This week, I attended IBM’s Lotusphere 2012, IBM’s annual customer and partner event which showcases the latest products and strategy in the area of collaboration. Like last year, “social business” was squarely at the centre of things, although there was a marked difference between the way the company positioned its social message this time when [...]
Posted on Friday, January 20, 2012 by Angela AshendenToday we launched a new online, on-demand event focused on social analytics. As MWD’s Communications Director with responsibility for our online marketing and social media activities, this is a topic close to my heart. So it was with much interest that I listened to what my colleagues Angela Ashenden and Helena Schwenk had to say… [...]
Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 by Beth BarlingEver since I read Geoffrey Moore’s Future of IT paper introducing the concept of systems of engagement (published last year), I’ve had a slight uneasiness about the ongoing discourse. For a long time it was nothing I could put my finger on, but in some recent conversations about how technology can improve business agility, I [...]
Posted on Friday, January 13, 2012 by Neil Ward-DuttonJust before Christmas, TIBCO released its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results for 2011 (the intervening holiday is why I haven’t blogged about it until now). While companies like Oracle struggle to deliver performance, TIBCO continues to march relentlessly on. And although it’s perhaps tempting (certainly in comparison to behemoths like Oracle) to paint TIBCO as [...]
Posted on Friday, January 6, 2012 by Neil Ward-DuttonOn Monday, Dallas-based online communities vendor Telligent announced its acquisition of Leverage Software in a move designed to bolster Telligent’s opportunity in this fiercely competitive market. The acquisition, which brings together two companies which both provide online communities solutions, follows quick on the heels of competitor Jive Software’s highly anticipated IPO last week, and highlights [...]
Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 by Angela AshendenIn October at Openworld, Oracle announced the release of its new social collaboration platform, Oracle Social Network (OSN), with a (rather awkward) demo of the product by Larry Ellison. Yesterday, I finally got the chance to look a little bit closer at the product, and I have to say that I was rather impressed by [...]
Posted on Friday, December 16, 2011 by Angela AshendenA couple of days ago I had an update call with Mindjet, the company that is best known for its mind mapping client application, Mind Manager. Historically, I’ve always found it slightly awkward to position the company in the broader collaboration software market that I follow, largely because, while Mind Manager is a productivity tool, [...]
Posted on Friday, December 16, 2011 by Angela AshendenYesterday I was briefed by Salesforce.com on their latest SaaS-based product in the collaboration space, Do.com. A result of their acquisition of Manymoon back in February, Do.com is a social project collaboration tool for small groups of up to 15 people, providing features such as task management, notes and discussions. Do.com is still currently in [...]
Posted on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Angela AshendenEarlier this week I had an interesting call with VMware’s CTO of SaaS and Application Services, Javier Soltero, to find out the thinking behind its acquisition of microblogging vendor, Socialcast, in May this year. As a collaboration analyst, I have not had any real contact with VMware up until now – at least, apart from [...]
Posted on Friday, October 7, 2011 by Angela AshendenYesterday, my colleague Helena Schwenk and I attended Cloudforce London 2011, Salesforce.com’s regional customer and partner event. While a much smaller affair than the company’s main San Francisco conference, the London event has become increasingly popular – with demand for attendance meaning that it had to extend to a second day (today) this year, as [...]
Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2011 by Angela Ashenden
