Social software is here to stay and will make you smarter – IDC, IBM
Thu, Aug 26th 2010 3:27p Bilal Jaffery A greater need for social software for business has grown out of the fundamental changes to how businesses operate today. In the world of start-ups and killer apps, we are competing in a space where your neither your history nor ‘established’ channels dictates your customers’ choices. The end experience. The end product. The end solution — will help you get picked over your competition.
As an organization, how do you ensure that you are as competitive as the new lean star [read] Keywords: collaboration
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FORBES: How Social Media is being used to capture knowledge inside companies.
Tue, Aug 24th 2010 2:26p Bilal Jaffery Forbes published a discussion with IBM’s Jeff Schick on the steps organizations should take to capture knowledge and garner business intelligence. Forbes positions IBM as a thought leader in enterprise social software highlighting the opportunities organizations can achieve to gain efficiencies and increase productivity when they embrace enterprise-wide collaboration. Big Kudos to my Lotus Connections team for driving the future of business 2.0.
Have a read here: www.forbes.com/2010/08/23/ [read] Keywords: collaboration
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HP’s Next CEO?
Fri, Aug 13th 2010 1:31p Bilal Jaffery I think HP has an opportunity to become the next Apple, under the right leadership. They have the WebOS, the design architecture and the distribution network to make it happen.
The brilliant and charming Warren Bennis wrote in Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader that “There is a profound difference between management and leadership, and both are important. To manage means to bring about, to accomplish, to have charge of or responsibility for, to conduct. Leading is influencin [read] Keywords: apple
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5 Key Components of an Exceptional Digital Web Experience
Thu, Aug 12th 2010 4:00p Bilal Jaffery I am currently involved with an upcoming IBM Northstar project that focuses on the digital experience of the customers and businesses delivering them. As I have said earlier in my posts, the experience of today will drive the business of tomorrow.
Context is key. The best Web experiences make all users feel like the experience was custom fit for them – based upon their preferences, device, location, social networks, and behaviors.
Social is everywhere and everywhere is social. According to t [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM launches cheap err inexpensive cloud based enterprise email, web meetings and social networking
Tue, Aug 10th 2010 12:37p Bilal Jaffery Cheap, err inexpensive business email and social networking is here. I like this one, in fact I love this one. It allows small businesses and entrepreneurs to take advantage of a enterprise level email and social networking tools available to the big boys. No more reliance on free web providers and relying on 2nd grade email service to run your businesses.
Announcing today and starting at just $5 per user per month, LotusLive Notes joins the www.lotuslive.com online (cloud) collaboration suite, [read] Keywords: calendaring
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The new economy does not care for age nor past performance
Tue, Aug 3rd 2010 5:31a Bilal Jaffery I’ll keep it short and simple. The upcoming economy WILL not care about how wonderful you have been in the past or how many decades of experience you have under your belt. Your past performance has nothing to do with your future performance. Your competitor will take your proven model and make it better.
The customer will only care about the end result, the experience and most importantly, the customer service. The factory era allowed us to leverage a known model and scale it for efficienc [read] Keywords:
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A truly social enteprise is hungry
Mon, Aug 2nd 2010 4:29a Bilal Jaffery This past week, I was asked to provide feedback and personal insights on current challenges being faced with internal adoption of social platforms in the enterprise market. As some of you already know, I also consult with startups and small businesses on the side, so part of my feedback was based on SMB/startup experience.
The discussion also sparked other related topics such as cultural paradigms, human resource management and even the business models of tomorrow.
I’ll definitely share m [read] Keywords: agent
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WIRED: Bad Connection: Inside the iPhone Network Meltdown
Tue, Jul 20th 2010 12:25p Bilal Jaffery For iPhone fans, it really was too good to be true. A pair of Apple executives had just described the latest model of the iPhone — the 3GS — onstage at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June 2009. The audience loved it. The 3GS was twice as fast as its predecessor, it included a camera that shot video, and the updated iPhone operating system enabled multimedia messaging and tethering — the ability to use the phone as a modem. Just one problem: While many customers in Europ [read] Keywords: apple
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CIO Magazine: Cloud Computing Gets Real and Lotus Knows
Tue, Jul 20th 2010 3:24a Bilal Jaffery CIO Update published an article on office productivity applications and the shift to cloud computing. The writer, Robert McGarvey, highlights this shift and the many benefits that go along with it, mainly, lower costs. IBM’s Sean Poulley is quoted throughout the article positioning IBM as a thought leader while touting Lotus Symphony as an open alternative to Microsoft Office.
We are at an historic inflection point, insists Sean Poulley, VP of Cloud Services at IBM.
The move into cloud-b [read] Keywords: ibm
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Rebirth of Old Spice Brand
Thu, Jul 15th 2010 4:24p Bilal Jaffery Months ago, many people had the pleasure of seeing this hilarious ad by Oldspice. In it an extremely attractive man, let’s call him Mr. Oldspice, tries to informs women that though their boyfriend/husband can smell like Mr. Oldspice despite never living up to his looks. It was a highly successful television advertisement.
Then it turned genius. On Tuesday, Mr. Oldspice started responding to questions asked by the community via YouTube videos. Most of the videos answered queries from major infl [read] Keywords: community
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IBM earns Social Networking Platform War
Mon, Jul 12th 2010 6:23p Bilal Jaffery As we move towards actually earning vs demanding attention on the web, there is more attention being paid on bringing the external social networking tools into the internal network. We have moved away from the static intranets to the dynamic social collaboration environments.
According to the 2010 IBM CEO Study, 98 percent of CEOs need to restructure the way their organizations work. 5.3 hours is wasted per employee per week due to inefficient processes. 2 hrs is spent per employee per day looki [read] Keywords: collaboration
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June 23rd, Webinar on Social Software and Enterprise 2.0
Tue, Jun 22nd 2010 3:58p Bilal Jaffery The way we work is changing rapidly. Business professionals are using social software tools inside and outside the workplace to connect across organizational boundaries to build dynamic networks, share knowledge, and test ideas. Social software has probably already taken root in your organization. We are hosting a webinar on social software tomorrow at 11AM est.
Join us to learn how social Software to unify, energize and empower your employees to build professional networks, share ideas and inf [read] Keywords: ibm
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Easy way to learn more about Lotus
Wed, Jun 16th 2010 3:06p Bilal Jaffery This makes me smile. Heck, this makes me jump up and down in excitement. Our teams have come up with a one stop web portal to help you learn more about Lotus portfolio and how it can help you collaborate efficiently and move forward in this economy.
Check it out! Worth a click or two.
http://www.lotus.com/ldd/learnlotus [read] Keywords: ldd
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Sneak Preview: Check your Lotus Notes email on the Android!
Wed, Jun 16th 2010 12:17p Bilal Jaffery According to analyst firm IDC, there will be more than one billion mobile workers worldwide by year end 2010.
We are announcing the beta availability of Lotus Notes on the Google Android phones. If you have been following my blog, you have surely checked out the availability of Lotus Notes on the iPhone and iPad. Now it’s Android’s turn. Additionally, my friends in Lotus Connections tell me that the next version will support Android as well.
Like our other versions, Lotus Notes Trav [read] Keywords: connections
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A World with 1 Trillion Connected Devices
Fri, Jun 11th 2010 4:20p Bilal Jaffery By 2015, it’s estimated there will be one trillion connected devices. People with pacemakers will be monitored by wireless systems. In the near future, automobiles will run on 64-bit, multi-core processors, running millions of lines of code.
It’s a future that IBM believes will be increasingly dominated by a “system of systems,” where software scales on devices that interconnect to create a convergence of mechanical, electronic, and digital technologies.
ReadwriteWeb did [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Lotus Knows Photo Scavenger Hunt at Enterprise 2.0
Thu, Jun 10th 2010 11:25a Bilal Jaffery Enterprise 2.0 attendees, definitely participate in this photo scavenger!
Lotus Knows that you want to share the best of #e2conf ~ Follow @LotusKnows to play our photo scavenger hunt. Upload your photos to our group http://www.flickr.com/groups/lotuse2conf/ and tag them with #e2photos.
How to play:
There are seven “photo target” events throughout the conference. Participants will upload photos that show they were at three of the seven targets. Be creative with your photos – it can be a pic [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Lotus Notes is available on the Apple iPad
Tue, Jun 8th 2010 11:25a Bilal Jaffery Yes, you heard it right. Lotus Notes on the iPad is here and it is available for free for existing Notes users.
It is offered through the Lotus Notes Traveler software package on iPad. It allows for a two-way, over the air synchronization of enterprise class, secure email, calendar and contacts between the Lotus Domino servers and mobile devices. (Yes, blackberry, iphone and now, an, ipad).
If you are interested in reading first hand review of the device, please check out Ed Brill’s post [read] Keywords: domino
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Lotus Knows Discount to Enterprise 2.0 Conference
Tue, Jun 1st 2010 3:39p Bilal Jaffery If you are attending the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston, might as well take advantage of the Lotus Knows discount code, CNRREB20 to get 30% off their passes.
I’ve been tweeting about it, you are welcome to share it with your network as well. It does not make us anything. It’s just something that I wanted to share with you. [read] Keywords: lotus
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At the Make Web Not War Conference in Montreal
Thu, May 27th 2010 6:26p Bilal Jaffery .
As some of you have probably noticed via my twitter updates. I am currently attending the Make Web Not War conference in Montreal. The focus is on web development, social web and open data infrastructure of tomorrow. A refreshing change from typical corporate events, the energy at this ’startup/web 2.0′ along with passion at this conference is to die for.
I loved the panel discussions on passion and authentic social behavior required to succeed in this world of Web 2.0 – 3.0 [read] Keywords: collaboration
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First iTunes App for LotusLive!
Tue, May 11th 2010 12:25p Bilal Jaffery If you haven’t heard already, the LotusLive team has just released its first app for Lotuslive on iTunes for free.
In my digital strategy role, the MI work has lately been around paying close attention to the newest and the greatest on the mobile, social web and network engagement methodology and to “try” to have it incorporated in a practical manner in our business strategy. Notice I didn’t say social media because I don’t think it will exist in its form in the nex [read] Keywords: collaboration
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Blackberry Bold 9800 Slider Sneak Preview
Mon, May 10th 2010 3:26p Bilal Jaffery Straight from Waterloo, ON
it is the first ever live video of the mythical BlackBerry Bold sliding device coming out of Waterloo. The quality of the video is also decently clear, so check it out, okay? We’re still trying to confirm the model number of the handset, but it’s definitely in the Bold lineup as has been rumored, and now confirmed via the branding on the back of the phone. Oh, the device is also running OS 6.0 [read] Keywords: application
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New 30 day Lotus Foundations Trial
Mon, Apr 19th 2010 10:18a Bilal Jaffery If you have been thinking about trying out our small business server platform from infrastructure and email perspective, do check out the new trial version of Lotus Foundations v1.2 that is available now.
Download a free 30-day trial of IBM® Lotus® Foundations Start 1.2, an on-premise software appliance and a complete solution for businesses with 5-500 employees that have limited or no in-house technical resources. Lotus Foundations Start can be launched within 30 minutes and leverages self-ma [read] Keywords: foundations
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2 Lotus Notes Case Studies you can use
Tue, Apr 6th 2010 2:52p Bilal Jaffery Here are two case studies that you can use for your research and sales calls. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a line or comment away.
Lotus Notes and Domino Case Study: Intelligent Data Services
“IBM Lotus Notes and Domino were key in development of an information management tool that could streamline our back-office tasks into a more cost-efficient and manageable process.” – Connie Snellbacher, Chief Executive Officer, Intelligent Data Services
Click H [read] Keywords: calendaring
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Brand Butlers: Turn Your Brand into a Service
Wed, Mar 31st 2010 2:24p Bilal Jaffery An excellent summary of the trend (especially using mobile) of brand experiences providing useful services, rather than just pushing brand messaging. Includes a TON of example apps/sites!
http://trendwatching.com/trends/brandbutlers/ [read] Keywords: mobile
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Lotusphere LCTY Online
Fri, Mar 26th 2010 5:27p Bilal Jaffery If you weren’t able to attend Lotusphere or any of our local Lotusphere Comes To You events, here’s a great opportunity to check out the virtual event.
Lotusphere Comes to You ONLINE (LCTYO) is a premier on-line event series featuring newly updated presentations from Lotusphere 2010 and some 10 minute partner video demos. Designed to bring anyone who couldn’t get to Orlando the critical information and the excitement they missed, this FREE online series will help you get more f [read] Keywords: collaboration
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