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Major trends shaping social business
A panel discussion on the first day of the IBM Connect 2013 conference in Orlando, Florida highlighted some major trends which would define social business this year and beyond.
The driving power of big data for social business
After yesterday’s main theme of how organizations are leveraging upon the benefits of implementing a social business strategy, the second day of IBM Connect in Orlando, Florida shifted its focus to the underlying technologies and trends which enable a social enterprise. Gabey Goh reports.
IBM Connect 2013: Day 1 round-up
Gabey Goh gives a rundown of Day One of IBM Connect 2013 in Orlando, Florida.
IBM boosts Connections portfolio
The first day of IBM Connect, the company’s rebranded annual Lotusphere conference, saw several announcements and additions to its software portfolio, with new social offerings that it claims would help companies gain deeper insights into big data generated through the use of social networks.
IBM confident Connections can vie against nimble start-ups
While acknowledging that competitors – including web-based start-ups – have successfully entered and garnered a foothold in the social enterprise space, IBM is confident that its Connections software suite will remain an attractive solution for businesses.
IBM beefs up financing for business partners
IBM announces US$4bil in financing for credit-qualified clients to eliminate many of the cost barriers that businesses face today.
IBM claims server leadership in Asean, citing IDC
IBM has claimed a leadership position in the server market in Malaysia in terms of overall server revenue market share for the third quarter of 2012, citing IDC’s Asia/Pacific Quarterly Enterprise Server Tracker report.
Virtualization just a step in journey to the cloud: IDC
Enterprises that have begun to virtualize their IT infrastructure are on the right track in their journey towards cloud computing, but they should not think that they have successfully made the transition as virtualization is only the first step, say industry watchers.
IBM says new software helps companies build ‘smarter’ products
IBM has announced new software that it said would help organizations bring ‘intelligence’ to the products, systems and applications people use every day.
Helping organizations tackle big data, social media challenges
IBM has unveiled a new digital marketing system and big data software that it claimed were designed to help organizations gain ‘actionable insights’ on the broadest range of data to transform the way they do business with customers, employees and partners.
