Topsy is a real-time search engine for the web that also provides nice information about what’s trending in real-time. A hidden gem is their Social Analytics which allows you to compare up to 3 d...

Recognizing the relationship between and subsequently addressing the three core operational risks in the data center will result in a stronger operational posture. Risk is not a synonym for lack of...

Online Marketers world-wide are looking towards content marketing as a way to educate, connect with and influence prospects to become customers. Content can also play a big part in lead nurturing and...

The 2011 SAP Salary Survey is a new (tall) infographic I designed for Panaya, a software-as-a-service company that provides upgrade automation to SAP customers.  The team at Panaya runs this survey...

The search giant Google has thrown its hat into the social networks ring. With social networks growing and expanding wildly, Google has decided to get its share of the action. It all started with the...

Last week I attended and presented at the Content Marketing Strategies Conference 2011 up in Oakland, CA. Bill Flitter and Dlvr.it put on a great experience by inviting a wide variety of speakers to c...

I uploaded a YouTube video: Bill.com has many advantages for keeping your businesses' books and here we discuss them and get a demo with the CEO.

If you have read my postings, even a couple, you are likely to know that I have really been pushing for integrated marketing. I talked about the need for a strategic balance of traditional marketing...

The Accumulus Subscription and Usage Billing System enables businesses to find more success with subscriptions and recurring payments. The system includes a suite of integrated tools designed to help...

Guest post by Shankar GaneshGoogle Chrome was released more than two years ago and it's the browser of choice for many people. Despite having won hearts for its speed and elegance, Google Chrome does...

Burson-Marsteller has released the 2011 edition of its report on social media accounts of the Fortune 100 corporations and here are the key findings: 1. Twitter (77%) is the most preferred platform f...

Where do you pull inspiration from? Some of the best ideas (be it for clients of Twist Image or words you read in this Blog) come from reading, learning and hearing about new and innovative companies...

It's a gradual move that we see people make to the cloud. It may seem slow at times but it is happening. What moves it along are the incremental changes to applications that make the services just a l...

Over the last few weeks we have heard about riots in Tunisia, Egypt, Lybia, Algeria, Bahrain and more, mostly powered by the disruptive role of social media like Twitter and Facebook, to the point tha...

My “aha” moment here at EMC came during my first week when I was asked to describe the generic attributes of cloud infrastructure. Here I was, in an organization that’s made billions on storage,...

Yahoo is scheduled to make changes to its internal cloud-serving platform and release it as an open source. Yahoo Cloud, is a cloud computing infrastructure that offers Yahoo developers on-demand comp...

If your 2011 marketing budget is tighter than you want it to be, trying giving sales less leads. According to Marketing Sherpa’s just-released 2011 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report, a whopping 80 p...

In just a couple of days, I’ll be in Barcelona speaking at the Cisco Partner Velocity Conference.  To say I’m looking forward to this opportunity is an understatement. I’m honored to be aske...

If you’re a follower of marketing and sales blogs beyond just this one, you’ve probably noticed all kinds of blogs and tweets sprouting up today around The Blog Tree, just released by Eloqua an...

Starting today, Gmail and Google Docs users should run into many fewer problems when it comes to opening different types of existing files.  Google launched support for 12 new file formats this after...