Recent by Sandy Carter
Join me on October 22nd for a “Bluemix Girls Night Out”!!!
By Sandy Carter | 10/14/14 9:45 AM | - | Added by Oliver Busse
Gang! I would love to see you in NYC for a “Bluemix Girls Night Out!” On October 22, 2014, IBM will be hosting a Bluemix Girls’ Night Out event for Digital.NYC at our offices at 590 Madison Avenue! The event will be a fun filled night to build skills especially on our IBM BluemixTM […]
Shhhh! The Top 3 Pacesetter Secrets Revealed!
By Sandy Carter | 8/21/14 12:43 PM | - | Added by Christian Güdemann
View the IBM Tech Trends interactive dashboard bit.ly/tt14dashboard IBM Center for Applied Insights “Raising the game: The IBM Business Tech Trends Study” ibm.com/ibmcai/biztechtrends Learn more about being a Pacesetter ibm.biz/IBMBTT14 CAN-DO Honolulu can-do.honolulu.gove/apps Biz Tech Trends App Jam ibm.biz/biztechjam IBM Watson Analytics analyticszone.com Bluemix Free Trial ibm.biz/bmtrial Sof[...]
By 2019, Most Developers in the World will live in India! IBM Loves India INNOVATION!
By Sandy Carter | 4/21/14 8:38 PM | - | Added by Christian Güdemann
Today, the developer ecosystem in India is the second largest in the world, and by 2019, it will be the largest in the world. There are about 18.2 million software developers worldwide, a number that is due to rise to 26.4 million by 2019, a 45% increase, says Evans Data Corp. in its latest Global […]
Cloud and Bluemix heading into 200 Cities!
By Sandy Carter | 4/8/14 2:32 AM | - | Added by Christian Güdemann
Bluemix Days are all over the world! Register here: Filed under: adoption, Blogs, IBM, Marketing 2.0, Marketing 2.0, Social Business, social marketing, social media, Web 2.0
The IBM Pulse App Throwdown: who is your favorite cloud app?
By Sandy Carter | 2/25/14 12:31 PM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
Today is the last day to vote in the IBM Pulse App Throwdown! So, who are these finalists? I’ve listed them all below, together with their video submissions. We will announce the winner during the IBM Pulse keynote tomorrow, Wednesday February 26. Click on the link to vote for your favorite now! STEALTHbits Track Active […]
Handly Cameron from Prolifics talks employee collaboration and dev@Pulse!
By Sandy Carter | 2/23/14 11:17 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff
Handly Cameron is an Enterprise Architect with Prolifics and an IBM Champion. I caught up with Handly at IBM Connect where he explained how employees are turning to mobile and cloud-based systems for collaboration in the workplace. Handly explained why dev@Pulse, which starts today, is so relevant for all developers!Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: cloud, devpulse, […]
Not Seven of Nine – Eight of Nine! IBM Clear Leader in Social Business according to Experton
By Sandy Carter | 2/19/14 8:02 AM | - | Added by Christian Güdemann
Back in 2011, I told you about my trip to Germany and what I learned about German companies adopting social business principles at great rate, companies like Bayer and Sennheiser. Even GAD as on stage to tell their Social Business Success at IBM Connect! And just today, other amazing news has arrived from Germany! It’s […]
Design Matters to Social, Mobile and Start-Ups!
By Sandy Carter | 2/19/14 2:54 AM | - | Added by Christian Güdemann
Filed under: adoption, Blogs, Design, IBM, Marketing 2.0, Marketing 2.0, Social Business, social marketing, social media, Web 2.0 Tagged: cloud, design, entrepreneur, gitomer, IBM, mobile, startups
Create an App for Cloud and Mobile at PULSE!
By Sandy Carter | 2/18/14 2:29 AM | - | Added by Christian Güdemann
With the world’s mobile worker population expected to reach 1.3 BILLION by 2015, we need some expert app developers to keep up! With this in mind, I want to share with you some interesting facts and statistics you should know as you consider the value of attending an event like Pulse for your cloud business. […]
Think Cloud is just an IT obsession? Think again!
By Sandy Carter | 2/17/14 2:48 AM | - | Added by Christian Güdemann
Filed under: adoption, Blogs, IBM, Marketing 2.0, Marketing 2.0, Social Business, social marketing, social media, Web 2.0 Tagged: app throwdown, big data, cloud, IBM, pulse, sxsw
Join me at IBM’s Cloud Conference in Vegas! 14 Predictions!
By Sandy Carter | 2/16/14 2:39 AM | - | Added by Christian Güdemann
The IBM Pulse 2014 conference is just around the corner! As the premier cloud conference, Pulse is an exciting event where you can explore the latest developments in cloud, security and asset management. This year’s Pulse will be on February 23-26 in Las Vegas. I invite you to attend my breakout session where I’ll be […]
What happens in Vegas, stays in the CLOUD! See at IBM Pulse!
By Sandy Carter | 2/15/14 12:26 PM | - | Added by Christian Güdemann
Filed under: adoption, Blogs, cloud, IBM, Marketing 2.0, Marketing 2.0, pulse, Social Business, social marketing, social media, Web 2.0 Tagged: cloud, IBM, pulse
Happy Valentines! Digital tip of the week –– Organize your Twitter stream by creating lists
By Sandy Carter | 2/14/14 2:01 AM | - | Added by Christian Güdemann
When you follow a high number of profiles on Twitter, it is sometimes difficult to get to know the important and useful tweets in between the “noise” of your timeline. Twitter Lists come in handy to keep up with the best tweets from the people you follow and cut the noise in your stream. You […]
Come THROWDOWN your APP!!! Get Exposure at IBM Pulse!
By Sandy Carter | 2/11/14 2:44 PM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff
We’re taking the App Throwdown to IBM Pulse 2014! Calling all IBM Business Partners! Come and join us for IBM Pulse (Our Premier CLOUD event!) where we’ll be holding an App Throwdown! Compete with your best solution and be highlighted in front of Clients and IBM Sales teams during qualifying rounds. The winner will be […]
Social Business Myth Busters!
By Sandy Carter | 1/28/14 3:30 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
Happy today in Orlando at IBM’s Connect 2014, one of the largest social conferences in the industry! Today is a fun Myth Buster day! Enjoy!Filed under: adoption, Blogs, IBM, Marketing 2.0, Marketing 2.0, Social Business, social marketing, social media, Web 2.0 Tagged: IBM, ibm connect, ibmconnect14, ibmconnect2014, kenexa, myth busters, smarter workforce, social, social business, […]
Yea! Top Books from IBM Press and My Predictions for Social!
By Sandy Carter | 1/22/14 1:58 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
Filed under: adoption, best, BIG Data, Blogs, book, IBM, Marketing 2.0, Marketing 2.0, Social Business, social marketing, social media, Web 2.0 Tagged: social networking
Fluid at NRF! Check out their Watson Retail Solution!
By Sandy Carter | 1/14/14 7:20 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
At NRF, Ginni Rometty discussed the use of cognitive for Retailers. On the Main Event, she talked about an application that our IBM Partner Fluid has built to take advantage of this use of cognitive in the retail space. I had the great pleasure of meeting with them on Monday! Fluid, which builds online shopping […]
Answering some of you WATSON questions! Summary of Watson Announcements
By Sandy Carter | 1/13/14 8:00 AM | Business - Events / People | Added by Niklas Heidloff
Happy Monday! Yes I am at NRF today but see the breadth of questions coming in from IBM’s announcements last week on Watson so I would like to summarize in a blog post! With the introduction of the new Watson group comes a host of supporting activity including a new headquarters in Silicon Alley section […]
My favorite Infographic of the Week! What does Success look like for a Mobile App Startup!
By Sandy Carter | 1/11/14 3:05 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
I now get to manage IBM’s Global Entrepreneur program. I love learning about the new start-up business models and that’s why this Infographic made my top of the list for this week! Fascinating facts: Top performers spent 14% of their time on marketing but did you know that less than 52% of start-ups save […]
Our Watson Infographic
By Sandy Carter | 1/10/14 3:25 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
Filed under: adoption, Blogs, cognitive, IBM, Marketing 2.0, Marketing 2.0, Social Business, social marketing, social media, watson, Web 2.0 Tagged: big data, cloud, cognitive, gitomer, guy, social, social business, social media, social networking, sxsw, watson
Watson Hot News !!! $1B, $100B, 51
By Sandy Carter | 1/9/14 8:38 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
Today IBM unveiled its plans to embark on a bold new direction with Watson by launching the IBM Watson Group, a new business unit dedicated solely to the development and commercialization of cloud delivered cognitive innovations. This is a strategic shift by IBM to accelerate into the marketplace a new class of software, services and […]
Girl with a blog in 2014!
By Sandy Carter | 1/7/14 9:47 PM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
I have been reading all the 2014 trends for social! One thing I found interesting was the number of articles that included blogging coming back — I just share a few here! The blog is back! •Changes in the Google algorithm this year and the growth in Flipboard and mobile curation services are promoting […]
Social Business is all about People! In 2014, 3 Big Priorities!
By Sandy Carter | 1/6/14 10:53 PM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
Social Business is about 3 things: 1. Empowering People to activate a digital ecosystem! 2. Trusting People to create an authentic, and effective way of working! 3. Understanding people through actionable analytics To be a strategic Social Business, start with Empowerment! It is a great way to start in 2014! Empowerment starts at home — […]
Social Business Coffee Break: Interview with Janet Powers of Woman’s Toolbox
By Sandy Carter | 1/5/14 10:42 PM | - | Added by Christian Güdemann
Filed under: adoption, Blogs, IBM, Marketing 2.0, Marketing 2.0, Social Business, social marketing, social media, Web 2.0 Tagged: adoption, best practices, big data, BLOGHER, cloud, Facebook, gitomer, IBM, Marketing 2.0, social, social business, social media, social networking, sxsw, wsj
Saturday and my Favorite Infographic of the Week!! Millennials
By Sandy Carter | 1/3/14 9:26 PM | - | Added by Christian Güdemann
Happy Saturday ! This one of my favorite infographic of the week on the new client — the Millennial! These folks are wed to technology — so much so that 53% of them would rather give up their sense of smell than of technology! WOW! Filed under: adoption, Blogs, IBM, Marketing 2.0, Marketing 2.0, […]
IBM’s 5 in 5– five predictions about technology innovations
By Sandy Carter | 12/19/13 10:05 PM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
I am so excited about this year’s 5 in 5 — five predictions about technology innovations that will change the way we work, live and interact over the next five years. This year’s 5 in 5 explores the idea that everything will learn – driven by a new era of cognitive systems that learn, reason […]
Country music has all (3 of) the Social Business Answers! Crowdsource more!
By Sandy Carter | 12/16/13 11:11 PM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
Country music has all the Social Business Answers! Yes, I confess, I LOVE country music. How could you not living in Texas? I two-stepped my way through a good part of my life! As I was crooning to some tunes today, I noticed that country songs really teach great social lessons. Top 3 Lessons From […]
36 Rules of Social Media Infographic!
By Sandy Carter | 12/13/13 9:49 PM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
As you guys know, Saturday is my posting of my favorite infographic!!! This one has great quotes and insights on Social! ENJOY! Filed under: adoption, IBM, Marketing 2.0, Marketing 2.0, Social Business, social marketing, social media, Web 2.0 Tagged: adoption, best practices, IBM, Marketing 2.0, social, social business, social media, social networking, sxsw
Social Business Video Blog on becoming a Social Business Bank!
By Sandy Carter | 12/12/13 10:06 PM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
I get a lot of questions on what does Social look like in a bank. We have shared many banking references where a bank has started their their journey to become a Social Business. In past IBM Connect Events, TD Bank, GAD and others have presented their journey! Since this is a journey, we pulled […]
Social Content Curation with Hootsuite and IBM Connections! Woo Hoo!
By Sandy Carter | 12/5/13 3:35 AM | - | Added by Niklas Heidloff
Great news! HootSuite has now integrated into my favorite social platform, IBM Connections! As you know, thousands of companies have deployed social software for their internal collaboration and/or to build and maintain relationships with their partners and customers. To manage my own social presence on public social networks such as Twitter, I use HootSuite. I’m […]