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Okay Google, we get it. You make some really great products. But what's the deal with Google+? The service is seems to aspire to be mix between Facebook and Twitter, yet is lacking the critical differentiators that both of Facebook and Twitter offer. Facebook and Twitter have become huge for a few reasons. The first, is a low low barrier to entry. The second, is the ease of integration for Facebook/Twitter with each other - and the number of ways to … [Read more...]
Here at CTOVision, we often write quite a bit about the problems of the insider threat, social engineering, and other threats to the enterprise. Amidst the seemingly endless array of security problems a given CTO faces (from overly generous Nigerians to Visitors from the Land of the Panda *cough cough* APTs), it's easy to forget that the bad guys have security issues too. Control of information is a key element in the Mexican cartel war. Slip up, and … [Read more...]
WayIn.com is a new mobile engagement service developed by Scott McNealy, founder of Sun Microsystems. Utilizing the free Wayin app on their mobile devices, users post images and questions that will spark humorous, passionate and lively debate among the global Wayin community. As soon as a Wayin user posts content, he or she will receive an instant pulse of other people's sentiment about an entertaining topic. Wayin allows users around the world to … [Read more...]
What could you do if you had access to all of twitter all at once? What if you combined that with 75 million other data feeds? And combined it with an easy-to-use-tool and impressive visuals? What if it were a service software? That’s exactly what the Social Media Command Center from InTTENSITY is. It’s your social media and Internet war room -- replete with maps, calenders, lists of events and people. Its primary purpose: to allow users to … [Read more...]
Wayin has been moving forward in the last couple of months. We did an initial announcement of their offerings on CTOVision over the summer, but they have evolved quite a bit since then. Since we like to keep you updated on what is going on in the social media world, I figured now would be a good time to check back in with Wayin. I recently talked with someone from business development at Wayin, and she is excited about how far the social media site has … [Read more...]
If you are like me, social media is already a large part of your life. I spend at least some time each day checking in with my friends, regardless of where they are in the world. Most of them do not live near me, or at least in not in my immediate vicinity. There is a newcomer to the social media world that wants to take a different approach to social and connect you to your neighbors, and only your neighbors. Nextdoor.com, founded by San … [Read more...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBO38WdztXc On Monday, September 12, 2011, Crucial Point's Bob Gourley met with cyber security industry leaders at the National Harbor Gaylord Convention Center near Washington D.C. during the HP Protect 2011 conference. This event brings together the most significant enterprise cybersecurity capabilities, including highly regarded capabilities like ArcSight and Netwitness and HP Fortify. The event is also an … [Read more...]
Just because social media such as Facebook and Twitter are known to sap productivity at the workplace doesn't mean that they aren't efficient. Quite the contrary- social media's allure comes from its amazing effectiveness for connecting people, forming virtual communities, compiling, developing, and delivering relevant information and, most recently, perfecting and distributing apps. Realizing that the power of social media could be used to save rather … [Read more...]
Let's face it: the social media that many enterprises hail also pose big problems. Employee use of the Internet--particularly social networks--is a big timewaster. A new Nielsen study found that Americans spend 23% of their online time on social networks, with an increasing amount of that browsing time spend spent on mobile apps. Like the sarcastic Captain Renault in Casablanca, we're shocked, shocked that a good deal of this browsing time is likely … [Read more...]
On Monday, September 12, 2011, Crucial Point's own Bob Gourley met with cyber security industry leaders at the National Harbor Gaylord Convention Center near Washington D.C. The event was coincident with the HP Protect 2011 conference for Cyber security and enterprise software. The full interview will air soon through HP, but we wanted to give you a preview here on CTOvision.com. Over the next week or so we will be writing up the main points of the … [Read more...]