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Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie on the realtime wave

Source: http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/10/07/ozzie-on-the-realtime-wave/ As we see with Twitter and always-on devices, like Blackberrys and iPhones, part of the appeal is a need to be on call in case you miss something important.  As Ray Ozzie put it: “But beyond the technological scale issues, the reason I was getting at the unified notifier concept is because I […]

Integrating and leveraging social media in your organization’s marketing strategy

“Social media” has become such a popular buzz word today… From board rooms to everyday conversations, you’ll not go without hearing those words several times. And yes that has also led to  every organization jumping onto the bandwagon – creating groups on facebook, linkedin, twitter, posting videos on youtube, pictures on flickr, starting blogs and […]

The hype about Twitter and how you can be a part of it – The 7 tips you can use!

Of late there has been much press and hype about twitter… so much so that it is pulling in millions more to sign up for twitter accounts. But a majority of these people on twitter do not really know what to do. A recent study conducted at Harvard Business School on Twitter showed that the […]

How much is too much? Are you getting the most out of the IT in your enterprise?

Last week I was hearing the CEO of Circuit City Jim Marcum and executives from FTI Inc., the consultants to the company managing Chapter 7 and the restructuring process, talk about how and why Circuit City went bankrupt. The decline of Circuit City of course did not happen overnight nor was was the crash in […]

What Are the Business Benefits of Social Networking?

Tired of Twitter? Facebook Fatigue? In one week 98,000 US executives chose Meettheboss.com You may already know, MTB was originally just for finance executives and received fantastic exposure owing to the ‘credit crunch’ with substantial backing from all the major financial institutions including the FT, CNN Money, WSJ. MTB hit the broadsheets when usage went […]