Early Wednesday morning cloud computing titan SalesForce.com, announced that they will acquire industry leader in social media monitoring technology Radian6 by July 2011.  From reports covering the merger, the acquisition is valued at approximately $276 million in cash & $50 million in stock, net of cash acquired.  Moreover, approximately $10 million in stock and $4 million in cash will (Read the full article…)

Cisco Systems is a giant … this we know.  When your revenues are in the $40 billions (at one point they were at $500 Billion) and you employ 70,000+ individuals, innovation and progress can happen at rocket speed.  It’s hard to imagine Cisco without thinking of things at a Fortune 1000 level, but what you (Read the full article…)

Were you unable to join us last Friday when our hosts Eve & Mary interviewed Craig Palmer, Head of Contact Centre and Applications Line of Business at Cable & Wireless Worldwide, based in the United Kingdom?  No worries because we’ve got the show archived just for you.  Eve, Mary, and Craig discussed how a proactive (Read the full article…)

Join us this morning live at 10am CT / 11am ET when our host Eve will interview Craig Palmer, Head of Contact Centre and Applications Line of Business at Cable & Wireless Worldwide, based in the United Kingdom.  Eve, Mary, and Craig will discuss how a proactive Customer Service strategy that uses social media correctly can (Read the full article…)

By: Jamie Nanquil | @the_jamielynn It’s that time of year.  Time to turn on the grill, stock up on nachos, queso, and your libations of choice and prep your living room for maximum Super Bowl enjoyment.  Now while most of the population is looking forward to some good ole pigskin tossing, people like you and (Read the full article…)

This past Friday, ‘Social Media for the CEO’ hosts Mary Adams and Eve Orsburn enjoyed a chat, live from Las Vegas at the beautiful New York New York Hotel for a ‘Morning After the Mashable Awards‘ show featuring Matan Talmi,  Co-Founder & CEO at Drippler – and a major exhibitor at this year’s CES Showcase.  Eve, Mary and Matan (Read the full article…)

Join us this morning live from Las Vegas at the beautiful New York New York Hotel for our ‘Morning After the Mashable Awards‘ show today at 8am PST / 10am CT / 11am ET when our hosts Eve and Mary will interview Matan Talmi,  Co-Founder & CEO at Drippler – and a major exhibitor at this year’s CES (Read the full article…)

Are you sitting in your cubicle right now drinking stale coffee and trying to be patient with your neighbor who insists on jamming outloud one desk behind you; wishing you had saved up enough Christmas cash or airline miles on Southwest to catch a flight over to Las Vegas for this year’s Mashable Awards and CES (Read the full article…)

As we look back at last year and study the ‘How/Why/Where’ of Twitter’s growth (more than 100 million new accounts were generated in 2010); it’s imperative that we also study where this growth spurt was most prominent and what that means with a new year.  In a recent article on the topic, MediaBistro reported that (Read the full article…)

Gordon Gekko crunched numbers on Wall Street, Adam Smith invented the ‘Invisible Hand’ concept, and Ben Stein tried to make ‘voodoo economics’ entertaining in the classroom. But somewhere in the shift from traditional to emerging media communications, when it came to placing a ‘dollars & cents’ value on the community content driving brand messages… things (Read the full article…)