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Avoiding Social Silos
                      SugarCon 2011

                  Samir Ghosh
       VP Business Development & Strategy
                   Qontext Inc.



© Qontext Inc. 2011
WHAT IS BUSINESS SOCIAL
COLLABORATION?
Social
           Individuals                                                         Groups
                                   Purpose =               External                     Internal Communities
     Purpose = Social              Business,             Communities                   (Workplace, Partners, …)
                                     Jobs                (Customers)

    Facebook   MySpace   Twitter   Twitter   LinkedIn   Jive   Lithium   Qontext   Email                 Social




                                                                                           Yammer   Chatter       Jive   Qontext




               Social Media                                                   Social Collaboration

© 2010 Samir Ghosh
WHY BUSINESS SOCIAL?
Social Passes Search & Email!

                                •   Facebook > Google
                                    – Avg weekly traffic (3/13/10)1
                                    – Business traffic   (4/16/10)2

                                •   Social Networking > Email
                                    – #users > email (7/09)3
                                    – Usage > email (11/07)3




      © Qontext Inc. 2011
“I know more about 
                      what my friends are 
                      doing than my own 
                       direct reports and 
                           colleagues.”




© Qontext Inc. 2011
Social    Social 
                  Purpose    Functionality




© Qontext Inc. 2011
Business is Social

 • Business is “socializing with a
   purpose” – Hugh MacLeod (gapingvoid.com)

 • “All business is becoming Social
   Business” – Dion Hinchcliffe, SVP at Dachis Group




      © Qontext Inc. 2011                              8
Markets are empowered

 “A powerful global conversation has begun.
 Through the Internet, people are discovering
 and inventing new ways to share relevant
 knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct
 result, markets are getting smarter—and
 getting smarter faster than most
 companies.”
 – Cluetrain Manifesto



       © Qontext Inc. 2011                  9
So empower Employees
         “In a world where a single
         tweet can torpedo your
         brand, you must
         empower your
         employees to solve the
         problems of empowered
         customers.”
         – Josh Bernoff, Forrester
Social
         Customers                                                       Employees
                                   Purpose =               External                     Internal Communities
     Purpose = Social              Business,             Communities                   (Workplace, Partners, …)
                                     Jobs                (Customers)

    Facebook   MySpace   Twitter   Twitter   LinkedIn   Jive   Lithium   Qontext   Email                 Social




                                                                                           Yammer   Chatter       Jive   Qontext




               Social Media                                                   Social Collaboration

© 2010 Samir Ghosh
WHAT’S LACKING?
Social
                    Individuals                                                             Groups
                                                                            External                 Internal Communities
                                                  Purpose =
             Purpose = Social                   Business, Jobs            Communities                (Workplace, Partners,
                                                                          (Customers)                          …)

                                                                                                    Synchronous    Asynchronous
                                                Synchrono   Asynchron   Synchronous   Asynchrono
     Synchronous             Asynchronous          us          ous         (Chat)     us (Forums)   (IM/Pres/Cha
                                                                                                          t)
                                                                                                                   (Discussions,
                                                                                                                       Files)


              Facebook
Gmail chat      chat     Facebook     MySpace                LinkedIn                                              Push        Pull

                     Power?
                   Persistency?                                                                                    Email     Social
                     Privacy?
                                                                                                                   © 2010 Samir Ghosh
© Qontext Inc. 2011   14
Email
 •   Short messages, Long messages
 •   Group messages, private messages
 •   Business, personal, mixed priorities
 •   Document & file sharing
 •   Scheduling
 •   Tasks / To Do’s
 •   Approvals & workflow processes
 •   Polling, quizzing, surveying
 •   Socializing, joking
 •   Alerting
 •   Newsletters & Subscriptions
 •   Broadcasting
 •   Group discussions
 •   …


        © Qontext Inc. 2011
Too many nails…Too many emails!
                                                          • 88% of professionals 
                                                            often receive 
                                                            unnecessary email
                                                          • 55% report email at their 
                                                            enterprise is “poor to 
                                                            fair”.
                                                          • 54% often receive 
                                                            warnings that inbox is 
                                                            over‐the‐limit.
                                                          • 25% of email processing 
                                                            time is wasted = 15 
                                                            wasted 
                                                            days/year/employee.
                                                            (For 10k employee co =  
                                                            $152M wasted wages)

       CohesiveKnowledge shared cumulative results from more than 1,000 corporate employee surveys conducted in 2005.
Slave to Email
 • Each email is identically weighted.

 • Reactionary.  Anyone can email you.

 • Become Pavlovian slaves to email.

 • Majority is SPAM (85% of incoming mail is 
   "abusive email"*)

 • Occupational “reply all” spam.

 • Email technology stagnant for 20 years!
   Ooooh…threading!


             *Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, 100 million mailboxes, 2007
Co-Authoring
  • Where is the latest version?

  • I have 3 copies in my inbox, but maybe it’s 
    not the latest.

  • Let me ask the author.

  • How do we all edit same document?

  • Where did my changes go?



      © Qontext Inc. 2011                          19
Other Problems with Email
 • “Delete Dilemma”

 • Inefficient storage (duplicates)
   Life cycle management = Quotas

 • Poor transmission security (public network)

 • Unreliable/unpredictable delivery (time)

 • To vs CC vs BCC (etiquette?)

 • Incompatible formats (“winmail.dat”)

      © Qontext Inc. 2011
•   Need to know who needs info when sending it
•   Then it sits in individuals’ inboxes
•   Info is undiscoverable
•   Info is non-contextual



        © Qontext Inc. 2011
          © Qontext Inc. 2011                     21
TIMING IS EVERYTHING


                       22
“De-Silo’ing”
 The benefits of info centralization have been
 touted for decades:
 • Search (I know it exists)
 • Discovery (I don’t know it exists)
 • Transparency
 • Document Management
 • Compliance & Governance
 • Knowledge Management
 • Calendaring & Scheduling
 • …

      © Qontext Inc. 2011                        23
Centralization
Perfect Storm
                            • Cloud 
                              technologies
                            • SaaS availability 
                              & acceptance




     © Qontext Inc. 2010                           24
       © Qontext Inc 2011
Contextual Collaboration

         “One of the holy grails in the
         collaboration market is the
         ability to embed collaboration
         services directly into
         business processes.”
         Matthew W. Cain
         Research VP
         Gartner, Inc.
Social    Social 
                 Purpose    Functionality




© Samir Ghosh 2011
business
                Business         Social 
                Purpose          Functionality
              CRM, HRMS,
              SFA, Financials,
              …




© Samir Ghosh 2011
Social Silos




                                Orders


                           Vendors adding
                                                       HR
                           proprietary social
                           “features” to their
    CRM
                           applications are creating
                           disconnected social
                           silos.
     © Qontext Inc. 2011                                    28
Reality
However, ad hoc workflows actually span across
functions, geographies and applications.




                       Qontext Social Platform


            CRM              HR       Orders     Custom


     © Qontext Inc. 2011                                  29
Social Contextual Collaboration
                           Contextual Collaboration




                              Contextual Recall




     © Qontext Inc. 2011                              30
Thank you!

 Samir Ghosh                sugarcon.qontext.com
 VP Business Development & Strategy
 Qontext, Inc.
 samir.ghosh@qontext.com
 www.qontext.com
 Twitter: @samirghosh
 Twitter: @qontext       1 YEAR FREE if 
 Blog: workasone.com     you register in 
 (650) 963-4744                April
 Booth: 402

     © Qontext Inc. 2011                       31

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Avoiding Social Silos by Samir Ghosh

  • 1. Avoiding Social Silos SugarCon 2011 Samir Ghosh VP Business Development & Strategy Qontext Inc. © Qontext Inc. 2011
  • 2. WHAT IS BUSINESS SOCIAL COLLABORATION?
  • 3. Social Individuals Groups Purpose = External Internal Communities Purpose = Social Business, Communities (Workplace, Partners, …) Jobs (Customers) Facebook MySpace Twitter Twitter LinkedIn Jive Lithium Qontext Email Social Yammer Chatter Jive Qontext Social Media Social Collaboration © 2010 Samir Ghosh
  • 5. Social Passes Search & Email! • Facebook > Google – Avg weekly traffic (3/13/10)1 – Business traffic (4/16/10)2 • Social Networking > Email – #users > email (7/09)3 – Usage > email (11/07)3 © Qontext Inc. 2011
  • 6. “I know more about  what my friends are  doing than my own  direct reports and  colleagues.” © Qontext Inc. 2011
  • 7. Social  Social  Purpose Functionality © Qontext Inc. 2011
  • 8. Business is Social • Business is “socializing with a purpose” – Hugh MacLeod (gapingvoid.com) • “All business is becoming Social Business” – Dion Hinchcliffe, SVP at Dachis Group © Qontext Inc. 2011 8
  • 9. Markets are empowered “A powerful global conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct result, markets are getting smarter—and getting smarter faster than most companies.” – Cluetrain Manifesto © Qontext Inc. 2011 9
  • 10. So empower Employees “In a world where a single tweet can torpedo your brand, you must empower your employees to solve the problems of empowered customers.” – Josh Bernoff, Forrester
  • 11. Social Customers Employees Purpose = External Internal Communities Purpose = Social Business, Communities (Workplace, Partners, …) Jobs (Customers) Facebook MySpace Twitter Twitter LinkedIn Jive Lithium Qontext Email Social Yammer Chatter Jive Qontext Social Media Social Collaboration © 2010 Samir Ghosh
  • 13. Social Individuals Groups External Internal Communities Purpose = Purpose = Social Business, Jobs Communities (Workplace, Partners, (Customers) …) Synchronous Asynchronous Synchrono Asynchron Synchronous Asynchrono Synchronous Asynchronous us ous (Chat) us (Forums) (IM/Pres/Cha t) (Discussions, Files) Facebook Gmail chat chat Facebook MySpace LinkedIn Push Pull Power? Persistency? Email Social Privacy? © 2010 Samir Ghosh
  • 15.
  • 16. Email • Short messages, Long messages • Group messages, private messages • Business, personal, mixed priorities • Document & file sharing • Scheduling • Tasks / To Do’s • Approvals & workflow processes • Polling, quizzing, surveying • Socializing, joking • Alerting • Newsletters & Subscriptions • Broadcasting • Group discussions • … © Qontext Inc. 2011
  • 17. Too many nails…Too many emails! • 88% of professionals  often receive  unnecessary email • 55% report email at their  enterprise is “poor to  fair”. • 54% often receive  warnings that inbox is  over‐the‐limit. • 25% of email processing  time is wasted = 15  wasted  days/year/employee. (For 10k employee co =   $152M wasted wages) CohesiveKnowledge shared cumulative results from more than 1,000 corporate employee surveys conducted in 2005.
  • 18. Slave to Email • Each email is identically weighted. • Reactionary.  Anyone can email you. • Become Pavlovian slaves to email. • Majority is SPAM (85% of incoming mail is  "abusive email"*) • Occupational “reply all” spam. • Email technology stagnant for 20 years! Ooooh…threading! *Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, 100 million mailboxes, 2007
  • 19. Co-Authoring • Where is the latest version? • I have 3 copies in my inbox, but maybe it’s  not the latest. • Let me ask the author. • How do we all edit same document? • Where did my changes go? © Qontext Inc. 2011 19
  • 20. Other Problems with Email • “Delete Dilemma” • Inefficient storage (duplicates) Life cycle management = Quotas • Poor transmission security (public network) • Unreliable/unpredictable delivery (time) • To vs CC vs BCC (etiquette?) • Incompatible formats (“winmail.dat”) © Qontext Inc. 2011
  • 21. Need to know who needs info when sending it • Then it sits in individuals’ inboxes • Info is undiscoverable • Info is non-contextual © Qontext Inc. 2011 © Qontext Inc. 2011 21
  • 23. “De-Silo’ing” The benefits of info centralization have been touted for decades: • Search (I know it exists) • Discovery (I don’t know it exists) • Transparency • Document Management • Compliance & Governance • Knowledge Management • Calendaring & Scheduling • … © Qontext Inc. 2011 23
  • 24. Centralization Perfect Storm • Cloud  technologies • SaaS availability  & acceptance © Qontext Inc. 2010 24 © Qontext Inc 2011
  • 25. Contextual Collaboration “One of the holy grails in the collaboration market is the ability to embed collaboration services directly into business processes.” Matthew W. Cain Research VP Gartner, Inc.
  • 26. Social  Social  Purpose Functionality © Samir Ghosh 2011
  • 27. business Business  Social  Purpose Functionality CRM, HRMS, SFA, Financials, … © Samir Ghosh 2011
  • 28. Social Silos Orders Vendors adding HR proprietary social “features” to their CRM applications are creating disconnected social silos. © Qontext Inc. 2011 28
  • 29. Reality However, ad hoc workflows actually span across functions, geographies and applications. Qontext Social Platform CRM HR Orders Custom © Qontext Inc. 2011 29
  • 30. Social Contextual Collaboration Contextual Collaboration Contextual Recall © Qontext Inc. 2011 30
  • 31. Thank you! Samir Ghosh sugarcon.qontext.com VP Business Development & Strategy Qontext, Inc. samir.ghosh@qontext.com www.qontext.com Twitter: @samirghosh Twitter: @qontext 1 YEAR FREE if  Blog: workasone.com you register in  (650) 963-4744 April Booth: 402 © Qontext Inc. 2011 31