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Comment on My Love-Hate Relationship With Twitter by More Followers Vs More Followers « Manchester LAB

More Followers Vs More Followers « Manchester LAB — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:58:01 +0000

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Comment on More than a Name Change: IBM Rebrands LotusLive as IBM SmartCloud for Social Business by Tony Baer

Tony Baer — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:11:22 +0000

There’s something kinda ironic about IBM having a stronger brand name for end user software. Back in the day, when you had *wonderful* tools like DisplayWrite, which required you to navigate 4 screens to do simple cut and pastes, IBM and software were not necessarily known for end user friendliness. With 1-2-3, of course, quite a different story for Lotus. IBM Docs truly brings matters full circle!

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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:31:31 +0000

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Comment on More than a Name Change: IBM Rebrands LotusLive as IBM SmartCloud for Social Business by Pankaj

Pankaj — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:35:52 +0000

Great analysis Laurie. This is big news! So IBM thinks it worthwhile to cast away all the brand recognition and goodwill (or badwill) it has built into the Lotus brand-name. To me, its almost like Microsoft suddenly deciding to call its Office suite Workdocs or something (though not that big). One part of it I guess is to get away from the “email” connotations of Notes, and make social features the core; another part is obviously consistency in branding. Although, I haven’t been following IBM very closely, but the impression i get is that IBM is increasingly looking to position itself as a cloud platform, as opposed to a product. IBM wants you to dump your entire business on their cloud, not just a specific part .

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Small Business Cloud Computing Trends — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:53:23 +0000

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Comment on More than a Name Change: IBM Rebrands LotusLive as IBM SmartCloud for Social Business by mhdweb

mhdweb — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:05:06 +0000

In my recent experience, Lotus wins hands down on security for email/collaboration, but leaves much to be desired from a usability perspective. Their tools are just not tested enough to be intuitive to the average user.

Comment on More than a Name Change: IBM Rebrands LotusLive as IBM SmartCloud for Social Business by Alan Lepofsky

Alan Lepofsky — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:30:10 +0000

Nice overview. One nitpick, the phrase should be “on-premises” not “on-premise”. The first refers to a location, the second “based on moral reason”.

Comment on Slideshow: Highlights SMB Group 2011 Social Business Study by Brian Paine

Brian Paine — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:40:49 +0000

Hey Laurie

How does one get involved with particapating in the study?

Cheers..BP

Comment on Top 10 SMB Technology Predictions for 2012 from the SMB Group by Small Business Trends to Watch in 2012 - Small Business Update - Small Business Ideas

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:42:53 +0000

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Comment on Recap of Joint Social Business Webinar with Radian6 and CRM Essentials by Windows 8

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