IBM, which has quietly supported many telecom players, is now stepping up its mobile profile, buying up Israeli mobile app provider Worklight and releasing a new device management tool for enterprise customers. The moves help IBM capitalize on the push toward mobile by companies as they manage an exploding number of devices and apps. MORE >>

social media, social networking) - related domains that take up an increasing number of my research and client interaction cycles are: identity, analytics, and mobility. On the one hand - the need for comprehensive analytics when it comes to social activities is very real. While my core coverage is social computing (e.g., MORE >>

One of the enablers of this tighter integration is the use of Connections with the OpenSocial Foundation,  a standards board that IBM  and other firms such as Microsoft, Google, Atlassian, and Jive collaboratively develop or utilize. To this end IBM has made its Connections activity stream open to third party apps.   MORE >>

This is another in a series of my notes on IBM Connect 2013. Bob Piccano, IBM General Manager led the opening session.    He has moved to a new post leading the big data efforts across IBM. IBM is moving from systems of transaction to systems of engagement. Jeff Rhoda, General Manager, IBM.   MORE >>

While a lot of my research agenda and client interactions focused on collaboration and Enterprise 2.0 / social software during 2009, the most sizeable amount of time and energy for me this year was spent on social media, social networking, and social analytics (externally as well as internally). Social Analytics. & Social Software. MORE >>