Category Archives: instant messaging

How to finish an Instant Message conversation

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Jon Mell

Instant Messaging (IM) is great – and there’s still a lot of scope for corporate adoption. It’s particularly useful when you want to ask a quick question to someone who you don’t really know that well. It’s not as scary … Continue reading →

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Instant Messaging ROI – IBM case study

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Jon Mell

IBM have recently published an ROI study about their own internal use of instant messaging. I was initially quite excited about this, I am a huge instant messaging fan, and sometimes I think the fact that it seems like such … Continue reading →

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Add Web 2.0 features to existing applications

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Jon Mell

Really interesting post from Stuart over at the Quickr blog – initially about migrating his blog to a new platform. The interesting sideline is about living inside his email client (which happens to be IBM Lotus Notes). Part of the … Continue reading →

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Web 2.0 to manage business process exceptions – another ROI

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Jon Mell

Social software/Web 2.0 tools such as blogs/wikis/instant messaging can be a great way to manage the exceptions to your business processes. Here’s why… In a previous life, I was an SOA Evangelist for IBM’s WebSphere integration suite. A large amount … Continue reading →

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