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Top jobs of the week in tech

Connie Hwong, Community Manager — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:55:42 +0000

Here at GigaOM HQ, we’re getting geared up for Google I/O in San Francisco, which kicks off this Wednesday. Kevin Tofel has already weighed in on what we should be expect to see at the annual developer event. Stay tuned for updates and breaking news from Google I/O, and in the meantime, check out our latest batch of job listings from companies across the country:

Shenandoah Studio: Lead Game Developer (iPad Board Games) (Philadelphia)
Raytheon: Senior Cloud Software Engineer (Annapolis Junction, Md.)
RedBeacon (Home Depot subsidiary): Senior Software Engineer (San Mateo, Calif.)
Catalog Spree: Senior Backend Python Developer (Los Altos, Calif.)

We also have listings from companies like Popsugar, the Wikimedia Foundation and more. Click here to see what else is on our jobs board.

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Last week on Pro: the fall of Fisker and death in Texas

Connie Hwong, Community Manager — Sun, 12 May 2013 13:00:08 +0000

This week, there’s a familiar name on GigaOM Pro: Katie Fehrenbacher takes her in-depth expertise of the electric vehicle market (as seen in coverage like “A look under the hood: why electric car startup Fisker crashed and burned”) over to our research service. Her analysis of the Fisker situation, based on responses from a recent GigaOM survey, was one of the most well-read pieces of research over the past seven days. Other popular research content includes an analysis of how retailers can both fight and embrace showrooming, and an analyst’s take on the downfall of Dell and BMC.

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Cleantech: Flash analysis: the Fisker debacle and its implications on investing, innovation, and government incentives
Katie Fehrenbacher

Is Fisker the next Solyndra? The former poster child for the electric vehicle (EV) industry has allegedly lost nearly $200 million in government loans, and has been called to testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. What repercussions will this hold for the car company, for the EV market, and for cleantech investments at large? GigaOM senior writer Katie Fehrenbacher analyzes the responses of a recent GigaOM survey on the potential impact that the fall of Fisker could have across all aspects of the cleantech industry, and what other EV companies and investors can learn from this latest incident.

Cloud: Will the last person to leave BMC and Dell please turn out the lights
Jo Maitland

Analyst Jo Maitland writes an elegy of sorts for Dell and BMC Software, two giants that originally grew out of the Texas tech boom in the 1980s, and who stagnated and went private this year in the face of crippling losses. Maitland looks at the two companies as dinosaurs of a past era: companies too big and too slow to adapt to developments like cloud computing and the rise of mobile devices in the workplace. While BMC has issued statements that spin its decision to revert to a private company as a strategic decision, Maitland is skeptical as to how effective or feasible this turnaround will be for the former software giant.

Mobile: Why retailers should forget showrooming and turn to in-store Wi-Fi
Laurie Lamberth

The future of retail continues to be a popular topic on GigaOM Pro. In her latest research report, analyst Laurie Lamberth focuses on the showrooming phenomenon, and how it’s impacting sales at major retailers like Best Buy and Target. She takes a quick look at various tactics that the industry has employed to combat showrooming, from price-matching guarantees to charging refundable “browsing fees.” However, rather than fighting it, Lamberth advises retailer to embrace showrooming, using the mobile experience and in-store Wi-Fi to engage and retain customers, serve revenue-boosting mobile ads, and gather valuable business intelligence on shopper behavior. Noting the fact that chains such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Sam’s Club have already started offering free in-store Wi-Fi, Lamberth provides a few case studies of in-store implementation, and offers a list of best practices for enabling a rich mobile data experience for shoppers.

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Top jobs of the week in digital media

Connie Hwong, Community Manager — Wed, 08 May 2013 06:55:43 +0000

This week Aereo ruffled a few more feathers: The New York–based mobile TV service is fighting lawsuits with lawsuits, as it enters another tricky dispute with broadcasters. As you may recall, Aereo’s CEO Chet Kanojia appeared on stage at paidContent Live last month to speak about his company’s latest plans to disrupt TV. Catch up on the latest developments in the story, and then check out our latest batch of job listings from companies across the country:

SERINO/COYNE: Senior Digital Media Analyst (New York)
Leverage PR: Account Manager (Austin, Texas)
M80: Lead Social Content Curator/Channel Manager (New York)
HitFix: Sales Development & Marketing Manager (Los Angeles)
Everyday Health: Product Manager, Lifestyle (New York)

We also have listings from companies like Swirl, Cablevision, Time and more. Click here to see what else is on our jobs board.

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Top jobs of the week in tech

Connie Hwong, Community Manager — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:55:20 +0000

If you’re wondering what’s happening in the world of tech, be sure to check our our weekly wrap-up podcasts. The latest edition features GigaOM writers Eliza Kern, Erica Ogg and Barb Darrow chatting about Path, Apple’s latest design decisions, Microsoft, Amazon and more. Then, check out the latest batch of job postings from companies across the country:

The New York Times: Front-End Web Developer (New York)
Manilla: iOS Phone and Tablet Engineer (San Francisco)
Target: Senior Engineer — Database Technologies/Teradata Physical Data Modeler (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Kaiser Permanente: Cyber Security Penetration Tester (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Popsugar: Senior Web Developer (San Francisco)

We also have listings from companies like AT&T, Microsoft and Platfora. Click here to see what else is on our jobs board.

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Last week on Pro: social customer service and the future of shopping (part 2)

Connie Hwong, Community Manager — Sun, 05 May 2013 13:00:18 +0000

This week, Path, the intentionally-constrained social network, celebrated reaching the 10 million registered users mark. But this milestone was marred by complaints that the app was employing some shady user-acquisition tactics – in some cases, spamming users’ entire address books. Meanwhile, over on GigaOM Pro, social was a popular topic among our analysts, as we published our latest Sector RoadMap about how customer service tools integrate with social media platforms. Other new research includes a look at creativity in the workplace, and an in-depth analysis about mobile shopping behavior.

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Future of Work: The cultural bias against creatives as leaders
Stowe Boyd

Analyst Stowe Boyd muses on the connections between creativity and leadership in the corporate sector. While a 2010 CEO survey conducted by IBM reveals creativity – and its role in innovative, disruptive thinking – as a highly valued quality for corporate leaders, there is a bias against promoting creatives to positions of authority. Boyd looks at the ongoing struggle between maintaining the status quo, charismatic leadership, and “thinking different” when it come to corporate politics.

Mobile: Why mobile must be part of the shopping experience
Phil Hendrix

Is shopping dead? The future of retail continues to be a major topic for GigaOM Pro subscribers. Last week, readers tuned in to a podcast about the future of shopping. This week, Phil Hendrix’ published his followup report, based on extensive data gathered from a recent IMMR/GigaOM Pro survey of smartphone users about the retail experience. Hendrix posits that the traditional shopping experience is ripe for disruption. He digs in to the survey responses to identify what makes for a successful retail operation (across brick and mortar and ecommerce outlets), and makes a series of recommendations for retailers, brands, and local businesses.

Social: Sector RoadMap: Social customer service in 2013
Laura Stuart

Social customer service – meeting users where they are on social networks and social media platforms – is no longer a niche market. Enterprise giants like Salesforce, Oracle, and SAP are acquiring social customer service startups or launching their own in-house solutions. It’s clear that social customer service could transform how customers interact with businesses. Analyst Laura Stuart analyzes data from GigaOM Research’s recent survey on social business technology and identifies six major factors that could disrupt this volatile market in the near term future.

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Top jobs of the week in digital media

Connie Hwong, Community Manager — Wed, 01 May 2013 09:55:28 +0000

Dear diary — does anyone even keep a diary anymore? Laura Hazard Owen’s latest weekend post looks at the role of personal journals in the face of our increasingly public online existences. And speaking of digital presence, check out our latest batch of jobs from digital media companies across the country:

Time: Marketing Manager, Digital Consumer Revenue — People (New York)
BermanBraun: Business Development Executive (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Planned Parenthood Federation of America: Digital Content Specialist (Washington, D.C.)
Fox Network Group: Director, Business and Legal Affairs (Los Angeles)

We also have listings from companies like MediaWhiz, McMurry/TMG, Belly and more. Click here to see what else is on our jobs board.

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Last week on Pro: content personalization and the future of shopping

Connie Hwong, Community Manager — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:00:51 +0000

This week, the content and digital publish space got a bit more exciting, with the news that NYC-based incubator and investor Betaworks acquired Instapaper. Over on GigaOM Pro, our analysts have also been watching the content personalization landscape, and our latest Sector RoadMap (published in conjunction with paidContent Live) scrutinizes the current market and predicts which vendors and technologies could disrupt the market over the next 12-24 months. Also new this week: our analyst podcast about the future of shopping and retail, as well as a look at the hybrid cloud market.

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Cloud: Are Hybrid Clouds Just a Fear of Commitment?
David Linthicum

In his latest blog post, analyst David Linthicum weighs in on hybrid clouds, an increasingly popular option for companies who are not ready (or willing) to commit to a public versus a private cloud solution. Linthicum cites a few key features of hybrid cloud solutions, and provides a brief example of how Zynga has made use of a hybrid instance, but also lays out a set of caveats for businesses who are exploring this path.

Connected Consumer: Sector RoadMap: Content Personalization in 2013
Mark Mulligan

In the latest Sector RoadMap from GigaOM Pro, analyst Mark Mulligan tackles the rapidly-evolving content personalization landscape. As content owners shift from human editorial curation towards machine-based recommendations, publishers, are relying on big data tools to study behavioral and social media data to target consumers and deliver highly dynamic, personalized content. Mulligan uses GigaOM Pro’s patented RoadMap methodology to identify and analyze six major disruption vectors that could impact the content personalization market over the next 12-24 months. Mulligan also highlights six personalization-technology vendors in both the B2B and consumer markets who could break away to dominate this landscape in the near-term future.

Mobile: Why mobile is vital to the future of retail [Podcast]
Adam Lesser, Dr. Phil Hendrix, Doug Stephens

In one of GigaOM Pro’s latest podcasts analysts Dr. Phil Hendrix and Doug Stephens join Adam Lesser for a deep and insightful conversation about how mobile computing is changing the shopping experience. The 40+ minute podcast kicks off with results from a recent consumer survey on the shopping experience at large, and assesses the impact of “showrooming” on traditional brick and mortar establishments. As Hendrix, Stephens, and Lesser reveal, although physical, visceral experiences at brick and mortar stores is still a vital part of the shopping experience, successful retailers will need to drastically change the in-person shopping experience in order to survive. While Amazon is currently dominating the online market in terms of product discovery and comparison, what mobile experiences – apps as well as shopping platforms – will play in a role in dictating which types of physical shopping outlets can survive?

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Top jobs of the week in tech

Connie Hwong, Community Manager — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:55:57 +0000

Every week, we bring you job postings from some of the most interesting tech companies around the country. Check out the latest batch of openings here:

Wikimedia Foundation: Director of Analytics (San Francisco)
Systel Inc: Redhat Linux Administrator (Chicago)
Nextmation, LLC: Android Developer (San Jose, CA)
UPS: Information Security Analyst (Mahwah, NJ)

We also have listings from companies like Target, Akamai Technologies, Northrop Gruman and more. Click here to se what else is on our jobs board.

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Top jobs of the week in digital media

Connie Hwong, Community Manager — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:01:35 +0000

It was a busy week at paidContent, as we wrapped up our paidContent Live conference in New York City and took time to speculate about how alternative journalism and social media outlets are affecting real-time news outlets. We’re also keeping tabs on the latest job openings at digital media and content companies from across the county. Check out some of this week’s highlights:

Swirl: Associate Media Director (San Francisco)
McMurry/TMG: Marketing Services Manager (Washington DC)
IOMEDIA: Senior Medical Editor (New York)
Target: Business Consultant – IT Governance & Business Intelligence (Minneapolis)
Cablevision: Manager, Interactive Video Product Development (Bethpage, NY)

We also have listings from companies like Time, Inc., Eleventh Hour, Simon & Schuster, and more. Click here to see what else is on our jobs board.

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Last week on Pro: quarterly wrap-ups and OpenStack

Connie Hwong, Community Manager — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:00:34 +0000

Last week, we wrapped up our second conference of the year, as paidContent Live in New York City drew a packed house and standing-room-only workshops. More than 40 innovators, analysts, and content creators joined us on stage to discuss the future of digital media. Meanwhile, over on GigaOM Pro, our analysts took a look at the consumer products market, including new products and developments in OTT and streaming content services, as well as initial analysis of last week’s OpenStack Summit.

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Cloud: Understanding the State of OpenStack
David Linthicum

Analyst David Linthicum provides his takeaways from last week’s OpenStack Summit in Portland, OR. As the cloud computing standard continues to gain in popularity, Linthicum sees it as an increasingly important competitor to Amazon Web Services, especially as OpenStack gains traction with companies such as IBM, Rackspace, and HP (as well as many smaller startups). Linthicum offers his analysis and opinion on OpenStack’s future as a viable cloud computing standard, and offers suggestions on what major hurdles still exist for OpenStack’s interoperability and compatibility for the industry.

Connected Consumer: Connected consumer first-quarter 2013: Analysis and outlook
Paul Sweeting

Analyst Paul Sweeting looks at recent developments in consumer products market – the past quarter was anchored by the CES expo in Las Vegas and closed with new buzz about a potential smart watch from Apple (and offerings from other competitors). The past quarter also saw new developments in consumer-facing copyright laws in the US and Europe in response to the newly-emerging used digital goods market. Sweeting looks at the proposed changes to Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) as well as other potential copyright law reforms targeting content aggregation services. He also reviews the past quarter in the OTT market, including services such as Netflix, YouTube, and Hulu, who are actively producing their own original content as well as serving up existing content on demand. Sweeting also provides a near term outlook on the consumer products market, including game consoles, connected TVs, streaming content services, and smart watches

Social: Social first-quarter 2013: analysis and outlook
Stowe Boyd

Analyst Stowe Boyd highlights some of the biggest developments that emerged in the social business marketplace. Kicking things off with Marissa Meyer’s elimination of Yahoo’s WFH policy, Boyd provides data on the remote work habits of US workers across multiple industries, and the continuing consumerization of enterprise solutions, led by the likes of Salesforce and Microsoft and supported by hybrid consumer/enterprise products such as LinkedIn, Behance, and Mendeley. With continuing changes in business culture and the release of products such as Tempo and Mailbox, Boyd delves into the changing role of social tools in the workplace and wonders who comes first in the workplace – the business or the worker?

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