While content has always been regarded as king in most communication, that’s not necessarily the most important thing any more, especially with blogs. Linking and referring – these are likely to become far more important, where what you say is one thing: who links to what you say is another. So I was very interested […]
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Communication challenges for Oracle and PeopleSoft after acquisition
CNET News: PeopleSoft’s board of directors has approved a takeover deal with Oracle worth around $10.3 billion, ending a long-running and bitter battle and creating a major software maker. CNET News | Oracle buys PeopleSoft for $10 billion So while the acquisition endgame is in sight for investors and shareholders, a great deal of work […]
IBM enters the fray as Microsoft launches new search tools
CNET News: IBM is building software it hopes will make it the Google of corporate-search technology. Big Blue has been quietly working on data storage software designed to greatly improve the ability of companies to find business documents scattered across their networks, Janet Perna, the general manager of IBM’s information management group, told CNET News.com. […]
The FUD begins in Oracle and PeopleSoft deal
Creating fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) about your competitors in the minds of their customers is a tactic common in the enterprise software industry, especially when you see a significant event like an acquisition that will upset the fine balance of players in a mature and consolidating market. It’s all part of the friendly business […]
Search libraries with Google
The libraries of five of the world’s most important academic institutions are to be digitised by Google, BBC News reports. Scanned pages from books in the public domain will then be made available for search and reading online. The full libraries of Michigan and Stanford universities as well smaller collections at Harvard, Oxford and the […]
The Donald is The Brand
Thanks to his real estate prowess and hit reality show, America’s most watched billionaire says his brand “has become the best brand,” reports Business Week. Business Week publishes a recent conversation with Trump to discuss the state of his business and his brand. A snippet re his hit show The Apprentice (which we see here […]
20 questions and blog writing skills
Steve Rubel wrote yesterday about Stowe Boyd’s efforts to find meaningful answers to 20 questions about blogging and the blog that’s been set up to facilitate the answering process. The answers to those 20 questions will form part of the content that Stowe’s company, Corante, will use in a seminar in January. Most of the […]
In-flight Wi-Fi really arrives and mobile phones look probable
InternetWeek reports that SAS Scandinavian Airlines on Tuesday introduced Boeing’s Connexion high-speed wireless access on selected flights out of Copenhagen, with plans to equip its entire long-haul fleet by February. Also on Tuesday, Deutsche Lufthansa AG – one of the most aggressive early adopters of in-flight connectivity – added Connexion to its Munich-Miami and Munich-San […]
Delisting in the US because of Sarbanes-Oxley
The costs of compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are leading some international companies to delist in the US, with others not bothering to apply for stock market listing. A report yesterday in Business Week Online said that the tough corporate-reporting regulations passed in the US in 2002 after the wave of financial scandals have many […]
More like PR fluff than Bill Gates’ answers
According to "Bill Gates Answers Most Frequently Asked Questions," the first question that’s important for him to answer is "What kind of role did fate or luck play in your success?" This 3-page Word document, available for download from Microsoft’s website, has eight pretty limp questions which have Bill Gates’ words as answers, including on […]
Firefox NYT ad appears
Today the much-heralded Firefox full-page ad in the New York Times appeared. Except it’s not a full-page ad – it’s a two-page spread: As explained in a post today on Spread Firefox: […] Thousands of us rallied together in 10 short days to pull off the largest open source fundraising campaign in history. And today, […]
Interview: Raising blog awareness in Norway
In October, I was interviewed about blogging for an article in the Norwegian business publication Kommunikasjon, published in Oslo, Norway, by Kommunikasjonsforeningen. The article’s now been published. It’s not online, only in print. And it’s in Norwegian. But thanks to translation help from Fredrik Wackå, I have the text in English. There’s increasing interest about […]
Fired Delta employee crusade lacks credibility
The story of the Delta Airlines employee who was fired for breach of company policy regarding some photos she posted on her personal blog is taking some interesting twists and turns. Here’s the quick story overview. Ellen Simonetti was a flight attendant at Delta Airlines. She writes Queen of Sky, a personal blog, in which […]
Microsoft ramps up the FUD
Following the announcement of Oracle’s acquisition of PeopleSoft on 13 December, I wrote about the outbreak of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) that began with comments by an SAP executive. Now comes news about moves by Microsoft seeking to lure PeopleSoft customers away. Microsoft-Watch reports that Microsoft didn’t waste any time in trying to win […]
Firefox is to Internet Explorer as IE was to Netscape
Following Thursday’s Firefox ad in the New York Times, the paper has a great news article today (dated tomorrow) on why Firefox has been so successful so far: In late 1995, at a time when Netscape Navigator was synonymous with the Web and Internet Explorer had yet to attract many adopters, Microsoft made a risky […]
Understanding RSS from the non-tech view
A friend in the UK asked me for some thoughts and info about RSS and how she could create and syndicate her company’s own RSS feeds for things like press releases and product information. She wanted a non-technical view, something she could easily understand herself so that she’d be able to have a sensible discussion […]
Google Print for searching and buying books
One thing you can say about Google is that they just keep on coming with new ideas and innovation. Earlier this week, there was news about Google’s plans to digitize the libraries of five of the world’s most important academic institutions. Now there’s Google Print: To use Google Print, just do an ordinary Google search. […]
How to read a blog
Tech columnist John Dvorak has written a good starter’s guide on how to read a blog. Written for his blog specifically, it’s nevertheless a good general introduction to understanding the content structure of blogs, and illustrates with diagrams the common elements in most blogs, including links, categories, comments and quotations. Helpful for blogging newbies.
Video search from Yahoo
PC World: Yahoo is pushing one of the frontiers for search engines, with its new test site for searching video content on the Web. The site, at video.search.yahoo.com, went up last Wednesday, and pits Yahoo against competitors such as Singingfish, which is owned by America Online. The Yahoo video search service lets users narrow their […]
More Ned’s tips on IABC accreditation
We had a few emails following this blog’s conversation with Ned Lundquist about IABC accreditation earlier this month. Most of them were wondering what warm beer and a vintage MGB had to do with it. So Ned and I got together again in cyberspace to demonstrate how effective we are at clear communication. Ned, I […]