2013 News & Articles

 Apple has just announced that tickets for its next Worldwide Developer Conference event will go onsale tomorrow with developers likely to get their hands on the next innovations in iOS and OS-X. 

The latest IDC figures show the South Korean company moving further ahead of Apple, at the same time as Samsung reports another record quarter. 

 On sales of 47.8 million iPhones and 22 million iPads, Apple has recorded $54.5 billion in revenue and $13.1 billion in profit in a single quarter. 

Connectivity, customization and collaborative reputation are just a few of the forces that will change the way we work in 2013.

2013 promises to transform the way we work: in terms of space, in how we handle big data, and in what we demand from collaboration technologies.

The pace of change from technology is speeding up. So how will 2013 be different than 2012? Will 2013 actually be the “year of collaboration?”  This is something people have been predicting every year for the last 20 years. I can remember writing articles in 1990 about “will this be the year for GroupWare?”

As I predicted at the beginning of last year, Big Data emerged as one of the headline grabbing topics of the year. It’s a buzzword for sure, but it is also one of the most powerful secret weapons that companies can use to drive the customer experience.

While 2012 was a memorable year for Web content management, 2013 will prove to be the year WCM makes its greatest impact, becoming the bedrock of the digital entity of any public institution, business or brand powerhouse. At least the ones that will remain relevant in the 21st century.

Saying Goodbye to 2012
2012 was a year of great discussions. The views were varied and the ideas were thought-provoking. As you leave 2012 behind, take some time to look at the top Customer Experience, Social Business and Information Management articles of 2012 on CMSWire.

Digital Business in 2013
Much of the focus in 2012 has carried forward to this new year. It's not that things remain the same, it's that digital business has become even more critical than ever. You need to have the right strategies in place to succeed.

Key topics we'll explore this year continue to be social, mobile and the cloud. And you can bet we won't overlook the persistent love of "big data".

For those who focus on the internal aspects of social business, consider how putting HR at the forefront of social initiatives will drive employee engagement.

Thanks for being an ongoing part of our vibrant community in 2013!

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Featured Events (all events | post your event

• Jan 16 --Social Media Conference
• Jan 27 -- IBM Connect in Orlando
• Mar 04 -- Adobe Digital Marketing Summit
• Apr 18 -- Forrester's Forum for Marketing Leadership Professionals Los Angeles
• Apr 29 -- Gartner Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit San Diego

Featured Jobs (all jobs | post your job)

• Corporate Director, Digital Marketing at VSP Global
• Interactive Project Manager in New York at Bridgeline Digital
• Senior Managing Editor in Washington at Microsoft
• Senior PR Manager in Palo Alto at Cloudera
• Vice President of Data Center Operations in UK at Sophos

While no one can say exactly what the year ahead holds for business, there are some clear forces at work that you cannot afford to ignore when building your digital strategy.

Microsoft has crafted the latest edition of its Web Content Management platform to make it more appealing as a solution for building public websites. SharePoint has long been the go-to platform for intranets and document management solutions for small to large businesses. But now SharePoint 2013 is poised to make dramatic inroads as a WCM for internet sites.

The concept of SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud) has evolved from a proof of concept to a technology platform that every IT department must take into account. Nucleus Research looked at key business pressures and the constant technology changes that every company struggles to manage, and we are betting on the following trends to SMAC companies upside the head in 2013.

If we looked in our crystal ball to predict cultural trends in 2013, we’d see humans bootstrapping, staycations, crafting, couponing, growing beards and lots of bespoke and do-it-your-self-ness. These trends reflect a need for veracity in an unsettled and volatile word. Since technology is invented and implemented by humans, 2013’s technology trends also reflect our yearning for authenticity.

With 2012 just behind us, organizations are feeling the pressure to update their aging ways of engaging with the marketplace more than ever before. 

Why look back when you can look forward?