Cloud - it's an ill wind...
15th October 2012

As cloud computing reaches some degree of maturity, plenty of doubts and uncertainties remain, as evidenced by recent surveys. There’s worry about whether regulators are yet again falling behind the technology, but also that the case for the cloud is currently too technology-driven, and that the many products currently available aren’t making users any happier.

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BYOD - opportunities where you least expect them?
10th October 2012

Who will be the winners and losers from the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement? A little wave of recent reports indicate that it's caught the IT department on the back foot - and one suggests an unexpected possible gainer.

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Where Is Information Work Taking Place?
9th October 2012

Information services may no longer have the same headcounts as 20 years ago (or even 10 years ago), but they perform critical functions within organisations. Furthermore, the work that used to be performed within IS still takes place, but perhaps not in quite the same way or by the same job titles as in the past. This next article documenting the results of Benchmarking on Information Services illustrates some of the successes and frustrations of the evolving information function in the enterprise.

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FreePint Report: Competitive Intelligence
8th October 2012

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Selling social media in the organisation
3rd October 2012

If you're responsible for managing social media tools within an organisation, you should be considering creating a policy addressing the use of social media tools. This is no easy task, given how well used social media tools are within the consumer field, and the expectation that the same functionality will be available within a workplace. So how can you create a sensible social media policy - one that will be acceptable to everyone in the organisation?

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Grim job market offers opportunities for some?
1st October 2012

The financial industry is experiencing a severe job slump, as are many industries worldwide. So it’s probably not the time when you’d expect new recruitment initiatives and sites to be emerging. Yet emerging they seem to be, in all sorts of different guises. What's the reason behind the push in recruitment initiatives?

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Why do people share?
1st October 2012

Have you ever asked yourself why you share content with friends, colleagues or people you know on the many social media sites that exist? If you've been using Facebook, Twitter or Google+ since their inception, you might never have thought about why you share content, but the reasons may surprise you.

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Product Review of FirstRain: Executive Summary
28th September 2012

FirstRain is a powerful solution for delivering web and social media content on companies and industries, designed specifically for account sales and marketing executives. FirstRain offers flexible deployment solutions for the web, customer relationship management and social enterprise systems, as well as tablet and mobile devices. 

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FirstRain: Help and Customer Accounts
28th September 2012

FirstRain offers dedicated account manager support, as well as email and online help. They also offer scalable licensing options with customisable components. FirstRain is also offering FreePint subscribers discounted pricing through the end of 2012.

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FirstRain: Special Software Functionality
28th September 2012

Much of FirstRain’s value proposition lies in its ability to be used on mobile devices and in internal applications. Perrin Kerravala provides an overview of FirstRain’s deployment options.

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