Holtz Communications + Technology

I’m in the process of preparing a press release (both conventional and social media versions) that needs input from a few organizations as well as some individuals who aren’t affiliated with these organizations. Rather than attach a Word document to an email, I set up a secure one-page wiki at PBwiki, where each of the players is able to jump in and revise…

Gartner analysts are warning companies to be wary of investing in internal social networking. With Facebook poised to license its developer platform and several companies offering proprietary intranet-based social networking applications, Gartner’s analysts caution that social networking isn’t mature enough to warrant status as a critical business tool. VoiP and instant messaging are more beneficial, they say.

Over at IBM, the Blue Pages were…

In July 2007, Microsoft introduced Academy Mobile, an internal social computing initiative aimed at creating a knowledge sharing environment among employees through the use of videocasts and podcasts.

Academy Mobile is the latest in a series of online learning initiatives developed within the Enterprise Partner Group at Microsoft where employees can create, watch, listen and share videocasts or podcasts with peers;…

Intranets are in trouble. These internal versions of the World Wide Web have held huge promise. After all, if people can simplify their lives using the Web, why shouldn’t the same technology simplify work? But typical corporate activities have conspired the make the intranet just one more mismanaghed resource in many organizations. Lack of funding, restrictions on who can post content,…

There seems to be a case of split personality going on in a lot of companies. On the one hand, the blocking of social media sites continues apace. On the other hand, the adoption of social media in the enterprise is also on a growth spurt.

McAfee, the security company, is out with a study that concludes that one-third of bosses…

G. Oliver Young is fast becoming my new hero. Every time this Forrester analyst puts out a paper, it provides me with fodder to support my arguments supporting social media in the enterprise.

The latest, a case study detailing the efforts by financial services company Northwestern Mutual to take advantage of social media on its intranet, is particularly important because the…