User:Gclinch

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My name is Guy Clinch. I create communications technology solutions solving problems for organizations across the globe. I specialize in helping government agencies use communications solutions to serve the requirements of their citizens. Should you be interested you may view my professional profile

I am really enjoying sharing with you all in this dynamic and engaging semester!

Below are a few excerpts from my recent blog posts (the most recent inspired by some of the topics we have discussed in class):

Information Anarchy! Today even the smallest of businesses is subject to a global conversation. Even if a business is not on the World Wide Web, their customers are. In the marketplace of ideas, communications today are multidimensional, complex and powerful. If you don't believe me, seek out Hosni Mubarak...

Happy 1-1-2 Day Today is 1-1-2 day in the European Union. For those living in countries on the European Continent and those who may travel there, 1-1-2 is a very important number. It is akin to 9-1-1 in North America. It is the code that if dialed within most places in European from any mobile device and most land based telecommunications devices will link you without cost to local public safety resources…

The Power of the Customer/Supplier Dialectic The relationships between a company and its customers are loaded with complex dynamics. The level of complexity in relationships between organizations is never more intense than in industries where what are supplied to the customer includes solutions that become part of the customer's value chain. Fear and loathing to rage are the spectrum of possible outcomes from bad performance by a solution vendor and their customer. In this way customer and vendor share a mutual destiny. Some vendors luckier than others when it comes to the commercial loyalty that embraces the organization...

... it's clouds illusions I recall ... Like the sound of distant thunder on a summer's evening, cloud-based application delivery has echoed from afar for quite some time. The accuracy of the forecasts about what cloud will mean to the business enterprise has paralleled the nightly news weather forecast. Much like the way the weatherman seems to gets smarter as the day of the event gets closer in time, clarity may soon emerge for what this all means...