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Tableau #Data14 CrowdChat Conversations
Tableau #Data14 conference CrowdChat transcript.
CrowdChat Example of Engagement Container Technology
This is an example of the embedded application of our new “engagement container” technology in action. All updates from CrowdChat.net/HybridITfiles is happening anywhere the container is embedded. What Influencers and Users Are Saying About CrowdChat Ray Wang puts it all together in this interview with me on the innovation of crowdchat – crowd activated content Dan ...
Social Media Chat – Are Brands Always On? #SocBizChat
Great CrowdChat today on the question of: Is Your Brand Always On? Think like a media company. Learn how businesses are developing successful brand strategies.
IBM Social CrowdChat on #BigData #TEDatIBM
IBM hosted a live CrowdChat on #TEDatIBM – crowdsourced conversation about Big Data. It was a 1-hour “content jam” with passionate thought leaders and social users interested in the intersection of social and data. Top Conversations in the Crowd The top discussion threads with the most engagement as voted by the crowd was: “How can ...
Microsoft Lays Off 14% of Company #NokiaFail
In possibly the most awkward moment in the company’s history, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella dropped the bomb (formal memo) to employees: The company will fire 14 percent of its employees, or roughly 18,000 people. Microsoft’s employee base skyrocketed over the years to more than 127,000 people after the Nokia acquisition. It’s mainly the Nokia employees who ...
CrowdChat with EMC VMAX Senior Managers #VMAX3
Holding a CrowdChat with senior EMC leaders in storage – VMAX to the Power of 3. Ask Brian Gallagher, Fidelma Russo, & Barry Burke anything about the new VMAX platform.
CrowdChat #DOES14 #Devops
I am hosting a CrowdChat with Steve Brodie and Gene Kim to promote DevOps Enterprise: The Agile, Continuous Delivery and DevOps Transformation Summit, October 21-23, 2014, in Burlingame, CA.
Anonymous social network Secret raises $25 Million
Secret, a mobile-first social network that allows people to share their personal thoughts and beliefs with others anonymously, raised $25 million in a second round of funding that values the company at $100 million and positions it to take on mainstream social networks. Secret also said it would add Facebook integration to enable members to find ...
Pure Storage Bags $225 Million in Funding at $3 Billion Valuation – IPO? No It’s Private Financing
Flash array storage startup Pure Storage announced a massive new $225 million Series F round that values the company at $3 billion and signals a growing trend toward startups raising private capital instead of testing the public markets. This latest investment actually looks more like an IPO than a private fund-raising. It validates the opinion that ...
Live: CrowdChat #CloudChat IBM Watson and Cloud
IBM is hosting an innovative #CrowdChat on Watson and the Cloud. Transcript of the live recorded crowd conversation below. The topics will be about how IBM Watson ties in with #cloud computing. It’s been three years since IBM Watson appeared on Jeopardy, and IBM has expanded the capabilities a ton since then. We hope to ...