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CIO Guide to Social Media

May 3, 2010
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Social media’s impact on the enterprise is still unclear.  For every compelling story about Dell or Starbucks there are stories about wasted time and security concerns.  What is clear is that the new ways of socializing electronically are here to stay – until a newer, cooler, more exciting once comes along to take its place (MySpace anyone?). It is also unclear who in the enterprise will emerge as the champion for social media.  Maybe it ...

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4 Tiring IT Truisms

March 3, 2010

I’ve spent the last several weeks thinking a lot about the enterprise collaboration and enterprise 2.0 space given increasing interest by our clients.  One of my colleagues sent along a link to a related post about Enterprise 2.0 adoption.  The summary is much appreciated.  What I don’t appreciate as much is the use of generic truisms by experts when asked for specific advice in thinking about a concept, approach, technology or vendor. There are 4 ...

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Enterprise Collaboration – What’s Your Problem?

February 25, 2010

Standing in line at DFW this morning, I glanced over to scan the latest TSA signage. The placard asks that anyone who has feedback to vista the TSA blog. Huh? Why use a blog that’s intended primarily as a publishing channel to collect feedback? That struck me as odd. So, I went to the site to have a look. After visiting the site, I was pleasantly surprised that they have a pretty decent, content-oriented blog ...

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“None” is Not a Social Media Strategy

July 22, 2009

Saying “No” to social media is a big mistake, especially if the decision was driven by the CIO.  Over the last few weeks, I have spoken to two CIOs, one in financial services and one in the public sector, who say their organizations have a “no social media” policy. I agree that there are many reasons to limit what your employees post on Facebook or LinkedIn.  That said, shutting off the spigot entirely misses out ...

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