"IBM 5in5" five predictions for the next five years

IBM regularly comes out with predictions about the future of Tech. Not always accurate, most often very futuristic. On the Building a Smarter Planet Blog 5 of those were publicized today. I can't help thinking that some are a bit too optimistic but then I was one of those that 3 years ago thought that 'Social' would never become a Business thing..... Now how wrong was I on that one!

to get an idea of the ideas check them out via the below links. Curious to see how accurate they turn out to be in 5 years time!

1. People power will come to life 

2. You will never need a password again

3. Mind reading is no longer science fiction

4. The digital divide will cease to exist

5. Junk mail will become priority mail

Best in Breed

We might have already known it but now the rest of the world seems to catch up too. IBM Connections was awarded the V3 "Best Business Social Media Product" 2011. 

for now just a category in a long list of awards but I'm sure this category is gaining importance fast and can't wait to see how the new and improved IBM Connections (of which little sneak peeks were released over the last few weeks) is going to do. I'm sure it's a definite leader on a market that seems to gain momentum really fast!

For the full list of awards & winners go here

IBM Social Business social media residency

You know that Redbook Residency I wrote about a couple of weeks ago.....?

Well I got accepted! So for the next three weeks I will be in frantic mode to get everything arranged, book flights, reschedule appointments, rearrange work and concentrate on Social Business. Fantastically exciting times! Will of course keep everyone posted about it through this blog, Facebook & Twitter.

But in the mean time don't hesitate to point me to relevant topics and information to take along for this residency. It's called the "IBM Social Business social media residency" so what better way to start than to involve my Social network!

IBM redbook site

#StuffIBMersSay

Hot trending topic around the Lotus community on twitter tonight: #StuffIMBersSay. All kinds of things IBM people have said that are silly, funny or simply plain absurd. Good fun and definitely worth reading! It was started by two IBM'ers as a joke apparently but spread around the world in hours, reaching thousands of IBM'ers, business partners and customers.

Humor is the best way to communicate, Social Media is the perfect platform. That was definitely proven tonight!


Small selection of those tweets below. Spotting a trend here....There is a lot of web and phone conferences going on!

@DelphineRB:  Do you mean 3pm ET or GMT or EST or CET ? #stuffibmersay

@kate_motzer: "Someone is breathing heavy into the phone - can you please go on mute?" #stuffIBMerssay

@seralewis: Did anyone hear the recording start? #stuffIBMerssay

@FlemChrist: I swear that guy writing the Dilbert cartoon works here. #stuffibmerssay

@creckling: sorry i'm late, i was looking for a hotspot. #stuffIBMerssay

@ragtag: "Larry? Larry? I think we lost Larry" #stuffIBMerssay

@Chappers5: Can everyone on the call press *6* please as there is a dog barking in the background #stuffibmerssay

@wesmorgan1: Working as designed. #stuffibmerssay

@tpeisel: I can do that @2 ...i'm only doublebooked then #stuffibmerssay

@FemkeGoedhart: "Let me just mute my cat for a moment" #stuffibmerssay

@HP_Dalen: Will you action these deliverables? #stuffibmerssay

@linny2777: well - we have beaten that horse dead #stuffibmerssay

@wesmorgan1: We'll do a 360 postmortem on that... #stuffibmerssay

@mmoyer: We'll start as soon as the speakers join the call. #stuffibmerssay

@mmoyer: Who's on the call but not in the meeting? #stuffibmerssay

@blm849: Let's put that in the parking lot and then circle back at the end of the call #stuffibmerssay 

@lina_farr: Can't do that right now, I'm in a sea of red! Ping you when I'm free... #stuffibmerssay

ps. Seeing a perfect opportunity here for IBM to use it's new Analytic tools to analyze this social phenomena!

 

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