J.B. Holston

J.B. Holston is President and CEO of NewsGator. J.B. has run a wide range of technology and media enterprises over the last two decades. As President of Ziff Davis International, Holston managed Ziff Davis' operations across more than 100 countries, and launched Yahoo! Europe. He was part of the senior management team that led the successful LBO of ZD by Forstmann, Little, and subsequent sale to Softbank. Since selling his last technology start-up, J.B. has helped create a wide range of for-profit and not-for-profit entities, including Media-x at Stanford, among several others. After receiving a BA in creative writing from Stanford in 1979, he taught English at Phillips Academy, worked as a consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in Boston, studied and wrote in Paris, France, then worked in strategic planning for NBC and RCA. J.B. received his MBA from Stanford in 1986, and then worked on Jack Welch's staff at GE before moving back to NBC, where for five years he was responsible for strategic planning and NBC's international operations. He can be reached at JBH@newsgator.com.

How to Cut IT Costs with Enterprise Social Computing

/images/stories/70x50/bug_knowledgecenter_70x70_%282%29.jpgAs technology and the Internet mature, and as Generation Y floods the workplace, workers expect e-mail, calendaring, file sharing, social networking, knowledge management, expertise discovery, business intelligence, blogging, wikis,...

Latest Posts

AI Policy and Governance: What You Need to Know

AI policies and governance are essential for organizations to ensure the responsible use of AI technology. Learn more about their importance in this guide.

Portal26’s Neil Cohen on the State of Generative AI 2023 Survey

I spoke with Neil Cohen, Head of Go-To-Market Strategy for Portal26, about a new survey that details how businesses are using generative AI. The...

Persistent Systems CTO Pandurang Kamat on Generative AI in the Enterprise

I spoke with Pandurang Kamat, CTO of Persistent Systems, about generative AI’s impact on customer service, navigating AI challenges, and responsible AI. See below for...

20 Best Neural Network Software for 2024

Discover the 20 best neural network software. Learn about the features of each software and find the best one.

AWS Aims to Reinvent Contact Centers with Gen AI

At its re:Invent conference, AWS delivers end-to-end contact center innovation.