Friday, June 18, 2010
CDL: " The future of the firm"
Information is the most valuable asset
Monday, June 14, 2010
ERP's
Saturday, June 12, 2010
The Dell Hell Case Study
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Don't Google it, Facebook it!!
What started as a simple way for college friends to stay in touch has transformed the way we people communicate in the 21st century. Who could have imagined that there would be more traffic in Facebook than Google? My guess is, not many people, and it seems as though this is not a trend of the moment but something that is here to stay.
So how will a company that’s growing so fast look like 2 years from now? I am going to pose a crazy idea but maybe, just maybe, Facebook will be the next Google for casual information. I see a future where searches are going to be divided in two criteria’s: professional and casual/social inquiries.
· Want to know technical and research type information, Google it.
· Want to know a good restaurant for vegetarians in Madrid, Facebook it.
Does it sound farfetched? Well, if I told you five years ago that Google would compete with Microsoft in the Office and OS business you probably would not have agreed either. People tend to value information from people they know much more than random suggestions. For now, Facebook and Google are working together in this social search venture through their Facebook/Aardvark collaboration. Aardvark is a Google owned social search site that finds information you are looking for through people you know. It is currently being offered through your Facebook or Google accounts. This collaboration reminds me of the one Yahoo had with Google before Google became what it is today. I think this is the next logical step for Facebook being that it has the ideal platform to make it succeed. ( See Facebook aardvark: http://www.facebook.com/aardvark)
Mark Zuckerberg recently said that, “Things are going to be designed around people” (source: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article7143117.ece). Websites, businesses, events, restaurants and activities will revolve around what people are searching for and if I understood Mr. Zuckerberg correctly this information sharing is what is going to make this happen. Being that Facebook and Google have the exact same business model, (free services in return for information) I do not see how they will not be colliding in the future. For now, they seem to be playing nice.