The mobile landscape is evolving rapidly. Mobile and cloud are providing the foundation for the next 15 to 20 years of IT evolution. This shift is on the order of magnitude of the move to client server computing and the introduction of...
Read more »Mobile and the Cloud Combine to Transform Healthcare
Almost three years after the iPad successfully reintroduced the tablet computer, there is an urgency to deliver mobile apps in the enterprise that never existed when companies were simply connecting smartphones. While all types of industries are considering the impact...
Read more »BYOD Should Be About More Than Email
Yesterday, I posted an article on Forbes that discussed the multiple definitions of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) which you can read here. In short, I said that analyst numbers (mine included) don’t accurately reflect what is happening in BYOD....
Read more »Mobility Interview: Coffee Break With Game Changers Next Week!
On Wednesday March 28th, I’ll be interviewed by Bonnie Graham for VoiceAmerica’s Coffee Break with Game Changers — presented by SAP. As I’ve said before, I believe Mobile and Cloud will change what we connect, how we connect and how...
Read more »Mobile changes the voice industry – customers consider ditching a portion of desk phones
Last week I attended the ShoreTel Investor day held at AT&T park. I had the opportunity to chat with Bill Schlough, CIO San Francisco Giants. In fact, I wrote a piece in Forbes about the day. The conference reminded me of how...
Read more »An App Isn’t A Mobile Strategy
Mobile applications, for both B2C and B2E applications, are top of mind for most firms I speak with. However, the business and technical strategy for how to mobilize apps causes heartache for most companies. I chose this topic for this...
Read more »Advice for Social Media Week: 5 More Social Media Tips from Rachel Gross
Continuing on yesterday’s post, I’m sharing 5 more tips that Rachel Gross spoke about at at theISSMM executive event I moderated in February. Rachel, who is the social media manager for Sanuk (a cool sandals company), provided the following tips: Make it dynamic....
Read more »Advice for Social Media Week: 4 Social Media Tips from Rachel Gross
In honor of social media week I thought I’d share 9 tips that Rachel Gross shared with me at the last ISSMM executive event I moderated. I’ll share them in two posts. Rachel, who is the social media manager for Sanuk...
Read more »New Survey-based Research on Social Media, Email and Mobile Marketing
Lopez Research in conjunction with The Software Information and Industry Association (SIIA) recently surveyed 106 marketing executives about their company’s use of email, mobile marketing and social media to build their brand, gain leads, and improve customer support. The findings were quite interesting....
Read more »Entrepreneurial Lessons Learned the Hard Way. My 24 Hours of Downtime.
A few weeks back I had something happen to my business that no one should have happen. I had a complete cratering of my online presence. My crack SEO team, Dragonsearch, discovered that my site had been hacked. Every page...
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