The Connected Company Dave Gray, Thomas Vander Wal
Publisher: O'Reilly Media

After the story first broke, the denials happened. Companies are not really machines, so much as complex, dynamic, growing systems. The evolution to connected business applications is important and this evolution is disrupting the traditional business software market. Check out the latest Display Ad LUMAscape -- the chart showing all of the connected companies that one needs to navigate to successfully implement Internet display ads. The first keynote speaker for the joint meeting will be Dave Gray, author of 'Game Storming' and 'The Connected Company'. Last month I was guest to an event, hosted by the Rabobank; the Dutch cooperative agricultural capital provider. Word on the street says Drobo are planning a merger with Connected Data, the new company at the heart of the transporter product. Connected World Magazine Announces Best of the Best in M2M and Connected Devices with the Unveiling of 2013 Value Chain Award Finalists. The media has all but forgotten about just how the NSA gathers all this information from the companies listed in the presentation. To keep pace with today's connected customers, your company must become a connected company. From Converging on the Social Enterprise | Collaboratory See also: Changing organizational behavior in the connected company Developing social business strategy Reconciling IT with social business technology. The speed of communication continues to accelerate, and as it does, the pressure on public relations professionals to execute quick, accurate and authenti. One common approach to dissecting social business into its key components is separating people, process, and technology. You can find plenty of discussion out there about technology - just read TechCrunch every day. About 18 months ago I wrote in Embrace Chaos, that I think the outer edge will be where almost all high value work gets done in organizations.