Ever seen one of these? QR (Quick Response) codes: a 2D barcode scanned by your Smartphone to get information. Short history: Toyota created them to ID their cars in Japan and they still remain popular in that country.   You need to ensure you have a mobile friendly site if you start putting these on your products, brochures, advertisements, and even business cards.  All your customer needs is a QR reader installed, which is easily downloadable (for free) from their mobile device. Let's see them in action: Best Buy links back to their website with facts about each of their

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 I recently returned from an exciting and productive three days at Internet World 2012.Exciting because Ektron's participation at Internet World included an exhibition area (you can see photos in our Facebook album here), and several well-attended presentations.  In fact, one of our presentations - from customer University of Roehampton - generated such a large audience that we had people asking about it for the rest of the show.Productive because Internet World was a great opportunity to meet people from a variety of enterprises and talk to them about working with Ektron to

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 If you saw our recent press release, Ektron had an exciting and rewarding year in 2011. But what I'm most excited about is how our 2011 activities set the stage for Ektron's continued success into 2012 and beyond.In 2011 we brought a lot of energy to bear to renew our commitment to implementation partner success by enabling them to deliver Ektron projects faster and easier than ever.  Our partner program in 2012 will continue to emphasize helping our partners sell the Ektron solution; helping them deliver; and supporting them with the services they need to make their Ektron

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The New York Times recently published a profile of IBM’s Samuel J. Palmisano, who stepped down as CEO at the beginning of this year after nearly a decade of running the company.  Palmisano notes in the interview that his overall guidance of IBM was in answer to four questions he formulated:“Why would someone spend their money with you — so what is unique about you?”“Why would somebody work for you?”“Why would society allow you to operate in their defined geography — their country?”“And why would somebody invest their money with you?”While the last two questions are more directed to a global,

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As I mentioned in the last newsletter, we’ve had an extraordinary number of requests to get the Synergy 2011 presentations online, a gratifying task as it shows that the content from our engineering and marketing teams really resonated with the Ektron community. I’m happy to say that the majority of the Synergy presentations – including the keynotes – are now available on the Ektron SlideShare account.  Among others, there you’ll find some outstanding presentations on Searchin 8.5, Ektronin the Azure Cloud,  the Ektron Digital Experience Hub and Best Practices for the Mobile Web.And if you

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