How to Build the Business Case for Virtualization

The business world is experiencing one of the fastest data growth periods in history. As companies migrate to online transactions, electronic records, and wireless systems, the demand for datacenter space, servers and storage arrays is climbing at a dizzying rate. Moreover, a spate of government regulations, along with enhanced business continuity, disaster recovery and data archiving requirements mean more robust systems are needed. The corporate mindset is changing … [Read more...]

Are You a Winning Business Manager?

Speaking of risk, it is existing everywhere, no matter it is in the sports, or in the race car, or in the business. When someone said to one of the most successful race car drivers in history, Mario Andreti that "You're just lucky!" He responded, "Luck is when preparation and circumstance come together." While other drivers were crashing in flames, he was riding to victory lane on the shoulders of his well-prepared team. He and his team reduced the risk of crashing, set … [Read more...]

5 Minutes With an SCRM Expert

I find this video is worth your time to watch. It presented by Paul Greenberg, a social CRM expert and keynoter at the LiNC conference this year, one of the early adopter who mapped out the CRM space gives a succinct overview of what's happening in the Social CRM space. In the video, he points out the two converging forces 'social' and 'CRM' spaces that are coming together, yet the third force, 'companies' themselves aren't yet ready for the internal changes that are … [Read more...]

Who are the Big Spenders on Facebook and Twitter?

By the end of 2010, more than nine in 10 online retailers are planning a Facebook presence. Online retailers are taking to social media in a big way. They tend to be some of the biggest beneficiaries of social network users who friend or follow corporate pages. And some, such as Levi's, have adopted Facebook's new "like" button on individual item pages to help socialize shopping even further, according to the emarketer. In the earlier study, they found that one-half … [Read more...]

Use Topikality for Your Keywords Research and Tracking

I find Topikality is a new, more efficient tool to help you research and stay up-to-date with important news and information. It proactively keeps you updated on a topik - not based on a phrase, but based on what you like. Unlike Google, Google finds pages that contain the specific phrase you search for. But Topikality learns what sort of articles you like, and delivers only those articles. In the other words, it emails you a list of articles relevant to a topik, … [Read more...]

How to Get Your Important Facebook Privacy Settings Done

Few days ago, Facebook announced its forthcoming changes to its terms of service, the new released propose is about a bold and creepy new feature: Some third-party partners are going to be allowed to access and use your Facebook data without any prior consent, which means Facebook can share your details with "Pre-approved third-party websites and applications". Back to few months ago, Facebook rolled out their infamous 'Everyone' setting feature, some of you might … [Read more...]

Generation I is Generation Me and One

Generational distinctions seem to make less and less sense every year. When it comes over the topic of generations, there always have some interesting debate going on, each generation has wanted to define itself a more sophisticated, transformative or better than the generation before it. Every generation thinks that they are the first. The first to feel this way or that, the first to make this or that revelation, the first to do and make things that we find later … [Read more...]