Real-world tech: cloud at the coalface
Every analyst says cloud computing is crazy big and only going to get bigger. But what is the state of play with real businesses right now? Adam Burns has been finding out. Hurrah cloud! By solving problems that IT and the business have been suffering with for years, this technology has broken free of the ...
Retained IT needs a small nut. But that takes big balls.
Between April 2012 and April 2013, summit organizer GDS International gathered together 231 North American CIOs, vice presidents and IT directors for a collective 7.5 days of structured conversation, learning and networking. Last month, they handed MeetTheBoss TV the resultant data and asked us to write about it. You can download the full CIO U.S. IT ...
How To: Break The Mould For Online Video Advertising
Written by Kari Jansson, CMO Channel Editor Companies are growing wise to the advantages of online video and its potential to have a growing effect on their business – provided it is done well. Remember the ‘Hunter shoots a bear‘ ad that went viral back in 2010? What’s about ThreeUK’s fantastic #DancePonyDance integrated campaign of late? ...
Three Ways To Take Better Control Of Online Video Advertising
@MeetTheBossTV We’ve heard the quote recycled by plenty from our good ole’ buddies at HubSpot: “…by 2013, 90% of internet traffic to is expected to be video.” And yet, here we stand in 2013 – and are we really that surprised? Nope. Take a look at the golden boy of online video, YouTube. Seventy-two hours of ...
3 Ways Co-location Data Centres Are Helping Your Business
If you’ve found yourself reading this blog post then we’re guessing you’ve got a good grasp of what big data is and what it looks like (despite the elusiveness of any concrete definition). Although relatively old lived, big data in its ‘latest’ form is hoping to combine a maze of new data combinations – internal ...
Enterprise Social Collaboration: The Networked Organisation
McKinsey have recently release a study on the value of productivity through social technologies. The research is robust and worth a quick flick through. Why? Because it highlights what many of us have been saying for the last three to four years. What struck me most, however, was the statement that: “By 2011, 72% of companies ...
Weekly Roundup: Week Three
Here at MeetTheBoss we pride ourselves on the quality of our content. So what better way to share with you the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the crème de la crème, every Friday for the week’s best content, than with a weekly roundup?! As you may already know, as well as ...
Yabba Dabba Does It: Cartoons and Creative Thinking
The release of Steven Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park frankly terrified me. In 1993, as an eight-year-old child, it was the first time I had ever really been conscious of what dinosaurs were capable of. One scene in particular has forever plagued me. In it, child actors Joseph Mazzello and Ariana Richards are in the compound’s ...
Top 5 Videos: Marketing, Metrics & Identity
@NPAPryke @MeetTheBossTV What does a like on Facebook mean to my bottom line? What KPIs reflect social media engagement? How can I get my brand going global overnight? When did I last sleep? If you’re asking yourself any of the above, you’re letting your marketing get the better of you. A Facebook thumbs up, for ...