Trading stood still on more than 200 companies Monday, as a server kept the New York Stock Exchange from publishing quotes for most of the day. Taken alone, this seems like a technical glitch.But combined with earlier problems, such as Knight...Read More

Planning season is well underway and I think it is never to early to look at the Marketing 2012 year-in-review and start to make some predictions for Marketing and Social Businesses in 2013. So here I will lay out my perspective – a...Read More

When done right, effective marketing will generate a quantifiable “multiplier effect.” While social media gets much of the recent credit for this phenomenon, it has existed forever, long before the famous shampoo commercial that...Read More

Break on Through (to the Other Side) I can hear Ray Manzerek’s analogue keys (pounding bass notes) reverberating through my subconscious as I write this. That riff of intense anticipation as Mr Mojo Risin’ leads us into a primal...Read More

Author’s Note: Happy Veterans Day! “The impact of Dodd-Frank for foreign banks is going to be widespread and long-lasting,” according to a recent report by Boston-based research and consulting firm Celent. “The new rules...Read More

“I don’t know what to write about!” If you are trying to recruit social ambassadors for your business, you will quickly run into this challenge from your colleagues. And if you accept the Social Business imperative, you know...Read More

By Rani Goel, Senior Director, Analytics Product Marketing, SAP A lot of ink has been spilled relating to big data; countless articles, blog posts and discussions are about how data is growing by leaps and bounds and how companies need the...Read More

A boy looks at snack foods and drinks at the Grand Opening of the new Walmart Neighborhood Market in Panorama City, California. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) When a small business gets its first big order it can seem like...Read More

The original starship Enterprise (Photo credit: Wikipedia)By Adaire Fox-Martin, SVP Industry Business Solutions for APJ, SAP If we could borrow a line from the suave and dashing Starfleet Captain James T. Kirk to describe the act of...Read More

By Jamie Anderson, Director, Global Solution Marketing, SAP In 1986 Depeche Mode released Black Celebration. A turning point for the band as they left behind the last remnants of electronic pop for an edgier, darker, sound. I loved it. It...Read More