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Peter Smith (Global) - Beware the Social Con Trick
Posted by CompanyHot to Trot Marketing 03/30/2012
One of our clients’ CIOs found himself totally sandbagged last week, when the CEO asked if the company infrastructure could ‘support social media’. The poor chap hadn’t a clue. He remembered the Marketing Director talking about Facebook a couple of months back, but his most immediate priority... Read more
Roland Fiege (Europe): Is Social Media Spoiling Your Day?
Posted by CompanyMicrostrategy Inc. 12/07/2011
Last week Gartner reported that expectations for social media as a commercial and marketing tool are not being met, despite the billions of dollars being poured into it. Social media has turned many established business rules inside out, and CIOs across Europe are caught between wanting to support their... Read more
Tanya Kalyan (South Africa): Tweet Tweet South Africa? #Technology
Posted by CompanyIDG Connect 11/28/2011
Last Tuesday the National Assembly approved the controversial ‘secrecy' bill despite widespread opposition and question marks around its constitutionality. In the lead up online, the #blacktuesday call to arms roared over the general milieu. This resulted in hundreds of black-clad campaigners, human... Read more
Eddy Willems (UK): How Social Media is Affecting UK Businesses
Posted by CompanyG Data 11/23/2011
With social media exploding around the world, it is no wonder businesses are keen to get their brands on platforms like Twitter and Facebook. In the UK, one in five hours spent on the Internet is on social networking sites (source Ofcom – for April 2011), which means businesses have a huge audience... Read more
Andrea Bertone (UK) - Facing the Facebook Dilemma
Posted by CompanyMonster 11/02/2011
There's a common dilemma in the workplace. You can hear the quiet panic in voices in every office around the world when someone we work with has just tried to add us on Facebook. We've all faced it and it fills us with fear. What message does it give if we don't accept? But what will happen if we do... Read more
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Srini Addepalli (South Africa) - To South Africa and Beyond - Barriers and Opportunities for Investment in Emerging Markets
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Si Kellow (Global) - Encryption: Is it Useful?
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