June 2009

No - I have not died

Just been a bit preoccupied - however the political shambles that our country has descended into has help me find my blogging mojo.I think a great starting point is the use of Youtube as a instant ...  Continue Reading

#csnf - Implementing Enterprise 2.0 Successfully

2nd panel discussion, hosted by Iwona Petruczynik of Frost & Sullivan What is web 2.0? Olivier Crieche: the stuff people use at home and are now starting to use at work Zeinab Lenton: It's ...  Continue Reading

Google founders’ mentor drowns

A US computer science professor best known for his association with Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin has drowned at his home in California....

Twitter first with news of minister's resignation

Digital minister Tom Watson used Twitter to announce his resignation on Friday, it has emerged.  Continue Reading

Big Patch Tuesday could mean a busy week for IT admin

Microsoft plans to release up to 10 security updates to fix vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Word and Excel tomorrow.

If...

Channel 4 to put archives on the web for free

Channel 4 is making its back catalogue of programmes available for free on its website.  Continue Reading

#csnf - Krem and creating success

[Switched to iPhone due to laptop battery death - please excuse typos] Thijs Sprangers of Krem is up, asking why we aren't talking more about LinkedIn. Krem have defined five relationship roles, ...  Continue Reading

#csnf - Lee Bryant and Credit Crunch Culture

Lee Bryant's thesis is that businesses cannot afford big expensive investments right now, but that social tools can give us decent returns from low investments.Deliver more for less, and investing ...  Continue Reading

#csnf - AXA Case Study

How do you launch social media in a company where every second of an employee's day is timed? That's the challenge Sonia Carter, head of online internal communications at AXA UK is talking ...  Continue Reading

#csnf - For and Against Social Networks

James Garner is leading a reasonably robust panel on the pros and cons of social networking.Panel are Euan Semple, a social media consultant, Trish Hunt from Dell and Dirk Singer of Cow.Euan Semple ...  Continue Reading

Pentagon hacker McKinnon launches legal challenge

Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon has launched a legal challenge against the director of public prosecutions (DPP), claiming that he should be prosecuted in the UK.  Continue Reading

#csnf - Managing the Modern Employee

Robert Johnson, strategic consultant at the Central Office of Information, knew nothing about social networking when he took on the talk.60s: people told what to do without explanation70s & ...  Continue Reading

Niall Cook on Corporate Social Networking

Niall Cook has started his talk with a challenge to preconceptions about social networking in corporates. It's not a case of buying something with Enterprise 2.0 on the box and thinking it will ...  Continue Reading

Opening Keynote: Suraj Kika on Twitter

Opening keynote is by Suraj Kika of Jadu. He's compared the massive growth of Twitter (1600% in 2009) with the wholesale shift of people's attention away from mass media to personalised media. It's ...  Continue Reading

Microsoft's browser market share figures skewed, say opponents

A group of technology companies supporting European charges of monopoly abuse against Microsoft have accused the software firm of understating its share of the browser market.  Continue Reading

Twitter to verify accounts to prevent fake tweets

Twitter plans to introduce "verified accounts" to protect users from fake tweets, according to the microblogging service's co-founder Biz Stone.  Continue Reading

How to develop a storage strategy for SMEs

Use these best practices to develop an SME storage strategy that will help you tier storage, choose SME-friendly technologies, and pick reseller or outsourcing options.  Continue Reading