Social
In the business world, social media is a double-edged sword. On one hand it's distracting, too much fun, and a time suck. On the other, it's proactive, highly effective, and increasingly more necessary. Thankfully it seems we're slowly but surely learning how to follow the latter path, and here to provide actual implementation insights are Toshiba, who've found a method to the madness:
Palo Alto, Calif. – August 30, 2011 – Jive Software recently announced that they were recognised as a ‘Leader' in The Forrester WaveTM: Enterprise Social Platforms, Q3 2011. (1) Jive was among the selected companies that Forrester Research, Inc. invited to participate in the report that was released on August 24, 2011.
Cloud computing company, HEDLOC, has signed a global reseller agreement with enterprise social networking vendor, Jive Software.
Under the agreement, HEDLOC will bring Jive’s social networking offering to the enterprise in the APAC region.
Jive’s enterprise social networking platform allows companies to connect their employees and customers to the social web, and it has already been adopted by enterprises such as Nike, Starbucks, Cisco and SAP.
US intelligence agencies talking Jive, too.
Sydney reseller HEDLOC has become a preferred Asia-Pacific partner for US corporate social networking specialists, Jive Software.
HEDLOC chief executive officer Bruno Pisano said Jive was a web business social networking tool for breaking down information silos within businesses and providing staff an overall view of documents and other data that “redefined” collaboration.
Sydney, Australia – July 19, 2011 – Today HEDLOC announced a new global reseller agreement with Jive Software. With this agreement, HEDLOC and Jive will bring the innovation of social networking to the enterprise.
On Google News, the average reader of political news has read 20 articles about politics in the last six months. Where do you stand?
Starting today, in the U.S. edition of Google News, you can see how voracious a news reader you are by earning Google News badges as you read articles about your favorite topics. The more you read, the higher level badge you’ll receive, starting with Bronze, then moving up the ladder to Silver, Gold, Platinum and finally, Ultimate.
Back in March, Google announced the +1 button on search results in English on Google.com - a way for you to recommend content to your friends, contacts and the rest of the world directly from Google search results and ads. 1+’s will now start appearing on Google’s search results in Australia for some users, and will start showing for most logged in users by the end of the week.
Just like on Google.com, the +1 button allows you to recommend a news article, your favourite brand of sandals or an attraction you visited with a single click.
The widespread adoption of social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook into our daily lives is changing the way we source news and find information. We will often first hear of breaking news through friends or connections in our social media streams, referring to news sources for supplementary information and more details. Trending topics and ‘re-tweeting’ posts provide unlimited avenues for news, information and updates to spread across multiple networks and reach a wider audience, fast.
Having all the world’s information organised, indexed and just a click away (not even a click with Google Instant) is immeasurably useful, but mix that with information from people you know, and all of a sudden you have a service that is even more relevant to you. The latest social innovation for Google Search integrates information from friends, contacts and the people you are connected to with the your Google search results.
