The majority of businesses have no formal plans to adopt social media or use its benefits that can lead to better customer relations and increased sales.Fear and apathy are the primary barriers to using social media, according to a global survey by Avanade, an IT consultancy company.Over half of respondents to the survey said senior executives and IT staff resist adoption out of fear it will reduce employee productivity. Sixty percent believe management does not understand the potential social media offers employees and customers.
Major Internet Companies Agree On China Code Of Conduct
Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have announced they are close to completing a voluntary code of conduct for doing business in China and other countries that censor the Internet. Details of the code of conduct have not yet been made public but Senator Dick Durbin (D-Il) was supportive of the companies’ progress. "We must ensure that American companies operating in repressive regimes protect fundamental human rights," Durbin said in a statement.
Google Tops Most Reputable Companies List
It used to be we talked about music singles debuting at the top of charts. These days we talk about companies. Imagine Casey Kasem talking for this next line, then: In its first year to be included in the Reputation Institute’s Global Pulse report on the most reputable companies, Google debuts at number one in the US.
Houston Files Lawsuit Against Online Travel Companies
The city of Houston has filed a lawsuit against online hotel bookers for keeping money the city claims should go towards its occupancy tax."We believe the (online) companies are, essentially, pocketing the money that should go to occupancy tax," Mayor Bill White told the Houston Chronicle. "It’s unfair to those who are paying the price where the full taxes are paid."
Student Entrepreneurs And StartUp Companies
I’m going to be giving the keynote presentation at an upcoming event organized by and focused on student entrepreneurs being held on the MIT campus this Saturday (May 3, 2008) from 12:00 – 4:00 p.m.. Student entrepreneurs from MIT, Harvard, Babson, Olin and Boston University and other Boston area academic institutions will gather to talk about startups. I could not hope for a better group to interact with.
Web Companies May Be Bracing For Recession
I had my next few purchases all planned out – a nice alarm clock, a new TV, and a big bookcase. Then signs of a recession began to pile on, and setting aside extra mortgage payments started to seem like the better idea. Many companies are thinking similarly.
Companies Using Universal Search Internally
If you use Google to search, then you have probably seen their universal search, which shows more than just html documents in the search results. Major companies are now seeing the benefits of using universal search to search their internal resources. Professional services firms, especially law firms, are using universal search tools to instantly locate content, wherever it’s located.
Web 2.0 Companies Waiting to go Public
At this point, we really haven’t seen a major Web 2.0 company make it through an IPO. We’ve seen YouTube gobbled up by Google, and MySpace snagged by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. To date, they remain the companies that have truly defined success in the evolving Web 2.0 era.
SEM for Large Companies
I was reading an excellent post today by David Meerman Scott on EMC’s troubles with search marketing. I work for IBM, so EMC is a competitor of ours, but I have trouble being too critical because I know what they are struggling with.
Chinese Can Only Access Video from State-controlled Companies
You knew it had to happen sooner or later: China is cracking down on Internet video. Under the new regulations, Chinese web surfers will only be able to access video from state-controlled companies. It looks like these regulations will effectively kill user-generated and other video sharing sites. However, as the AP reports, there is some uncertainty there: