolt going on in the MVP ranks over it and many long term...
- Tags: Numbering, Microsoft Office, Office MVP, ribbon, Microsoft Word
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- The Queen could better manage security of personal information than civil servants are
- It is worse than the article saysImagine this: You are a patient in a hospital. Your doctor decides to order you a wheelchair or other medical device. Now, your name, address, and Social Security Number is on the desk of a worker in a mom and pop medical supply store,...
- Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, HEALTHCARE, security, worker
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- 'The Purpose of a Business is to Create a Customer' - Peter Drucker Centenary
- This month marks the centenary of Management guru Peter Drucker's birth, and the Harvard Business Review - the Vogue magazine of management fashions - has a terrific section devoted to his legacy and ideas this month. The paper version is a keeper. Drucker's...
- Tags: Performance, Knowledge, Drucker, John Hagel, Knowledge Stock, Lloyd, Strategy, Collaboration, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-11-16
- Twitter Lists will change the social dynamic
- Agree with Mitch's assessment that Twitter Lists will change Social DynamicMitch does a great job of showing why a class system could emerge and how to use lists to level the playing field by unfollowing those who don't follow back but still follow them through lists. If this gains...
- Tags: Twitter Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Canadians get a taste of American medical system with IMS Health buy
- Oh the ironyJust another ironic investment made on behalf of Canadians over the years. As far as I know CPP is not investing using an ethical or green model, so there are probably lots of examples of very "un-Canadian" companies receiving investment via CPP.Not sure what your point is,...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, IMS Health Inc., CPP, Dana, drug company, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Enteprise 2.0 - the non-debate
- Mega-Corps & the worldThere is life beyond the Mega-Corp droneculture where management punishes theworker ants for a mistake and threatensthem with layoffs and pay cuts.No thanks, small enterprise businessis the groundwork, big mega-corpsare puppet shells with CEO's pullingthe strings.RE: Enteprise 2.0 - the non-debateWell putRE: Enteprise 2.0 - the non-debateUnfortunately...
- Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enteprise 2.0, Enterprise 2.0
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- How did IT fall so far behind the tech curve?
- Okay, butThey also go out and buy their own servers with some hidden budget line, then try to foist maintenance off on the CIO. And then we try to integrate the data - and the data isn't theirs, it's critical to the health, even survival, of the enterprise.Yes, we...
- Tags: Strategy, Virtualization, cloud computing, Regulatory compliance, Marketing Guy, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- The state of US workforce technology adoption
- Did you know that among US information workers that: 35% use laptops and 76% use desktop computers? Only 11% use smartphones? 57% are optimistic about technology, but 43% are pessimistic? We know because we surveyed 2,001 US information workers that use computers...
- Tags: Team, Collaboration, Smart Phone, Information Worker, Tool, Workforce, Gen-Y Employee, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Productivity, E-mail, Knowledge Management, Human Resources, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Ted Schadler
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Gen X/GenY/Enterprise 2.0: are the naysayers right?
- Boy , the silence is deafening on this one.Then I'll start. This study just confirms what many of us have suspected. You don't need to understand technology to use social technologies; just using them doesn't mean you're using them effectively; and just because you use them doesn't mean...
- Tags: Generation Y, Generation X
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Cliq builds on iPhone idea, pushes away from smart"phone" category
- How about 'commer'?(A shortened version of communicator.) Moto gets points for coming up with the idea of making a specific function social easier with the Cliq. But putting all their eggs in the "social" basket seems risky. Isn't the appeal for this kind of limited in the overall market? We'll...
- Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Cliq, iPhone idea, Apple iPhone, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- News to know: Windows 7; Verizon; RightNow; Salesforce; Palm; HP
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Windows 7, Vista exposed to 'teardrop attack' Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes Firefox to run...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Patent, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., RightNow Technologies, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Windows 7, Cable, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- Teams in the (Troubled) Cloud
- Not all team members are created equal I’ve had some really interesting briefings/meetings lately. If you want to understand where software executives, industry leaders, etc. are going/thinking, then read on. Let’s begin with a conversation I had with Maynard Webb....
- Tags: Team, Team Member, Worker, Maynard, Loyalty, Team Management, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- News to know: Microsoft, Yahoo; AMD; Apple
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Who will get the Windows 7 bits and when? Microsoft's fiscal 2010 game plan: Seven must-see...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- Facebook at work: 'Social Notworking'?
- Facebook at work: 'Social Notworking'?Only 1.5%?Are you sure it's not 15% or something?RE: Facebook at work: 'Social Notworking'?We have facebook, myspace, youtube, and every other social networking site blocked at work. Oddly, about half the company has a profile on facebook though. When I do need to access it...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Telecom & Utilities, Well HERE, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2009-07-21
- IBM introduces data-masking technology
- IBM introduces data-masking technologyThis just seems fishy.This is one of those things that might give you a warm fussy about your security, but in actuality turn out insanely difficult to implement and to do very little to keep the hard core hackers out. How can text recognition program secure things...
- Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, SECURITY, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-14
- Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?
- Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?SickThese corporate types are all sick. There is so such more to life than corporate growth, power, and big paycheck,Listening to corporate types scheme can make you sick to the stomach too.RE: Sustainability: More Capitalist Than Jack Welch?Isn't Jack Welch the guy who started...
- Tags: Jack Welch, sustainability, capitalist
- Discussion threads 2009-06-07
- Where are the French code warriors when it's "Le Weekend?"
- Where are the French code warriors when it's "Le Weekend?"Welcome to the Republic!In france, there is a strict 37 hour working week, and limitations on overtime.Even reality TV contestants are subject to such employement law: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8085015.stmOn the one hand I admire them for putting work in to perspective, on the...
- Tags: Le Weekend
- Discussion threads 2009-06-07
- Micro-presence: changing the 'status' quo
- * Jennifer Leggio is on vacation Guest editorial by Donald J. Patterson There is no way that managers and their subordinates see eye to eye on social networking in the workplace. Why should they? To employers and employees alike, most social networking sites are...
- Tags: Mobile, Network, Donald J. Patterson, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- What's not dead: Good old-fashioned customer service
- We talk a lot about all of the new approaches to customer loyalty and customer satisfaction surveys and using social media to listen to and better engage with customers. Yet a few weeks ago I was reminded about the most important facet of customer loyalty out there -- good old-fashioned...
- Tags: Customer Service, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
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