Profile of Debra Donston-Miller

News & Commentary Posts: 125
Freelance writer Debra Donston-Miller was previously editor of eWEEK and executive editorial manager of eWEEK Labs. She can be reached at debra.donstonmiller@gmail.com.

5 Lessons CIOs And CMOs Should Share

9/4/2013
IT and marketing chiefs can do their jobs more effectively by teaching each other on some key matters.
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How To Attract Young Talent: 10 Tips

8/29/2013
To attract bright younger workers to your organization, you need to push the tech envelope. Here's how.
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Bing For Schools Adds Daily Lesson Plans

8/22/2013
Microsoft offers ad-free search, Surface RT rewards along with Common Core-aligned lessons.
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10 Cool Back-To-School Tech Tools

8/19/2013
College students tote a ton of technology when they head off to school. Here are 10 more gadgets and apps worth throwing in the backpack.
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E-Portfolios: From Academia To The Workplace

8/16/2013
University of Illinois professor uses Pathbrite to help students expand learning opportunities and showcase their skills.
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5 Ways CIOs Can Show Social Business Mettle

8/8/2013
You don't want to be left on the outside of social business discussions. Remove remaining signs of the IT department being an immovable force that dictates, rather than collaborates.
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LRMI Project Categorizes Educational Resources Online

8/6/2013
Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) specs aim to help students, teachers more easily cull relevant educational content.
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10 BYOD Lessons For Business From Higher Ed

8/1/2013
When it comes to BYOD, higher ed has been there, done that for years.
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7 Top Career Paths After IT

7/31/2013
IT professionals looking to transition to new careers have skills that particularly suit certain roles. Consider this expert advice.
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IT Careers: 8 Steps Toward New Business Roles

7/25/2013
Moving from a traditional IT role to a more business-focused role has challenges. Consider this advice for a successful transition.
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Common Core Meets Aging Education Technology

7/22/2013
Many K-12 schools struggle to implement new educational standards with old technology, outdated skills.
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10 Tech Tools To Engage Students

7/16/2013
Websites, apps and devices help teachers teach and kids learn in new ways. Check out these 10 great education tech choices.
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Jive Summer Cloud Combines Social Streams

7/16/2013
Summer Cloud release of Jive integrates Yammer, Salesforce.com and Evernote streams, improves gamification and analytics.
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10 Facebook Features To Help You Get Ahead

7/10/2013
Facebook may not be the core of your professional social network, but you should be doing these things on Facebook to get connected, get protected and get ahead.
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7 Ways To Create E-Portfolios

7/9/2013
Replacing paper portfolios of yore, electronic portfolios are the newest way to showcase your school work or career search materials. They're also used in the classroom to teach and grade.
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Facebook Offers Gay Pride Emoticon

6/27/2013
Facebook's new rainbow emoticon reflects support of Supreme Court's decision on marriage equality.
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Gmail Inbox Update: Hopes And Fears

5/30/2013
Gmail's new categorization capabilities bring optimism -- and apprehension -- to this email addict's heart.
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Meeker's State Of The Internet: 5 Key Trends

5/29/2013
Internet analyst Mary Meeker has seen the future -- and it is wearable, flyable and drivable.
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7 IT Skills Help You Get Hired

5/14/2013
Big data, mobile management and security smarts matter. See what other IT specialties will help you get ahead now.
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Why Facebook Bought Parse

4/26/2013
Development platform gives Facebook new mobile cred.
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5 Social Blunders Job Hunters Must Avoid

4/23/2013
Are you oversharing or undersharing on social networks? Job hunters should understand the social behaviors that may concern potential employers.
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When Tragedy Strikes, It's Not Social Business As Usual

4/18/2013
In the aftermath of tragic events, respect and restraint should guide organizations on social media.
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10 Ways To Get Users On The Social Business Bus

4/15/2013
Without proof points and support, end users can easily stall your social business plans.
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Dropbox For Business Adds Active Directory Ties

4/10/2013
Hoping to land bigger fish, cloud file storage leader rolls out Dropbox for Business, with security tweaks for enterprises.
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Facebook Home: 5 Pros And Cons

4/9/2013
Consider these five benefits and drawbacks to Facebook's new Android app.
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Salesforce Chatter Roots Out Experts

4/4/2013
Salesforce.com adds social intelligence to Chatter with Topics and Expertise graph tools. This sounds a lot like what knowledge management promised to be -- but wasn't.
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Facebook OK For Company News, SEC Says

4/3/2013
SEC's blessing is a big -- if belated -- admission that social networks have become an important part of doing business.
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5 LinkedIn Tools Job Hunters Must Use

4/3/2013
LinkedIn has rolled out new social networking capabilities that can help you find a new job. Here's how to use the tools wisely.
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Facebook Phone: 5 Must-Haves

4/2/2013
How could Facebook convince people to drop their current phones for a Facebook-branded device? I have five suggestions.
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Gmail's New Compose: 5 Pros and Cons

3/29/2013
Introduced as an option, Gmail's new compose will become the default over the next few days. Here's what I like and dislike.
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5 Social Strategies For Job Hunters

3/29/2013
If you are looking for your next job opportunity, you can't ignore social.
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10 Key Facts About LinkedIn Search

3/26/2013
LinkedIn improves its search capabilities to make it easier and faster to find people, companies and jobs on the professional social network.
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Microsoft Bolsters Ties Between Yammer, Office 365

3/20/2013
Three-stage process weaves Yammer's enterprise social network capabilities into Office 365, with additional bridges to SharePoint.
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Pinterest Redesign: Benefits For Your Business

3/18/2013
Tweaks to Pinterest provide more reason to establish Pinterest presence -- and relevant content.
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LinkedIn's SlideShare Content Ads: 6 Do's And Don'ts

3/15/2013
Use this new option wisely. Here are six ways to engage, rather than enrage, with LinkedIn SlideShare Content Ads.
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Pinterest's New Analytics: What Business Gains

3/14/2013
Organizations can now tell what people are doing with pinned content, when and why.
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Oracle Revises Social Offerings

3/11/2013
Oracle SRM encourages customers to take platform, rather than point solution, approach to social relationship management.
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Facebook's Revamped News Feed: 3 Things To Do

3/8/2013
Any Facebook change -- even a good one -- can be disconcerting. Here's how to make a smooth transition to Facebook's redesigned News Feed.
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Facebook News Feed: 5 Coolest Changes

3/8/2013
Brighter, less cluttered and mobile-ready, Facebook's revamped News Feed has some positive improvements for users.
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Did Yahoo's Mayer Slap Social In The Face?

2/27/2013
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's edict that all Yahoo employees must work in the office doesn't please social business technology fans. But Yahoo insists this is about much more than social.
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LinkedIn Endorsements: Do's And Don'ts

2/22/2013
Love them or hate them, you can't just ignore LinkedIn Endorsements. Here's expert advice on how to deal with social's new head-scratcher.
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8 LinkedIn Etiquette Mistakes

2/21/2013
LinkedIn is not just another social network like Twitter where anything goes. Avoid these "don'ts" and avoid becoming a LinkedIn pariah.
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LinkedIn Jobs Gets A Search Boost

2/20/2013
LinkedIn's makeover continues, but is the platform moving in the right direction?
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Why Mobile Twitter Users Are Different

2/13/2013
Here's what your business needs to know about Twitter users who favor a mobile device most of the time, according to new research.
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Facebook Connect Glitch Caused Website Outages

2/8/2013
Facebook Connect problem created a domino effect on Thursday as companies that use the service saw visitors redirected from their sites.
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5 Social Best Practices From Cisco

2/7/2013
Cisco social chief shares advice on listening, engagement and more.
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Fortune 100 Graded On Social Prowess

2/1/2013
Study also provides practical metrics for companies who want to gauge their own progress on social platforms.
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5 Tips For Proactive Customer Engagement

1/30/2013
When reaching out proactively to customers and potential customers, there's a fine line between helpful and creepy.
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IBM Tools Point To Bigger Social Trend

1/28/2013
As social features become standard in traditional IT products, companies must consider new security and training challenges.
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Jive To Add Business Value To Social Platform

1/22/2013
Jive's spring update will add a host of new features to help enterprises use social tools to further business agenda.
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7 Business Tasks That Don't Work On Social

1/9/2013
Some business tasks are best handled outside the social platform, at least for now. Personnel issues are a special minefield.
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Where Is Social In The IT Budget?

12/13/2012
Social networking scores low in a new survey on IT budgets and staffing, but reading between the lines may tell another story.
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Moxie Adds Personal Touch To Facebook Chat

12/11/2012
Engage+ lets companies access information on customers' Facebook profiles, raising questions about the limits of social networking.
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10 Signs You're Not A Social Business

12/7/2012
Confused about what makes a business social? Sometimes it's easier to see the reverse.
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7 Strategies To Meld Social With Business Process

12/6/2012
Organizations value social collaboration, but integrating it into business processes is not the norm, finds AIIM survey.
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LinkedIn Launches Ads API

11/29/2012
LinkedIn Ads API opens the door for a new class -- and a new scale -- of B2B social advertising and marketing campaigns on the site.
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Blue Rooster Unveils SharePoint-Based File Sharing Tool

11/26/2012
Madison service facilitates document collaboration with the extra levels of security that Microsoft SharePoint and Azure provide.
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4 Social Factors That Drive IT Buying Decisions

11/15/2012
LinkedIn study finds that social networks are increasingly influential throughout the tech purchasing process.
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3 Big Social Business Implementation Challenges

11/13/2012
Organizational and cultural issues prevent enterprises from gaining full benefit from social business initiatives, IBM study says.
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Social-Focused IT Hires On Back Burner

11/9/2012
Companies that have made social a high priority, though, are adding a significant number of jobs, according to InformationWeek IT staffing survey.
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Social Business Leader Cemex Keeps Ideas Flowing

11/5/2012
Under pressure to operate more efficiently after the housing bust, Cemex used social collaboration to connect its worldwide employees. One result: Products get to market faster.
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Why Internal Social Networks Are Not Enough

10/30/2012
CIOs must extend their internal social networks to business partners and contractors, Forrester says. But that model is still uncharted territory for most.
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Gigya Helps One Retailer Tap Into Pinterest

10/17/2012
After contracting with Gigya to manage its social infrastructure, book and specialty toy seller Indigo sees huge traffic boost from Pinterest.
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VP Debate: Twitter Users Call Malarkey Early, Often

10/12/2012
Analysis of 4 million tweets about Thursday's vice presidential debate provides a study in what pushes voters' buttons.
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6 Ways iPhone 5, iOS 6 Amp Up Social Opportunities

10/1/2012
Apple's iPhone 5 and iOS 6 add social capabilities to the iPhone and iPad that will provide new ways for businesses to interact with their customers.
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HootSuite Conversations Tool Adds Collaboration Features

9/25/2012
Free HootSuite tool, out now in beta form, lets you conduct real-time chat within a social context.
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VMware Socialcast Makes Enterprise Apps More Social

9/21/2012
Socialcast Integration Engine brings collaboration capabilities into CRM, inventory management, HR, and other business applications.
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Social Opens New IT Career Path In Marketing

9/20/2012
Many companies are dedicating IT staff to marketing and communications departments; others are hiring marketing staffers who have focused tech skills.
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iPhone 5's Most Popular Features: Social Media Speaks

9/14/2012
Taykey's real-time measurement of Facebook, Twitter, and other social posts during Apple's launch event shows high interest in new display.
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IBM Connections Update Boosts Productivity, Analytics

9/13/2012
Email and calendar integration may ease the adoption of social business software for some firms.
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Social Studies: Obama vs. Romney

9/11/2012
Social networking was not yet a mainstream campaigning tool in 2008. This election year, we can compare the social media presence of the presidential candidates for lessons in what to do and not to do.
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5 Ways IT Can Stall Social

9/7/2012
When it comes to social networking, IT departments can lead, follow, or get out of the way.
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When Google Docs Isn't Enough: One Retailer's Story

8/31/2012
Wireless retailer LetsTalk needed a way to collaborate and consolidate the many moving parts of its business. Here's why Podio's tools did the trick.
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5 Tips: Overcome Corporate Collaboration Challenges

8/27/2012
Social turns top-down communication channels upside down, as employees demand honesty and input on corporate decisions.
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New Tool Helps SMBs Listen To Social Sentiment

8/22/2012
Special edition of SDL's product, SM2, lets users listen for any number of keywords, then analyze sentiment based on words in context, tone, and emotion.
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Enterprise Social Networks: Must-Have Features Guide

8/17/2012
Confused by the bevy of vendors promising enterprise social nirvana? Tour the core capabilities that you need when implementing social-focused tools in the workplace.
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In Social Media, The Customer Really Comes First

8/9/2012
Social media make the customer more powerful than ever. Here's how to listen and react.
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Facebook Fakes: Many Users Don't Exist

8/2/2012
Facebook reports that as many as 83 million of its users are phony--but the numbers tell only part of the story.
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Facebook Marketing: How To Keep Your Brand Liked

7/23/2012
Promotion-filled news feeds drive Facebook users to unlike brands. Consider these ways to provide real value to your Facebook followers and keep them engaged.
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Oracle vs. Salesforce: Social Acquisition Face-off

7/20/2012
Oracle and Salesforce.com have established a pattern of dueling acquisitions of social business companies. Here's how that battle is shaping up.
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'VirtualBagel' Leaves Bad Taste For Social Ads

7/13/2012
BBC investigation calls into question the value of Facebook 'likes.'
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How 6 Tech Execs Set Social Example

7/12/2012
For better or worse, execs prove the power of social leadership. From Benioff to Ballmer, how do tech's bigwigs stack up?
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The iPhone 1.0 Anniversary Quiz

6/28/2012
The iPhone was released 5 years ago. Read about how the iPhone changed the industry, and test your knowledge about the first of its kind.
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5 Tips To Build Your Personal Social Brand

6/28/2012
Consider these best practices for successfully strengthening your social credibility.
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Social Media For Grownups

6/22/2012
Every company needs a social networking policy, but don’t stifle creativity and productivity with too much formality.
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When New Social Networks, Old Tools Clash

6/21/2012
Many organizations struggle to make employee social networks mesh with existing collaboration systems, say attendees at Enterprise 2.0.
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5 Ways To Survive Social Disses

6/15/2012
Social networking tools have incited a customer awakening. Take these 5 steps when comments aren't going your way.
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Chuck E. Cheese's Charts Careful Social Expansion

5/17/2012
With its Facebook presence growing, Chuck E. Cheese's sets its sights on Foursquare and Pinterest.
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Might As Well Face It, You're Addicted To Facebook

5/11/2012
New research says Facebook addiction is real. That might be a good thing for your business.
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Is Gamification A Great Motivator?

5/7/2012
More companies are applying game mechanics to internal and external apps and processes, Gartner says. But why gaming? Why now?
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7 Examples: Put Gamification To Work

5/4/2012
An increasing number and variety of business applications are integrating game mechanics, or gamification, to improve user engagement, engage new customers, incent employees, build loyalty, and more.
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Which Social Network Makes The Most Business Sense?

4/26/2012
Facebook? Twitter? Google+? Pinterest? Here's how to ensure you dedicate resources to the right platforms for your business.
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5 Most Taxing Enterprise Social Networking Tasks

4/16/2012
With federal tax day looming, here's a look at the challenges that will wear you thin when integrating social and business strategies.
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5 Social Media Metrics That Matter Now

4/4/2012
As your business gets more social-savvy, strengthen your metrics strategy. Here's how.
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Jive Builds A Better Intranet, Bolsters Gamification

3/28/2012
New Social Intranet Solution and Gamification products expand the collaboration and team incentive capabilities of Jive Social Business Platform.
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Social Networking Apps Dominate Enterprise Web 2.0 Use

3/14/2012
Report from Zscaler ThreatLabZ shows that social networking apps account for majority of Web 2.0 transactions. While Facebook is still on top, its usage dropped in 2011 among enterprise users.
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10 Ways To Make Hay From Customer Feedback

2/27/2012
You can learn a lot from the comments your customers post on Facebook and other social networks. Here's how to make the most of them.
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SocialVolt Expands Monitoring To Reduce Risk

2/22/2012
New Channels 'listening' tool includes risk management features such as auditing to SocialVolt social media management system.
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Social Media Week: Business Metrics Take Spotlight

2/21/2012
At the global social event that expanded to 21 cities this year, business metrics dominated discussion. Hot topics included analytics and internal social business tools.
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SAP StreamWork Furnishes Company With Efficient Collaboration

2/16/2012
Swiss furniture company Vitra taps SAP StreamWork for easy collaboration and smooth integration with existing systems.
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