CIO 2.0

Are you a social media addict?

Martijn Stegink — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:53:16 +0000

I found this image looking for icons, but it made me wonder how much of these I knew the name and what they do.

Social networking from Salesforce: chatter

Martijn Stegink — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:22:17 +0000

Salesforce Chatter offers all the features you can expect from a ‘microblogging’ system: profiles, following, status updates, feeds, groups and sharing documents and links. In addition it also pulls in data from twitter, facebook so it becomes a social datamart. A cloud based social collaboration platform is not new, even though this is offered on a [...]

We are implementing Video Conferencing

Martijn Stegink — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:52:06 +0000

Late last year we decided to invest in video conferencing, so we can save on CO2 emissions, travel (cost) and get faster decision making.

The Social Datamart is emerging

Martijn Stegink — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:47:26 +0000

Information is at our fingertips, but often we don't even use a fraction of the potential of our data. But that is about to change. New web services are surfacing, they turn data into information, for use.

Google Threatens to Exit China

Martijn Stegink — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:14:18 +0000

Today an unusual piece of news called for attention in my work. Google is threatening to shut downs its operations in China, which likely would lead to the blocking of all Google services in the country.

Cisco announces Home Video Conferencing

Martijn Stegink — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:53:14 +0000

Last week at CES, Cisco unveiled its TelePresence system for consumer homes. The system used a set-top device, a remote control, a high-def camera, microphone, and a standard HDTV. The device is expected to cost around $1,000 excluding the cost of the TV and consumers’ monthly Internet bills. The company plans to trial its telepresence technology [...]

Repair your iPhone visual voicemail

Martijn Stegink — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:19:32 +0000

Visual voicemail is an excellent invention. Instantly see who left a message and listen to it, without having to go through the whole list. But it seems to 'break' often. Here's how to fix it.

10 Microblogging tools for the Enterprise

Martijn Stegink — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:51:55 +0000

Microblogging is often referred to as Twitter for Corporations as there are many similarities and they are undoubtedly inspired by Twitter. This type of tool is good to share ideas, questions, answers and status updates. They are also good for communication, knowledge sharing and finding expertise.

Will Skype become a video conferencing contender?

Martijn Stegink — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:00:56 +0000

Skype users can now make high-definition video calls as long as they have an HD webcam and sufficient bandwidth and processing power, Skype said on Tuesday. The company also announced that HDTVs will ship later this year with its Internet calling software embedded on them.

Employees willing to pay for own smartphone to work from anywhere

Martijn Stegink — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:04:00 +0000

I am a strong advocate of smartphones as I firmly believe this makes employees more productive. In my own organization I have been predicting at least two-thirds of the staff will have some sort of smartphone to their disposal in the next two years. Turns out I am backed by the numbers.