Archive for August, 2010

Voxy.co.nz Examines the Implications of “BYOC”

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

New Zealand blog site Voxy.co.nz drilled down on the implications for the IT and finance departments of employees bringing their own technology devices to work in David Silversmith’s post BYOC – Bring Your Own Computer. The article quotes Sam Gross and results of the recent Unisys online poll which asked the question, “What percentage of [...]

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Social Computing Best Practices: Why Delta Air Lines is Leading the Way

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

You might have read how Delta Air Lines recently became the first in its industry to let customers book tickets on Facebook. With a population of more than 500 million, the Facebook community is now larger than that of the United States. Socially savvy Facebook users want to do business through Facebook and other social [...]

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The Four Phases of Social Computing’s Evolution in the Enterprise

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Does social computing, like other technologies, follow a defined life cycle in the enterprise?
I think so, and recently wrote on the subject in an article I contributed to ComputerWorld. The gist of the article is that social computing has both a technology adoption life cycle and a technology adaptation life cycle.
A technology adoption life cycle [...]

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iPhone, iPad Now Deemed Secure Enough for the Enterprise

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Forrester Research recently issued a report stating that Apple’s iOS has reached the point where iPhones and iPads can be safely deployed for most enterprises. The report should spark great interest among enterprises caught up in the consumerization trend. But a more basic question should be asked. Why are people so interested in the iPhone [...]

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InformationWeek Reports On More Findings of Unisys-IDC Research

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Yesterday, InformationWeek featured a second story about the Unisys-IDC research. Esther Shein’s article, “IT Pros Willing To Buy Their Own Tech,” includes the finding that about 75 percent of enterprise employees are willing to fund all or part of the cost of workflow-related technology. But there’s one catch: They’ll only pay if they can choose [...]

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