Spigit Innovation Summit Summarized in Three Words: Innovate, Collaborate, Learn

Innovation

By Jim Lundy I attended Spigit’s third annual SIS summit in Dana Point two weeks ago and it was one of the more memorable customer summits I have attended in a long time.  The biggest reason was that it was almost more of a retreat that discussed the entire spectrum of innovation, rather than a [...]

Microsoft Buys Yammer for 1.2 Billion; Validates Race for the Social Enterprise

Yammer

Microsoft Buys Yammer for 1.2 Billion; Validates Race for the Social Enterprise To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Note: Aragon Research also conducted a Webinar on this acquisition. To download the slides, click here. Author:  Jim Lundy Topics: Content Management, Social Software Issues: What are the best practices for managing content across the enterprise? Who [...]

Crowdsourcing Market Forecasting: The Open Forecast Project

By Jim Lundy Anyone who buys or sells technology products or services is always keen to know how the market for those goods is going to behave. It is a great business for forecasters, but as many that focus on market valuations know, it isn’t an exact science. Open Forecast Project opens up the secret [...]

Spigit’s FaceOff Makes Crowdsourcing of Ideas Easy

To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Social Software Issue:  How will Social Software technologies evolve?  Summary: Spigit is launching a new ideation application called FaceOff that uses crowdsourcing and some clever gamification and UI work to attract users. Event: At E2.0 on November 15th and at subsequent events over [...]

Yammer Takes Activity Streams to the Next Level

  To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Social Software Issues: How will Social Software technologies evolve? Who are the Social Software providers and how will they navigate a crowded market? Summary: On November 9th, Yammer announced new Wiki and Content support for its flagship enterprise social networking platform [...]