First the news: Yes, the rumors are true. We are indeed buying the assets of ContentNext Media from Guardian News & Media Limited. The ethos of paidContent and our company are in sync. GigaOM’s core belief is that as connectivity becomes ubiquitous, it changes everything from society to business to we the people. OK, now you know what. MORE >>

Tweet What if your organization got rid of the Learning & Development function? What would the average manager or department head do? What would workers do? I’ve been thinking about this for a while. When work is learning, and learning is the work, training that is pushed from outside has less relevance. Break down barriers. MORE >>

Through a friend, I discovered the In Good Company blog and this excellent post on 5 tough questions entrepreneurs should be asking themselves. Reading through the questions, I thought they could easily be adapted to anyone, whether they work for themselves or for someone else, so here they are. Why don’t you? What would make doing them better? MORE >>

We’re in for more cloud/SaaS merger and acquisitions this year. Will continued innovation triumph over old guard purchase integrations? And do the customers and prospects care as much as the financial markets think they do MORE >>

Enterprise social networking may still be in its infancy when it comes to widespread adoption , but its popularity as a buzzword could hardly be hotter. What’s the result? lot of folks with little experience of how to best use enterprise social tools rushing to introduce them. So what usually goes wrong? Imagine your team loves change. Yamme MORE >>