With every new development in social media, communications departments are faced with new challenges. If the end goal is to control the message – and that is the boiled-down purpose of communications departments – then the expansion and adoption of social media is a direct obstacle to that goal.
Decisions and How Companies Make Them
I was talking with Neil Raden and Tom Davenport today on the subject of decisions – what are the various kinds of decisions and how do companies make them and think about making them.
Afterwards I was reminded on something Rob Meredith posted – IT Archaeology: Whatever Happened to SDS? – a couple of weeks ago. It made me think about how we classify problems suitable for Enterprise Decision Management or EDM.
Media Companies Tinker with Image Management
Gone are the days when my mental picture of the community "out there" was shaped by the the hand-picked Letters to the Editor in the print newspaper.
More Companies Blocking Social Networks
A third of employers are now blocking access to social networking sites according to a new report from Web security firm ScanSafe. Companies blocking such sites has risen 17 percent over the past year.
Companies to Watch
Read/WriteWeb has a good preview of companies to watch at DEMOfall 2007, which starts today in San Diego, CA. Here’s the full list of all the presenters coming this week.
Japanese Companies Lash Out At YouTube
A group of Japanese media companies were very critical of YouTube today at a Tokyo press conference.
Google: All The Other Companies Are Doing It
A pretty large commotion was made over Google buying DoubleClick a few months back, especially from Microsoft, who filed against Google with the feds, flinging antitrust concerns. On Friday, Google responded with: Everybody else is doing it!
Big Companies – They Change a Lot
After speaking in Chicago on Friday, I spent a delightful couple of hours waiting out flight delays. (Yeah, I don’t think I’ve written that sentence before, either.) I was hanging out with fellow speaker Chris Silver Smith, with whom I swapped life stories. When I mention that I’ve worked for IBM for over 28 years, Chris said something insightful—"Wow, that’s a lot of change."
And it has been a lot of change.
Clearwire Partners With Satellite TV Companies
Clearwire Corporation has entered into a distribution agreement with DIRECTV and EchoStar Communications.
Clearwire Finds Partners
Media Companies Viewing Google as the Enemy
Media companies have started sending a message that they view Google as the enemy. Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons described Google and its ilk as Custer in his last stand.