Using Storify and Vine to Capture Gist of HP’s Government Software Summit

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A big part of the value of technology events like the 16-17 April 2013 HP Government Software Summit is the personal interactions between attendees. Direct engagement with the many tech demos is also something you have to do at the event. But social media is allowing more and more of the gist of activities to [...]

Go Chevy! Chevrolet Unveils Branded Wayin Hub at SXSWi for Unparalled Social Engagement

I’m so proud of being one of WayIn’s advisors. WayIn has developed a platform with many great features for engaging with people. It is an evolved form of social media that can empower users to have their voice heard in bigger ways and can empower employees of firms to generate more direct feedback to management. [...]

Announcing the CTOvision Podcast Series

CTOvision.com, a blog focused on the needs of enterprise decision-makers, provides technology context and assessments via newsletters, blog posts, white papers and social media feeds. With this post we are announcing our latest offering, a podcast series which captures content you can listen to on the go.   One of the great things about a [...]

Social Media and Extremism: Sideshow or Center Stage?

On Twitter, Mike Olson of Cloudera asked me and Alex Olesker what we thought about the use of social media in the latest dustup between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. He linked me to an article taking a broader look at the role of social media in terrorism and extremism. The following is some thoughts [...]

Dow Jones is moving to MarkLogic and NoSQL

Dow Jones (a subsidiary of News Corp.) will be moving their three major services to MarkLogic’s NoSQL platform. The first, Factiva, delivers investment and business news to subscribers. MarkLogic will be used to help manage, sort and sensemake of their content. Factiva pulls down traditional news sources, news wire and social networking, to help create [...]

3-Step Guide to Upgrading HR's Role in Enterprise 2.0

Over the last few years, social and mobile technologies have proven to be powerful tools for sourcing and recruiting talent. More recently, we’re beginning to see consumer tech–social, in particular–being leveraged in other HR functions. But while research shows these next generation tools have the potential to improve communication and collaboration across the enterprise, business [...]