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Dion Hinchcliffe

Dion Hinchcliffe
Dion Hinchcliffe is an expert in information technology, business strategy, and next-generation enterprises. He is currently Executive Vice President of Strategy at Dachis Group. A veteran of enterprise IT, Dion has been working for two decades with leading-edge methods to bridge the widening gap between business and technology. He has extensive practical experience with enterprise technologies and he consults, advises, and writes prolifically on social business, IT, and enterprise architecture. Dion still works in the trenches with clients in the Fortune 1000, government, and Internet startup community. He is also a sought-after keynote speaker and is co-author of several books on 2.0 subjects including Web 2.0 Architectures from O'Reilly as well as the upcoming Social Business By Design (due Spring, 2012.)

About Enterprise Web 2.0

Dion Hinchcliffe on leveraging the convergence of IT and the next generation of the Web.
  • Enterprise 2.0 a bright spot for software in 2012

    By Dion Hinchcliffe | June 25, 2012, 5:23pm PDT

    As some expected, the move to incorporate social media into the way enterprises get work their done has been a difficult one, yet traction increasingly appears to be at hand. Along the way, new...

  • Will social software startups "collapse into the orbit" of the big vendors?

    By Dion Hinchcliffe | June 16, 2012, 11:05am PDT

    With Microsoft finally making a major acquisition move in social software, are we now seeing the roll up of the entire social business industry? Or is this just an minor story in a vast parade of...

  • Should companies drive their traffic to Facebook?

    By Dion Hinchcliffe | June 5, 2012, 5:49am PDT

    Social networks like Facebook seemingly have a vast, ready-made audience for businesses to do just about whatever they need. Or are they just honey traps that make it easy for businesses to set up...

  • Social business in Germany

    By Dion Hinchcliffe | June 2, 2012, 1:11pm PDT

    As social business is adopted around the world, I take a look at the state of affairs in Germany and explore a success story in detail.

  • Shifting IT delivery to tablets: The strategic issues

    By Dion Hinchcliffe | May 28, 2012, 9:38am PDT

    Tablets are likely to become the primary computing experience for workers over the next few years. What will it take to successfully shift IT delivery to these devices given the security worries,...

  • Social business in Australia

    By Dion Hinchcliffe | May 16, 2012, 8:25pm PDT

    Social business adoption is growing around the world as organizations continue to apply social media to the way they work. I’ve spent the week in Australia learning about the challenges and...

  • Facebook's IPO: The social business implications

    By Dion Hinchcliffe | May 13, 2012, 2:24pm PDT

    With Facebook preparing for its IPO this week, some major changes are coming for the company. These same changes create competitive opportunities and all new challenges for the company....

  • Is it time for a C-level social media executive?

    By Dion Hinchcliffe | May 11, 2012, 2:36pm PDT

    As social media becomes more strategic to the way organizations operate, does this mean it’s time to move the function to the C-suite? Does centralizing make sense, or should responsibility...

  • CRM investments ramp due to social media and smart mobility

    By Dion Hinchcliffe | May 6, 2012, 7:23pm PDT

    New forms of customer relationship management are moving to the forefront of enterprise capabilities as companies begin a new era of investment in the function, says new data. But are companies...

  • Enterprise 2.0 success: News Corp

    By Dion Hinchcliffe | May 5, 2012, 4:25pm PDT

    Even though the media industry is being profoundly impacted by the rise of new forms of digital and social media, that doesn’t mean they can’t use these technologies effectively. As we...

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