Information Security Victim to IT Trends
Lured by the prospect of reduced costs, more companies are putting their information assets at risk by embracing technology trends such as cloud computing. A new survey finds that companies are...
View ArticleNonprofits Take Social Networking to New Heights
Social networking is a megatrend that has been gaining momentum since bulletin boards first made it possible for people to schmooze online in the 1980s. Out of this megatrend have come numerous...
View ArticleBlackbaud Videos Reveal Trends in Nonprofit Technology
CLICK FOR VIDEO: Panel on Social Media for Nonprofits from the 2010 Blackbaud Conference on Nonprofit Technology Last week, I broached the topic of how nonprofits are capitalizing on trends in...
View ArticleTrend of the Year: Social Shopping
In case you hadn’t noticed, this Thanksgiving marked the tipping point of a major new technology trend: Social Shopping. When you combine the spread of social networking, the market penetration of...
View ArticleLundquist: Service Is Top Tech Trend for 2011
December marks the peak season for looking back on trends from the previous year and forward to trends in the coming year. We’d like to start the month at the Minitrends Blog by sharing the forecasts...
View ArticleIDC Sees Perfect Storm in Portable Computing
On December 2, International Data Corporation (IDC), the giant IT research firm out of Framingham, Massachusetts, released its annual predictions for IT in the coming year. The firm is forecasting a...
View ArticleWhat is Social CRM? Major New Tech Trend Takes Hold
If you haven’t heard about “Social CRM” yet, get ready. Predictions are this will be the “technology trend of the year” for 2011. Simply stated, Social CRM is the marriage of your Rolodex with Twitter....
View ArticleAccenture IT Report Encourages Businesses to Lose Control
Is your business ready to lose control? That appears to be the direction of enterprise computing, according to a new set of predictions just released by management consulting powerhouse, Accenture. In...
View ArticleBusiness Trends for Pets and “Petrepreneurs”
We have covered many business trends on this blog that primarily affect humans, but we have been remiss in documenting trends related to our furry and feathered friends: household pets. Before you pass...
View ArticleInnoTech Conference Teeming With Emerging Trends
Sean Lowry, Exe. Dir., Innotech and Carrie Vanston, Co-Author, MINITRENDS at Innotech Conference, Photo by Sloan Foster I’ve attended the InnoTech Conference and Expo and its associated eMarketing...
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