Massive’s CEO on Global Noon News this week

Lindsay Smith, Massive’s CEO, who also co-hosts the Get Connected TV show, was on Global News this Wednesday.

 Check out the segment here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=RTG5suH_bZ0

Massive partners with Techvibes.com for 2008

The Massive Technology Show will be partnering with Techvibes.com for the 2008 shows. As an official Media Sponsor, Techvibes will be doing live blogging at each show so that online attendees can keep up to speed with all of the exciting activities of the day even if they’re not able to make it down in person. Gotta love technology!

How many PDAs does it take….

…before we are completely saturated? Just two weeks before the Canadian launch of the Apple iPhone, Palm has introduced the Foleo. At first glance it looks just like a laptop, but on closer examination it is actually….a miniature laptop! OR a large PDA! According to Palm spokespeople, the device is supposed to replace the laptop/pda combo for people on the road. sounds interesting… but will it take off? I kind of hope so–I think the ubiquitous BlackBerry could use a real run for it’s money!

 Here’s the article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070530.wgtpalm0530/BNStory/Technology/?cid=al_gam_nletter_dtechal

Yahoo! Canada signs on accross the nation

After a fantastic show in Vancouver on March 28, 2007, Massive decided to take the show to Edmonton and Toronto. Helping us achieve our goal to unite the business and technology communities, Yahoo! Canada is the official title sponsor of the Massive Technology Show in each city. Along with some of our long-time supporters, Yahoo! will be spreading the word about search engine marketing accross Canada.

Stay tuned for more information about the show, and how you can get involved!

Microsoft and Wikipedia

So I was reading TechCrunch Blog and they posted on Microsoft trying to pay someone to change their wikipedia entry. The people over at TechCrunch however did describe the hapennings in a neutral light though, also quoting the Microsoft PR person with their side of the story.

Apparently Microsoft (from what they say) tried to change some of the entries (the stuff they say IBM wrote) the more legit way, through Wikipedia themselves. TechCrunch only found 1 entry in the edit page from them so that story kind of fell through (unless Microsoft can prove otherwise, ie: phone calls to Wikipedia, emails etc.).

Anyhow got me thinking about Wikipedia and if I really actually like it. I’m not sure… yeah it is great with the community and sharing of information, but isn’t there enough people out there with misinformation to mess up some topics or some businesses (granted Microsoft is a huge corporation, but think of a smaller business being slammed on their Wikipedia page and people taking it as truth when it is just misinformaton).

On the other hand Wikipedia is a one stop information shop with a lot of truthful information, just see Robert Scoble’s comments on his own Wiki (which he does not edit) — sidenote: by the way congrats to Robert on being Forbe’s 9th Internet celebrity, and I agree with him that Dave Winer should have been mentioned, but it is a list about celebrities not necessarily important/impactful people.—

I wonder if other people are torn on Wikipedia, but there has been a solution presented by a web comic, but I don’t think it will catch on.

Technorati Tages: wikipedia, Microsoft

Outsourcing Options

Outsourcing has been a buzzword of the tech industry for the past couple of years, but only lately have everyday people realized the issues behind outsourcing. After all, who hasn’t been on hold on a customer service line, only to be transferred to a call center in India? Annoying? Maybe. But at least you get a person on the other end, which is more than can be said for many large companies, who prefer to have their customers press countless buttons and listen to recorded messages instead of getting the help they need.

Whether or not you think outsourcing is a good idea personally, there are many pros and cons to outsourcing some aspect of your business operations. In the hi-tech sector, when tasks can be compartmentalized and distributed, this can work quite well. Your techies in one area in the world are working while your others are sleeping, creating a 24 hour work day. Ideal, right? You get twice as much work done as you normally would, right? Maybe. In fact, many businesses learn quickly that managing geographically diverse work teams can take as much time as doing the tasks themselves. Not to mention the cost of hiring and training these teams.

To address this issue, we have put together a panel discussion, which will take place at Massive 2007. Each of our panelists have a different take on outsourcing: who should do it, how you do it, and the lessons they have learned along the way.

 Have a story or an opinion about outsourcing? Let us know!

Yahoo! Canada Gold Sponsor of the Massive Technology Show

Yahoo! Canada has just signed on as the newest Gold Sponsor of the 2007 Massive Technology Show. Yahoo! Canada will also be the official sponsor of the Yahoo! Think Tank, as well as speaking at the Massive Conference on Search Engine Marketing 101.

Tradeshow Statistics

We found some great information about the influence tradeshows have on attendees in their buying decisions, who is actually a decision maker and more. They are even broken up into the different types of tradeshows (ex. hitech, retail etc.).

 For example,  have you ever wondered if tradeshows really do make a difference in buying decisions, according to these stats they do.

Decision-Makers Perception of Trade Shows
(Percentage generally agreeing)

70% “Are relied on by my company to keep up.”
79% “Help me decide what to buy.”
80% “Provide an invaluable opportunity to discuss ideas with peers.”
82% “Allow me to be very productive in a short amount of time.”
83% “Bring me up to date on the latest trends in the industry.”
85% “Save my company time and money by bringing many vendors under one roof.”

Have a look for yourself: http://www.tsteacher.com/Statistics.html

Massive hires new sales rep to accommodate for growth

It’s great to be able to announce that we have hired a new sales rep, Ryan Fuller. More sales for Massive means more opportunities for us to grow our products and services and provide better solutions for businesses large and small. We’re going to be launching some interesting new initiatives in the next little while, so keep checking back to learn more about how Massive can better your bottom line.

ICTC Gold Sponsor of 2007 Massive Technology Show

We are pleased to announce that we have signed on another Gold Sponsor for the 2007 Massive Technology Show. In keeping with their mandate to ”create a strong, prepared and highly educated Canadian ICT industry and workforce” the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) will work with the Massive team to ensure the 2007 show attracts the best tech companies out there, with the best solutions, personnel, and expertise for business.