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Hidden Forces That Impact Your Buyer - A Cheat Sheet

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:03:43 EDT

I've often wondered why people sometimes struggle with decisions as an individual or in groups. Group dynamics are very interesting to me and personal behavior that seems to be fueled by fear or embracing life/opportunity is equally intriguing. Regrettably, you will see in certain groups that people will move in the direction of fear-based living. That being said, this is a short list of behavior terms that psychologists/researchers use to describe what goes on with people when making decisions. It’s part of the research I have done for my book. When you’re having a bad day because someone did something that made no sense or “the group” is being strange, perhaps one of these terms will give you some short-term comfort. Humans seem to do the same things over and over – they just attach different names to it. Adjustment Heuristic – When people tend to rely on specific information or a value and can focus so heavily on this that they ignore other valuable information. For instance, an person may be looking at buying an enterprise application and focus so heavily on its initial price that they ignore its performance or return on investment.

To Blog or to Tweet?

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Lately it seems like writing blogs is getting out of fashion, what with the rise of microblogging star Twitter. Something about Twitter is intriguing. I guess the simplicity of writing your thoughts within 140 characters is a force larger that anyone expected. Reminds me of the early days of Google, a sparse screen of white space with ten words. The sheer excitement of entering any word and hitting the enter key and seeing pages of results was a trip, whether the result set was of any use or not.

Iranian Cyber Army Hacks Twitter

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST

Last night Twitter.com was hacked by a group purportedly titled the Iranian Cyber Army, at least that is what people think based on the fact that this group advertised they were responsible by displaying a redirected web page with an Iranian flag and text that takes credit, saying "This website has been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army". This morning another website (mawjcamp.org), which appears to be a Iranian Reformist website based outside of Iran was also found to have been hacked.

CCT CEO Jonathan Rosenberg Drives Revenue Through CRM in the Philippines

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:45:00 EST

“The first thing I want to be clear about is that we don’t view ourselves as a solution for companies to reduce costs,” he told me in a recent interview at CCT’s headquarters in the Clark Special Economic Zone, a couple hours north of Manila in the state of Pampanga. “The most important issue for business executives is driving topline revenue, and we help our clients do that.”

Help Me - RFID on the Road

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:15:00 EDT

I want to obey the law. I want to stay within the legal spend limits, but it is so hard when you have two dogs in the car, kids asking questions, the radio on, a hot cup of coffee and you are trying to read a text message while driving through the rain.

Ulitzer News: Search vs New Media

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:30:00 EDT

Online ad network Chitika this week broke down over 123 million impressions across their 60,000+ publisher network and determined that the overwhelming dominance of search engines is facing little, if any, threat from social networks. Despite predictions that social media will replace search engines as Internet users' primary method of finding information online, a breakdown of the numbers shows that isn't the case.

Can Health Social Media Learn from Online Dating?

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:45:00 EDT

One of the frustrations cropping up on health social media sites is centered around the mechanism that caused their popularity at the outset, the message board. Perhaps health social networking sites can learn from online dating sites, Match and eHarmony, about linking mechanisms. They can also take a lesson from these websites regarding charging users.

Unisys Stealth Solution: How It Works

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:30:00 EDT

Sam Gross is Vice President of Global IT Outsourcing Solutions at Unisys Corporation, where he leads the vision, strategy, technology development and implementation for Unisys innovative global IT outsourcing solutions. He is a recognized industry expert and thought leader in business and IT alignment, application management, service level management and enterprise systems management. Here's his latest Tweet:

Sam_Gross: High-level demo of how Unisys secures the cloud through Unisys Stealth Solution: http://tinyurl.com/lesyp2

IT Sourcing Agreements with Accenture, IBM and Unisys

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:15:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: RT @Henkel : Henkel w/new IT providers in the future - IT Sourcing Agreements with Accenture, IBM and Unisys http://tr.im/xHVc #Henkel-News

To Tweet or Not to Tweet?

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:30:00 EDT

I recently read an article about "How Social Media Can Hurt Your Job" by Rachel Zupeck and it gave me pause. Why? Because I have had people ask me who can read their tweets. If you have your tweets on...

Moving from Virtualization and Automation to the Cloud

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:15:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: How do you go from virtualization and automation to the cloud? Check out: http://tinyurl.com/ko6u3o

Unisys Stealth Solution & U.S. Joint Forces Command

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:15:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: RT @unisyscorp : NW highlights Unisys Stealth Solution and work with the U.S. Joint Forces Command: http://bit.ly/oBDoX

Debunking Cloud Security Issues

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:00:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: RT @vaklove : #cloud cloud computing: Debunking The Cloud Security Issues http://ow.ly/15I6dw <-Thanks, interesting read

Forrester Research Report on Cloud Computing

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:00:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: RT @Think_Tech : For cloud computing…question is no longer WHY, but WHY NOT? says Forrester Research - RT @thefreditor http://ping.fm/cueyx

The New Face of Virtualization

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:15:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: Reading RT @CloudComputing3 : The new face of virtualization: Three areas… converging around idea of cloud computing: http://bit.ly/10APH8

Technology for Cloud Computing

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:30:00 EDT

Infrastructure Exists on Behalf of Apps

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:40:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: Infrastructure exists on behalf of apps. Clients of cloud computing should be businesses more interested in the destination than the path.

Twitter Is Down and I Can't Broadcast This Message!

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:30:00 EDT

In general, creating of such a simple Yes/no site can save lots of money to the vendors of any other commercial software. Say, your firm runs an e-commerce Web site GreatOnlineStore.com. When your server is down, the phone lines of your customer support get swamped (and you pay for all these 800 numbers!). Frustrated customer keep banging your server getting errors back...What a mess.... You could have avoided this by running a simple Web site IsGreatOnlineStoreDown.com, which would put the minds of frustrated customers at ease - people can survive for an our without your GreatOnlineStore, but what's most important, this red Yes will give them a feeling that everything is under control. They know what's going on!

Twitter Under Denial of Service Attack

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:30:00 EDT

Multiple sources are reporting that Twitter continues to be under a denial of service attack. Some are speculating that this represents the power of a coordinated bot network attack. For the government community it is also a demonstration of what a well organized adversary can do against a major website. Since Twitter is a cloud application on top of Amazon Web Services, my earlier thoughts explained in Cloud Computing: The Dawn of Maneuver Warfare in IT Security quickly come to mind.

Genius is Bringing GURLs to the Social Party

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:45:00 EDT

I had the privilege of speaking with the Genius folks today about the GURLTMs and some cool new web analytics features they'll be rolling out this fall. For those of us who've been wondering how the heck to prove ROI is possible with social media, we may have found a way to do just that. Tracking the impact your social...

Unisys #18 Among World's Largest Outsourcers

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:07:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: RT @unisyscorp : Unisys #18 among world's largest outsourcers according to IAOP. http://tinyurl.com/lohskb

Unisys, Others Make News in Cloud Computing in Q2

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:39:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: RT @ unisyscorp : Unisys, others make news in cloud computing in Q2 http://tinyurl.com/mwqam9

NYT Op-Ed About Cloud Computing

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:52:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: Reviewing NYT op-ed about cloud computing that a colleague shared: http://tinyurl.com/nqjuup

Cloud Computing Has Come a Long Way

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:12:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: RT @SunWeb_News : Cloud Computing has Come a Long Way http://tinyurl.com/lcp2qg

Cloud Computing and Dot Cloud

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:14:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: RT @RayDePena : Reading: "Cloud Computing and the Promise of On-Demand Business Innovation" (http://bit.ly/OJlDy ) <-Checking it out, thanks

Thinking Beyond LinkedIn

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:15:00 EDT

While LinkedIn offers an attractive gateway to the world of social media, many financial professionals we have been speaking with downplay the importance of other social media tools like Twitter. That sentiment was forcefully expressed recently in John Ridley's Visible Man column, which decries Twitter as a stomach-churning indulgence for navel gazers.

Join My July 30 Webinar

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:16:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: Join my July 30 Webinar to learn how ‘consumerization of IT’ can drive end-user productivity gains - register at: http://tinyurl.com/no33h3

Welcome Your Thoughts on Podcast

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:53:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: Welcome your thoughts on podcast, “The Emerging Model for IT Services Outsourcing”: http://tinyurl.com/m9lbcu

Cloud Computing Reduces Costs

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:41:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: @cloudysaas: Cloud computing…reduces costs http://bit.ly/1CTvmw <-Helps shift from fixed, costly assets to flexible, cost-effective IT svcs

Google Cloud Computing Group

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:32:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: Looking through good resources on Google Cloud Computing group: http://tinyurl.com/oe3a9q.

Cloud Unbound, Unisys Vision for Cloud Computing

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:59:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: RT @cloudmodels : cloud unbound, Unisys: A Clear Vision for Cloud Computing - SYS-CON Media (press release) http://ow.ly/15HEmc

Should Mid-Sized Firms Outsource IT to the Cloud?

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:13:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: Should mid-sized firms outsource IT to the Cloud? Check out EMC Webinar today focusing on this question: http://tinyurl.com/m52dkb

Midsize Firms to Increase Cloud Computing Usage

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:56:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: RT @vaklove: #cloud Midsize firms to increase cloud computing usage http://ow.ly/15H4eH <-Makes sense, they have to explore options to cut $

CIO Special Report About Cloud Computing

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:43:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: Browsing CIO special report about cloud computing, http://tinyurl.com/kp96nu, and the related articles, resources

Four Critical Steps to Datacenter Transformation

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:48:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: Reading “Four critical steps to datacenter transformation” http://tinyurl.com/lbdbg9 - how to do double the work on half the infrastructure

Check out CloudBzz Blog

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:38:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: Check out CloudBzz blog: http://bit.ly/MlL80

Benefits of Cloud Computing

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:16:00 EDT

Sam_Gross: RT @neownblog: Benefits of Cloud Computing – More to web for less! http://bit.ly/1D2Yv <-Good analogy, thanks for sharing

Small Business PPC

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EDT

The search engines such as Google and Yahoo! provide millions of potential customers every year for most industries. Taking advantage of this is a must for any budding online business. But what if you just service a small local area? Can the search engines be of advantage to you? Of course they can.

Here’s Your Social Media Marketing Tool Cheat Sheet

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:15:00 EDT

Thanks to my co-author, Joe Pulizzi, and some helpful contributors for making your search for the right implements a lot easier. If you are starting from scratch, it's almost impossible to figure out what social media and other related online tools will be genuinely useful for marketing your business. Fortunately, Joe has taken the time to assemble and comment on 42 of the most worthy in his blog. You'll find that a common thread among many of the 42 is that they involve both inbound and/or outbound communication. In other words, they will help you send a message to your target buyers or listen to what those buyers are saying about you. My five favorites of the less well known among the 42 that Joe highlights are: