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IBM continues to carve out its own stake in the social enterprise app space — a market forecast by Forrester Research to grow 61 percent each year to reach $6.4 billion by 2016 — with the beta rollout of the next release of its enterprise social networking platform, IBM Connections.
Let’s be frank: The main reason Oracle’s latest quarterly revenues nosedived was backlash from users fed up with two years of price hikes on products, technical support, maintenance and licensing contracts — and not because of a correction in the overall server hardware market. Yes, it’s true that the latest quarterly financials of other high-technology bellwethers also disappointed.
In so many words, Steve Jobs recently discussed the tremendous opportunity ahead for Mac in the enterprise. With the introduction of iCloud, Apple’s new service for seamlessly integrating content across devices, the company appears to be headed down the right path.
Consider the fact that organizations offering their workers a choice of platform — PC or Mac — stand to gain a significant competitive advantage.
Avaya is delivering multimedia capabilities to the front line with its announcement of two new contact center products designed to bring agent-assisted and automated customer service up to speed with the social networking world: Avaya Aura Contact Center 6.2 and the Avaya Experience Portal.
Social networking technology has found a solid niche in the business world. Facebook and Twitter are proving to be powerful — and cost-effective — tools for connecting with customers and promoting products and services. Major corporations have shifted large portions of their advertising budgets from more traditional channels like print and television to the social networking realm.