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Craig Charlton (Australia) - You Can't Improve What You Can't Measure: Preparing for a Carbon eConomy
Posted byCraig Charlton CompanyEpicor Software 10/20/2011
After months of rigorous debate and rampant speculation, details of the Australian government's $23-a-tonne carbon tax legislation have finally emerged. The government aims to bring in a tax on carbon next year before introducing a full emissions trading scheme as early as 2015. If successful, the government's... Read more
Hans Delleman (Holland) - Survival of the Fittest for Dutch Telecom Providers
Posted byHans Delleman CompanyProgress Software 10/14/2011
If the law of the jungle suggests that only the strongest survive, then perhaps this is a maxim that telecom providers would do well to heed. Although the tremendous growth in the amount of data in recent years - caused primarily by the increase in the number of mobile devices - seems to suggest a period... Read more
Dr. Prasad Ramanathan (India) - Key Considerations for Guiding the Strategy of Enterprise Mobility Adoption – part 2
Posted byDr. Prasad Ramanathan CompanyiGATE Patni 10/02/2011
There are a number of key considerations that need to be taken into account while defining the need for mobile-enablement and prioritizing/ranking which business processes to mobile-enable. a) Identifying the business drivers for adopting mobility - whether its revenue generation, cost reduction, productivity... Read more
Alexander Egorov (Russia) - Assembling a Startup Team – Mission Impossible? – part 2
Posted byAlexander Egorov CompanyReksoft 09/29/2011
Last time I told you how a core team for start-up organized or at least how it should be organized.Today we will talk about your employees. As I've said, the staff of any enterprise is made up of two layers - the founders and the professionals, which realize your idea but nevertheless do not wish to... Read more
Hannah Bae (South Korea) - The Rapid, Rowdy Race for the Social Commerce Market
Posted byHannah Bae CompanyJournalist 09/27/2011
It would be overly simplistic to call Korea's many social commerce sites mere "Groupon clones." True, U.S.-based Groupon blew the lid off the industry when it launched in Chicago in late 2008, but South Korea has proved to be its own exciting market for such "daily deal" websites - and that was well... Read more
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Douglas Cohen (South Africa) - Connecting Rural Areas (Part 1)
I think there has been some real progress in the cities but it's true that there's still much work to be done on the outskirts and rural areas and there...
Gordon05-21-2012
Malhar Barai (Global) - The Content Conundrum : Redefining the Content Strategy
Malhar, thanks for identifying key requirements in redefining the content strategy. I'd like to add an additional challenge to be addressed by the content...
Ram Dixit05-18-2012
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South Africa: Connecting rural areas with technology http://t.co/rJDeMp6y
Blog: Avoid missed calls in your business http://t.co/D4dC7Lch
Global: How to address the 'content conundrum' http://t.co/oaJVqnAO
Global: Exploring hidden costs in the cloud http://t.co/DkO6uUxE
