I’ve been working for a while on a policy and associated procedures for Trinity College Dublin to enable us to leverage various cloud technologies and services for the benefit of the college. What has struck me is the complexity of dealing with the topic in a large-scale environment. As consumers, many of us use cloud [...]
Archive of posts tagged Social Media
Cloud Computing – Security Implications
6 October 2011, 10:51 pm
Filed under Technology.
Tagged Amazon, Amazon Cloud Drive, ARIN, C-SPAN, CA Technologies, Clemson University, Cloud Computing, Computer Sciences Corporation, CSC, data privacy, data protection, data security, Docs.com, Dropbox, facebook, Gmail, google, Google Docs, Government Accountability Office, Homeland Security, Hotmail, identity theft, Internet, Internet Radio, LinkedIn, Microsoft, privacy, security, Skydrive, Social Media, social networking, TCD, Trinity College Dublin, Twitter, USA
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Gary Hamel’s Interesting Take on Social Media in Organisations
4 April 2011, 7:43 pm
This is an interesting video featuring Gary Hamel, in a short interview with James Franklin of Dell. Gary gives three very interesting insights into how Social Media will affect organisations. On the web every idea should compete on an equal footing. No idea should get a free pass because it comes from a senior executive. [...]
Filed under Social Media.
Tagged DELL, Gary Hamel, Social Media
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Is “Generation Gmail” Really Putting Businesses at Risk?
24 February 2011, 8:46 pm
In my industry talks on Social Media, I mention the challenges presented to organisations by consumer technologies, so-called “shadow IT”, social media and mobile technologies. A new generation of technology users are used to having leading edge, powerful technologies and are not satisfied with the constraints placed by their employers on their technology use, productivity [...]
Filed under Google, Internet.
Tagged 3G, blog, Blogger, blogging, Cloud Computing, collaboration, data protection, email, facebook, Gmail, google, hosting, information security, intellectual property, Internet, IP, iPhone, IT, Microsoft, Microsoft Enterprise Project Management, Microsoft Exchange, mobility, netbook, online storage, Posterous, security, Shadow IT, SharePoint, sharing, Social Media, tablet, TCD, Trinity College Dublin, Tumblr, Typepad, Wordpress, Xaas, Yammer
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Why Organisations Don’t Learn From Project Failure
20 October 2010, 11:54 pm
There are two key reasons that organisations don’t learn from project failure: not acknowledging failure and not learning the lessons of failure. In the first of a short series of articles on project failure, John Lawlor explores the reasons why organisations don’t learn from project failure.
Filed under Project Management.
Tagged Ahmadābād, Anticipatory thinking, Australia, Bob Sutton, Boston, Brazil, Chennai, collaboration, culture, Denmark, Denver, failure, France, India, Indiana, Ireland, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Johan Roos, knowledge, learn, learning, Learning organization, LinkedIn, Lisa Laskow Lahey, Maharashtra, Massachusetts, Mexico, Michael Lissack, Mumbai, Netherlands, New Mexico, New York, New York City, Project, project manager, Republic of Ireland, Robert Kegan, Robert Sutton, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Social information processing, Social Media, story telling, success, tacit knowledge, Tamil Nadu, The Knowing-Doing Gap, The Netherlands, truth telling, United Kingdom, United States, Work Matters
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Social Networking – Irish Above Average
15 October 2010, 1:32 am
Irish households are slightly above the European average when it comes to using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. According to the just-published (October 2010) EU E-Communications Household Survey, 39% of Irish households use social networking sites in comparison to an EU average of 35%. Just over half of Irish users visit social networking sites at least two or three times a week, with almost a quarter visiting them every day.
Filed under Social Media.
Tagged Borg Gais Eireann, data privacy, EU, Eurobarometer, facebook, Health Service Executive, HSE, Ireland, laptop, PA Consulting, personal data, Social Media, social networking, Twitter
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