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Social Media: Indian CMOs find themselves Unprepared [Survey]

by Ankit Agarwal on November 21, 2011 |

social media engagement channel

It is now well established that enterprise social media adoption is as real as it gets and its not a fad that businesses are experimenting with. Gartner’s predictions on the role of social media as a collaboration and business transformation tool are not without their own merits. However, social media adoption in enterprises is …

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Blackberry Losing The Enterprise Smartphone Market Share To iPhone!

by Ankit Agarwal
enterprise-space

Turns out that Blackberry has lost its stronghold on the  only niche segment that it prided itself. Yes, iPhone has unseated Blackberry as the most preferred smartphone in the workplace. According to the quarterly mobile workforce report published by  iPass, iPhone is now the top smartphone in the enterprise with 45 market …

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Lufthansa Cargo Wants To Crowdsource Business & Process Innovation [Contest]

by Ankit Agarwal

From brainstorming to crowdsourcing, more and more companies are looking to tap into the collective intelligence of masses to solve their business problems. Lufthansa Cargo has taken crowd-sourcing a step further and has created a public co-innovation platform primarily targeted at finding innovative solutions for its supply chain. Lufthansa Cargo has launched Air Cargo Innovation Challenge and is [...]

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Indian News Sites Seeing surge in International Traffic [Comscore]

by Ankit Agarwal
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I guess it is true that you can take an Indian out of India but you can’t take his / her love for India. The traffic statistics for leading Indian local news sites does suggest that no matter which part of the world they are, Indians love catching up with what’s happening in India. …

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Whoa! Samsung Gamifies Its Corporate Website In Style

by Ankit Agarwal
samsung nation

Well Played Samsung, very well played!! Gamifying a corporate website takes lots of courage and vision especially when no one has tried it ever before. Samsung US has gone ahead and tightly integrated Gamification in its corporate website. Samsung Nation is the gamification engine aimed at building a community and increase engagement on its …

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Government Launches A New Initiative To Make India Slum-Free

by Ankit Agarwal

Despite the success of the movie, Slumdog Millionaire did portray India in a light that many did not like which however at some level which was true. Most notable being slum dwelling in India. Majority of the Indian cities have their share of slum dwellings not to forget Asia’s largest slum. Slums are a major hindrance towards [...]

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Airtel Picks Customer Experience Management Solution from Nokia Siemens – Will Twitter Complaints Reduce?

by Ankit Agarwal

Ok, the last part of the title might have been a cheap shot but I thought it was necessary for my thoughts later in the post. On to the matters of more importance now. Bharti Airtel has chosen to implement a new customer experience management (CEM) platform provided by Nokia Siemens Networks. With …

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Infosys becomes Top Indian Company for Investor Relations!

by Ankit Agarwal

After a few months of taking flak from the press and shaky financial performance, Infosys could do with some positive news around it. What better way to be ranked No.1 Indian company in investor relations. Infosys has been ranked on the top in all the four categories – corporate governance practices, financial disclosure procedures, …

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Visualizing India’s Inflation and Consumer Spending Habits [Video]

by Ankit Agarwal
inflation

Inflation is currently the worst nightmare for the Indian finance ministry and despite interest rate hikes, things don’t look very good. Even during the 2008 recession, when the developed countries were struggling with a bleeding economy, India managed to swim through the troubled waters and maintain growth rates to the tune of 7-8%. …

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External Affairs Ministry Wants To Know What ‘India Is’ To You [Contest]

by Ankit Agarwal
India-is

It is not a common occurrence when a government body launches really interesting initiatives especially around the theme of branding – Branding India Inc. So, I was pleasantly surprised to see when I stumbled upon www.indiais.org . ‘India Is’ is basically an competition based initiative with the premise of understanding what India means to …

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Government Boosts MSE Access to Market by making it Mandatory for Government Depts to procure from them!

by Ankit Agarwal

In what looks like a festive gift for MSEs,  the cabinet cleared a policy that aims to boost the growth of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in India. Public Procurement Policy for goods produced and services rendered by Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) makes it mandatory for PSUs and government departments to procure 20% …

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The Naked Truth About High Indian Mobile Subscriber Numbers!

by Ankit Agarwal

Oh how the mighty fall! Indian Mobile sector seems to falling flat on its face with every passing day. From operational issues resulting in hiring freeze to deceleration in mobile subscriber base, the past few months have signaled a not-so bright future for the Indian Mobile Sector. To add to the misery, there is the [...]

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Azim Premji to Revolutionize Indian Education System – To Open Two Schools Per District

by Ankit Agarwal

Talk about Swinging For The Fences! The corporate honchos have often voiced their not-so-positive opinions about the education system in India and how despite consistent improvements, the current education system in India is inadequate for nation’s growth. Mr. Narayana Murthy’s remarks on the quality of IITians is only a few weeks old. Well, fret …

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Infosys Inks Two Year Deal with Pune Football Club

by Ankit Agarwal

And here I was thinking that any sponsorship deal involving a domestic team was a monopoly of Sahara. Jokes apart, Infosys has thrown its hat into using sports as a marketing vehicle. Yes, Infosys has inked a two year deal with Pune FC for an undisclosed amount. Pune FC recently got into …

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How ‘Exclusive’ VAS Will Save Indian Mobile Operators!

by Ankit Agarwal
tutor on mobile

The way Indian mobile operators have grown in the last few years both in terms of operators as well as subscriber base, there were doubts whether this growth will ever stop. Well, even if the growth has not stopped there are definite signs of slowing down as evident from the latest mobile subscriber data for [...]

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