Organizations talk a lot about how important their employees are and the contribution they make to overall success. This obviously means that employee retention is one of the key priorities.  To bolster productivity and a more engaged workplace,...

Speaking to bankers who are trying to deal either in proactive or reactive modes to social networking, three basic “feel trends” seem clear. 1. Changing demographics from Baby Boomers (pass book savers to high touch HNW customers) to aggressive, impatient...

Social Computing and Online Communities represent a great opportunity for building better relationships with Customers Brett Bonthron, member of Microsoft's High-Tech Manufacturing Team, discussed during a recent panel discussion at the Consumer Electronics...

NewsGator Technologies, Inc. announced the general availability of Social Sites 2.0, a major upgrade for NewsGator’s social computing solution for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.  Social Sites 2.0 offers new social capabilities to...

The fourth-largest public school district in the United States needed a consistent way to deliver information to more than 1 million students, parents, teachers, and administrators. The district built a Web-based portal to provide a single point of access...

With Store Managers and Store Associates spending very little time in front of computers, mobile applications, speech applications and podcasting become more relevant. Podcasting is a excellent means by which Retailers can communicate corporate information...

The concept of social networking has recently experienced a great deal of visibility as a means to increase the productivity of information workers and organization members. Social networking as a concept involves the ability for a technology platform...

  Heres a great story from Canada: Scotiabank, Canada's largest international bank uses wikis and blogs to create a community without borders based on Microsoft Office Sharepoint Portal Server. Click here for Story

I love the ideas and concepts behind the Harley Davidson Ride Planner . Its not only a great example of mashups but is also an excellent social computing application: it allows users to create and share ride information. In addition to that the application...

Blogs are are great way for retailers to connect with their customers. Wal-Mart has launched CheckOutBlog.com to let employees post their opinions of products, advice on selecting environmentally sustainable food, their rants on the latest gadgets. The...