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- Where to next for ERP et al? (part 1, SAP)
- With a Gartner probability of 0.9, I guarantee that what follows is not how things will turn out. At least not exactly. Paul Greenberg's post casting the enterprise CRM runes for 2009 provides the perfect springboard for something I've been thinking about since the middle of the year. Where the...
- Tags: SAP AG, ERP, Leo Apotheker, Paul Greenberg, Paul, Claus Heinrich, Wookey, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales, Marketing, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Tech CEOs: Will they step up in a downturn?
- Technology CEOs worth their paychecks are going to use this economic downturn to revamp business models and position for the so-called post recession era. It sounds rather obvious, but why don't all CEOs follow this playbook? We've heard the mantra repeatedly: Reload in a downturn. And a...
- Tags: Technology Company, Information Technology, CEO, Forrester Research Inc., Strategy, Social Networking, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Nokia N97 announced; QWERTY keyboard and touch on a Nseries device
- Nokia World 2008 is taking place this week in Barcelona, Spain and the event kicked off with the keynote announcing the Nokia N97 multimedia computer. The Nokia N97 brings a QWERTY keyboard and touch screen to the Nseries or you could say it brings a phone and S60 to the...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Nokia World 2008, Home Screen, Keyboards, Smart Phones, Social Networking, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Top Web sites in October 2008
- Brand Audience, 000 Time Per Person 1. Google 122,325 1:23:07 2. Yahoo! 116,078 3:23:29 3. MSN/Windows Live 102,494 2:23:27 4. Microsoft 92,348 0:45:54 5. AOL Media Network 88,028 3:34:41 6. YouTube 77,480 0:53:25 7. Fox Interactive...
- Tags: Web, Web Site, Wiki, Web Site Development, Branding, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Facebook Connect: The masses and the fishbowl
- Facebook Connect, a service that allows someone to log on to Facebook from third party sites, is set to expand from its May launch. Reading the conversation this morning on Techmeme familiar storyline emerges. Facebook's Connect vs. the Open Social alliance between Google, MySpace and a bunch...
- Tags: Facebook, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Did the iPhone kill satellite radio?
- A Slashdot post notes the sad state of affairs at satellite radio's Sirius XM and that it's starting to look like a "failed" company. why would anyone want to pay for proprietary hardware and a limited selection of a few hundred stations all controlled by one company? Since...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Satellite, Sirius, Satellite Radio, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- The App Store hits a milestone: 10,000 apps
- The App Store, the aisle of Apple's iTunes Store devoted to selling software, reached a big milestone some time over the Thanksgiving weekend (here is the U.S.) adding its 10,000th application. That's a far cry from the 552 apps that were available when the App Store launched...
- Tags: App, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Entertainment sector growth in September 2008
- Name Aug-08 Sep-08 Growth Online Games 30,267 50,814 68 Events 3,132 5,094 63 Books 1,179 1,902 61 Music 107,461 161,369 50 Broadcast Media 180,171 269,798 50 Source: Nielsen by NB
- Tags: Growth, Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Top social networking sites in Brazil in September 2008
- Social Networking Sites Audience, 000 Minutes per Visitor Visits per Visitor Total Internet : Total Audience 26,221 1,608.1 47.5 Orkut 20,752 496.1 28.3 Yahoo! Geocities 3,916 2.8 1.8 SONICO.COM 2,978 10.1 2.7 MINGLEBOX.COM 1,677 1.6 2.4 FOTOLOG.COM 1,606...
- Tags: Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Social networking penetration in Latin America in September 2008
- Country Sep-2007 Sep-2008 Point Change Latin America 78.0 87.2 9.3 Brazil 76.0 85.3 9.3 Chile 74.0 80.1 6.1 Colombia 69.9 79.6 9.7 Argentina 70.4 77.1 6.7 Venezuela 69.1 77.1 8.0 Mexico 67.3 73.0 5.7 ...
- Tags: Network, ComScore Networks Inc., Latin America, Penetration, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- The world's most powerful virtual telescope
- Astronomers have successfully combined three telescopes located on Mauna Kea in Hawaii to create the largest virtual telescope for short wavelengths. The Extended SubMillimeter Array eSMA connects the signals from the SubMillimeter Array SMA, consisting of eight dishes with 6-meter diameter, with those from the 15-meter James Clerk Maxwell Telescope...
- Tags: Astronomer, Wavelength, Radio, Image, eSMA, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- SOCIAL NETWORKING: THE PROS, THE CONS AND THE SOLUTION
- In recent years, social networking sites have permeated society and there is little doubt that they are here to stay. Today's employees expect to be allowed to visit these sites at work. This whitepaper explores how you can to keep your organization and employees safe, while also providing a flexible...
- Tags: Network, Marshal Ltd, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion
- White papers 2008-11-28
- SMS advertising response rates
- Received SMS Ads, 000 % Responded to SMS Advert Aug-07 Aug-08 % Change Aug-07 Aug-08 Point Change Downloads for mobile phone 40,792 35,915 -12.0% 4.4% 3.9% -0.6 News or information 25,929 22,122 -14.7% 2.8% 3.2% 0.4 Mobile phone or plan...
- Tags: Advertisement, Mobile, SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- Social networking penetration by country in September 2008
- Country Sep-2007 Sep-2008 Point Change Canada 83.9 86.5 2.6 Brazil 76.0 85.3 9.3 United Kingdom 78.7 78.4 -0.3 Mexico 67.3 73.0 5.7 Spain 63.9 70.7 6.8 United States 65.8 70.2 4.5 Australia 56.5 67.5 11.1 ...
- Tags: Network, Federation, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- Top Web companies in US in October 2008
- Rank Property Audience, 000 Total Audience 190,616 1 Google Sites 147,035 2 Yahoo! Sites 144,903 3 Microsoft Sites 123,483 4 AOL LLC 111,259 5 Fox Interactive Media 90,636 6 eBay 70,737 7 Ask...
- Tags: Site, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- Microsoft still fighting a losing battle against Google
- New Comscore data was released today which clearly shows how Google's search share is continuing to rise, and despite Microsoft's best efforts even giving away prizes to searchers, they are at best stagnant. Year-over-year, Microsoft's search share went from 9.7% down to 8.5% while Google rose from 58.5% to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Finance, Marketing, Software, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Top 50 US ad carriers in October 2008
- Rank Property Audience, 000 Reach 1 Platform-A 173,713 91% 2 Yahoo! Network 164,080 86% 3 Google Ad Network 158,928 83% 4 ValueClick Networks 155,356 82% 5 Specific Media 150,176 79% 6 Tribal Fusion 144,354 76% 7...
- Tags: Advertisement, Media, Carrier, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- What mobile video users watch
- Type of Video Subscribers, 000 % of mobile audience Music Videos 639 32.8% Full TV/film 622 31.9% Movie Trailers 617 31.7% Comedy Videos 596 30.6% Weather Information 581 29.9% Local/National/World news 563 28.9% Sports action or...
- Tags: Mobile, Video, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- No IE Mobile 6 for you; what can Microsoft do about Windows Mobile?
- There has been a few rants posted over the last week or so about the statement that was made on a Microsoft Windows Mobile blog pertaining to the apparent lack of support for existing devices to support the upcoming Internet Explorer Mobile 6 web browser. What can Microsoft do with...
- Tags: Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., James, Brett, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Hardware, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Move over, Ajax. Here comes Microsoft's 'Kojax'
- The latest Microsoft mobile-related development about which I'm most intrigued is codenamed "Kojax.". Kojax is a mobile development platform, according to my sources, that will allow Microsoft- -- and third-party-developed -- applets run in an Ajax-like way on Java-based mobile phones. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Applet, Kojax, Advertising & Promotion, AJAX, Marketing, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
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