While millions of people interact daily in public-facing social media channels, there are a growing number of internal social media solutions for the enterprise, becoming modern-day intranets of sorts. But do these systems work? And why might trying to bring social tools inside your gated corporate walls fail? Lack of a social culture. MORE >>

Earlier this week I gave the opening keynote at the Sydney launch of Tibbr , the new social enterprise offering from TIBCO. hope to have the video of my presentation up before long. Before the event I summarized some of the very positive commentary on Tibbr since the San Francisco launch two weeks ago. It’s now time to offer my own thoughts. MORE >>

It’s even tougher when you’re at a large company –  and even tougher still when you’re at a large company in a highly regulated industry. What topics are can you engage in? How do you create an efficient approval process? How and when should you respond to content on third-party websites? Create helpful policies. link]. And, in fairn. MORE >>

Ex Microsoftie Nokia CEO Stephen Elop of Nokia announced he was ‘diving forward’ off the burning platform he alerted his fellow Nokia employees about earlier this week. This dive, as expected, was a jump to a primary partnership with the Microsoft phone ecosystem, but the whole episode brings up a number of interesting issues around MORE >>

Cloud file storage service Dropbox is a long-tine favorite here at WWD — it provides a quick and easy way to store files in the cloud, sync them between different machines and share large files. However, although Dropbox encrypts your data , to be completely sure that your data is secure, you need to encrypt it yourself. to run. via ghacks ). MORE >>