The idea of turning your mobile smartphone into a mobile wallet is an appealing one. There is no device that spends as much time in our personal proximity than a mobile phone, much more than wallets....

Every step in the sales process requires ultimate attention to detail and efficient time management. But one of the toughest and most under-managed aspects of that process is the lead qualification st...

John Savageau, January 3, 2011 This blog was reposted from “John Savageau’s Technology Innovation Topics” website. 2010 was a great year for cloud computing.  The hype phase of cloud computing...

Yes, it’s déjà vu: certain topics crop up again and again on IT-related blogs. The age-old question: does a CIO really need to have IT experience?  I’ve touched upon this before, here and here...

...s quarterly trend report reflects the results of its analysis of billions of Internet transactions daily within the company's cloud-based GlobalView Network. With the acquisition of the Command Ant...

As we kick-off 2011, I wanted to make sure to thank each and every loyal member of VMblog.com. With the help of its readers and sponsors, this site... Read more at VMblog.com.

Clearly no one size will fit all. To some in the industry that are doing great work (and there are many out there, despite what you might read), these resolutions will just serve as affirmations of th...

Pity the poor PPC ad copywriter. Back in the days of the so-called mad men, before Transparent Marketing was a necessity, they could just mix hyperbole, bold fonts, and a handsome fella, and then head...

It seems to me that the more prevalent social media becomes, the less we know about the power of persuasion.

The Internet is a visual place.  I love photography and graphic design. I grew up admiring some of the worlds great photojournalists like Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Without waxing too po...

I’ve now seen a number of press reports and some related writing, about the Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastrucure as a Service and Web Hosting, that I feel mischaracterize statements made on the MQ...

Following up on my initial post, it seems that one of the areas that resonated with readers was the idea of "app store" like functionality coming to their businesses, internally. In doing some more re...

Cloud, Analytics Will Drive Midmarket GrowthChannel InsiderA survey of more than 2000 companies finds that cloud computing and business analytics solutions that drive growth and innovation are top IT...

I was thinking over the last few days about the HP Bloggers Event which I attended in Dallas and Houston Texas, it was great fun and a great way to learn more about what HP are working on, it also ref...

There is a whole panoply of rules and regulations.  Some of these probably apply to your business.  The regulations don’t change because you move into the Cloud, but you have added at least one mo...

A recently released list of the top 100 social media brands of 2010 by Vitrue, has Apple continuing its three-year reign as the top social media brand. Vitrue ranks brands based on their various ment...

Definition provided courtesy of Andrey Markov and the texts of many prominent cloud figures.P.S. Before taking this seriously, please read the note at the end.=== Start Text ===Cloud data centers have...

As the digital landscape increasingly shifts to social media, businesses are wrestling with ways to use it most effectively. Similarly, social media outlets are rapidly moving from informal consume...

Audi’s new 60-second TV advertisement billed as a prelude to its upcoming Super Bowl ad. Titled “Goodnight,” the spot is inspired by Goodnight Moon, the 1947 children’s book by Margaret Wise...

(Estimated Time to Read this Post = 5 Minutes) When I was at the XChange conference, I had the pleasure of meeting a web analyst whose business relied on a subscription model.  In a subscription mod...