Market Creation & Disruption

Thinking About Mobile-Enabling Your Enterprise Apps? You Better Be–You Only Have Three Years

Thinking About Mobile-Enabling Your Enterprise Apps? You Better Be–You Only Have Three Years

We all know that mobile is exploding. A simple exploration of network data projections shows that we have entered the "Age of Enterprise Mobile Computing." If your enterprise does not want to fall behind, it needs to begin immediately planning how to enable enterprise functions using mobile devices...
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Building Communities for Business – Tip #1: Treat Social as a Channel Not a Destination

Building Communities for Business – Tip #1: Treat Social as a Channel Not a Destination

This is my first in a series of 10 posts about how to build effective Social Media communities for business (and government). My first point is that is important to BEGIN with the understanding that Social Media does NOT "change everything," -- it simply adds several new channels for you to interact with your...
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RE: Can Twitter Be Saved? (What I Would Do at Twitter)

RE: Can Twitter Be Saved? (What I Would Do at Twitter)

Mark Gimein (of Slate's "The Big Money") recently posited that Twitter is “collapsing under its own weight” due to the sheer number of Tweets we all have to wade through. I agree. I recommend three steps to the leaders of Twitter to both make the service more useful and create a revenue driving service…
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Gartner’s 2009 “Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies”: Reflections and Pronostications

Gartner’s 2009 “Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies”: Reflections and Pronostications

The 2009 Gartner Hype Cycle Special Report evaluates the maturity of 1,650 technologies and trends in 79 technology, topic and industry areas. New Hype Cycles this year include cloud computing, data center power and cooling technologies, and mobile device technologies. Here are my Web 1.0 reflections and Web 2.0 prognostications based on this report…
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Facebook Usernames: Another “Nail in the Coffin” for Branding Based on Plain Simple Language

Yesterday morning (12am EDT to be exact), Facebook opened the doors to allowing its members to register and bind easy-to-handle usernames to their accounts (company and organization names are coming soon). This is yet another step along the road that will eventually make it impossible for new organizations to brand themselves using plain simple...
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Wrap-up: Business and Technology Strategy Changes in the Age of Social Networks

Last week, I participated in a panel discussion at the Wharton School on the effects of social networks on technology and business strategy. Here is a wrap-up of what I heard...
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Preview: Business and Technology Strategy Changes in the Age of Social Networks

Preview: Business and Technology Strategy Changes in the Age of Social Networks

On May 22, Steve Ennen, Managing Director, Wharton Interactive Media Initiative will be moderating a panel discussion on the business and strategy in the Age of Social Networks. Here is some food for thought to those planning to attend...
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It Feels Like 1999 All Over Again in The Internet Space

It Feels Like 1999 All Over Again in The Internet Space

Obviously the world has changed from an economic, geopolitical and security perspective in the last ten years. However, much of the Web 2.0 world is feeling very much like Web 1.0 did in 1999. New web technologies have widely penetrated the consumer space. However, promised "transformational and disruptive" change has NOT been...
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1 a: The implementation of an action b : something accomplished deed, feat

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