Breaking down DEMO’s social footprint

Breaking down DEMO’s social footprint

I’m back from the DEMO 2009 conference — a whirlwind, two-day immersion in technology trends, startup concepts and new investment strategies. Hundreds of VCs, engineers and executives descended on Palm Desert, Calif. earlier this week to demo their products, network, party and participate in the next wave of innovation.

It only makes sense to turn to social technology to gauge the conference’s influence on its followers and the broader tech community. To do so, I used… Continue Reading

Techrigy lets you keep an eye on your employees’ blogs

Techrigy lets you keep an eye on your employees’ blogs

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As we know by now, blogging can be a good way to get fired.

Now, thanks to Techrigy, it can be a great way. The company’s new Social Media Monitoring (SM2) service helps companies identify and track employees’ wikis and blogs.

With the explosion of message boards, blogs, e-mail services and instant messagers, a company ’s ability to control privileged or damaging information is a significant challenge, and a number of companies have emerged to help. Orchestria… Continue Reading