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The ceaseless search |
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A recent article by Amanda Watlington in InPub caught our eye as a useful reminder that none of us can be complacent about our understanding and use of search. "If your articles are not bookmarked, talked about in social media, tweeted and re-tweeted then their value may be missed." she suggests. And the power of Google was demonstrated yet again earlier this year when they modified their algorithms to give preference to sites with good content + good structure + good availability. The big losers were the content farms which had low value and cluttered up the search results screen.
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Survey shows use of SaaS expected to grow dramatically |
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More than 95 percent of organizations expect to maintain or increase their investments in software as a service (SaaS) and more than one-third have migration projects under way from on-premises to SaaS, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc.
In June and July 2011, Gartner surveyed 525 organizations in nine countries spanning 12 vertical industries to understand their usage patterns and key trends for SaaS in the enterprise. "Respondents cited ease and speed of deployment and cost-effectiveness as the top two reasons for adoption. Leading uses of SaaS were either replacements for on-premises applications or net-new SaaS solutions," said Sharon Mertz, research director at Gartner. "This represents a shift from previous Gartner surveys where more respondents indicated SaaS was being used as an extension to an existing on-premises application."
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Tablet sales to grow by 50+% pa for next 5 years |
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Gartner's latest survey predicts that worldwide media tablet spending will reach $29.4bn (£18.1bn) in 2011, up from $9.6bn (£5.9bn) in 2010. Global spending on media tablets is forecast to increase at an annual average rate of 52% through to 2015. This is in the context of general IT spending growing at one tenth that rate in 2011.
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Smartphones influencing workplace IT provision |
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New research from Forrester demonstrates the growing influence of mobile technology for on-site desk workers. The research shows a 50% increase in the number of employees using a smartphone for work - up from 13% last year to nearly 20% this year.
Forrester's study - The Rise Of Wannabe And Maverick Mobile Workers - showed that mobility momentum continues to grow within companies, with more than 45% of firms planning to support more mobile devices or smartphones for their employees in the coming year.
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Yet another social platform? Or the next LinkedIn? |
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We may have just seen a new B2C start-up that could yet again show the way to the B2B market. http://www.askpeopleyouknow.com is predicated on the concept that people who are looking for answers would always prefer to ask their existing friends and contacts first.
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