Andrey Golub

The next release of our Spock application/ plugin for Facebook, and it now supports the direct integration (via "attachment") with the Messaging system of Facebook!

You can now attach your Spock Profile's summary as a "Digital Signature of a Human" to the messages you send on Facebook! When you compile a message there, the URL "Add Spock Signature" appears below the message-edit box, if you have SPOCK application installed for your profile on Facebook.

Try it! We gonna participate in the fight for the best and the most useful plug-in for Facebook, if such classification could exist :) Here is an example-

 

For now, you'll need to SETUP you Spock Application on Facebook, by going to MyApps serction and selecting Spock application. It's needed provide your original Spock Profile URL to that application and save this your profile settings on Facebook.

In the future it will be better integrated with Spock.

Here is an example of what to setup and where-

 

Keywords: Certificate of being a human, David Hinson, Digital Certificate for a Human, Digital Signature, Facebook, Facebook Community, Spock, Spock Facebook Appication, Spock Fan Club 2.0, Spock.com, David J. Hinson

Andrey Golub

What does your birth date mean? an application on Facebook

It's another funny application on Facebook.

My result is-

You're so intuitive, it's like you have senses beyond just the 5 senses humans have. You connect with others freely and easily - and you tend to have many good friends. Warm and caring, it's hard for you to close your heart to anyone. For people you are a shoulder they can lean on, a shoulder of love and affection.
 

Seems to be quite true? :)

Keywords: Facebook application, birthday date, Facebook

Andrey Golub

What Animal Are You? an application on Facebook

It's another funny application on Facebook.

My result is-

You're a Wolf

You're independent, strong-willed & often misunderstood. Very few people truly understand you. You're extremely attached to the significant few you love and respect. You often find yourself as a loner, but you eagerly seek the comfort of your pack mates.

Keywords: Facebook application, Facebook

Andrey Golub

Google knows everything you'll say? So ask Google for

Who is the most visible Who's Who in the World in 2008?

At least today, and at least to me, Google replies in this way:

• #1: (the Who's Who web site) Welcome to Marquis Who's Who Online
• #2: (buy the Who's Who book on Amazon) Amazon.com: Who's Who In The World 2008 (Who's Who in the World ...
• #3: Andrey Golub :: Weblog :: Who's Who in the World, 2008: Andrey ...

Well, what can I say? Google seems to know it better! ;)

 

Keywords: Information Scientist, Marquis, Who is Who, Who is Who in the World, Who's Who, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in the World 2008, Who's Who in the World in 2008, 25-th Silver Anniversary Edition

Andrey Golub

http://www.spock.com/api

The Spock API

The Spock Profile API is a standards-based method for obtaining Spock search results. To obtain access to the Spock API, users must obtain an API Key.

The Spock Profile API is read-only, and returns results in XML. Results can include text, URLs, and pictures. The API provides two options for querying the data:

• search.xml: This query method finds a set of Spock IDs given a set of criteria.
• person.xml: This query method allows for request of detailed information for one or more people.

Use

To execute a query the API must be supplied with an API Key and any non-required fields can be left blank. Allowed fields for use in generating a query are provided in the tables below.

Search API

Inputs

The API must be supplied with at least one of the following: a general query string, a name query, a tag query, or a location query.

Field Definition Values Default api_key (required) Provided by Spock. String N/A query Free form query string. String No filter name_query Limit search results to individuals with a specific name. String No filter tag_query Limit search results to individuals with a specific tag or set of tags. String No filter location_query Limit search results by location. String No filter age_low Limits search results to exclude individuals below a certain age. Integer No filter age_high Limits search results to exclude individuals above a certain age. Integer No filter gender Limits search results based on gender. m (male), f (female) No filter require_picture Indicates if pictures are required for results. 1 (Yes) or 0 (No). No filter (0) limit Limits the number of results returned. Integer. Maximum = 100 10 offset Determines which result to begin with (zero-based). E.g., setting offset to 2 would excludes the first two results. Integer 0 People API Inputs To execute a query, the API must be supplied with a Spock ID or list of Spock IDs. The query can be used to define what information is returned. Allowed fields are provided in the table below: Field Definition Values Default api_key (required) Provided by Spock. String N/A id (required) Spock IDs of the people to display. (Maximum of 50.) String (comma-separated list) N/A blurb Determines if the user bio is returned. 0 or 1 0 gender Determines if the user gender is returned. 0 or 1 0 location Determines if the user location is returned. 0 or 1 0 names Determines the number of user name variants returned. Integer (0-100) 0 pictures Determines number of pictures returned in descending vote score order. Integer (0-100) 0 picture_sizes Determines the sizes of pictures returned. String. Can be one or more of: small_height (120×60) small_width (60×120) medium_height (200×100) medium_width (120×240) large (600×400) Arguments are comma-separated (e.g. small_height,small_width). Blank. No image URLs are returned if you leave this blank, so you probably want to specify one. related_people Determines number of related people returned in descending vote score order. Integer (0-100) 0 tags Determines number of tags returned in descending vote score order. Integer (0-100) 0 websites Determines number of websites returned in descending vote score order Integer (0-100) 0

for more info and examples-  http://www.spock.com/api

Keywords: People API, Search API, Social Web, Spock, Spock API, Spock.com, Open API

Andrey Golub

With so many websites to join, users must decide where to invest significant time in adding their same connections over and over. For developers, this means it is difficult to build successful web applications that hinge upon a critical mass of users for content and interaction. With the Social Graph API, developers can now utilize public connections their users have already created in other web services. It makes information about public connections between people easily available and useful. 

 

+ Social Graph API FAQ
 

+ Something to play with-

Demo Social Graph API - My Connections : Who are you connected to?

Keywords: Google, OpenSocial API, Social Graph API, Google API

Andrey Golub

Spock Top Searches may now be executed and viewed within the Spock FB application.

 

btw, the #1 record on Spock for the Web 2.0 TAG is Caterina Fake, Flickr co-founder and Senior Director, Technology Development at Yahoo!, Inc

 

Well, the #2 is myself as you see- who knows why? :)

Keywords: Caterina Fake, Spock, Spock Application for Facebook, Spock.com, Web 2.0, flickr, flickr.com, Facebook plugin

Andrey Golub

an interview by Natalya Murakhver to Jay Bhatti

A Chat with Spock Co-Founder Jay Bhatti

This week we chat with Jay Bhatti, the Co-Founder of Spock. Prior to Spock, Jay worked at Microsoft in product management. Jay obtained his MBA from the Wharton School, and did his undergraduate in Systems Engineering from Rutgers University.

 

 

http://altsearchengines.com/2008/02/01/a-chat-with-spock-co-founder-jay-bhatti/

Keywords: Jay Bhatti, Natalya Murakhver, Spock, AltSearchEngines

Andrey Golub

Infosecurity, Storage Expo e Trackability 2008

 
 
che analizzeranno i principali trend tecnologici a supporto del business con specifico riferimento a 3 settori: Largo Consumo, Finance e Manufacturing/PMI.
 
Per ciascuno dei 3 settore verrà organizzata:

• una Sessione Strategica, dal titolo "L'ICT come leva di innovazione di business", in cui verrà analizzato il ruolo chiave svolto dalle tecnologie ICT a supporto del business.

• una Sessione Tecnico-Organizzativa, dal titolo "Il valore delle soluzioni tecnologiche", in cui verrà analizzato il valore di business dei progetti di IT Security, Data Storage e Tracciabilità.

 
http://www.expopage.net/portal/tradeshow.do?TS_ID=58

Keywords: Fieramilanocity, Osservatorio Information Security Management, Storage Expo, Trackability, Infosecurity

Andrey Golub

It Worked For Me: Career Advice From Top CIOs

CIOs from FedEx, Campbell's Soup, Carlson and other top companies share the best career advice they ever got and explain how it helped them get ahead. This article is short, and the advice is genuinely good. Check it out.

http://www.cio.com/article/177550

Keywords: Career Advice, cio.com, CIO

Andrey Golub

Explaining what the “Social Graph” is to your Executives

by Jeremiah Owyang, Web Strategist

Many are talking about the Social Graph at the technical level, leaving many business folks with many questions. The following, using clear business language (void of tech speak), will explain what is the Social Graph, why it matters, and what you should do.

Executive Summary
The Social Graph is the representation of our relationships. Today, these graphs define our personal, family, or business communities on social websites. Unfortunately, we’re duplicating our same Social Graph on multiple websites, resulting in inaccurate data and time spent managing it. Despite many challenges, our Social Graphs should be self-managed from a single trusted source, replicated to websites of our choosing, thus resulting in accurate, efficient, relationship management.

Read the full story here-
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/11/10/what-is-social-graph-executives/

Keywords: Google, Jeremiah Owyang, Social Graph API, Web Strategy, Web Theory, Social Graph

Andrey Golub

 

Those that ignore social media critics risk being blindsided by negative comments, experts say

January 31, 2008 (Computerworld) Target Corp. found itself at the center of a blogosphere brouhaha this month when it brushed aside complaints against it lodged on a blog post by the executive director of an organization that monitors the effects of advertising on kids. Target doesn't respond to comments from "nontraditional" media outlets, she noted on her blog.

A Google search in the U.S. for "Dell support" brings up a scathing post -- complete with an obscenity in the title -- from a blogger on the first page of results, which has at times been posted higher in the search results than the organization's own support Web page.

These were two of a handful of examples cited during an online presentation today by Forrester Research Inc. and Dow Jones & Co. on why companies should devote more resources to monitoring what is being said about them and their products in the Web 2.0 world.

Companies must listen to the Web 2.0 world

Keywords: Web 2.0, blogosphere, business, social media, Forrester Research

Andrey Golub

Pier Paolo Mucelli, Founder & CeO, eOffice, sent me this report today-

I would like to share with you few online marketing tips. As a growing business owner, you now have the opportunity to promote your services and products to a larger audience, using the international reach of internet and the growing importance of web 2.0 (user generated content websites). These are utilities and channels not available only few years ago, and allowing smaller businesses to move faster and compete head to head with larger organizations. Things are moving fast, some websites were not even available only two years ago (Facebook). Few days ago, Microsoft launched a £40billion unsolicited bit for Yahoo! New sites and services will be launched at an even faster rate in the future. 
 
See below some examples of digital marketing activity, using some of the most popular online tools availalble. 
 

** Videos (Youtube)
Launched Feb 2005, over 100 million downloads per day (bought by Google for $1.6billion in Oct 2006).
Case Study: http://www.youtube.com/eOfficeMedia
 
** Social Networking Website (Facebook)
Launched Feb 2004, with now close to 100 million users (Microsoft invested $250m for 1.6% stake in Oct 2007).
It has recently launched target advertising, based on impressions or pay per click. Check out the groups functionalities and the newly launched Page utility.
Case Study, Groups:  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2524331330
Case Study, Pages:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/eOffice/9000281501
 
** Pictures (Picasa)
Online software application for organizing and editing digital photos (now owned by Google).
Case Study:  http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/eOfficeLibrary/EOfficeSoho
 
** Business Networking Website (Linkedin)
Largest world business networking site, launched May 03, with around 18million registered users worldwide.
Case Study, Groups:  https://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/553/6253CD3979DC/
 
** Maps (Google).
Founded in 1998, Google is the largest search site and now diversified internet company, now the largest public listed company in the  US. 
Case Study, Maps: http://tinyurl.com/3clupg

 
I would be interested to hearing your views, suggestion and comments. Feel free to post them into our community sites and groups too.

Best wishes
Pier Paolo Mucelli
Founder/CeO

eOffice
2 Sheraton Street, W1F 8BH,  London, UK
 www.eoffice.net
0870 888 88 88
eOffice - The Alternative Workspace - A Climate Neutral Company

Keywords: Social Networking, Soho, Web 2.0, digital marketing, eOffice, internet, online marketing, online marketing tips, Business Networking

Andrey Golub

Tutto info basato su:

http://www.socialmedialab.net/2008/01/19/minibar-italy/ 

http://www.7thfloor.it/2008/02/01/social-media-lab-minibar/

 
Più evento sociale che conferenza, il Minibar ha l’obiettivo di far emergere le idee e i talenti del Web 2.0, connettendo le start-up con gli sviluppatori giusti, gli investitori interessati e i media.

Lanciando il Minibar anche in Italia intendiamo stimolare l’attività imprenditoriale e l’innovazione nel Web 2.0 italiano.

Un’occasione per incontrarsi, scoprire nuove idee e discutere di P2P, Creative Commons, Net Tv, applicazioni web, social networking, frizzi e lazzi del Web 2.0.

Ogni start-up presenta la sua idea e il suo modello di business; le presentazioni durano intorno ai 5 minuti ognuna con interventi rapidi e partecipazione dal pubblico. Subito dopo, ampio spazio al networking!

Si presentano alcune tra le più interessanti start-up basate o sviluppate in Italia, con una finestra sull’Europa. Ognuna delle presentazioni è mirata a rispondere a due domande: 1) descrizione del prodotto, cos’è e come funziona, e 2) qual è il business model che rende l’iniziativa sostenibile. 

Quello di Milano sarà il primo di una serie di eventi Minibar da organizzare in Italia nel corso del 2008 che hanno l’obiettivo di:

• creare una community di persone, progetti e startup web2.0 italiane e attrarre i talenti e le competenze migliori nel settore;

• creare uno spazio di informazione e discussione sui social media al di fuori degli ambienti accademici;

• creare un luogo di incontro e di aggregazione per chi opera o e’ interessato ai nuovi scenari della comunicazione online;

• connettere il mondo dell’impresa e delle startup 2.0 con programmatori e sviluppatori ma anche ricercatori accademici, esperti e giornalisti per favorire lo scambio di competenze e strumenti e stimolare networking e collaborazione.

Scaricare il programma-

• MiniBar_Italy.february15th.pdf
• SOCIAL_MEDIA_LAB.pdf 

Keywords: Marketing, MiniBar, MiniBar-Italy, Social Media Lab, Spread the Word, Web 2.0, start-up, BarCamp

Andrey Golub

"Enterprise 2.0"

che si terrà

 
Durante il Convegno saranno presentati i risultati della Ricerca, che ha coinvolto oltre 70 tra imprese e Pubbliche Amministrazioni, ed una survey su oltre 50 CIO.

I risultati generali della Ricerca saranno discussi in una sessione plenaria che fornirà una visione dello stato e i trend nell'applicazione delle nuove tecnologie Enterprise 2.0 ed identificare gli effetti sui processi, le le relazioni, i modelli organizzativi e di impresa.

Faranno seguito una tavola rotonda alla quale parteciperanno i principali player dell'offerta e una sessione di approfondimento in cui verranno presentate esperienze significative.
 
Il Convegno si terrà giovedì 12 marzo 2008, dalle ore 09.30 alle ore 13.00, presso l'Aula Rogers del Politecnico di Milano, Via Ampére 2, Milano. Al termine del Convegno verrà distribuito ai partecipanti il Rapporto contenente i risultati principali della Ricerca.

Seguirà a breve il programma completo del Convegno.

La partecipazione è gratuita, previa iscrizione cliccando qui. 

 

Osservatorio Enterprise 2.0

L'Osservatorio Enterprise 2.0 nasce per iniziativa della School of Management del Politecnico di Milano, sulla base dell'eredita' dell'Osservatorio Intranet e Nuovi Sistemi Informativi.

L'Osservatorio Intranet e Nuovi Sistemi Informativi viene fondato nel 2002 e ha nel tempo costituito una community di riferimento, sviluppando un approccio all'analisi e alla progettazione delle strategie di sviluppo dei Nuovi Sistemi Informativi basato sulla centralita' della persona e sul concetto di tecnologia come piattaforma abilitante dei processi e delle relazioni (Virtual Workspace).

Coerentemente con questa prospettiva e alla luce dell'evoluzione in atto nelle tecnologie del Web, nel 2007 nasce l'Osservatorio Enterprise 2.0, che si pone i seguenti obiettivi:

·          analizzare l'evoluzione delle Intranet in Italia e la loro convergenza con i Sistemi Informativi nella prospettiva del Virtual Workspace;

·          comprendere lo stato e i trend nell'applicazione delle nuove tecnologie Web 2.0 nelle imprese e Pubbliche Amministrazioni in Italia ed identificare gli effetti sui processi, le relazioni ed i modelli di impresa;

·          identificare ed analizzare l'impatto dell’applicazione delle nuove tecnologie sulle architetture ICT, con particolare riferimento alla diffusione di logiche SOA;

·          individuare ed interpretare casi interessanti di applicazioni in modo da permettere un confronto significativo con le Best Practice a livello italiano ed internazionale;

·          costituire una community di attori interessati a promuovere uno sviluppo piu' strategico e consapevole dei nuovi scenari Enterprise 2.0 nelle imprese e Pubbliche Amministrazioni italiane nel quadro di una loro convergenza verso i Sistemi Informativi di nuova generazione.

Inserendosi nel contesto degli Osservatori ICT della School of Management del Politecnico di Milano, l’Osservatorio Enterprise 2.0 puo' contare su relazioni consolidate con numerose imprese e pubbliche amministrazioni e diversi partner. Lavorando a stretto contatto con questa community, nonche' con quella piu' ampia degli Osservatori ICT, l'Osservatorio analizzera' le iniziative esistenti dal punto di vista strategico, organizzativo e tecnologico andando a monitorarne nel tempo l'evoluzione e confrontandole con i principali benchmark a livello internazionale.

L'attivita' di ricerca viene affiancata da iniziative di analisi e divulgazione dei risultati tese a sviluppare una comunita' di manager aziendali maggiormente coinvolti nei progetti innovativi delle loro imprese. L'Osservatorio costituisce gia' oggi un punto di riferimento per le Intranet in Italia, avendo all'attivo lo studio di oltre 110 Intranet di aziende medio-grandi, numerosi eventi e pubblicazioni.

Nel 2004 e' stato fondato in collaborazione con ABI Lab l'Osservatorio Intranet Banche, prima rilevante esperienza di "verticalizzazione", che grazie alla costituzione di un gruppo di lavoro di primari istituti di credito, analizza lo stato delle Intranet nelle banche italiane.

http://www.osservatori.dig.polimi.it/dettaglioOsservatorio.php?idOSSERVATORI=3

Keywords: Convegno, Convegno Osservatorio Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Milano, CIO

Andrey Golub

Spread the word

Time and Place

Date:	Friday, February 15, 2008
Time	3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:	IULM, Aula Seminari
Street:	Via Carlo Bo 1
City/Town:	Milano, Italy

Description

Social Media Lab e’ il nome di una serie di incontri su web2.0, social media e nuovi scenari della comunicazione e del business online promossi dalla Libera Universita’ di Lingue e Comunicazione IULM.

Questo secondo incontro e’ dedicato alle sinergie tra web 2.0, marketing e reti di comunicazione informale.

L’evoluzione conversazionale del web e il passaggio al mainstream dei social media hanno avuto un ruolo significativo nella radicale trasformazione del marketing attualmente in corso.

La fluidita’, la viralita’ e l’intelligenza delle reti informali di comunicazione sono ormai al centro delle nuove strategie di marketing ridefinite dal carattere “sociale” e conversazionale del web2.0.

Nuovi strumenti e nuove possibilita’, sicuramente, ma anche nuove sfide, per niente banali. Quali sono i vantaggi e i punti deboli del social marketing rispetto al marketing nei media tradizionali? Chi controlla i processi comunicativi nei social media? E’ davvero possibile gestirli? Come si misura l’efficacia delle strategie di marketing nei social media? Ma soprattutto, come si misura qualcosa di sfuggente e impalpabile come il passaparola?

Domande chiave che richiedono risposte puntuali da cui dipende il futuro dei social media come settore comunicativo maturo in grado di attrarre investimenti significativi.

Parole chiave: community, social network, buzz marketing, passaparola, social media measurement e metrics.

Ospiti confermati:

- Alberto Abruzzese - IULM
- Sasha monotti - BLOGMETER
- Mafe de Baggis - DAIMON
- Francesco D'Orazio - ZZUB
- Elisa Perillo - ZOOPPA
- Pier Ludovico Bancale - BOOTB

Il Programma dell'evento- scaricare

P.S.
adesso anche su Facebook come Evento
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8335477710

Keywords: Spread the word, Web2.0, buzz marketing, community, passaparola, social media measurement e metrics, social network, Social Media Lab

Andrey Golub

Lunedì 11 Febbraio, Gianni Cossar si presenta ai soci del Milan In.

Generazione MBA

Lunedì sera incontreremo Gianni Cossar che, dal punto di vista personale e professionale ha come vissuto due vite diverse. La prima (breve) è stata quella tranquilla di un qualunque bravo ragazzo milanese che non ha ancora trovato la sua strada, si iscrive a scienze politiche, fa il servizio militare e comincia ad avere le prime esperienze professionali.
La seconda inizia qualche anno dopo quando un giorno Gianni si sveglia e d’un tratto capisce che cosa vuole fare da grande. Molla tutto e si trasferisce all'estero per riprendere gli studi questa volta di business, prendersi il suo MBA e poi lavorare nel marketing e business development internazionale. Sarà quella una decisione che cambierà radicalmente la sua vita.

Da li in avanti Gianni matura una pluriennale esperienza in ambito Marketing, Branding e Business Development sviluppando competenze professionali prevalentemente nell’Automotive Aftermarket (prodotti e servizi per il settore auto), nel Coating e nell’Elettronica di Consumo, in ambito Business (B2B) to Business e Business to Consumers (B2C).

I suoi anni in giro per il mondo in ruoli internazionali all’interno di importanti multinazionali gli permettono di osservare i cambiamenti dell’universo aziendale da un punto d’osservazione privilegiato. La sua carriera procede di pari passo alla globalizzazione dei mercati. La globalizzazione diventa di fatto il suo miglior alleato e il suo peggior nemico. La sua vita diventa una continua sfida tra un mondo del lavoro che lo vorrebbe eternamente all’estero e la sua voglia di opportunità interessanti su Milano.

Gianni ci parlerà di questo suo percorso di uomo e di professionista.

Seguirà poi un breve dibattito sui temi proposti.
Attivate il vostro cellulare! Durante la serata potrete acquisire sul vs cellulare, via bluetooth, contenuti multimediali riguardanti la serata e MilanIn.

Ti aspettiamo a partire dalle 20.30 presso la Sala Party del Pacino Cafè in Milano, Piazzale Bacone n.9.
Porta chi vuoi! La serata è aperta anche agli amici e ai conoscenti. Ogni tuo amico è anche un nostro amico.

Attenzione! Il numero dei posti della sala è limitato.
Per partecipare all’evento, occorre confermare la propria presenza inviando una mail all’indirizzo eventi[at]milanin.com, specificando il nome e il cognome e il numero dei partecipanti.

La serata non avrà alcun costo, tranne quello della prima consumazione obbligatoria - di 12 EURO – di cui 10 euro andranno interamente al locale che ci ospita, la restante parte al Club.

Ricordati che tutti possiamo presentarci.
Se desideri farlo è sufficiente comunicarlo a mezzo email a Silvia Lenich, silvia(AT)milanin.com. Oppure puoi utilizzare il servizio di Messenger del sito Milan IN e sottoporre la tua richiesta a Silvia.

Arrivederci a presto!
Informazioni importanti sulla privacy: durante l'incontro verranno scattate delle fotografie e potrà essere chiesto agli intervenuti di presentarsi. Sul sito potranno essere pubblicati articoli, di visibilità sia ristretta ai soci, sia pubblica, sulla serata, potranno essere pubblicate le fotografie ed i nomi dei partecipanti. Chi non desiderasse comparire con nome e fotografia sugli articoli pubblicati è pregato di farlo presente alla segreteria del Club (Silvia Lenich) prima del termine della serata.
Grazie.

Keywords: B2B, Branding, Milan IN, PTS, business development, business development internazionale, marketing, B2C

Andrey Golub

Minibar Italy

Time and Place

Date:	Friday, February 15, 2008
Time:	6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location:	Triennale di Milano, Sala d'onore, primo piano
Street:	Viale Alemagna, 6
City/Town:	Milan, Italy

Description

Stai pensando di creare il prossimo Last.fm, Flickr e in generale una startup Web2.0? Pensi che in Italia manchino occasioni per incontrarsi e discutere di questo tipo di idee e progetti?

Be’, allora non ti resta che venire al MiniBar – una versione piu’ snella e agile di un BarCamp.

Dal 2006 il Minibar London ha attratto migliaia di sviluppatori web, programmatori, accademici, giornalisti, blogger, imprenditori 2.0 e investitori.
Più evento sociale che conferenza, il Minibar ha l’obiettivo di far emergere le idee e i talenti del Web 2.0, connettendo le start-up con gli sviluppatori giusti, gli investitori interessati e i media.

Lanciando il Minibar anche in Italia intendiamo stimolare l’attività imprenditoriale e l’innovazione nel Web 2.0 italiano.

Un’occasione per incontrarsi, scoprire nuove idee e discutere di blog, social networking, P2P, mondi virtuali, Creative Commons, Net Tv, applicazioni web... frizzi e lazzi del Web 2.0...

Quindi... vediamo come funziona in pratica...

Ogni start-up presenta la sua idea e il suo modello di business; le presentazioni durano 3 minuti ognuna più 3 minuti di domande e risposte dal pubblico. I tempi saranno scanditi da un infame timer non dotato di sentimenti quali pietà, compassione e comprensione ;-)

Le start-up che presenteranno al primo Minibar sono:

Blogmeter
http://www.blogmeter.eu
The Blog Tv
http://www.tbtv.it
Myrl
http://www.myrl.com
IsayBlog
http://www.isayblog.com/
Dixero
http://www.dixero.com
Reeplay
http://www.reeplay.it
Zooppa
http://www.zooppa.com
Bootb
http://www.bootb.com
LivePetition
http://www.firmiamo.it
Kiara
http://www.kiaraservice.com


Siete liberi di fare fuoco con tutte le domande che volete, anzi, potete cominciare a preparare le munizioni da ora ;-)

Subito dopo, spazio al networking e all'aperitivo, vista l'ora...

Se siete sportivi, venite prima al Social Media Lab dalle 3 alle 5 e poi tutti di corsa in Triennale, sono ammesse biciclette ma non monopattini a motore e motorini...


COME CI SI ARRIVA

Mezzi di trasporto pubblico :
Metrò, linee 1 e 2,
fermata Cadorna-Triennale
Autobus, linea 61, fermata Triennale

Il Programma dell'evento- scaricare

P.S.
adesso anche su Facebook come Evento
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=21678242544

Keywords: Minibar, Minibar Italy, Web2.0, buzz marketing, community, social network, start up, Social Media Lab

Andrey Golub

Agork was founded by my business contact and friend Diego Vicamini (Founder & Managing Director).

What is Agork?

Agork is a company devoted to bring the best of the consumer web experience to the corporate environment. The web is full of amazing sites, boosted by great creativity, always changing and improving. The corporate scenario is, by comparison, extremely slow and very conservative.

Our aim is to capture the best functionalities available on the web and to assemble them so that they are ready for corporate consumption. We focus on the Corporate Business Communities, since they are a small replication of the large web for each company: a world where people live and interact, breathing the company spirit.

We believe the web should be easy, fast and useful - all the modules we offer are selected to be immediately useful, each feature is given long consideration so that we choose only the most important ones. All of our applications are extremely easy to manage, yet very powerful. Again, that's the way web goes. There's no time time for complex applications requiring hours of setup and customization. Now's the time for simple software, it's time for the things people truly need.

 

Welcome to Agork, an ideal tool for

• Marketing Director
• Customer Service Director
• HR Director
• Online Community Manager

Features short List-

• Modular System
• Easy Navigation
• Customization
• Full Text Search
• Tagging System
• Graphical Integration
• Manage Your Advertising
• more details here

Available Modules

• Articles
• Blogs
• Forums
• News
• Media Gallery
• Newsletters
• Knowledge Base
• more details here
  

Help us testing Agork!

Keywords: Business Community, Corporate Business Communities, Diego Vicamini, Online Business Community, consumer web, Agork

Andrey Golub

Avevo parlato prima dell'evento Girl Geek Dinners Italia.

so che stanno cercando i sponsor per fare il Evento piu` cool, e` logico! :)

Ho guardato oggi per gli aggiornamenti sul sito ufficiale, anche sul gruppo Facebook- lo stato e` questo:

Grazie ai nostri sponsor per l'evento:
- Dada.net (http://www.dada.net)
- Ogilvy (http://www.ogilvy.it)
- Cisco (http://www.cisco.com)
- San Lorenzo (http://www.san-lorenzo.com)

Molto bene! Bravi tutti. chi altro vuole partecipare come sponsor?

mail:	girlgeekdinnersitalia@gmail.com
Website:	http://www.girlgeekdinnersitalia.com/

Keywords: Geek Girl, Girl Geek Dinners Italia, Sponsor, girlgeekdinners2, Geek Girls Dinner

Andrey Golub

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, IBM and Verisign Join OpenID Foundation

via http://mashable.com

In case you had any doubts about it, OpenID has definitely proving to be the de facto standard for web identity. Many big names, including Google (through their Blogger service) and Yahoo announced their support for the standard, and now five big companies join OpenID Foundation’s corporate board: Google, IBM, Microsoft, Verisign and Yahoo.

 

read the FULL article.

Keywords: Google, IBM, Microsoft, Verisign, Yahoo, web identity, OpenID

Andrey Golub

via computerweekly.com

European mobile instant messaging (IM) will triple in the next six years, with young consumers fuelling the growth, says analyst Forrester.

Forrester said mobile IM adoption in Europe will grow from 8% (26.7 million subscribers) in 2007 to 24% (80 million subscribers) by 2013.

Sweden and the UK will lead in mobile IM adoption, with 35% and 31% of respective subscribers using mobile IM by 2013.

Forrester's mobile IM forecast is based on a survey of 22,000 consumers across France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Read the FULL ARTICLE-

 

Voice and Data Services: Mobile instant messaging use to triple over next six years

Keywords: IM, Mobile instant messaging, instant messaging, mobile 2.0, Forrester

Andrey Golub

While we know that Google

Google Puts On Hold Pay-Per-Call Web Ads

...Google’s attempt to include phone calls in its ad service has not been as successful...

VoIP Inc.

VoIP Inc. launches pay-per-call ad network

has launched its pay-per-call advanced VoIP ad network product called RazrClick. The company claimed eBay and Google had signed up to use the technology which enables users to call by simply clicking on a web link. VoIP Inc. markets its products through its subsidiary VoiceOne communications, a provider of an array of VoIP services.

Read the FULL article, on

Keywords: Pay Per Call Web Ads, Razr Click, RazrClick, VoIP, VoIP Inc, VoiceOne, VoiceOne communications, eBay, pay-per-call, Google

Andrey Golub

Interested in Creativity, Creative Problem Solving, Innovation, Leadership?

CREA Conference (see http://www.creaconference.com) is one of the main international conferences on creative problem solving and innovation.

 

The next conference, the 6th, CREA Conference 2008, will take place in beautiful Sestri Levante (as usual), from Wednesday 16th April, until Sunday 20th.

And if you want to be up-to-date with all CREA events, please register on the CREA Italia website: www.crea-italia.com
 

And there is already a group on Facebook, with an associated Event- 

Whether you already love CREA, or you are considering coming next time, join this group!

• Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2405514296
  
• Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=3186180593

Keywords: CREA Conference, Creativity, Innovation, Leadership, creative problem solving, creativity, Creative Problem Solving

Andrey Golub

received via e-mail

The Hot Topics will include-

1. Ubiquitous networks and the path to 4G
2. Competing with the iPhone
3. Entertainment takes center stage at Mobile Backstage
4. Linux in the limelight
5. Mobile banking reality check

Ubiquitous networks and the path to 4G

Operators are still in the midst of upgrading their networks to 3G but vendors are already touting the benefits of LTE, WiMAX and other 4G-type technologies. In fact, a keynote session on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. will be devoted to "Ubiquitous Networks" and feature speakers such as Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of Ericsson and Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm.
Last year we heard a lot about WiMAX, which was surprising since this conference was once a GSM-dominated event. This year we expect to hear more on the business case for WiMAX and how the technology is fitting for underserved areas of the world. "There are plenty of parts of the world without broadband," says Scott Wickware, vice president of carrier networks, marketing and strategy at Nortel. "This is a cheaper way to offer broadband." 

To read more

Competing with the iPhone

Unlike last year's show, which took place a few short weeks after Apple unveiled the iPhone, all is quiet on the handset front leading into the Mobile World Congress. While Motorola mulls whether it should spin off its beleaguered handset business, other phone makers wonder how they can begin to top last year's showstopper.
"One of the lessons of last year learned from iPhone is that there is a new bar for how loud you have to be to cut through the clutter," Compete's wireless research director Miro Kazakoff said. "If there were any likely hit phones coming out at the show this year, the industry would have heard something by now."
The only high-profile launch slated for the show is Nokia's S60 Touch UI, which the company will be demonstrating at its booth. Rumor has it that Nokia will be making use of accelerometers for the user interface--those are the same type of sensors that Apple uses in the iPhone to automatically adjust the screen display from normal to landscape mode. The S60 Touch UI is a testament to the growing number of touch sensitive phones on the market. The feature is close to becoming a requirement on high-end feature phones that look to compete with the iPhone.

To read more

Entertainment takes center stage at Mobile Backstage

The face of mobile content turns ruggedly handsome at Mobile World Congress--Academy Award winner and independent film pioneer Robert Redford will keynote Mobile Backstage, the one-day mobile entertainment conference produced by the GSM Association in collaboration with Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. The event takes place Wednesday, Feb. 13.
Redford is no stranger to mobile--in late 2006, his non-profit Sundance Institute launched the Sundance Film Festival: Global Short Film Project, an initiative spotlighting three-to-five minute short films made exclusively for screening on mobile handsets. The project was showcased at last year's event in Barcelona.  Also, in January, Verizon Wireless added short-form programming from cable's Sundance Channel to its V Cast Video service.
Redford's Mobile Backstage keynote promises to focus on the potential of the mobile platform as a channel for independent filmmakers to reach a worldwide audience. Mobile Backstage will also spotlight acclaimed actress and director Isabella Rossellini, who will discuss her role in a new series of mobile shorts titled Green Porno--a name no doubt guaranteed to land untold copies of this preview issue in subscribers' spam folders--as well as Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am, who will explore the future of mobile music.

To read more

Linux in the limelight

inux enters Mobile World Congress 2008 with all the momentum in the world. First the open source platform reshaped the U.S. software market in late 2007 via web services giant Google's introduction of its Linux-based Android operating system. Next, in the waning days of January 2008, Nokia bid $153 million to acquire Norwegian Linux-based software provider Trolltech, a move the handset kingpin said will galvanize its cross-platform software strategy for mobile devices and desktop applications, enabling development of third-party apps optimized for the Internet, across its device portfolio and on PCs. Just days later, European semiconductor firm NXP and French mobile Linux components supplier Purple Labs announced their joint development of a 3G Linux feature phone boasting video telephony, music playback, high-speed Internet browsing and video streaming--the first of its kind with a price tag under $100. And finally, industry consortium The LiMo Foundation said it will release its first mobile Linux platform in March.

To read more

Mobile banking reality check

If last year was the year of overblown expectations for mobile financial services, then 2008 will be a year of the inked deal but still little progress on consumer uptake, according to senior analyst Emmet Higdon of Forrester Research. Mobile banking and mobile payments are still technologies in search of a problem, which could be just what the industry players are looking to figure out at next week's Mobile World Congress. "People expected mobile banking to take off much more quickly than it has," Higdon said. "People are trying mobile banking services and discovering that it's kind of neat, but it's hard to read transactions on that little, tiny screen." 
Carriers and financial institutions are still trying to figure out what consumers are interested in doing financially on their mobile phones. Forrester's polling suggests that customers, themselves, aren't really sure what they want to do with mobile banking. The problem could be a lack of imagination. Right now, U.S. banks are encouraging users to use the exact same services on their mobiles that they can already use online. "That's fine," Higdon cautions. "But it doesn't make it compelling enough to make a large percentage of their customers to try or adopt these mobile solutions. We are still waiting to see how that experience on the mobile could be different. We are still waiting on that killer app for mobile banking."

To read more

Keywords: 4G, Alcatel, Android, Apple, Barcelona, Garmin, Google, Linux, Location based services, Microsoft, Mobile World Congress, Qualcomm, Symbian, T-Mobile, Ubiquitous networks, User Interface, Verizon Wireless, World Congress, backhaul, broadband networks, iPhone, mobile banking, mobile payments, 3G Linux

Andrey Golub

Una notizia importante per tutti i partecipanti del progetto www.CittadiniDigitali.it (ricevuta via e-mail)-

Cari Cittadini Digitali,

abbiamo trovato il primo sostenitore politico:
Edoardo Colombo, si candida con lo scopo di portare in Parlamento i punti programmatici di Cittadini Digitali.

Cittadini Digitali è senza colore politico in quanto contiene un decalogo che arriva dalla Rete. Punti che tengono conto delle reali esigenze dei Cittadini Digitali e dello sviluppo economico del Paese che a nostro parere è legato a doppio filo con la diffusione della cultura digitale.

Sostengo quindi Edoardo con una petizione: http://www.firmiamo.it/unbloggerallacamera

Lui si schiererà con Forza Italia, tuttavia noi Cittadini Digitali, siamo pronti a sostenere altre candidature attraverso qualunque schieramento politico, purché dimostrino di voler portare in Parlamento i nostri punti programmatici con impegno e determinazione.

Ora tocca a noi. Abbiamo l’occasione di far sentire la nostra voce e liberarci dai vecchi paradigmi di destra e sinistra. Noi abbiamo bisogno della Rete e la Rete ha bisogno di noi.

www.CittadiniDigitali.it

Keywords: Cittadini Digitali, Forza Italia, blogger, Edoardo Colombo

Andrey Golub

I don't know if you are on Beemood or not, I am registered (but not yet a heavy user) after a kind invitation from David and Juliette.

And here is the first newsletter I am getting from there,- maybe it could be interesting to somebody else who's not [yet] on Beemood.

Dear beemooder, this is our first newsletter. Periodically, we'll inform you about new features on BeeMood and we hope you'll enjoy it. Our bees never stop working and every day they build a new piece to make a huge kingdom for their queen Bee. The hot news of the week are... CREATE YOUR OWN TRIBE On BeeMood you can take part in discussion groups - Tribes - and share common interests with other people. Now you can also create your personal Tribe and talk to other beemooders about the topic that you decide. Are you crazy for Lost ? Can't you live without music? Is the Wii your best friend? Click on a Tribe to join a group or create a new one, it's easy! YES WE CAN! In the last few days you might have noticed the presence of two unusual persons: Hillary (Clinton) e (Barack) Obama! Incredible, isn't it? Obama feels quite trendy and posts tons of videos featuring singers and actors supporting his campaign at the rhythm of “YES WE CAN!” . Hillary, on the other hand, is adding her own blog’s feed and posts one captivating message afte r another claiming to feel sexy today... ;-) If you want to support them and follow their updates, add Obama and Hillary as friends. ALWAYS UP TO DATE If you want to see your BeeMood's update on your blog, NOW YOU CAN! Download the brand new badge, customize it as you prefer. Green tea, girly pink, black as your mood when you are in the traffic jam, blue as the sky in Barcelona, or grey as London's clouds, red passion, orange as a juicy fruit or purple as a coneflower... Make your choice! See you soon beemooder. Stay tuned!

Keywords: Beemood, David Casalini, Juliette Bellavita, Mobile Social Network, Social Networking, Social Networks, Mobile

Andrey Golub

Managing Your Online Identity

How people find you is important - whether it is making a first impression for a first meeting, an interview, a sales call, or even a date. With the internet increasingly being used as a tool to search for information about people, how you are found on the web more important than ever. Search engines like Google and Yahoo! provide individuals with no ability to shape how their information appears in a "search result" when someone types in their name. Spock does.

Spock can help you to manage how you are found, and most importantly what is found about you. The first step towards managing your online identity is putting the information you want seen about you online. That allows you to control what is being said about you. The second step is staying up to date on new information about you as it appears. Spock allows you to do just that.

With Spock you can:

• Claim your search result so people can contact you easily
• Add relevant data to ensure that people find the right information about you
• Encourage friends to verify your search result to make it more credible
• Sign up for alerts to get notified every time new information is found about you

From there, Spock will handle the rest. Our unique search technologies will ensure that when people search for you on Spock you will not only be found, but found the way you want to be found. More importantly, Spock search results will appear in leading search engines like Google, ensuring that the search result you have created for yourself is the one that gets noticed as opposed to other pages or other people.

Managing your online identity is no small task. If you have an issue with your online identity or are concerned about identity fraud, consider visiting one of Spock's partners below.

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Keywords: Online Identity, Online Identity management, SEO, Search engines, people search, social media marketing, spock.com, spock

Andrey Golub

10 Great Tools For Online Business Communication

• AIM Pro
• Eyejot.com
• KonoLive.com
• Skype For Business
• 12Planet.com
• Avaya.com
• Huddle.net
• LanTalk.net
• Novell GroupWise
• WebEx.com

 

via http://mashable.com 

Keywords: Online Business Communication

Andrey Golub

Keywords: Spock, Spock Research, Web 2.0, Spock Blog

Andrey Golub

Il famoso libro di cui si parla molto ultimamente, per esempio qua-

Gratis e online il nuovo volume edito da LED: “Oltre la televisione, dal DVB-H al Web 2.0”

si puo` scaricare qui-

http://www.ledonline.it/ledonline/riva/Riva-dal-DVB-H-al-web-2.pdf

 il sito web ufficiale del progetto e`-

http://www.oltrelatelevisione.com/

e qui troverete il profilo LinkedIn di uno degli autori del Libro, Massimo Pettiti

http://www.linkedin.com/in/massimopettiti

Ho guardato un attimo il file- ci sono tante belle cose, ma a volte si vede in chiaro il punto di vista del grande Telco Mobile (3). Per esempio, nella voglia di promuovere la Mobile TV che noi, utenti di TRE, conosciamo come "bambino nato morto".

per il resto- e` molto utile ragazzi!

Keywords: DVB-H, Mobile TV, Oltre la televisione, Web 2.0, Massimo Pettiti

Andrey Golub

Keywords: Milano, Viadeo, Viadeo Italia, aperitivo

Andrey Golub

The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces Both Russia and the West

The Author- Edward Lucas

American Edition

UK Edition

Book on Amazon-

The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces Both Russia and the West (Hardcover)

 Book web site-

http://edwardlucas.com/ 

Some advised reviews-

•  
• "Neoimperialismo russo" secondo LUCAS
  

• ... read the Book better! search with google.
  

Keywords: Edward Lucas, Putin, Russia, The New Cold War, USSR, Zar, Kremlin

Andrey Golub

EVENTO- Generazione MBA
Lunedì 11 Febbraio, Gianni Cossar si presenta ai soci del Milan In.
http://www.milanin.com/egroupware/sitemgr/sitemgr-site/news/ 212.html

 

In seguito alla chiusura delle prenotazioni siamo lieti di comunicare ai soci del club l'elenco dei partecipanti all'evento di lunedì 11/02 (in ordine alfabetico) (ospiti esclusi). 

Keywords: PTS, Gianni Cossar

Andrey Golub

Keywords: facebook, facebook translation, facebook in italian

Andrey Golub

Milano, 26 Febbraio 2008 - Workshop: "Iniziative e Prospettive per l'Open Source nelle Aziende e nella Pubblica Amministrazione" 

il prossimo incontro del programma di eventi del Cantiere dei Mestieri ICT, che si terrà martedì 26 Febbraio 2008 alle ore 17.30 presso la sede di SIAM 1838 in via Santa Marta 18 a Milano, inerente il tema:

Iniziative e prospettive per l’Open Source nelle Aziende e nella Pubblica Amministrazione

Il ciclo di incontri “Competenze Professionali per l’Innovazione Digitale” del Cantiere è organizzato da AICA e SIAM 1838 in collaborazione con le Associazioni ALSI, AIPSI e ClubTI Milano.

Per iscriversi on line. Il Evento e` GRATUITO.

Keywords: ICT, Milano, Open Source, Workshop, Pubblica Amministrazione

Andrey Golub

Approcci, strategie e strumenti per creare, trovare e migliorare il lavoro del moderno professionista.

Ovvero:
Come le attuali tecnologie di relazioni in rete, e le loro metodologie e strumenti web di supporto, possono essere un valido mezzo di promozione e di integrazione per i singoli professional, e di sviluppo per le aziende.
Esperienze pratiche di lavoro e di “vita” in rete che tali tecnologie permettono

Intervengono:
Andrea Falzin, direttore generale Viadeo Italia; Paolo Mariola, presidente BNI-Italia; Carlo Mazzucchelli, consulente, co-fondatore www.complexlab.it;
 
Stefano Uberti Foppa, direttore ZeroUno; Francesco Varanini, docente Università di Pisa, fondatore www.bloom.it e direttore Persone&Conoscenze
 
Moderatore: Nicola Antonucci, consulente finanziario e coordinatore Gruppo Professional Manageritalia Milano.

Venerdì 29 febbraio 2008
 
dalle 12.30 alle 14.00, presso
Unione del Commercio di Milano - Sala Commercio
 
Corso Venezia 47/49
 
segue cocktail

***

POSTI LIMITATI. Prenotazione:  Segreteria Manageritalia Milano, tel. 0262535050 - milano.segreteria AT manageritalia.it

*** 

MANAGERITALIA Milano (Associazione Lombarda dirigenti, quadri e professional del terziario) associa 18.000 manager (11.000 dirigenti, 700 quadri, 1.500 professional e 4.900 pensionati) ai quali fornisce una vasta gamma di servizi: formazione, consulenze professionali, sistemi assicurativi e di previdenza integrativa, assistenza sanitaria ai manager e alla famiglia, iniziative per la cultura e il tempo libero.

http://manageritalia.it/ 

Keywords: Andrea Falzin, BNI-Italia, Carlo Mazzucchelli, Francesco Varanini, MANAGERITALIA, Manageritalia, Paolo Mariola, Persone&Conoscenze, Professional Networking, Stefano Uberti Foppa, Università di Pisa, Viadeo Italia, ZeroUno, bloom.it, complexlab.it, Associazione Lombarda

Andrey Golub

E` un altro bel articolo by Daniele Cerra, un Blogger importante Italiano che scrive (anche) per il oneweb20.

Web 2.0: cosa ne pensano i CIO?

Qual è l’opinione dei CIO (i responsabili dei sistemi informativi) delle aziende italiane sul Web 2.0? Se fino a qualche mese fa le società vedevano con sospetto il Web 2.0, spesso relegandolo ad attività ludiche o di intrattenimento sociale che poco avevano a che fare col business, stando ai dati pubblicati e resi disponibili nel blog dell’Osservatorio Enterprise 2.0, oggi le cose stanno diversamente.

http://www.oneweb20.it/08/02/2008/web-20-cosa-ne-pensano-i-cio/ 

 

Keywords: Daniele Cerra, Web 2.0, oneweb20, CIO

Andrey Golub

Ho trovato questo interessantissimo articolo sul sito Data Manager, tra un Q&A con lo stesso titolo su LinkedIn, fatto da Antonio Savarese.

Come viene percepito il fenomeno del Web “partecipativo” dalle aziende tecnologiche italiane? Data Manager ha posto a nove imprese di varia estrazione e dimensione di mercato una serie di quesiti che vertono sulla definizione del concetto di Web 2.0 e delle tecnologie a esso afferenti. Ma anche sull’impatto che queste potranno avere sulle aziende utenti, sui costi e i requisiti da affrontare

Keywords: Data Manager, Web 2.0, Antonio Savarese

Andrey Golub

Un fantastico uomo, quasi geniale credo, mi fa questo ragionamento in una e-mail dove discutiamo Open API- OpenSocial, DataPortability, Social Graph etc. etc., le cose di cui si parla molto nel Web oggi.
(faccio un'estrazione, togliendo le cose personali/ che c'entrano molto con le cose personali).

• Cosa ne sappiamo di cosa c'è nei plugin per Outlook o nelle altre applicazioni?
• Vengono decompilati tutti?
• E da chi?
• E quanto spesso?
• Esiste un third party che certifica gli hash dei binary blobs "buoni"?
• E su tutte le copie?
• C'e' qualcuno che ne sniffato regolarmente i segnali 24/7 per sei mesi?
• E chi sarebbe?
• E i risultati dove sono stati pubblicati?
• E' stata fatta una campionatura random?
• Non dimenticare che, tra l'altro, lo stesso Linkedin consiglia di mandare un EXPORT COMPLETO DEL CONTACT BOOK IN FORMATO PST.
• Che cacchio se ne fanno?
• Come possono dimostrare che non usano altro che gli indirizzi email?
• Dove è il limite intriseco?
• In ogni caso, in pratica abbiamo solo la loro parola!
• Convincimi del contrario...

Keywords: OpenSocial, Web 2.0, open API, DataPortability

Andrey Golub

Anche se ero sempre convinto che A.C. Milan per la loro web community (Cuore Rossonero) dovrebbe prima o poi scegliere la stessa nostra piattaforma Open Source social-groupware.org, visto quante sono le loro richieste che ci arrivano da Google :)... per ora il Club sceglie Microsoft, almeno per il loro progetto molto ambizioso Milan Lab.

Auguri a Microsoft Italia!

A.C. Milan e Microsoft annunciano una partnership all’insegna della tecnologia. Le due società, grazie alle rispettive leadership in campo sportivo e tecnologico, realizzano la nuova infrastruttura informatica di Milan Lab, l’unico centro di ricerca scientifica al mondo di proprietà di un club di calcio progettato per ottimizzare e mantenere il livello di eccellenza della performance psicofisica degli atleti.

A.C. Milan e Microsoft insieme per Milan Lab

Keywords: A.C. Milan, Cuore Rossonero, Microsoft Italia, Microsoft Italy, Milan, Milan A.C., Milan Club, Milan Club Web Community, Milan Lab, Open Source, social-groupware.org, web community, Microsoft

Andrey Golub

Thank you, Chris!

Keywords: Social Media, Social Networks, chrisbrogan.com, social networking, Chris Brogan

Andrey Golub

Di nuovo parlo dell'evento Girl Geek Dinner Italia- II.

Oggi leggo nel Blog del progetto-

E adesso che abbiamo aperto il vaso di Pandora delle iscrizioni, non vi state chiedendo chi mai starà organizzando questa cena del 29 febbraio? Chi sono le geek e/o blogger dietro a questo evento? Chi potreste cercare di corrompere pur di partecipare alla cena più richiesta del 2008 (dato che abbiamo già una lista d’attesa)?

La risposta e` qua-

Meet the team!

 

Keywords: Girl Geek Dinner Italia, girlgeekdinnersitalia2, Geek Girl

Andrey Golub

Found just by case this fantastic question on LinkedIn Q&A today, by Jan Simpson.

it's almost my favorite subject- to keep CLOSED or OPENED our Networks on LinkedIn? :)

 

And my answer is-

With all my respect to your professional experience, Jan...

It's just the opposite, the most "normal" Business Networkers usually have doubts if to be "OPEN Networker" is a normal thing for LinkedIn or a it's mistaken approach for the PROFESSIONAL/ BUSINESS Networking.
We are here on LinkedIn, not on Facebook, Spock, MySpace, right?

The main principle of LinkedIn's STRONG Network is to have TRUSTED CONTACTS.
In terms of Professional Networking, Strong Network is for sure not the same as Huge Network, and an Open Network!

And this Network of Trusted Contacts is needed to pass the messages from one network peer to any other peer, through their trusted peers- connections. It's NOT the sense of LinkedIn to show the content of our Networks- here we do not poke each other just to "get poked back", right?

Here we:
a) Search for a needed person
b) Contact the needed person through our TRUSTED peers.

in order to do this, there is no need to browse the Network of anybody!
If we need to connect with more TRUSTED people we've worked in the past with or we have any other kind of relations with, we can:
a) search by company/ school name- colleagues/ classmates etc.
b) search by location
c) search by any keyword of interest.

Why I am sure about what do I tell?
Look I am myself a co-founder and a VP of a LinkedIn Club of Italy, that's a recognized by LinkedIn.com Club for its Evangelism effort in the promotion of LinkedIn in Italy and Europe. I am also the Web/ Web 2.0 manager and PR 2.0 officer of the Club (means the most "available" person in the Board)... and I have my Network... CLOSED. it's for the years already!

in the beginning it was opened, but then SEVERAL VIP people asked me-
...Andrey, I do NOT want to be BROWSED by your other peers, we are not in a "Supermarket of Contacts". If you want to be connected with me, plz only pass the serious messages to me, no spam, and please do not show me in your Network. One who needs ME, will find me via search form!

and this was told by the people I consider very important VIP connections, maybe the most heavily networked in my Network :) (those who have 10- peers, and those who are very big bosses).

So I was thinking A LOT, spoken with tons of people in my Club (we are ~4.000 Club Members today), and I've come to a conclusion that the Network must be PROTECTED, since it's NOT the Goal for Professional Networking on LinkedIn to show to everyone here around who's in my Network! it's to protect THEM. I am not hiding something from myself- come and contact me- I am hiding them since I am not "a supermarket of connections" :)

instead on Facebook- you are welcome to write on my wall, to poke me etc :) I have tons of contacts there and I am very happy about the Extremal Social Communication that we do on Facebook.

then it's even better on SPOCK.com- here the GOAL is to establish the relations b/w all the people in the World. And I have hundreds of people in my open network, I am connected to each of this person via a relation tag like "colleague", "friend", "linkedin peer". But Spock is a People Search Engine- it's goal is to SEARCH on top of this META- data.

LinkedIn is not a Search Engine, it's a Professional Networking Tool. I hope everybody will agree about this statement?
So I always try to keep LinkedIn for my professional/ business goals only.

Keywords: Facebook, Jan Simpson, LinkedIn, Open Networker, Professional Networking, Social Networking, Spock, Business Networking

Andrey Golub

via Stan Relihan

Just in case you're sick of hearing about LinkedIn - this week, I've got something different on Connections.

My guest is Jay Bhatti, co-founder of Spock.com, a new 'People Search Engine', which launched to public Beta six months ago. And no, there are no pointy ears involved :>)

S.P.O.C.K is an acronym for Single Point Of Contact by Keyword. (suspiciously convenient, I know - but you HAVE to give them credit for scoring the domain)
Check it out & let me know what YOU think: http://tinyurl.com/2zuoyx
 
--
Stan Relihan
Expert Executive Search
http://www.expertsearch.com.au
http://www.linkedin.com/in/stanrelihan
http://connections.thepodcastnetwork.com

Keywords: Stan Relihan, people search engine, search engine, social media, social media marketing, spock, spock.com, Jay Bhatti

Andrey Golub

Salve,
mi riferisco alle Business Lady di Milan-IN, che possono essere per una coincidenza anche Geek Girl :), e per sfortuna non sapevano o hanno perso di vista il evento "cena più richiesta del 2008", il Girl Geek Dinner Italia- II: http://www.girlgeekdinnersitalia.com/

allora credo che c'e` ancora tempo per registrarsi per il Evento, visto che le iscrizioni sono aperte a tutti (anche a GUY, invitati dalle Geek Girl :lol:).

Ecco dove leggere tutto-
http://tinyurl.com/36fdh5

Buona Fortuna. non diventare matte pero`. il Evento e` stato progettato per le Geek... e questo, credo, spiega molto l'atmosfera dell'evento che si aspetta.

Keywords: Geek Girl, girlgeekdinnersitalia2, Girl Geek Dinner Italia

Andrey Golub

Back to home!

 

Keywords: spock, spock leader, spock power leadership, andrey golub

Andrey Golub

A Barcellona Yahoo! ha presentato OneConnect, il nuovo servizio mobile che consente di integrare diversi strumenti di comunicazione come email, instant messaging, messaggi di testo e social networks. Parola d'ordine: essere sempre "socially-connected".

OneConnect- un servizio che permette agli utenti di essere sempre in contatto con i conoscenti e gli amici attraverso i più disparati mezzi di comunicazione. E-mail, instant messaging, brevi messaggi di testo e social networking saranno infatti integrati in modo da funzionare all'unisono sul cellulare.

read on visionpost.it

OneConnect, Yahoo! rilancia col mobile

allora... non so cosa pensate voi, ma per me` OneConnect e` proprio- 

il futuro del Mobile Communication 2.0 di cui vi parlo da tempo nel mio Blog...

Keywords: Yahoo!, instant messaging, social networking, socially-connected, OneConnect

Andrey Golub

no comments, it's still the same game!

Keywords: James Bond Girls, Bond 2.0

Andrey Golub

Keywords: Business Networking, Jan Simpson, LinkedIn, Open Networker, Professional Networking, Social Networking, Spock, Facebook

Andrey Golub

Lunedì 18 febbraio, Franco Zullo si presenta ai soci del Milan in.

AAA Manager affermato, velista ed esperto di Telecomunicazioni cercasi per risolvere problemi di bucato!

Milano è una città abitata, anzi sovraffollata, da liberi professionisti, dirigenti, quadri e impiegati, spesso single e lavoratori instancabili, per colpa di orari di lavoro molto dilatati. Non esattamente il profilo ideale della massaia. Perché, dunque, il povero cittadino milanese dovrebbe anche sovraccaricarsi con la preoccupazione del proprio bucato? E in che modo avrebbe potuto apprendere i segreti per le macchie più difficili o l’oscuro linguaggio delle etichette?

Ebbene, oggi il nostro Milanese può stare tranquillo, perché l’ing. Franco Zullo ha trovato un modo pratico ed efficace per risolvere questi problemi,  facendo nascere "LavOnline".

LavOnline è la prima società in Italia a offrire un servizio integrato di Lavanderia e Calzoleria che prevede ritiro e consegna a domicilio o in azienda, prenotando e pagando via internet.

Una forma innovativa di e-commerce, dunque, nata dalle esperienze e dall’entusiasmo di un team di professionisti, tra i quali l’ing. Zullo.

Dopo anni di esperienza come Strategic Marketing Manager e Development Manager nelle divisioni Vendite o Marketing nel settore delle Telecomunicazioni, ha notevolmente affinato le sue capacità di comprensione delle opportunità offerte dal mercato, ha individuato un’esigenza concreta e ha dato il via a un’attività utilissima, colmando in tal modo quella che era una grave lacuna nella soddisfazione dei bisogni di un target esteso.

Lunedì 18 febbraio 2008 avremo, dunque, il piacere di incontrare Franco Zullo, Manager di incontestata abilità ed esperto stratega, figura camaleontica sempre alla ricerca di nuovi business, che ha saputo rinnovarsi, sfruttando pienamente e consapevolmente le sue qualità di business man.

Cercheremo di conoscerlo, inoltre, anche sotto altri punti di vista, quelli di un uomo che ama viaggiare, scoprire paesaggi e tradizioni, ma soprattutto vivere di emozioni, come quelle che solo l’amicizia e la barca a vela gli possono procurare.

Seguirà poi un breve dibattito sui temi proposti.
Attivate il vostro cellulare! Durante la serata potrete acquisire sul vs cellulare, via bluetooth, contenuti multimediali riguardanti il nostro ospite.

Ti aspettiamo a partire dalle 20.30 presso la Sala Party del Pacino Cafè in Milano, Piazzale Bacone n.9. Porta chi vuoi! La serata è aperta anche agli amici e ai conoscenti. Ogni tuo amico è anche un nostro amico.

Attenzione! Il numero dei posti della sala è limitato.
Per partecipare all’evento, occorre confermare la propria presenza inviando una mail all’indirizzo eventi AT milanin.com, specificando il nome e il cognome e il numero dei partecipanti.

La serata non avrà alcun costo, tranne quello della prima consumazione obbligatoria - di 12 EURO – di cui 10 euro andranno interamente al locale che ci ospita, la restante parte al Club.

Ricordati che tutti possiamo presentarci.
Puoi utilizzare il servizio prenotazioni del sito Milan-IN.

Keywords: Franco Zullo, H3G, LavOnline, Lavanderia e Calzoleria, Strategic Marketing Manager, TRE, Telecomunicazioni, e-commerce, Development Manager

Andrey Golub

Investing in Mobile Companies

You are cordially welcome to the next Mobile Monday Italy that will take place at Le Biciclette in Milan on 18th of February 2008.

We will talk about Investing in Mobile Companies together with:

• Ludovico Mantovani, Partner, Iperion Finance. Iperion Finance is an independent consultancy company specialized in the designing, definition and execution of ordinary and special corporate finance operations.
• Gianluca Leotta, Associate, Legance. Legance offers legal services in all sectors typical of a business law firm, including M&A and Corporate Finance, and comprises over 100 lawyers serving clients in its Rome and Milan offices.
  

When and Where

Date: Monday, 18th of February 2008

Time: 18h00-20h00

Place: Restaurant - Art Bar "Le Biciclette", Via Torti, corner with Corso Genova, Milan (Location and directions here at Google Maps)

Admission: FREE, but online registration is required. Free drinks to the first 50 registered.

As usual, a networking party, sponsored by Reitek, Sybase 365 and SMS Italia, will follow the conference, where participants will enjoy the fabulous aperitivo buffet. 

Free 1-click Registration

MobileMonday is free and is open to all interested people. You are already a member of the Mobile Monday Community, so if you want to attend this event, just click on this link: Yes, I will attend the event

If any of your business friends want to participate too, all they need to do is register to the event on www.mobilemonday.it (the event is open to the registered guests only).

 

MoMo Agenda

17h30 Registration and Pre-Networking

18h00 First Speaker starts

19h30 Cocktail and Networking Party

20h30 Dinner (a la carte)

 

Who is attending

Do you want to know which companies will attend next event? CLICK HERE

 

Mobile Monday Italy is possible thanks to our sponsors

 

About Mobile Monday

Mobile Monday is the perfect place to meet professionals of the wireless branch and get networked with people who can be Your future business contacts.

MoMo is a global community of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influential individuals fostering cooperation and cross-border business development through virtual and live networking events to share ideas, best practices and trends from global markets. Mobile Mondays are made available through the sponsorship of forward-looking companies that understand the power of individual inspiration and innovation. MoMo's main activities are live, face-to-face gatherings on one Monday of the month and virtual networking through mobilemonday.it, newsletters and blogs. MoMo global network consists of 70.000 members, over 500 events a year, and chapters in over 50 cities in all over the globe, new locations being launched monthly.

Where are the most exciting mobile initiatives taking place? Everywhere! That's why the best people in the mobile & media industry from around the world need to get together to meet, share, and learn from one another. The Italian Mobile Mondays are organized in two cities, Milan and Rome. Everyone interested is warmly welcome to participate!

Keywords: Gianluca Leotta, Le Biciclette, Ludovico Mantovani, Mobile Companies, Mobile Monday, Mobile Monday Milan, Reitek, Sybase 365, SMS Italia

Andrey Golub

Received via e-mail from J. Gerry Purdy, VP & Chief Analyst of Frost & Sullivan.

Why Ease-of-Use Matters in Mobile February 2008 I'm really impressed with all the new wireless handsets that have come to market in the past year - from the Apple iPhone to the latest BlackBerry to the new Centro from Palm (as well as many others). All higher-end phones are getting more features and are able to do a lot more than just a year or two ago. But with all these advances, there are still major issues regarding ease-of-use that have not been addressed. I currently have three phones: an Apple iPhone, a RIM BlackBerry 8820, and a Palm Centro. Each has some advantages, but also some disadvantages when it comes to ease-of-use. Let me point out some of the ease-of-use issues to give you a better idea why ease-of-use matters so much in mobile. The RIM BlackBerry has a wonderful new 8800 series with a stylized shiny surface, improved keyboard, integrated GPS, and Wi-Fi. However, the BlackBerry user interface is based on a very basic menu system that evolved from early renditions of BlackBerry. It's solid as a rock technically but not nearly as easy-to-use as the Palm-based Treo/Centro or the iPhone. I have included eight companion figures to this column to demonstrate a number of key ease-of-use features side by side. It may appear that I'm picking on the BlackBerry, but it's simply not as easy to use as the Palm Treo/Centro or Apple iPhone. RIM clearly needs to update its entire user interface with a more robust, easy-to-use environment, perhaps using Linux as a core, and a robust UI that will compete better in the market.   The Palm Treo and Centro has been the stalwart for ease-of-use for the past five years. Palm has always focused on the minimum number of keystrokes to complete a task. The entire menu system is very intuitive, and the speed dialing options are better than on even the iPhone. Notice also that Palm-based devices color the numeric key pad differently on the alphabetic keyboard to assist in dialing, but more important is the display of a standard 10-key numeric keypad on the display. Apple does this as well, but BlackBerry doesn't (or, if they do, I couldn't find it). Probably the easiest to use system on the market is the Apple iPhone. The user interface is natural, meaning most people can figure out how to use it simply by looking at the display and selecting what they want to do. But, while it's clearly the easiest system to use, I've included a couple of examples of where they didn't get it right - at least not yet. Apple needs to adopt more of Web user interface style outside the Web application with a "back arrow" in the upper left so that you can always go back a level from wherever you are in the system interface by hitting the back arrow in the upper left, just like you do using Web browsers like Microsoft Internet Explorer. And, while the iPhone on-screen keyboard does present word completion options (very good), you don't get the tactile feedback as you do with a physical keyboard. Thus, I believe that Apple will create an iPhone with a real keyboard at some point. The Windows Mobile platform is currently running on Palm (700w), Samsung BlackJack, and Motorola Q, among others. It has an "OK" user interface, but you have to launch applications through the Start key, which is similar to Windows on the desktop, but somehow seems unnatural on a handheld. What Microsoft has done in Version 6 is make a lot of integration seamless so that it does more for the user. However, Windows Mobile just doesn't seem to be as easy to use at the iPhone or Palm-based products. It appears that users somehow seem to adapt to a particular device even though it may be unnatural or not intuitive. Take the once popular RAZR. The five-way key made users crazy trying to remember what each one did at any particular time. But users seemed to like it when it first came out because it was so thin and had a lot of market momentum. But just a couple of years later, the entire handset world moved on to much more intuitive, graphically pleasing, and more powerful interfaces like the iPhone. Going forward, we expect to see more work done on making handheld systems even easier to use than they are today. We'll see more service integration so that one application will seamlessly integrate with another. Setting up appointments in your calendar while you're in email is still difficult (Good Technology seems to have done this the best so far). And getting true seamless synchronization between the important information on your desktop, the Web, and your mobile handset is still very difficult to achieve, although folks like SoonR are working on solving that problem. In 2025, people will look back at the handheld systems we used in 2008 and wonder how did we ever put up with them. Voice recognition, integrated services, and very intuitive interfaces will be the norm - not the special case that we have today. Thus, ease-of-use is, and will continue to be, very important in mobile. Kudos to those who have made so many breakthroughs over the past couple of years. But we look forward to seeing all major platforms much easier to use in the next few years.  Written by: J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D. VP & Chief Analyst Mobile & Wireless Frost & Sullivan

Keywords: Gerry Purdy, Mobile & Wireless, Mobile Datacasting, Frost & Sullivan

Andrey Golub

Abbiamo circa 50 richieste di iscrizione al Club che ci arrivano ogni settimana via il nostro GRUPPO su LinkedIn. Anche queste richieste devono essere processati manualmente e poi approvati... 

Keywords: linkedin group, milan-in

Andrey Golub

via osservatori.net 

Al fine di comprendere quali sono i diversi modelli di business che caratterizzano gli operatori del canale ICT, possiamo classificarli in modo estremamente schematico utilizzando due variabili:

• la gamma dei prodotti e dei servizi offerti, in termini di infrastruttura hardware e software, servizi sistemistici, software applicativi, servizi di system integration e servizi di business consulting (portafoglio prodotti/servizi);

• il target di mercato indirizzato in modo preferenziale, in termini di piccola, media oppure grande impresa (target di mercato).

Possiamo in tal modo individuare sei principali macrocategorie di operatori ICT, dai confini a volte sfocati, che verranno descritti di seguito:

• i rivenditori di base;
• i rivenditori sistemisti;
• le software house e gli Indipendent Software Vendor (ISV);
• le software house e integratori di pacchetti di terzi;
• i system integrator verticali;
• i system integrator generalisti.
  

 

I rivenditori di base

Tali operatori commercializzano prevalentemente apparati hardware di base (ad esempio, PC fissi, PC portatili, palmari, server entry level, sistemi di networking, ecc.) e software di base (ad esempio, sistemi operativi, sistemi di office automation, sistemi per la gestione di base di dati, altri software d’ambiente, ecc.). Forniscono inoltre servizi di configurazione dei prodotti, di installazione, e di assistenza e manutenzione post vendita di primo livello.
Possiamo classificare tali operatori in due categorie principali sulla base del mercato cui si rivolgono:

• rivenditori locali; si tratta di piccoli rivenditori che si rivolgono prevalentemente ad un mercato di micro/piccole imprese locali e, in parte, anche al mercato consumer (molti rivenditori locali si configurano anche come negozi rivolti ai consumatori finali);

• rivenditori corporate o “corporate reseller”; si tratta di rivenditori di dimensioni maggiori, che offrono i propri prodotti/servizi ad imprese di medie e grandi dimensioni, sia private che pubbliche. In molti casi si tratta di operatori “storici” del canale ICT italiano, che hanno stretto legami di partnership e collaborazione con i principali produttori di hardware e software.

 

I rivenditori sistemisti

I rivenditori sistemisti, oltre alla fornitura di hardware e software di base, veicolano anche sistemi hardware più complessi (ad esempio, server di elevato livello, hardware specialistico, sistemi di storage avanzati, infrastrutture di comunicazione complesse, ecc.) e forniscono servizi sistemistici avanzati di progettazione dell’infrastruttura ICT dell’impresa, di installazione e di successiva assistenza e manutenzione.
Il mercato di riferimento è rappresentato prevalentemente da medie e grandi imprese, che maggiormente necessitano di servizi sistemistici avanzati, e si estende anche ad imprese di dimensioni inferiori, se si considera la commercializzazione di hardware e software di base.

 

Le software house e gli Indipendent Software Vendor

Si tratta di operatori che realizzano rispettivamente software ad hoc e pacchettizzato per le imprese. Le tipologie di software sviluppate e veicolate da tali operatori sono molteplici: dalle applicazioni Web (siti istituzionali, siti di commercio elettronico, applicazioni Intranet, applicazioni Extranet, ecc.) ai sistemi gestionali, ai sistemi di Business Intelligence, ai sistemi di CRM, ad applicazioni Mobile&Wireless, ecc.
Possiamo classificare tali operatori in 3 categorie principali sulla base del mercato cui si rivolgono:

• software house e ISV focalizzati sulle micro/piccole imprese; si tratta di operatori che offrono prevalentemente pacchetti software elementari (ad esempio, sistemi per la gestione della contabilità, delle paghe, ecc.) ad imprese di micro/piccole dimensioni e, in alcuni casi, anche a professionisti (ad esempio, commercialisti, consulenti del lavoro, ecc.). Gli operatori principali appartenenti a questa categoria hanno sviluppato un proprio canale commerciale e distributivo, costituito da un numero molto elevato di piccoli rivenditori, con l’obiettivo di raggiungere il numero maggiore di potenziali clienti;

• software house e ISV focalizzati sulle medie imprese; si tratta di operatori che commercializzano pacchetti software più complessi (ad esempio, sistemi gestionali nazionali, sistemi verticali, sistemi sviluppati ad hoc, applicazioni Web, ecc.) e si rivolgono prevalentemente al mercato delle medie imprese;

• software house focalizzate sulle grandi imprese; si tratta di operatori che sviluppano applicazioni specialistiche per imprese, tipicamente di grandi dimensioni, appartenenti a specifici settori (ad esempio, bancario, delle telecomunicazioni, medicale, ecc.).

 

Le software house e integratori di pacchetti terzi

Tali operatori, oltre a sviluppare e commercializzare applicazioni software proprie, si occupano anche di integrazione applicativa di pacchetti software di terzi (in genere, grandi vendor nazionali o multinazionali), fornendo servizi di customizzazione e personalizzazione sulla base delle specifiche esigenze dell’impresa.

 

I system integrator verticali

Si tratta di operatori che forniscono servizi di integrazione applicativa (personalizzazione e/o parametrizzazione del pacchetto, installazione e successiva manutenzione evolutiva), focalizzandosi su uno specifico pacchetto software, tipicamente un sistema gestionale sviluppato da vendor nazionali o internazionali.
 
Tale focalizzazione determina un forte legame con il vendor che ha sviluppato l’applicazione: spesso i system integrator verticali sviluppano, a partire dal software standard, applicazioni “verticali” indirizzate alle imprese appartenenti a specifici settori merceologici, che possono poi essere promosse dal vendor stesso come “verticali standard di settore”.
 
Il mercato di riferimento è rappresentato prevalentemente da imprese di medie dimensioni, spesso appartenenti ai settori per i quali il system integrator ha sviluppato le specifiche applicazioni “verticali”.

 

I system integrator generalisti

Tali operatori si occupano di integrazione applicativa di molteplici pacchetti software (per questo sono definiti “generalisti”), rimanendo per questo indipendenti rispetto ai vendor che hanno sviluppato tali applicazioni.
 
Il mercato di riferimento dei system integrator generalisti è rappresentato prevalentemente dalle imprese di grandi dimensioni.
 
In molti casi, gli operatori del canale ICT sono caratterizzati da un modello di business “ibrido”: è il caso, ad esempio di alcune software house, ISV o system integrator che veicolano una quota rilevante di prodotti hardware, configurandosi anche come rivenditori di base o sistemisti.

Keywords: business model, ict

Andrey Golub

News Corp launches web incubator 'Slingshot Labs'

 

Media giant News Corporation has launched Slingshot Labs, an incubator dedicated to building and developing new web ventures for the company.

Slingshot Labs is a wholly owned News Corporation company that will employ a portfolio approach to the development and launch of businesses, and plans to nurture four to five ventures per year.

Businesses ranging from stand-alone web destinations, to social media applications will be developed within Slingshot and have dedicated product and development teams tasked with building each new venture.

Slingshot Labs joins News Corporation's web portfolio which includes MySpace, Fox Sports.com, IGN, American Idol.com, and WSJ.com.

Slingshot Labs will be headquartered in the US with former MySpace executives Josh Berman and Colin Digiaro serving as co-presidents.

http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=29445 

Keywords: web incubator, Slingshot Labs. News Corporation

Andrey Golub

TI unveils M-Payment

 

Italian telco Telecom Italia has unveiled a solution that will let customers use their mobile phone like a credit card.

Working closely with banks and finance companies, customers of Telecom Italia's mobile unit TIM will soon be able to make payments using their cellphones.

Telecom Italia's mobile payment system leverages the phone's SIM card, a chip that now has sufficient memory to perform operations previously only possible for small computers.

To use the service, customers must first go to their bank and pair their cell phone number with a bank card (either a credit card or a pre-pay card). Once the card and phone have been paired, the customer can use the phone to make purchases, remotely manage their bank account, buy travel tickets (m-ticketing), and authorize payments from their bank account (m-banking).

In addition, TIM customers will be able to use their phones to manage their virtual 'Mobile Wallet,' where they store all of their credit cards. Once a digital version of a credit card has been stored on the SIM Card, customers send a text message to a protected number to authorize payments, make purchases, or pay bills remotely. A personal code and the card PIN number are required to authorize transactions. Customers will also be able to download virtual versions of their loyalty cards (such as frequent flyer cards) and travel season tickets.

Telecom Italia expects to roll out mobile phone-based payment services this year.

Telecom Italia has also begun trials of NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, which makes it possible to use mobile phones to pay for road tolls or public transport by approaching a POS, car park exit, public transport vehicle or even cinema. Cellphones and SIM cards equipped with this new application are expected to launch next year.

http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=29360 

Keywords: Mobile Payments, Telecom Italia, credit card, mobile phone, M-Payment

Andrey Golub

Torinobarcamp2008 + Webdays - Le giornate del web

 

Il Barcamp di Torino 2008 sarà in Febbraio, nelle due giornate di venerdi 22 e sabato 23, presso il bellissimo Circolo dei Lettori di via Bogino.

La prima giornata la dedicheremo a Webdays, manifestazione "tradizionale" (che si ripete dal 1999), con eventi organizzati e volti a diffondere la filosofia della rete a pubblici di non addetti ai lavoro. La seconda giornata sarà un Barcamp generalista non a tema, con eventi spontanei, nati con la partecipazione del pubblico e creati dal pubblico stesso.

Uno dei temi di Webdays sarà anche legato alla letteratura, alla scrittura e alla creatività in rete.

Keywords: BarCamp, torinobarcamp2008, torinobarcamp

Andrey Golub

Voice Mobility Introduces Google Apps™

UCN Vmerge is the first UC solution for Google Apps in the Workplace and Campus Markets

Vancouver, BC, CANADA – February 14, 2008 – Voice Mobility International, Inc. (TSX: VMY, OTCBB: VMII and FWB: VMY), a Vancouver-based developer and provider of carrier and enterprise enhanced messaging solutions, today announced its new Google Apps™ functionality, a first in the enterprise market.

Voice Mobility’s UCN Vmerge is now integrated with the Google Apps solution suite to provide workplace and campus customers full collaboration functionality. The Google Apps suite includes Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Contacts, Mobile apps and other collaboration tools all using the workplace or campus domain. UCN Vmerge adds unified communications to complete messaging, collaboration, calendaring and presence functionality.

Enterprise clients want the ability to enable their enterprise voice and fax communications to work seamlessly with Gmail. UCN Vmerge allows full on-premise or hosted enterprise PBX integration with a hosted personalized Gmail service. Industry analysts have calculated that the average IT manager spends 75% of their budget on infrastructure maintenance, leaving a small amount for new technology. With Google Apps, free or premium service combined with the cost-effective UCN Vmerge solutions, IT managers can roll out new technology to keep pace with consumer technology. 

“By integrating UCN Vmerge with Google Apps, workplace and campus customers have price-effective options for collaboration functionality,” said Mike Seeley, Voice Mobility’s VP of Global Sales. “This is like deploying a full Microsoft® Exchange® server, Active Directory® and Office Communication Server® at a fraction of the cost. No longer are customers forced to utilize expensive on-premise solutions from providers like Microsoft for collaboration functionality." 

"The market has asked for this type of solution and Voice Mobility is proud to be the first to bring it to the market. This new functionality will bring the same change to the workplace and campus markets that Salesforce.com® brought to the CRM market. Combine this functionality with our mobile applications and we can deliver unified communications on all Symbian™, Windows Mobile® or Blackberry® devices.” 

UCN Vmerge enables users to access voice, fax and email messages directly from their Gmail account and synchronize all messages across all their devices — in essence, gluing the Google Apps to the enterprise telephony infrastructure. For example, if an email is heard via the user’s mobile device, it will be show as ‘read’ in their Gmail account. Other functionality enables users to:

• Send faxes directly from their Gmail account;
• Receive voice and fax messages in their Gmail account;
• Record and deposit office conversations in their Gmail account;
• Manage live calls from their desktop;
• Click-to-dial internal and external numbers from any Google application;
• Synchronize call logs;
• Import Google Contacts into UCN Vmerge for remote access;
• Utilization of least cost routing available from the enterprise PBX;

As is standard with all Voice Mobility’s UCN solutions, included are message waiting indication and message notifications, mobile workforce integration and offline access to the user’s inbox. Our next UCN Vmerge release will offer PBX presence integration with Google Talk and other exciting features. 

The combined collaboration suite is easy to set up and manage: Google Apps is installed in six easy steps, and UCN Vmerge is compatible with the majority of PBX and Centrex solutions in the market.

n most cases, one day is all it takes for a certified Voice Mobility technician to install the UCN Vmerge product with flexible training and support options available. Workplace or campus customers also have the choice between purchasing the UCN Vmerge solution outright or selecting managed or hosted solutions from Voice Mobility and its certified partners.

For more information about Voice Mobility’s product line or how to purchase Voice Mobility solutions, please contact one of our sales representatives.

For Immediate Release

http://www.voicemobility.com/News/14Feb08news.html

Keywords: Inc., Salesforce.com, Voice Mobility, Voice Mobility International, Google Apps

Andrey Golub

by Raffaele Mauro

Collegio Milano
Attraverso una rete di contatti virtuali, la nascita di nuove opportunita' economiche

MilanIN, il social network degli imprenditori lombardi

I 3500 iscritti dialogano su internet, alla ricerca di idee e affari

Milano continua ad essere la città italiana più avanzata per dinamismo economico e capacità di cogliere le nuove opportunità tecnologiche. Un esempio recente è il successo ottenuto da MilanIN, una rete sociale basata su internet che mette in contatto imprenditori e manager lombardi. 

Il progetto è stato avviato nel 2005, dall’ingegnere Pier Carlo Pozzati e da altri professionisti milanesi, e conta attualmente più di 3.500 iscritti. MilanIN è una rete di operatori economici, imprenditori, manager, studiosi, che grazie all’infrastruttura di LinkedIN, il più importante sito mondiale per il social networking professionale, possono moltiplicare i propri contatti e costruire progetti innovativi. Lo scopo dichiarato di MilanIN è infatti “Stimolare la produzione di nuove idee ed occasioni di business”. Vale a dire che, a differenza di altri club e associazioni, questo gruppo non serve ad una socializzazione fine a se stessa, ma ha l’obiettivo di generare affari ed opportunità economiche per i partecipanti. La rete di contatti su internet permette di identificare individui con interessi professionali analoghi ai propri e, se necessario, poterli contattare in maniera accreditata.

Le iniziative di MilanIN non sono soltanto “virtuali” ma si concretizzano in una serie di incontri periodici, che permettono ai partecipanti di interagire direttamente. Durante gli eventi della serie “Presenta te stesso”, un socio descrive la sua storia personale e la sua attività lavorativa, permettendo agli altri, in un contesto informale ed aperto alle domande, di esplorare interessanti traiettorie di carriera e conoscere persone provenienti da diversi ambiti professionali. 

Nel luglio 2007 LinkedIN ha ufficialmente riconosciuto MilanIN come suo “supporter ufficiale”, dato il suo contributo alla diffusione di questo strumento di social network in Italia. Ma perché ciò è importante? Perchè la rete è lo spazio nel quale passa una parte significativa dei flussi di innovazione tecnologica e culturale del mondo attuale. La nuova fase, denominata comunemente “Web 2.0”, è legata ad una maggiore “scrivibilità” di Internet, all’esplosione degli strumenti di social networking e alla produzione di contenuti da parte degli utenti. MilanIN si inserisce all’interno di questa tendenza grazie all’infrastruttura di LinkedIN, uno dei più famosi strumenti per la costruzione di reti sociali on-line insieme a Facebook e Myspace. A differenza di questi ultimi, molto focalizzati sulla ricerca di amicizie e di relazioni amorose, la specializzazione di LinkedIN è di natura professionale. Lo si utilizza per cercare partner commerciali, offerte di lavoro o semplicemente per trovare una risposta a un quesito tecnico. Si tratta di un fenomeno in notevole espansione, che attualmente coinvolge 15 milioni di utenti ed accumula 100mila nuovi contatti la settimana. E' diffuso in tutte le grandi aziende e le università internazionali. 

Nella sua teoria dei “sei gradi di separazione”, Stanley Milgram ha affermato che attraverso una catena di sei contatti successivi, ognuno potrebbe teoricamente parlare con il Presidente degli USA. Adesso grazie al social networking su internet e con procedure di referenza affidabili, è possibile allargare i propri contatti fino a raggiungere un numero molto più elevato di connessioni potenziali con persone che hanno interessi comuni. La presenza di MilanIN testimonia che le energie imprenditoriali di Milano sono ancora attive e capaci di agganciarsi ai trend di cambiamento del mondo attuale.

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http://www.voceditalia.it/articolo.asp?id=5884

Keywords: Facebook, LinkedIN, MySpace, Raffaele Mauro, Web 2.0, social network, MilanIN

Andrey Golub

Potrebbe interessare a qualcuno un'altra occasione di Networking-

Organizziamo finalmente il primo aperitivo 2008 del gruppo Milano. Ci incontriamo al:

SUD – Via Solforino, 33 – 20121 Milano
http://milano.tonight.eu/locale/sud_dinner_bar
(Il locale non è facile da vedere perché si trova esattamente dietro un'impalcatura)

Il 21/02/2008 dalle ore 19 in poi.

Per favore confermate la vostra presenza (fino al 20/02/2008) SOLO quando siete sicuri di venire. 

http://www.xing.com/app/events?op=detail&id=181468

Keywords: Xing, Networking

Andrey Golub

Effective Networking Is Easier Than You Think

Networking is not what most people think it is. It's not a contest for the largest Rolodex. Effective networking is more akin to friends helping friends make new friends.

Last week I gave a presentation at a leadership seminar sponsored by the IT Executives Accountability Group. The purpose of this organization is to create small groups of peer executives who can mentor each other, act as sounding boards for ideas and concerns, and provide real-world connectedness in an increasingly virtual business world.  Because the members of this organization are committed to forging bonds that they hope will last their entire careers, they understand the importance of earned trust and mutual support.

Earned trust and mutual support distinguish what I refer to as a “neo-Rolodex networker” (e.g. someone with a long list of superficial contacts in email or on LinkedIn) and a truly effective networker.

Prior to email, a large Rolodex was the sign of a well-connected person. Back then, getting to know people took time, effort and a personal touch: face-to-face meetings, phone calls and hand-written letters. Those connections were so vital that some corporate heads of sales and marketing organizations negotiated ownership of their Rolodexes in their employment contracts.

Today, building a very large list of contacts is exceedingly simple with email and social networking systems.  The problem is that many executives try to equate their electronic “neo-rolodex” of names with successful networking. They think the bigger the list, the better. However, almost any sales leader will tell you that large lists of easily gathered contacts are simply “prospects”  and that it is only through building a relationship with each contact, one at a time, that you can turn them into clients.  The old Rolodex was valuable because of the time and care the owner put into building and cultivating the individual relationships those cards represented.

So if an effective network is not a large list of contacts, what is it?

The IT Executives Accountability Group is on the right track in building on the power of relationships. You build relationships through communication and earn trust by following through on commitments and holding confidences. But the core of an effective network is extending the power of your relationships into what the Chinese refer to as “gu?nxì" (can someone help with a pronunciation for this), which translates to “networks of mutual support.” That is, when you offer assistance to others without demanding them to reciprocate, you create an intrinsic bond with the recipient of your favor, and that bond builds a desire by the recipient to help you and others as well. Gu?nxì is so central to Chinese culture that the standard acceptance response to an apology is “meiyou gu?nxì,” which roughly means “doesn’t have gu?nxì (implications)”.

Interestingly, the Chinese also refer to gu?nxì as the larger network of networks, all connected together in support of one another. It's similar to the Russian “blat”, the Middle Eastern “wasta”, and the more recent American concept of “pay it forward,” whereby the recipient of a good deed repays the a  favor by assisting someone other than the original giver. It is this unanticipated reciprocity that is the strength of an effective network: As you help others, you build your network, and those who help you may not be the same ones you have helped.

The Chinese philosopher Confucius described this benefit in a proverb: “Is it not a great joy to have friends coming from afar?”

So an effective leader builds and relies on an effective network, which is focused more on relationships than on organization or structure.

Which brings us all the way back to effective networking being like friends helping friends. When meeting new people, whether on a Web 2.0 online interface, on LinkedIn, at work or at a technology conference, you will build a more effective network if you spend time with each person and start to build relationships with them than if you simply gather tons of business cards. The next step is to follow-up with each new person you meet to thank them for spending time with you and to cement your nascent relationship by referring your new contact to an article, website or lead related to your initial conversation. As you continue to share helpful information back and forth, you build that bond of gu?nxì that is the strength of your effective and growing network.

Thank you again for all of your comments and ideas!

Keywords: IT Executive, bigger, professional networking, social networking, web 2.0, CIO

Andrey Golub

Life in IT can be thankless, but you don't have to suffer. A 25-year IT veteran turned professional coach offers advice on how she and many other technical professionals found fulfillment and fortune outside IT.

 

Seven Tips for Pursuing a New Career Outside IT

February 13, 2008 — CIO — Let's face it: Life in IT can be thankless. Your work often goes unnoticed, unless you do something wrong. You put in long hours, working evenings and weekends. Expectations are high. Users are seldom happy with results.

Believe me, I understand. I spent more than 25 years in IT, having started as a systems developer and ending as director of career development in a high-tech consulting company. As my career in IT evolved, I realized I enjoyed management and staff development more than technical work. After the IT downturn of 2001, I decided to begin a new career as a professional coach.

It's easy to tire of a career in IT. I've talked with dozens of technical professionals who say they are burned out or who no longer feel challenged by their jobs. Many more senior professionals are forced to consider a job outside the field after being laid off and finding it difficult to land a new job, either because their skills aren't in demand or employers don't want to pay for their experience.

You don't have to suffer in IT. If you've ever considered a career outside the profession, the following seven steps will help you make your move. They worked for me and many others, as you'll see.

1. Identify your interests: What do you like to do?

Tom Prince knew he wanted to do something besides sell CRM software when he was Siebel's vice president of sales, but he had no idea what. After he left Siebel in 2002, he and his wife Mary decided to investigate the possibility of opening a restaurant. They loved good food, dined out often and understood their local, Boston-area market well. They partnered with Lorenzo Savona, a former general manager of two chic restaurants in Boston, who had been planning to build a restaurant similar to the one Tom and Mary Prince envisioned. In 2004, they opened Tomasso Trattoria in Southborough, Mass. Today, they also run Panzano Provviste e Vino, a market and wine shop next door to the restaurant.

"There's so much disillusionment in high-tech. You rarely get the feeling that you're selling people something they really want," says Tom Prince. "Here, we're providing something that people actually know and care about—something that people really want. Food affects their sight, their smell, their taste, their touch, all of their senses."

If you don't have a clear idea of what you want to do, start by evaluating your existing position. Make a list of everything you love and hate about your current job. Use those likes and dislikes to form criteria for a new career. Look for opportunities that feature the things you love but not the things you hate. For instance, if you love your job because of your relationship with your clients, look for jobs that focus on customer service. Or, if you love being the expert and sharing your knowledge, teaching is a possibility.

Also think about what you do in your spare time. What do you enjoy doing most? What is it about these activities that makes them enjoyable? If you love dogs, consider starting a boarding, grooming or training business. If you practice yoga, find out what it would take to become an instructor. Brainstorm ways you can make a career out of your passions the way that the Princes did with food.

2. Leverage your strengths: What do you do well?

For 24 years, Norman Daoust worked in corporate IT roles, except during a sabbatical when he focused on his music. Daoust plays fretted instruments—the guitar, electric bass, banjo and mandolin. After three years of trying to make a living as a musician he decided to return to corporate IT, only to remember exactly why he left before: the inability of large, bureaucratic organizations to embrace and manage change. He had to get out, but instead of going back to music, he opted for consulting in his area of expertise, information modeling and systems integration. He prepared for that transition by participating in several consulting workshops. When he was laid off from his corporate job in 2001, he took the leap. Seven years later he has built a successful consulting practice with many clients and the freedom to make his own schedule, including time for his music.

A great tool you can use to identify your strengths is the book StrengthsFinder 2.0. When you buy it, you get a code to take the StrengthsFinder assessment online at no additional cost.

3. Assess your options: What could you do that reflects your interests and leverages your strengths?

Tom McGoldrick performed many roles during his 30 years in IT: systems programmer, project manager, department manager and senior vice president. He left IT in 2002 during a downsizing. When he stepped back to look at his life, he realized how much his career had taken him away from his family. He and his wife Sue Ann decided to look into running their own business.

They considered more than 1,200 different businesses and eventually narrowed the list down to six. One option was inspired by their beloved pet Labrador retriever, Apollo, who had a champion bloodline. They considered breeding dogs, but further research showed they couldn't make a living at it. When Apollo unexpectedly died, they looked for a burial/cremation facility that would provide Apollo with the honor and respect the McGoldricks felt he deserved. They discovered Paws in Heaven and were very pleased with the care and attention Apollo received there.

In 2003, the owners of Paws in Heaven decided to retire, and the McGoldricks bought the business. Tom McGoldrick recognized that the business savvy, technical knowledge and relationship-building skills he had honed over the course of his career in IT would lend themselves well to running and growing their new business. Paws in Heaven perfectly combines McGoldrick's love for animals with his business and technical acumen.

Focusing on your interests and strengths the way McGoldrick did will help you more easily recognize opportunities as they come along and determine whether they're a good fit for you.

4. Try your possibilities on for size: What would this new career really be like?

Technical graphic designer Marissa Rosenfield Smajlaj was shopping at a bookstore in downtown Boston when she came upon a copy of the book Colette's Birthday Cakes by world-renowned specialty cake artist Collette Peters. As she flipped through the pages and admired each cake, she had an epiphany: "I could do this!" she thought. Smajlaj got a part-time job in a bakery to see if she'd enjoy the work. She loved it, decided to go to culinary school and was accepted at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu in London. She completed the Le Cordon Bleu Diplome de Patisserie. The following year, she became a pastry chef at a New York City restaurant. She hasn't looked back since.

5. Be open to opportunities: What's out there?

Bill Sobbing didn't start out as an IT professional. In college, he majored in English. When he graduated, he didn't know what he wanted to do with his life. He looked at many different possibilities, but none of them excited him. Eventually, a relative got him a job where the relative was working. When the IT department at Sobbing's company posted an entry-level position, he applied for it and was accepted. Sobbing found a career that interested him and spent the next 20 years working in various IT roles. He enjoyed the work but, like many IT managers, he tired of corporate politics. He decided to become an independent consultant and began working primarily from his home. One morning, he picked up a newspaper and read about a local school, The San Diego Golf Academy, which offers a program in golf course management. He had played golf casually since high school but never considered making it his career. Yet something in the story about the Golf Academy compelled him to check it out. Three years later, Sobbing is general manager of a nine-hole golf course in Phoenix, Ariz. He could never have done it if he hadn't indulged his curiosity.

6. Select the right opportunities: Which are viable?

In 2002, Alan Klug was a senior consultant with KPMG. He enjoyed working with clients, but the consulting industry was suffering from the post-9/11 economic recession at that time. Klug knew future consulting opportunities would be limited and decided to pursue something entrepreneurial. He considered opening a custom closets business, a car wash, and franchising a quick-service restaurant. He developed business plans for each idea, but none of them really grabbed him. Then he came across a small ad in Fortune for 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Intrigued by a company that got paid for taking people's junk off their hands, he says he "researched the heck out of it." He learned that it was a lucrative and fast-growing business with a solid strategy and good management team heading it up.In 2003, he became a 1-800-GOT-JUNK? franchisee with four territories. He has since expanded to eight territories. He is on track to become a $2 million business in 2008 and is already thinking about what he might do next. "If an opportunity comes along, don't count it out immediately because it seems too good to be true. Just research it and find all the downsides," he says. "There are plenty of opportunities out there to be exploited."

If you have a couple of options and can't decide between them, take out a sheet of paper and divide it into columns—one for each possibility in question. Write the title of each option at the top of each column. List the pros and cons of each possibility side by side. If neither choice stands out, answer the following questions: What will happen if I pursue this career? What won't happen if I pursue this career? What will happen if I don't pursue this career? What won't happen if I don't pursue this career? Those four questions sound similar, but they're all slightly different and designed to help you explore the nuances of each possibility. Use your answers to those questions to decide which option is the best for you.

7. Create a career action plan.

Once you have decided on a career, you can put together a career action plan. This is a simple project plan with tasks, deliverables and target dates. It includes a long-term career objective (from six months to three years) with short-term tasks and deliverables for the next three months.

If your career objective is, for example, to launch your own consulting business next year, one short-term task to perform might be to talk with several consultants to learn more about what it's like. Other tasks might include investigating what areas of specialization are in greatest demand and what it would take for you to build your expertise in those areas. A deliverable might be to draft a preliminary business plan with a list of potential clients and the financial resources you have available to launch your business. At the end of three months, add new tasks and deliverables for the following three months. This simple approach works well for planning and tracking your progress.

As you begin building your career action plan, answer the following questions:

• What do I need to accomplish my goal?
• Do I need education, equipment, office or other space?
• Do I need hands-on experience?
• Do I need financial aid?
• Do I need a mentor or a coach?
• Who among my friends and acquaintances can provide assistance with my career change? What assistance can they provide: resources, expertise, moral support?

Remember, no one succeeds alone. There's nothing wrong with asking for help. There is something wrong with not asking for help when you need it. In most cases, people are more than willing to lend a hand.

These seven tips come from my own experience as well as the experiences of others. I leveraged my own interests and strengths in training and professional development to move from IT into my coaching business. In my corporate role as director of career development, I coached many IT professionals, from systems developers to executives. In that role, I had the opportunity to try out what would become my new career as a professional coach. Since I wasn't ready to leave my corporate job at the time, I worked with a mentor/coach to develop and implement a business plan that enabled me to remain with my company while I earned my credentials and began to build my coaching and consulting practice. I have been on my own since 2006. I have found great joy and success in my new career, and I wish you the same in your "Life Beyond IT," wherever it may take you.

Joanne Dustin is a certified professional coach and the author of Life Beyond IT: Open the Door...Your Future is Waiting.

Keywords: career, it, job, job search, Life Beyond IT

Andrey Golub

Field Force Automation, Telegestione dei contatori: l'innovazione Mobile & Wireless al servizio delle Utility

 Le applicazioni Mobile & Wireless ed RFId nel settore delle Utility in Italia

 
 Martedì 26 Febbraio 2008, ore 9.30

Organizzato, presso l'aula Auditorium del Politecnico di Milano, dagli Osservatori Mobile & Wireless Business e RFId di Assinform e della School of Management del Politecnico di Milano in collaborazione con Federutility. Il Workshop si focalizza sulle innovative opportunità offerte dalle applicazioni Mobile & Wireless ed RFId nel settore delle Utility nel nostro Paese.

 Durante il Workshop verrà presentato lo scenario di adozione di queste applicazioni tra le aziende operanti nel settore delle Utility in Italia, basato sull'analisi di oltre 27 studi di caso lato domanda, ai quali corrispondono oltre 180 applicazioni, e 22 imprese lato offerta. Saranno inoltre illustrati i modelli per la valutazione degli impatti delle applicazioni di Field Force Automation e Telegestione dei contatori.
 
 Nella seconda parte dell'incontro saranno presentate alcune testimonianze di imprese operanti nel settore delle Utility, volte a dimostrare concretamente i benefici conseguiti dall'implementazione di applicazioni Mobile & Wireless.

 Un ampio dibattito, aperto a tutti i partecipanti, chiuderà i lavori. Al termine del Workshop verrà distribuito ai partecipanti il Rapporto 2007 contenente un capitolo specificatamente dedicato al settore delle Utility.

La partecipazione al Workshop è gratuita ma riservata esclusivamente alle aziende operanti nel settore delle Utility.
 È dunque necessario iscriversi al Workshop, cliccando qui. 

  Programma

  9.30
  Registrazione
   
  10.00
  Saluto di benvenuto
  Paolo Abati, Presidente Commissione Permanente sulle Telecomunicazioni, Federutility
   
  10.15
  Apertura dei lavori
  Federico Barilli, Direttore, Assinform
   
  10.30
  Presentazione dei risultati della Ricerca
  Le tecnologie Mobile & Wireless nel settore delle Utility: lo scenario applicativo
   
  Alessandro Perego, Politecnico di Milano
  I modelli di valutazione dei benefici delle applicazioni di Field Force Automation e Telegestione dei contatori
   
  Paolo Catti, Politecnico di Milano
   
  11.30
  Testimonianze di casi
  Massimiliano Checchi, Responsabile Business Unit Contatori Digitali, Acea Distribuzione
  Cesare Calistri, Capo Servizio Esercizio Reti, ConsiagReti
  Oreste Galasso, Amministratore Delegato, Selene Gruppo A2A
  Marco Padovani, Direttore Generale, Consorzio dei Comuni dei Navigli
  Fabio Veronese, Responsabile Area Reti, Misure e Telegestione, Enel Servizi
   
  12.30
  Discussione e confronto con i partecipanti
   
  13.00
  Chiusura dei lavori

Assinform è l'Associazione nazionale, aderente a Confindustria, delle principali Aziende di Information Technology operanti sul mercato italiano.

 La School of Management del Politecnico di Milano aggrega il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, i Corsi di Studio omonimi e il MIP, la Business School del Politecnico di Milano.

 L'Osservatorio sul Mobile & Wireless Business nasce nel 2004 con l'intento di studiare approfonditamente l'impatto delle nuove tecnologie Mobile & Wireless sulle imprese e le pubbliche amministrazioni. L'edizione del 2007 è supportata dai seguenti partner: Accenture, BlackBerry, Delfo Italiana, DS Group, DSM, Garrisonpop, Gulliver, HP, Italtel, Microsoft, Mobtec, Nokia, Oracle, Palm, Parsec, Psion Teklogix, Telecom Italia.
 
 L'Osservatorio Permanente sulle tecnologie RFId è stato fondato nell'aprile 2004 con la missione di diventare il riferimento principale in Italia per chiunque si occupi di tematiche connesse all'applicazione delle tecnologie RFId in ambito business. L'edizione del 2007, patrocinata da Assinform e da Fondazione Politecnico, è stata supportata da HP, Indicod-Ecr, Microsoft, MIR - Medicina Innovazione Ricerca, Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Asystel, Oracle, RS Components, Tech Gap Italia, Unisys.

Keywords: Assinform, Mobile & Wireless Business, Politecnico di Milano, RFID, Mobile & Wireless

Andrey Golub

Updated my status on Facebook, Spock and twitter to the one I won't ever wish also to any enemy (do I have enemies? :lol:)

• Andrey Golub is not available for social networking in a few days from now, due to HDD crash.

Oops! :(

See you soon!

Andrey Golub

Professionals d'Italia, uniamoci !

Partecipiamo tutti al primo evento dedicato ai Professionals da Manageritalia ( www.manageritalia.it ) sul tema del Professional Networking:

Professionals at Work: dal passaparola al Networking - Strumenti e approcci per creare, trovare, migliorare il lavoro del moderno professionista

Venerdi' 29 febbraio, dalle 12.30 alle 14.00 (segue cocktail), presso Unione del Commercio in c.so Venezia 47/49.

Keywords: Manageritalia, Professional Networking, Evento Professionals

Andrey Golub

26 Febbraio 2008, alle ore 17.30 presso la sede di SIAM 1838 (via S. Marta 18, Milano)

prossimo incontro del Programma “Competenze Professionali per l’Innovazione Digitale” del Cantiere dei Mestieri ICT inerente il tema:

"Iniziative e Prospettive per l’ Open Source nelle Aziende e nella Pubblica Amministrazione"

L’incontro è gratuito ed aperto a tutti, previa iscrizione on line sul sito di AICA. 

Keywords: Open Source, Pubblica Amministrazione

Andrey Golub

CREA Conference 2008 - VI Edizione - 16 – 20 Aprile 2008, Sestri Levante (GE)

Dal 2003, ogni Aprile Sestri Levante ospita quello che è ormai diventato il principale evento europeo sulla creatività, il creative problem solving e l’innovazione: CREA Conference. Oltre 250 partecipanti e formatori provenienti da moltissimi Paesi si ritrovano negli hotel e nelle sale conferenze di Sestri Levante per apprendere nuove tecniche di creatività, condividere esperienze e conoscere nuove persone.

Milano, 12/02/2008 (informazione.it - comunicati stampa) CREA Conference è un evento che coniuga mirabilmente la formazione professionale – ben 18 ore di aula per i Corsi Base - e personale, quest’ultima ottenuta grazie a una vasta offerta di workshops facoltativi (Expo) ed eventi serali su svariati temi come leadership, gestione del clima o team-building, ma anche arte, teatro, musica, cucina e meditazione.
Questa variegata offerta ha come comune denominatore la creatività, dote che tutti possediamo, ma che non tutti sappiamo utilizzare al meglio.
CREA Conference è ormai un appuntamento fisso per molte aziende internazionali, oltre che per liberi professionisti e per persone alla ricerca di un modo diverso di continuare la propria educazione/formazione. 

Riferimenti:

Sophie Gobet

Keywords: CREA, creative problem solving, creativity, CREA Conference

Andrey Golub

Può il destino di un ingegnere cambiare a causa di un pub parigino?

1997, Parigi. Un giovane italiano passeggiava per Rue Frédéric Santon, i suoi passi erano incerti, ma la destinazione sicura: il Pub Long Hop al numero 25. La porta si aprì e il ragazzo notò subito alcune facce conosciute. Chiuse la porta dietro di sé. Quello che accadde dopo tra quelle mura è ancora leggenda, ma una cosa la sappiamo: convinse il ragazzo a prolungare di dieci anni quello che doveva essere un soggiorno di studio di pochi mesi.

L’ing. Giulio Frandi oggi vive in Italia, ma dal 1999, subito dopo la laurea in Ingegneria al Politecnico di Milano, al 2008 ha vissuto e lavorato in Francia, spostandosi da una parte all’altra del Paese e ricoprendo posizioni professionali sempre più importanti e di responsabilità nell’ambito del Management della divisione Vendite del settore informatico.

Nel 2007 lo troviamo ancora in Francia, a Parigi, come Country Manager per la Double-Take; ma forse il fatto di essere Manager proprio dell’Italia e il ritorno nella città dove tutto era partito gli fece sentire la nostalgia di casa. Dal primo ottobre del 2007, infatti, è Direttore Business Unit di Level IP Italia S.p.A., azienda specialista nei servizi di Hosting, dove ha il compito di incrementarne il business in Italia e accelerarne la crescita e la produttività in ambito nazionale e internazionale.

Level IP offre servizi Internet tecnologicamente avanzati e propone una gamma completa di soluzioni studiate per soddisfare i bisogni delle aziende che utilizzano Internet nel proprio business .

Trentadue anni, single, dalla doppia anima italo francese. Noi tutti ancora ci chiediamo se il desiderio di tornare a casa c’entri qualcosa con una certa finale di calcio, svoltasi a Berlino il 9 luglio 2006.

La verità ce la racconterà lui stesso lunedì 25 febbraio, quando avremo il piacere di incontrarlo e conoscerlo personalmente.

!!! Levelip Hosting Partner di Milan-IN !!!

Seguirà poi un breve dibattito sui temi proposti.
Attivate il vostro cellulare! Durante la serata potrete acquisire sul vs cellulare, via bluetooth, contenuti multimediali riguardanti il nostro ospite.

Ti aspettiamo a partire dalle 20.30 presso la Sala Party del Pacino Cafè in Milano, Piazzale Bacone n.9. Porta chi vuoi! La serata è aperta anche agli amici e ai conoscenti. Ogni tuo amico è anche un nostro amico.

Attenzione! Il numero dei posti della sala è limitato.
Per partecipare all’evento, occorre confermare la propria presenza inviando una mail all’indirizzo eventi AT milanin.com, specificando il nome e il cognome e il numero dei partecipanti.

La serata non avrà alcun costo, tranne quello della prima consumazione obbligatoria - di 12 EURO – di cui 10 euro andranno interamente al locale che ci ospita, la restante parte al Club.

Ricordati che tutti possiamo presentarci.
Puoi utilizzare il servizio prenotazioni del sito Milan-IN.

Keywords: Giulio Frandi, Level IP Italia S.p.A., PTS, presenta te stesso, Level IP Italia

Andrey Golub

Wordpress Italia

Vi presenta :

I Word Camp and 1st European WordCamp (BETA)

Keywords: WordCamp, Wordpress, Wordpress Italia, barcamp, iwordcamp, I Word Camp

Andrey Golub

This bookmarklet lets you skip any forced invitation page. To use it, drag and drop the following button to your bookmarks

http://facebook.gaiatools.com/skipinvite/

P.S. seems to be working, guys! Are we saved?! :) 

Keywords: facebook, social spam, facebook application

Andrey Golub

Agork News

n.1 del 13/02/2008

Introduzione

Benvenuti al primo numero di Agork News!

Con questa newsletter vogliamo aprire un canale di comunicazione con tutti i nostri Utenti che sono impegnati nel ruolo di amministrare una Online Community. Agork è in grande fermento, abbiamo novità praticamente ogni giorno e crediamo che il modo migliore per comunicarvele stia nell’aggregarle e renderle disponibili tramite questa newsletter.

Non avremo una cadenza fissa, cercheremo di uscire quando ci saranno sufficienti informazioni per attrarre la vostra attenzione. Terremo per quanto possibile una comunicazione rapida e leggibile, in modo da rubarvi il minor tempo possibile durante questa fase di aggiornamento.

Le novità di questo numero sono veramente molte, essendo il primo ed avendo accumulato numerosi rilasci. Se non ne avete ancora sentito parlare, leggete del nuovo Generatore di Feed RSS e dell’Integrazione con You Tube. Sono due caratteristiche che sono certo attrarranno la vostra attenzione.

Vi anticipo che è in arrivo una grande competizione: la community più attiva, più ricca e più attraente verrà premiata con una sorpresa da Agork. Rimanete in attesa di maggiori notizie a breve… ma nel frattempo datevi da fare a far crescere la vostra community!

Resta inteso che in qualsiasi momento potete scriverci per qualsiasi richiesta di informazioni (supporto[@]agork.it ) , cercheremo di rispondere a tutti nel più breve tempo possibile.

A presto!
Diego Vicamini
diego.vicamini[@]agork.com

 

Nuove Funzionalità

Il Generatore di Feed RSS

Agork si arricchisce della possibilità di generare feed RSS. Tramite questa funzionalità, ogni community può decidere se generare un feed e quali argomenti includere nel feed stesso. Ogni tipo di elemento di contenuto presente nella crsslogo.pngommunity può essere incluso nel feed: Articoli, Notizie, Blog Posting, Messaggi del Forum, Elementi della Knowledge Base, Elementi della Media Gallery.

E’ possibile inoltre decidere quanto lontano nel passato il sistema debba spingersi per recuperare gli elementi, in modo da raggiungere il giusto compresso tra aggiornamento e ricchezza di contenuti.

Allo scadere di ogni ora il sistema controlla le impostazioni dei feed e genera il feed di ciascuna community. Una volta presente il feed, la home page visualizza vicino al box di ricerca un icona di accesso alle notizie via RSS.

Tramite questa funzionalità gli iscritti ad una community possono rimanere aggiornati sugli sviluppi del contenuto senza doversi collegare per forza al sito stesso. Il Generatore di Feed è anche un ottimo veicolo di generazione di traffico, infatti richiama i lettori al sito per la lettura completa degli articoli.

 

Integrazione con YouTube

La Media Gallery di Agork permette ora di aggiungere non solo immagini ma anche video. Questa funzionalità è stata implementata aggiungendo il player di YouTube alla nostra Media Gallery, quindi tutto ciò che è richiesto per inserire un filmato è riportarne il suo codice. Una schermata di esempio guiderà gli utenti nella procedura rendendo questa funzione agevole anche ai meno esperti.

 

Notizie in breve 

Nomi Moduli personalizzabili

I nomi di ciascun modulo (Articoli, Blog, Notizie, ecc.) sono ora personalizzabili tramite la pagina Admin/Moduli. Entrate nella configurazione di ciascun modulo e potrete cambiarne il nome, modificando ad esempio “Articoli” in “Storie” per una miglior attinenza con la vostra community.

Full Editing

Abbiamo aggiunto la funzionalità di editing a tutte le aree di contenuto (Articoli, Notizie, Blog, Knowledge Base) per consentire un rapido aggiornamento dei testi.

Nuovo Text Editor

Il text editor di Agork si è evoluto, con una nuova versioni più performante e rapida da caricare. Il text editor è funzionante in tutte le aree che richiedono un input di testo multi linea.

Testo Header

E’ ora possibile aggiungere un’area di testo posizionata all’inizio della pagina, prima del logo e del menu di destra. Quest’area, detta header, è in genere utilizzata per l’inserimento di notizie di copyright o collegamenti veloci ad altri siti collegati. Per attivarla utilizzate Admin/Home Page/Testo Intestazione.

Nuova Pagina Personale di Default

La pagina personale standard è stata rivista, migliorandone il layout, aggiungendo l’immagine personale e l’opzione di contatto diretto tramite un messaggio privato.

Permessi di Lettura e Scrittura

I permessi di lettura scrittura sono ora impostabili a livello di singolo modulo. Per farlo utilizzate Admin/Opzioni e selezionate per la voce “Possibilità di scrittura” l’opzione “Permessi definiti in gestione modulo”. Quindi andate in Admin/Moduli e configurate ciascun modulo seguendo il link relativo. Troverete le opzioni di lettura/scrittura personalizzate.

 

Parlano di Noi

Agork nel Web

Andrey Golub, noto esperto di Web2.0, ha dedicato un posting nel sito di  MilanIn alla presentazione di Agork. Potete leggerlo a questo indirizzo: http://www.milanin.com/members/andrey.golub/weblog/1230.html

Online Communities

Se avete tempo e l’inglese non vi spaventa, vi consiglio questo blog: http://bestengagingcommunities.com/

E’ un sito interamente dedicato alle communties online e fornisce spesso degli spunti di buon interesse per chi costruisce o gestisce una online community.

http://www.agork.it 

Keywords: Diego Vicamini, Italia, business community, enterprise 2.0, social network, web 2.0, agork

Andrey Golub

I have looked today at Google in respect of the recent article about Milan-IN, typing this query- "MilanIN, il social network degli imprenditori"

and see this situation

and I see the first string there is my Blog article refered from a web site with a strange for Business Networking domain- http://ldaps.com

I read the description for this web site-

• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (SECURE) a resource index to everything that has to do with LDAP(s)

• and my blog is referred from here- MilanIN, il social network degli imprenditori lombardi
  

and I ask myself- what Milan-IN HAS TO DO with LDAP(s)? :)

Thank you guys however, for promoting Milan-IN on the Web!

P.S. it's all J/K of course! :) 

Keywords: Blogging, Business Club, LDAP, MilanIN, Social Network, Business Networking

Andrey Golub

I've just published a Job Opportunity item on the internal Forum of Milan-IN, and also on the Forum of Milan-IN 2.0 (our Facebook group). Interested plz go there!

 

Contact Person is http://www.linkedin.com/pub/7/5/99a

Keywords: Job Opportunity, Russia, Marketing Head

Andrey Golub

found this company and I think their product worth your attention- an innovative web application for media placement

MediaDepot.

http://www.mediadepot.nl/?l=Engels

Create your own YouTube™ with MediaDepot©

eTurn and Mirko Cocco PR&Concepts are launching MediaDepot©, the platform that enables companies and broadcasters to create, manage and exploit a platform comparable to Revver, YouTube and Blip.

MediaDepot© offers you all functionalities to create a media portal/community, in which users can create their own profile, upload media, comment to media, give ratings etc.

Whether used for editorial content or user generated content, MediaDepot© offers the possibilities and functionalities in a user-friendly fashion.

Because your media are visible on your website in a professional way, if desired with your own logo or station ID, in the quality and formats you want, MediaDepot is the first one to market with a commercial web 3.0 solution as it integrates seamlessly into your website.

What can MediaDepot© do for your organisation? Click here for some business examples.

Keywords: Blip, Mirko Cocco, Revver, YouTube, broadcast, eTurn, web 3.0, MediaDepot

Andrey Golub

Social Networks Around The World: How is Web 2.0 Changing Your Life?

by An de Jonghe

 

 

Keywords: Social Networks, Social Networks Around The World, Web 2.0, book, online community, virtual network, An de Jonghe

Andrey Golub

(from e-mail, sorry for formating plz!) 

IEEE.tv™ - PROGRAM GUIDE

IEEE.tv is free with your IEEE membership. Since its official launch in 2007, IEEE.tv has significantly expanded its program menu, and offers both public-access and exclusive, members-only programming. Additionally, all IEEE.tv programs are available for download to members with an active, IEEE web account.

 

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

• Analog to Digital Traits (Member Access) - Accuracy, efficiency and speed are
the three fundamental traits of analog to digital converters. Using electronic
cameras and temperature sensor, these basics are explained. The experts are
Charles Sodini of MIT and Terri Fiez of Oregon State University, frequent
presenters at the VLSI Symposium on Circuits.

• Analog to Digital Types (Member Access) - Four fundamental types of analog to
digital converters are described by expert circuit designers and frequent
presenters at the VLSI Symposium on Circuits. Successive approximation, flash,
pipeline, and delta sigma. The experts are Asad Abidi of UCLA and Terri Fiez of
Oregon State University.

• Doing the Right Thing: Social Implications of Technology (Member Access) -
This video intends to encourage working engineers and students to engage in
discourse concerning the social, economic, and environmental impact of
technology.

• Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (Member Access) - With the results of
new electric ship technologies, today's fleets are quieter and more fuel
efficient. From the cruise ship to the war ship, new technologies such as power
electronics enable greater control and balance. Find out more in this short
video.

• IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (Member Access) - This program
highlights the 2005 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference covering the
latest in integrated circuits, the software to design them, and trends for the
future.

• Recycling: Computers & Electronics - This program highlights issues
concerning the issue of electronics at the end of their useful life.

• RFID - Radio Frequency Identification - Highlights of IEEE's first technical
conference on RFID, radio frequency identification, held March 26-28, 2007 in
Dallas, Texas. Includes a guided walk-through of the trade show floor,
interviews with RFID industry leaders, conference organizers, and Best Paper
award winner.

MEET THE AUTHORS

• Carl Selinger - Stuff you Don't Learn in Engineering School (Member Access) -
In this interview, Carl Selinger discusses his book "Stuff you Don't Learn in
Engineering School." This practical book offers young engineers advice on
speaking in front of a group, running a meeting effectively, making decisions,
setting priorities, working with all sorts of people, learning to negotiate,
developing leadership skills, and dealing with stress in the workplace.

• Diab and Frazier - Ethernet in the First Mile (Member Access) - In this
program, authors Wael Diab and Howard Frazier discuss their book, Ethernet in
the First Mile: Access for Everyone. Ethernet in the First Mile: Access for
Everyone brings the Ethernet in the First Mile standard (IEEE Std 802.3ah) to
life by explaining the principles behind the standard, presenting the
technology tradeoffs that led to standardization, and detailing all aspects of
the standard necessary for end users, deployers, service providers, IT
professionals, and students.

• Mark I. Montrose - Testing for EMC Compliance (Member Access) - In this
interview, Mark I. Montrose describes the details of his book "Testing for EMC
Compliance: Approaches and Techniques."

• Marks and Stanwood - WirelessMAN: Inside the IEEE 802.16 Standard (Member
Access) - In this program, co-authors Roger Marks and Kenneth Stanwood discuss
their book, WirelessMAN: Inside the IEEE 802.16 Standard for Wireless
Metropolitan Area Networks.

• Mostafa H. Sherif - Managing Projects in Telecommunications Services (Member
Access) - In this interview, Mostafa Hashem Sherif discusses his book "Managing
Projects in Telecommunications Services". This book effectively demonstrates the
unique requirements of projects in telecommunication services and, consequently,
the benefits of an integrated approach to project management that is
specifically tailored to the telecommunications industry.

• Richard J. Thompson Jr. - Crystal Clear (Member Access) - In this interview,
Richard J. Thompson, Jr. discusses his book Crystal Clear: The Struggle for
Reliable Communications Technology in World War II.

• Richard Schreier Ph.D - Understanding Delta Sigma Data Converters (Member
Access) - In this interview, Richard Schreier, Ph.D discusses his book
Understanding Delta Sigma Data Converters.

SPECIALS

• IEEE in China (Member Access) - This program discusses the opportunities for
the IEEE in the People's Republic of China.

• Profiles in Volunteering (Member Access) - This production highlights the
importance of volunteering with the IEEE. This is the first of a 3-part series
focusing on skill building and leadership.

• Care Innovations Green Engineering - Designing for sustainability is the
focus of this short program aimed at the general public. Experts discuss the
technical challenges of greening the entire chain, from raw materials to
manufacturing, distribution, and disposal.

• Care Innovations Responsibility For Being Green - This program takes a look
at the challenge of minimizing the environmental and health impacts of
electronics manufacturing. Discussions focus on the responsibility of industry,
government, academia, and the general public to foster the development of public
policy and the enforcement of laws to safeguard health and the environment.

• Care Innovations Toxics In Electronics - This program takes a look at the
challenge of minimizing the environmental and health impacts of toxics in
electronics. It explains to what extent toxics are involved in the
manufacturing process of various electronic devices and further explains the
current practices in controlling and disposing toxics during the manufacturing
process.

• Care Innovations WEEE and RoHs(e-waste recycling and disposal) - This
program will introduce the general public to WEEE and RoHs, including brief
background information about these directives, their goals and impact.

• Energy Innovations The Hydrogen House - The Energy Innovations series
profiles fascinating and innovative approaches to meeting our growing energy
needs. In this program, Mike Stritzki had a dream. As a tenacious engineer, he
was determined to realize it with his own hands. Thus was born the first
"hydrogen house" in the United States, designed and built in pastoral Hopewell,
New Jersey. An astonishing technical achievement lies in the bucolic setting: a
house with all the modern conveniences, but run entirely by the sun.

• Group on Earth Observations (GEOSS) - To coordinate the collecting and
analysis of data on our environment, the intergovernmental Group on Earth
Observations (GEOSS) is leading a worldwide effort to build a Global Earth
Observation System of Systems over the next 10 years to help study and manage
the world’s resources and disaster prediction and recovery. This program is
about the political challenges of developing this global information service
that includes satellite-based remote sensing technologies for data collection
and analysis.

• Group on Earth Observations(GEOSS) Applications - People are increasingly
aware of the environment and the impact of war, pollution, natural disasters,
and urban development on the environment. But there is less awareness of how
scientists and engineers are using satellites and remote sensing technology to
document, analyze and solve global problems.

• Group on Earth Observations (GEOSS) Technology - Remote Sensing technology
revolutionized mankind's ability to observe and measure the earth, the land,
the seas, and the atmosphere. Recorded at the IEEE 2006 International
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, this program includes interviews with
several prominent scientists and engineers to gain a snapshot of recent
developments in Remote Sensing.

• IEEE Standard 1680: An Incentive to Design Greener Computers - An
introduction to IEEE Standard 1680 (EPEAT).

• The Grid - "CIRCUIT EARTH" is the brand name under which a number of premier
television series and related media, whose stories span the globe, are being
produced. Produced by Red Hot Entertainment, an international program developer
and producer, and the IEEE, the world's largest professional engineering
society, "Circuit Earth's" groundbreaking shows reveal and explain technology's
wonders and how they might help deliver civilization from its present plight.

• Wind Power - The Technology - This program provides background information
about wind power, including a brief history and overview of the technology
provided by experts interviewed at the 2006 IEEE Wind Power Symposium. The
program highlights activity in Europe, the United States, and China.

CAREERS & TECHNOLOGY

• Education for Analog ICs (Member Access) - So much to learn, so little time.
Research leaders in industry and at universities summarize the challenges of
training to design analog integrated circuits. The advantages of serving on
peer review committees to stretch your expertise, even after you have your
degree, is also discussed.

• Art of the Start: Entrepreneurship (Member Access) - Watch Guy Kawasaki,
former Apple Fellow and Managing Director of Garage.Com, share his unique
thoughts about what it is to be an entrepreneur and how to raise money. Hear
from experienced entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and angels about how to
raise money during the startup period and beyond.

• Careers in Information Technology - This program provides an overview of
career possibilities in IT. IT professionals and engineers from large and small
companies discuss the nature of their work.

• Emerging Field of Biomedical Engineering - This program provides an overview
of career possibilities in Biomedical Engineering. In this program professionals
discuss the nature of their work.

• Power Engineering: Careers that make technology work - This program provides
an overview of career possibilities in Power Engineering. In this program
professionals discuss the nature of their work.

• What's Out There - Careers for Electrical Engineers and Computer Scientists
- This program provides a bird-eye view of career possibilities in electrical
and computer engineering. Engineers working for large and small employers
discuss the nature of their work.

IEEE PRODUCTS

• IEEE Expert Now - Expert Now IEEE is a new, innovative product line which
features the best of IEEE's educational content delivered in one-hour long
online learning modules.

• IEEE Member Digital Library - This powerful online research tool provides
easy access to essential technical information from across the breadth of IEEE
publications through IEEE Xplore(R).

• VuSpec Series - This video introduces you to the IEEE Standards
Association's new VuSpec Series of browser-based standards products. 

Keywords: IEEE, IEEE.tv, IEEE Member

Andrey Golub

Social Media IS about people connecting and sharing

 

Keywords: Web Strategist, social media, social media marketing, Jeremiah

Andrey Golub

• "Storage of data over a long period of time is highly problematic," said Peter Schaar, chairman of the group. "If I am searching for information on the Internet, I assume that this happens without my search behavior being recorded."
• Google captures users' Internet Protocol addresses - numbers that identify a computer on a network similar to a phone number - indicating where information originates and is sent.

Search engine powers like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft will have to wait until April to find out what changes they must make to comply with European Union privacy laws!

European privacy advocates to issue report in April

Keywords: EU, European Union, Google, Search Engine, Yahoo, privacy law, Microsoft

Andrey Golub

Have just checked What City Should You Live In? Facebook application. The result is funny, maybe it's true...

 

I'm going to be living in Tokyo

Admit it - you love the taste of teriyaki bowls, sushi, tempura, and a side of wasabi. Salivating yet? Living in Tokyo lets you treat your tongue to new and exciting experiences. Have fun with all the new tools and gadgets, making your life easier in this technologically-advanced city.

Keywords: facebook application, facebook test, Tokyo

Andrey Golub

Scopri che manager sei: Relazione sintetica sul profilo manageriale del Dott. Andrey Golub

 
Preface:

un po` di tempo fa avevo partecipato nell'evento World Business Forum di Milano, organizzato da HSM. Ecco il mio racconto (in Inglese)

• World Business Forum of Milan- Day 1 and after...
  

dove ho passato un test calligrafico personalizzato, offerto da MontBlanc Italia, uno dei main sponsor dell'evento, ed ho anche conosciuto Davide Gervasi (Corporate Sales Director).

Adesso finalmente mi e' arrivata la risposta con i miei risultati. Direi che mi piace quello che hanno trovato nella mia scrittura gli esperti di MobtBnanc! Sembra di essere una conferma che sono un bravo Manager/Leader per un start-up/ progetto dinamico ed innovativo- parola di MontBnanc? :)

La loro lettera di introduzione- 

Scopri che manager sei... 

Gentile ANDREY GOLUB,

Montblanc La ringrazia per la sua visita durante il World Business Forum 2007 ed e' felice di inviarLe la sua perizia calligrafica personalizzata.

C'e' sempre un buon motivo per comunicare con un dono: Montblanc e' la marca ideale per ringraziare i partner aziendali, celebrare i successi e le grandi occasioni, consolidare le relazioni, esprimere il proprio apprezzamento per il lavoro dei collaboratori.

Saremo lieti di consigliarLa e prestarLe la nostra consulenza, illustrandoLe nei dettagli i prodotti e i servizi offerti dalla Divisione Corporate Sales.
Non esiti a contattarci.

Cordiali saluti.

 

Davide Gervasi
Corporate Sales Director
Montblanc Italia
INFO DESK:
02.69013562
corporatesales@montblancitalia.it
www.montblanccorporatesales.it

 

e poi anche la mia perizia calligrafica personalizzata (da un file PDF, scusate il formatting)-

CONSULENZA GRAFOLOGICA AZIENDALE

Relazione sintetica sul profilo manageriale del Dott. Andrey Golub

Il soggetto scrivente presenta una personalità di rilievo, in grado di dimostrare forza, sicurezza e disinvoltura in ogni situazione.

La scrittura evidenzia una rilevante energia vitale che non viene meno anche dopo aver sopportato un pesante carico lavorativo.
Mente fervida, capace di creare, dal nulla, situazioni nuove grazie ad una spiccata attitudine ideativa.
Si evidenziano notevoli capacità manageriali che gli permettono di soddisfare il bisogno di raggiungere livelli di rilievo.
Possiede una visione d’insieme del tutto peculiare.

I vissuti di ansia e di insicurezza non risultano evidenti, in quanto si mostra sempre estremamente sicuro e privo di incertezze.

E’ in grado di ideare progetti di alto livello che programma con attenta scelta dei mezzi e degli eventuali collaboratori che devono seguire con rigore ed ordine le sue direttive.

• I punti deboli sono da identificarsi nell’eccessiva rigidità che lo porta a pretendere precisione ma, allo stesso tempo, velocità e ritmi che solo pochi, come lui, riescono a sostenere.

Non si perde nei dettagli ma è sempre alla ricerca di aspetti concreti tali da facilitargli il raggiungimento di obiettivi.

Per l’Azienda è davvero un ottimo investimento: non conosce ostacoli e porta avanti gli obiettivi con tenacia, tenuta e volontà davvero encomiabili.

ASPETTI INTELLETTIVI

Assoluta capacità di apprendimento e di collegamento dati che arricchisce con aspetti creativi che gli danno la possibilità di apportare, all’interno dell’Azienda, aspetti innovativi originali.

La dinamicità mentale rende il soggetto capace di elaborare una sequenzialità di pensiero che traduce, in tempi brevi, in azione.

Buona la memoria sia fotografica che associativa che facilita la ritenzione dei dati.

COMUNICAZIONE

Soggetto non sempre facile da trattare; si rileva una certa teutonicità che non favorisce la relazione.

• Non tollera persone lente poiché, nella valutazione, tende a giudicare secondo i propri ritmi e le proprie capacità intellettive; in questo gioca un ruolo rilevante ’aspetto impulsivo che và a discapito della calma e della riflessione.

Ha bisogno di avvalersi di collaboratori che rispondano, il più possibile a caratteristiche di dinamicità mentale e di tenuta psicofisica di fronte a situazioni stressogene.

E’ pur vero che, se un dipendente riesce a soddisfare le sue esigenze, impara, nel tempo ad apprezzarlo poiché si rivela una fonte inesauribile di esperienza e di capacità professionali dai quali attingere; inoltre sa riconoscere e ricompensare, in modo adeguato, chi collabora fattivamente con lui.

Maria Rosa Conte
Grafoanalista Grafopedagogista Perito Grafologo (iscritta A.G.P. n. 0/28)

 

Keywords: Andrey Golub, Corporate Sales, Davide Gervasi, Grafoanalista, Grafopedagogista, HSM, HSM Italia, MONTBLANC ITALIA S.r.l., Maria Rosa Conte, MontBlanc, MontBlanc Italia, Perito Grafolog, World Business Forum, manager, perizia calligrafica personalizzata, profilo manageriale, test calligrafico personalizzato, CONSULENZA GRAFOLOGICA AZIENDALE

Andrey Golub

It's a good news for the whole computer industry I think-

Microsoft to Share More Technical Secrets

 However I have a doubt if this will be so much easy for them :)

• The broader goal, they said, is to bring Microsoft’s flagship personal computer products — the Windows operating system and Office productivity programs — further into the Internet era of computing.

the base question is: do we need WINDOWS in the Internet era, Steve? :)

It's also from my personal experience- we DON'T need WINDOWS on Mobile Platform! It would be better it didn't exist as Windows Mobile. I tried it myself with the goal to make stress test for Mobile 2.0 OS/application- it was an awful experience guys!

Well how do you see a Vista-XXX mapped to the Internet era M$?

• Microsoft’s first step will be to put on its Web site 30,000 pages of technical documentation detailing how its Windows desktop and Microsoft server programs communicate and share information.
  

Ohoho. so nice reading, guys! :)

And some danger is already here-

• Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, said that by sharing more information, Microsoft would make it easier for others to write Internet programs that tap into personal information on a PC.
  

OMG!!! OMFG!!! 

 and this is at least funny (J/K!)- 

• “The Internet opens up a world of potential innovation,” Mr. Ozzie said. “And I think we’ve just scratched the surface.”
  

So I wish good luck with many new great openings to M$ developers, partners and etc M$ people. Just imagine you'll soon be scratching the surface of the Internet?

P.S. well, it's not everything so much bad. read the article yourself- as I tell in the beginning I believe it's a good change for the computer industry in a whole. but we'll see it soon!

Keywords: European Commission, Ray Ozzie, open technology, windows, Microsoft

Andrey Golub

Sono i venti "lucky guys" :) ad essere riconosciuti come Guy Geek per l'evento Geek Girl Italia Dinner 2008.

Giovanni Barbieri
Andrea Beggi
Antonio Bonanno
Luca Conti
Lele Dainesi
Tiziano Fogliata
Andrey Golub
Robert Kortenoeven
Stefano Maffulli
Marco Massarotto
Marco Montemagno
Cris Nulli
Niccolò Olivieri
Sergio Pilu
Gallizio Pretolani
Luca Sartoni
Antonio Sofi
Francesco Sullo
Mauro Turcatti
Marco Zamperini

senza riferimenti. faccio copy/past dal fonte ufficiale.

• Fonte Liste d’attesa per il 29 febbraio. e Sara Rosso

Keywords: Andrey Golub, Antonio Bonanno, Antonio Sofi, Cris Nulli, Francesco Sullo, Gallizio Pretolani, Geek Girl, Geek Guy, Giovanni Barbieri, Girl Geek Dinner Italia, Lele Dainesi, Luca Conti, Luca Sartoni, Marco Massarotto, Marco Montemagno, Marco Zamperini, Mauro Turcatti, Niccolò Olivieri, Robert Kortenoeven, Sara Rosso, Sergio Pilu, Stefano Maffulli, Tiziano Fogliata, girlgeekdinnersitalia2, Andrea Beggi

Andrey Golub

• It's a long story guys but I will try to be short. It's about SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY on the Web 2.0, or how to survive on Social Web.

Those Power Users on Spock may confirm how long did we expect for Mr. Christian D. to stop behaving like a spammer on Spock... but he wasn't going to stop.

• So the Community came to punish him for his anti- social behavior: SPAM via fake connections and fake tags.
  

Spock Community tagged Christian as SPAMMER, SPOCK SPAMMER and SOCIAL SPAMMER. Then we have voted down all his contributions so his spock power has decreased and the most (fake) tags in his profile had disappeared.

More details you may find on Spock Fan Club 2.0 Group on Facebook.

Now, if you open the profile of Mr. D. Christian, you'll see a similar picture: 

Keywords: Justice 2.0, people search engine, social media, social responsibility, social spam, social spamming, spam, spammer, spock, spock power, spock spammer, anti-social behavior

Andrey Golub

yesterday I was blogging about the first example of Justice 2.0, performed by Spock users community in respect of Social Spammer, bad guy on Spock.

here is it-

• Avoid Social Spammers! and those will be punished by community anyway

today we already have another example.

it's about how one anti-social (social spammer) risks to loose own Identity and even the name. Have a look at this picture, it's still yesterday the man was spamming on Spock, linking himself to everybody as "financial guru" etc, had tons of not-relevant tags in his profile.

and this is what he has now: 

Keywords: Justice 2.0, people search engine, social media, social responsibility, social spam, social spamming, spam, spammer, spock, spock power, spock spammer, anti-social behavior

Andrey Golub

from the official LinkedIn Blog:

Brandon Duncan, Director of Engineering at LinkedIn, presents:

Announcing LinkedIn Mobile (includes an iPhone version)

For those of you who can't wait to take LinkedIn with you on your mobile devices, here's how you access LinkedIn on your iPhone or other WAP enabled devices. All you have to do from your mobile device is log into

http://m.linkedin.com/

The beta product includes a version specially optimized for the iPhone and is available immediately in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese with additional languages to follow. 

Keywords: Blackberry, Brandon Duncan, LinkedIn Blog, LinkedIn Mobile, iPhone, LinkedIn

Andrey Golub

It's now uploaded to my profile on Spock, in the PICTURES section. 

and here is it among the other Spock mugs :)

 

Keywords: andrey golub, spock

Andrey Golub

by Marcello Cividini

Hi friends,

I've opened this new social network (another) to share Slow Food knowledge with you and your interested friends.

Is only the beginning, but with your contribution can become really interesting. Enjoy of specal meals and share knowledge with more friends.

My Best

Marcello

Click here to join:
http://coolkitchen.ning.com

Thanks,
Marcello Cividini

Keywords: Marcello Cividini, Slow Food, Marcello's Kitchen

Andrey Golub

everybody's crazy now with this recent news from Yahoo!

Yahoo Announces Open Search Platform

and there are some points at which I believe Spock (People Search Engine 2.0) could become one of the most important "2.0 partners" for Yahoo! in this project-

"will consist of a set of APIs that allow third parties to modify search results on Yahoo by adding images, structured data and additional deep links."

If I could be the one who decides on Spock- I'd dig in this direction.

I think it's the best way to demonstrate to the world that Spock has some great data that anyone else on the web hasn't!

Keywords: Open Search Platform, people search engine, spock, spock.com, web 2.0, yahoo!, people search

Andrey Golub

I am so happy a proud to announce that the recent update the Spock Team has placed to public use yesterday, introduces an important change for one of the most exciting 2.0 features of Spock User's Profile- MY NEWS FEEDS.

now if you go to your Spock Profile and enter the NEWS serction of it (like in my case), you'll find there on the right an hint + URL to add more feeds to your thread:

•  Want to add news feeds? Visit your settings page here!

From there, you'll be able to add the integration to your Spock News Feed for the most famous Social Web/ Web 2.0 services, like:

• Pictures, Music and Video: Flickr, Photobucket, Pandora, YouTube
• Social Networks: MySpace
• Blogging & Microblogging: Blogger, LiveJournal, Xanga, Twitter
• Bookmarking & Link Sharing: Del.icio.us, Digg
• Miscellaneous: Upcoming

and then any other RSS or Atom Feeds (Atom/Rss).

and this all is just to start with! more stuff coming soon!

Keywords: Blogger, Blogging, Del.icio.us, Digg, Flickr, LiveJournal, Microblogging, MySpace, News Feed, Pandora, Photobucket, RSS, Social Networks, Social Web, Twitter, Upcoming, Web 2.0, Xanga, YouTube, spock, spock.com, Atom Feed

Andrey Golub

Sarà perché ha un occhio in più degli altri che la vita di Franco Denari è costellata di incontri?

Chissà, forse ci vede meglio, più lontano o magari attraverso i muri… fatto sta che col suo 'Terzo Occhio' Franco Denari non si lascia scappare niente e nessuno! Di incontri, infatti, ne ha fatti tanti e tutti, in un modo o nell’altro, hanno condizionato la sua esistenza. Lo dice lui stesso: “nella mia vita sono stati gli incontri ad avermi regalato fortuna e sfortuna, ad avermi aperto strade, nuovi sentieri o strade tortuose. Gli incontri fanno la differenza, nascono dalle relazioni oppure sono del tutto casuali, gli incontri mi hanno permesso di fare cose fantastiche”.

Una cosa è certa: Franco è un tipo in gamba, giovane, intraprendente, con tantissima voglia di fare e di mettersi in gioco, fin da quando, ancora liceale, lavorava per Radio Mondo. Tanti gli amori e gli interessi della sua vita: la radio, il teatro, la recitazione, il marketing e il mondo virtuale, senza dimenticare Toffee, la sua gattina.

Oggi è Sales & Marketing Manager per Sulake, la multinazionale finlandese che opera nel web a 360° come una vera guida tra gli acquisti, i consigli, i viaggi e nella creazione di mondi virtuali, come Habbo, dove tanti teenagers possono fare conoscenza tra loro, costruendosi nuove identità. 

Lo specialista degli incontri, in fondo, non poteva che aiutare gli altri a conoscersi, no?
Franco Denari è anche un blogger appassionato di Marketing. Dal suo blog Ideedatoccare.com, infatti, dispensa consigli e insegnamenti di Marketing, proprio come un autentico docente, offrendo diversi spunti di riflessione e tenendo i suoi lettori sempre aggiornati sulle novità della materia. 

Sarà un piacere conoscerlo lunedì 3 marzo 2008, quando, con la sua simpatia e il suo carisma, ci racconterà di sé, delle sue passioni e del suo famoso 'Terzo Occhio'.

Seguirà poi un breve dibattito sui temi proposti.
Attivate il vostro cellulare! Durante la serata potrete acquisire sul vs cellulare, via bluetooth, contenuti multimediali riguardanti il nostro ospite.

Ti aspettiamo a partire dalle 20.30 presso la Sala Party del Pacino Cafè in Milano, Piazzale Bacone n.9. Porta chi vuoi! La serata è aperta anche agli amici e ai conoscenti. Ogni tuo amico è anche un nostro amico.

Attenzione! Il numero dei posti della sala è limitato.
Per partecipare all’evento, occorre confermare la propria presenza inviando una mail all’indirizzo eventi AT milanin.com, specificando il nome e il cognome e il numero dei partecipanti.

La serata non avrà alcun costo, tranne quello della prima consumazione obbligatoria - di 12 EURO – di cui 10 euro andranno interamente al locale che ci ospita, la restante parte al Club.

Ricordati che tutti possiamo presentarci.
Puoi utilizzare il servizio prenotazioni del sito Milan-IN.

Keywords: Franco Denari, Habbo, Ideedatoccare, Marketing, MilanIN, PTS, Presenta Te Stesso, Radio Mondo, blogger, mondo virtuale, Sulake

Andrey Golub

It's almost everyday that I read something about the use of Social Media (Social Networking and Web 2.0) by the two USA elections (currently) leaders- Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

and also today several friends sent me this video on YouTube

• Barack Obama uses business community social network LinkedIn to discuss key issues with this unique community. http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx9jIX59mFs

and then I found this recent Blog article on the blog of Spock project

• Obama carries vote on Spock. http://blog.spock.com/2008/02/25/obama-carries-vote-on-spock/

 

 

Well it's for sure the recently predicted profession of Social SEO (Social Media/Networks Optimization) will soon become the most requested from the geek marketer's set of jobs!

Keywords: Barack Obama, SEO, SMO, SNO, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media, Social Networking, Web 2.0, business community, geek, geek marketer, people search, social SEO, social media optimization, social network optimization, social search, social web, spock, viral marketing, Hillary Clinton

Andrey Golub

posted recently by Matt, product and business development VP of Spock, on a Forum of Spock Fan Club 2.0, our Facebook Group-

We do post community guidelines on our site here: http://www.spock.com/do/pages/community_guidelines

Clearly they are far from complete, but they are a start. We would appreciate your help in shaping these guidelines, especially as it relates to inappropriate tagging.

and so the first thing I see when I open the Guidelines page and that I like, is:

Three Rules for Creating Great Content

• Be Engaging

Try to add content that others will find interesting. This increases how informative a search result becomes, as well as the likelihood that others will vote on your contributions.

• Be Relevant

Try as much as possible to make your contributions accurate and relevant. Content that is relevant is less likely to be voted down, and makes for a more meaningful search experience.

• Be Respectful

There are a lot of people on Spock, all with different opinions and sensibilities. Make sure to stop and think about how your contributions may be viewed by others.

and so on. see it yourself
http://www.spock.com/do/pages/community_guidelines

Keywords: Community Guidelines, people search, people search engine, social networks, spock, spock.com, web 2.0, online community

Andrey Golub

Convenzione LAVONLINE per i soci MILAN IN

Lavonline offre un servizio di lavanderia e calzoleria che attualmente è erogato nella città di Milano.

Il codice sconto assegnato al social networking è 202020. Da utilizzare al momento dell’ordine seguendo le istruzioni presenti sul sito.

Rispetto al listino prezzi online, la convenzione dà diritto ai seguenti sconti:  

Sconti per acquisto su LavOnline

Il beneficio che ha il socio Milan In dalla convenzione LavOnline è : 

• se la spesa è compresa tra 30€ e 50€ il socio avrà una camicia gratis
• se la spesa è superiore ai 50€ il socio potrà avere in omaggio servizio di
  

ritiro/consegna o un pantalone fino ad arrivare a un vestito/tailleur

Cosa ci compro con 30 o 50 euro?
LavOnline offre un servizio di lavanderia tradizionale e calzoleria artigianale, alta
qualità a prezzi veramente competitivi.

• Quasi 10 camice (30€)
• 1 vestito uomo, 2 pantaloni, 3 camice (30€)
• 2 vestiti uomo, 2 tailleur, 1 camicia (50€)
• 10 camice, 4 pantaloni (50€)

Per olteriori dettagli- accedi il Forum MilanIN

Keywords: Lavonline, milan-in, convenzione

Andrey Golub

venerdì 29 Febbraio 2008
dalle 12'30 alle 14'00
Unione Del Commercio_Milano _Sala Commercio
Corso Venezia 47/49


Paola de Vecchi interverrà tra il pubblico sulle potenzialità del Socialnetworking e delle Community online e di come ci aiutino a relazionarci interagendo direttamente con le nostre professioni.

Prenotarsi presso
milano.segreteria@manageritalia.it
Tel. 02 62535.030 - 034

posti limitati e cocktail a seguire

Keywords: Business Networking, ManagerItalia, NETWORKING, Professional Networking, Paola de Vecchi

Andrey Golub

it's the crazy world, Social Networking! and Facebook is probably the most crazy part of it? :) an update I see in my mailbox today:

Social news for Andrey Golub

Social News for February 28, 2008

Here is what your friends think about...

... your strengths:

• most studious
• most generous
• toughest

... your weaknesses:

• person with the best profile picture
• most outgoing

 

Click here to see your full list or to see your friends' strengths and weaknesses.

Keywords: facebook, social profile, social networking