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Nov. 24, 2011

Gerardo Dada answered this question

What are the common drivers for adopting social media in an organization?

Don,
Many companies are adopting social media because they think they have to - they are following a trend. They know facebook is "huge" and they need a social strategy.
More advanced organizations use social media as a tool to help with specific business problems. ... more

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May 19, 2011

Ed Schlesinger and 4 other people answered this question

Do you see an adoption lifecycle for cloud computing?

Further thoughts on this list at http://cloudblog.salesforce.com/2011/05/ize-on-the-cloud.html by Peter Coffee

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Cloud Computing

May 12, 2011

Peter Johnston and 7 other people answered this question

What are the top benefits of adopting marketing automation?

We've heard a lot about the benefits. But what about the downside?
Here are 14 good reasons not to do it...
1. Marketing Automation is built on the old-fashioned push model of marketing.
2. MA is based on the discredited “Marketing makes leads for Sales” ideology.
3. MA is ... more

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Feb. 17, 2011

Dennis Morgan answered this question

How to deal with the cultural barriers to Cloud Computing

Let me elaborate on my previous comments. As an in the trench IT person for 25+ years, I have seen most of what goes on in an IT department. I have worked for all sizes and types of companies. One common thread that I have ... more

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Cloud Computing

Jan. 27, 2011

Scott Clayton and 5 other people answered this question

How do I mitigate and manage the risk of moving to the cloud?

The "soft" approach I recommend is to start with implementation of a rapid, verifiable ROI service complementary to existing in-house core-competency operational functions which is not fully addressed by existing IT services. This complementary service could relate to something like process intelligence - a capability ... more

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Jan. 17, 2011

Dan Verhaeghe and 2 other people answered this question

Why do you think that companies are still seeing such a low adoption rate for marketing automation?

That's because there are so many different things to look at on the Internet- a real marketing strategy isn't bought in a box.
A real marketing strategy is deployed by a team of Internet workers with human faces.
A real marketing strategy is being creative.
Automation ... more

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Jan. 12, 2011

Bruce Pellegrino and 1 other person answered this question

How would you characterize virtualization for 2010 and what can we look forward to in 2011?

2010 was a year in which many companies increased their level of virtualization and many companies tinkered with Virtual Desktop Pilots or POCs.
In 2011 I expect companies to continue to virtualize their production workloads and to begin to implementing virtualization aware management tools including ... more

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