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Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to
Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
by Marc Benioff and Carlye Adler
Blind Spot: A Leader's Guide to IT-Enabled Business Transformation
by Charlie Feld
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The Compute Continuum: A Wave of Connected Devices
Moving toward a more client-aware environment
by Jim R. Henrys, Principal Strategist, Intel
Imagine being at the center of your
very own “personal cloud” of intelligent, interconnected devices. You have the
ability to move seamlessly among your laptop, smart phone, tablet, and even your
car infotainment system or your home TV. Yet you can still access your same
applications and data, either work or personal, in a trusted and secure way.
This is the key idea behind Intel’s Computing Continuum, a world where computing
gets both smart and personal.
Creating slides on your computer for a presentation is effortless. But getting
the slides to display from your computer to a screen where everyone can view
them sometimes takes work -- fiddling with projector cables, input ports and
display settings. What if
your computer and projection devices seamlessly connected and this process “just
happened”?
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The compute continuum: Data that seamlessly goes wherever you need it
Every
year, we see the Internet explode exponentially, and it's not stopping soon. The
next explosion to watch for? The compute continuum.
This issue's feature story -- and our final one for the year -- explores
what it is and why you need to understand it.
An IT
consulting firm has happy customers and a track record to back it up. However,
it struggles to get more customers.
A reader needs your help to get more referrals. Last issue, a manager needed
help to spark up his employees.
Readers offer great suggestions for motivating employees to be more
proactive and to improve their follow-up skills.
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And on
a personal note: From all of us at Connected Digest, may you have a
holiday season filled with peace and happiness!
Meryl K. Evans
Editor, Connected Digest
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This Issue's Dilemma
How do I get more referrals?
Our IT consulting
firm has a great track record. Our clients appreciate our efforts, as well as
the improvements and results we help them achieve. We get repeat engagements.
What we don't get are many referrals.
When we ask for
them, we get "head nods" but little else. Sometimes, I think our clients don't
want to admit they needed consultant help.
What strategies do readers use to get referrals? And what do they ask for:
testimonials, letters, phone calls of introduction or website case studies
featuring the client?
-- Racing for
referrals
Can You Help? Share your experience.
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Last Issue's Dilemma
How do I light a fire under employees?
We have almost 30 employees. As a manager, I see a problem with our sense of urgency when it comes to following up with clients. Little things are starting to concern me. For example, rather than pick up the phone and call clients, we e-mail them and wait for a response.
This means that issues and projects stay open much longer than necessary. Not to mention what it does for our customer service record. How do I light a fire under my staff? Should I institute contests, provide training, monitor e-mails? Can readers help?
-- Searching for sparks
Read the best advice from readers.
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