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Exec Webcast: Innovate with Social

Improving Collaboration and Connections in the Enterprise

Connect with Customers Through Social Media

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Bob Violino

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Making Microsoft Social

Inside Microsoft IT’s Social Enterprise Initiative

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Chris Slemp

Sr. Solutions Mgr. Strategic Enterprise Services IT

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Microsoft Enterprise Solutions

At Microsoft, we’re committed to helping you innovate, compete, and grow. With solutions that span consumer and business technology and extend from the datacenter to the desktop to other devices and into the cloud, we offer you the flexibility to use the technology that’s right for your business and that your people will want use.

June 5th Executive Webcast: Innovate with Social: Improving Collaboration and Connections in the Enterprise

Join us on June 5th as Microsoft executives and industry leaders engage in a dynamic discussion around one of the top four CIO priorities that will dominate the next decade: Social Media in the Enterprise.

Connect with Customers Through Social Media

Enabling collaboration and communication using social media tools can help enterprises be more competitive by letting people work in ways that are comfortable to them, accelerating innovation through the sharing of ideas. These social media tools help companies connect their reach and engage with customers as well.

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Leading Valve Manufacturer Adopts Communication Solution, Reduces Cost by 25%

Headquartered in Pune, India, Virgo Engineers is a leading valve manufacturer with 18 factories and sales offices located across the world. With a globally dispersed workforce, the company needed a communications solution that effectively connected teams working in different locations and increased productivity.

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The Evolution of Todays CIO

The face of the CIO has changed dramatically. Once the role of the CIO was solely concerned about the business of IT, from development process to operations. What CIO’s have learned –and some the hard way this is not enough.

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Bruno Aziza on Big Data

Microsoft’s BI expert, Bruno Aziza shares his perspectives on the opportunities and challenges associated with Big Data, ideas on the role it can play in driving a company’s success, and much more!

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The Wire

Headline news for the enterprise

Beach-Town, San Diego Shines as Tech Job Market

Susan Hall writes"...San Diego No. 3 on its list of the best cities for tech jobs, after Seattle and Washington, D.C. It noted that over the past decade, tech employment has grown by almost 30 percent...San Diego as the least expensive major city in California in which to do business. It studied the business taxes and fees, economic incentives and other programs, concluding that the expense in Los Angeles County and the Bay area were detriments to..." more
8 FAQ on Implementing Enterprise Content Management Solutions in Insur...

Hyland Software writes"[by Troy Gross]...Researching, evaluating and selecting new software solutions are notoriously tough endeavors. They don’t teach this stuff in college and very few professionals make a career out of buying software solutions. Taking time to consider the [8] questions...will help guide your decision..." more
Chief Marketing Officer - Hot Seat in the C-suite and Not in a Good Wa...

Tom Foremski writes"...The CMO job is part art, part science, and part media publisher...CMO is the by far hottest seat in the C-suite, and not in a good way. There’s a real fire being lit under every CMO’s seat to produce reliable and repeatable results. Yet we are still trying to calibrate the metrics around online marketing programs, and relate them to business performance. Asbestos underwear is recommended..." more