Jeff Schick, VP Social Software for IBM Software Group, visited Israel back in September, for a very intense 36 hours, during which he and Arjan Radder (Social Software Sales Mgr., IBM Europe) met with customers and analysts, talking about enterprise 2.0, collaboration within the firewall and empowering the workforce. The last interview Jeff had was with my friend and social media colleague Blonde 2.0 (aka Ayelet Noff) – talking about how IBM is embracing social media tools internally and what future technologies the market can expect from IBM in that field. The video interview Ayelet did just went live on her blog.
Link:
Blonde 2.0 – A talk about IBM’s social software technologies
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Jeff Schick talks to Blonde2.0
Published November 12, 2008 Uncategorized ClosedTags: ayelet noff, ibm software, israel, jeff schick, lotus connections, social media, ישראל, לוטוס, מדיה חברתית, פייסבוק, קהילה, רשתות חברתיות
Socially connected, all week long…
Published September 18, 2008 Uncategorized ClosedTags: ayelet noff, beehive, boston, center ibm, development, israel, jeff schick, lotus connections, social software, yuval dror
It’s been quite a week for me, which started with army reserve, followed by spending 8 hours with Jeff Schick (IBM VP, Social Software) and Arjan Radder (Social Software Sales Mgr., IBM EMEA) during their visit to Israel and ended up with more army reserve.
The 36 hours Jeff and Arjan spent in Israel were dedicated to customer meetings, analyst and media interviews and some middle-eastern food (aka Falafel and Humus ;-). The first outcome of their visit has already surfaced: Yuval Dror (aka The Globe) published a well-written article in today’s newspaper (Hebrew), on IBM’s internal collaboration tools and our commercial social software solutions. We also met with Ayelet Noff (aka blonde2.0) – a light and fun meeting that summed up Jeff’s visit in Israel. I’m sure Ayelet will post her impressions soon.
And, to finish the ‘social software week’ IBM announced yesterday the opening of a new research/development center in Cambridge, MA – IBM Center for Social Software. Irene Greif, IBM Fellow and Center Director elaborated on the center’s mission: The center will provide additional resources to IBM’s global research teams and external organizations so that they can better test social software “in the wild” – within IBM’s enormous employee base or on the public web.
Links:
IBM Center for Social Software
Employer blocks facebook? Yediot Ahronot article
IBM ups investment in social software – 451 Group
Cambridge IBM facility to focus on social links – The Boston Globe
Understanding Lotus Connections – CIO.com
Published June 9, 2008 Uncategorized ClosedTags: arjan radder, c.g. lynch, cio, community, computing, forrester, ibm, jeff schick, lotus connections, research, social software, yankee group, יבמ, מיחשוב חברתי
Good thing I started reading C.G Lynch on CIO.com, and RSSed his blog.
Late May, C.G. wrote an excellent article in CIO.com, Understanding Lotus Connections, IBM’s version of Web 2.0 for the Enterprise. In the article C.G. points out the different approaches Microsoft and IBM are taking when developing enterprise social software solution, and why IBM’s approach is better:
IBM has taken a different approach than Microsoft. It got really serious about making their social software tools usable and easy on the eyes, which says a lot in a facet of technology where consumers (closely followed by start-up vendors) set the pace of innovation.
The article also quotes analysts from Forrester Research and Yankee Group, as well as Jeff Schick, IBM VP, Social Software:
“We see SaaS as a substantial initiative with IBM,” Schick says. “We’re in beta and focusing on it. We envision it for small and medium businesses, but also at the department level of enterprises.”
Lotus Connections is also pointing out the future of social software – mobile:
Last week, at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Research in Motion (RIM) and IBM announced that Connections would be available on BlackBerry devices. Now, employees can connect with their colleagues while on the road.
and Jeff Schick added:
“We’re working with quite a few mobile platforms,” he says. “It [partnership with RIM] has been a whirlwind success, but we’re not planning to stop there.”
Link: CIO.com – Understanding Lotus Connections – IBM’s version of Web 2.0 for the Enterprise
