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J. Boye, 20.12.2009: Ways of improving checklist RFPs

2009-12-20T17:48:00.000+01:00

J. Boye, 20.12.2009: Ways of improving checklist RFPs
by J. Boye: "I have previously advised that it is best to avoid Request-For-Proposals with checklists of requirements (e.g. “Do you support XYZ?) when selecting a new web platform. This advice remains solid, but unfortunately many buyers are unable to convince their procurement team to divert from their usual checklist-based process. Here some further assistance if you encounter this scenario"

Social Media and Employee Engagement, 19.12.2009: Case Studies

2009-12-20T17:26:00.000+01:00

Social Media and Employee Engagement, 19.12.2009: Case Studies
by Harish Kotadia: "Social Media can be effectively used “internally” within an organization to engage employees, the way it is used externally to engage customers. I want to share with you a good Slideshare presentation by Polly Pearson of EMC on Social Media: Strategy & Execution that has several good case studies on internal Social Networks."

The FASTForward Blog, 18.12.2009: Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Booz Allen: Part Four – Financial Impact

2009-12-19T17:53:00.001+01:00

The FASTForward Blog, 18.12.2009: Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Booz Allen: Part Four – Financial Impact
by Bill Ives: "In this fourth post we will look at the financial impact. In future posts we will look at the lessons learned and plans for enhancements. Walton Smith, Program Manager for Booz Allen’s information sharing efforts and the lead for the Government 2.0 client practice, has agreed to be interviewed for this series and his time is appreciated."

Mashable, 18.12.2009: Google Wave's Massive Potential for Business Users

2009-12-19T17:30:00.001+01:00

Mashable, 18.12.2009: Google Wave's Massive Potential for Business Users
by Howard Greenstein: "Google Wave (Google Wave) is an innovative new way for people to communicate and collaborate. But as Gina Tripani, author of The Complete Guide To Google Wave, noted in her recent keynote at the recent Web 2.0 Expo in New York, Wave is designed for power users. Wave is hard. There are a lot of features, all bundled together, and it can be intimidating for anyone to just look at it and decide “this is a great project management tool” or “this is the way we’re going to manage our notes about the proposal.”"

Library clips, 17.12.2009: The ROI of time spent helping others, and performance reviews

2009-12-18T17:46:00.001+01:00

Library clips, 17.12.2009: The ROI of time spent helping others, and performance reviews
by John Tropea: "This is not a post about the overall ROI on social computing effectiveness, but more on the supposed expense of workers spending time away from their immediate tasks, even if it’s about helping others for the greater benefit of the organisation."

ZDNet.com Enterprise Web 2.0, 17.12.2009: Enterprise 2.0: The 2009 year in review

2009-12-18T16:49:00.001+01:00

ZDNet.com Enterprise Web 2.0, 17.12.2009: Enterprise 2.0: The 2009 year in review
by Dion Hinchcliffe: We’ve learned this year that we’re going to have to create better filters and business intelligence analytics for the vast quantities of knowledge accumulating in social environments.

Portals and KM, 17.12.2009: Collaboration Seen as Top Driver of Enterprise Content Management Investments

2009-12-17T17:44:00.001+01:00

Portals and KM, 17.12.2009: Collaboration Seen as Top Driver of Enterprise Content Management Investments
by Bill Ives: "I recently received a review copy of the Forrester report on 2010 ECM investment projections. Stephen Powers and his team surveyed 170 knowledge managers with decision-making roles in enterprise content management about their plans for the coming year. The team found that 72% of respondents said their organizations plan to increase ECM use or the number of ECM deployments in the next 12 months, while only 4% of organizations plan to scale back ECM use or number of deployments."

ReadWriteEnterprise, 17.12.2009: Facebook in the Factory: Manufacturers Want Social Software, Too

2009-12-17T16:36:00.000+01:00

ReadWriteEnterprise, 17.12.2009: Facebook in the Factory: Manufacturers Want Social Software, Too
by Alex Williams: "Factories may not be the first place you'd expect to see demand for social technologies. But social networks are changing how manufacturers view their operations."

Mashable, 16.12.2009: How a 40,000+ Employee Company Trains its Employees on Social Media

2009-12-17T14:34:00.001+01:00

Mashable, 16.12.2009: How a 40,000+ Employee Company Trains its Employees on Social Media
by Adam Ostrow: "The 40,000 person company makes social media training mandatory for its employees and formalized a policy of “3Rs” – responsibility, respect and representation. Taking things a step further, today the company is trying something about as transparent as it gets – publishing their entire social media training guide online, so that anyone can check it out, learn and critique."

The FASTForward Blog, 15.12.2009: Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Booz Allen: Part Three – Operational Impact.

2009-12-16T21:48:00.000+01:00

The FASTForward Blog, 15.12.2009: Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Booz Allen: Part Three – Operational Impact.
by Bill Ives: This is the third in a six part series on Booz Allen’s award winning implementation of Enterprise 2.0, termed the Hello system. .. In this third post we will look at the operational impact.

CIO.com, 15.12.2009: What CIOs Get Wrong About Emerging Technology

2009-12-16T18:06:00.000+01:00

CIO.com, 15.12.2009: What CIOs Get Wrong About Emerging Technology
by Kim S. Nash: "Clayton Christensen, professor at Harvard Business School and expert on disruptive innovation, talks about how new technologies such as cloud computing mean big changes for the CIO role and why they still don't get alignment."

Black&White, 15.12.2009: Slaves of the feed – This is not the realtime we’ve been looking for

2009-12-16T18:00:00.000+01:00

Black&White, 15.12.2009: Slaves of the feed – This is not the realtime we’ve been looking for
by Thomas Petersen: "Information is accumulating online. The amount of available information is increasing at an exponential rate, some say it doubles every second year. This mean that any illusion of being able to stay up to date with everything that is going on is utopian and has been probably since Guttenberg invented the press."

Jon On Tech, 16.12.2009: Visions of Jon: WCM is for Losers

2009-12-16T16:04:00.001+01:00

Jon On Tech, 16.12.2009: Visions of Jon: WCM is for Losers
by Jon Marks: "Now this I agree with more than the CMS Watch version. Parts of ECM include Document Management, Records Management, Collaboration, Imaging, Workflow and all that good stuff. It is these pillars that allow a business to manage their content. The end game of all of these technologies is content sitting in a repository that can be easily found and consumed. The includes all the fun with versions, security, compliance and anything else you’d want to do with it. But it does not include setting up web based delivery channel that exposes some of this content. WCM should not be considered part of ECM."

Mashable, 15.12.2009: 4 Surprising Google Wave Uses

2009-12-16T09:50:00.000+01:00

Mashable, 15.12.2009: 4 Surprising Google Wave Uses
by Samuel Axon: "Four uses in particular have stood out for their cleverness and high fun factor, and you probably didn’t see any of them coming. Each has gotten a lot of press, so if you’ve been following Wave closely you might have heard of them."

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog, 15.12.2009: How Social Could Disrupt Search

2009-12-15T21:13:00.001+01:00

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog, 15.12.2009: How Social Could Disrupt Search
by Dion Hinchcliffe: "The inimitable Fred Wilson concluded yesterday in 'Why Social Beats Search', that '[m]achines can help us find what is good. But with the help of machines, our friends and trusted sources can and will do that even better.' This statement capped off a fresh debate over the weekend about automated, keyword-driven 'McContent' creation that started when Michael Arrington posted about 'the end of hand crafted content'. Richard MacManus also explored the same issues in 'Content Farms: Why Media, Blogs, and Google Should Be Worried'."

The Cutter Blog, 15.12.2009: The State of EA in 2010

2009-12-15T17:58:00.000+01:00

The Cutter Blog, 15.12.2009: The State of EA in 2010
by Mike Rosen: "nterprise architecture (EA) has become a mainstream activity in large or information-intensive organizations. Several years ago, Cutter IT Journal covered the emerging best practices in EA, and since then readers have requested that we check back to explore how things are evolving. What are EA programs focusing on in 2010 and beyond?"

CMSWatch.com, 15.12.2009: Trends: 2010 Content Technology Predictions

2009-12-15T15:28:00.001+01:00

CMSWatch.com, 15.12.2009: Trends: 2010 Content Technology Predictions
by Jarrod Gingras: "With only a few weeks left in 2009, it's time for our team of CMS Watch analysts to reveal our 2010 predictions, where we make our best guesses as to what the Content Technology industry will hold for you in the new year. This is our fourth year in a row trying to read the future, and like most predictors, our track record is mixed. If you'd like to see how we've done, you can view past predictions here: 2009, 2008, and 2007."

Irving Wladawsky-Berger, 07.12.2009: Reflections on Surviving Disruptive Innovations

2009-12-15T12:23:00.001+01:00

Irving Wladawsky-Berger, 07.12.2009: Reflections on Surviving Disruptive Innovations
by Irving Wladawsky-Berger: "As I was writing the blog, my personal experiences at IBM kept flashing through my mind, both our own near-death experience back in the early 1990s, and what we learned a few years later as we embraced the Internet and came up with the e-business market strategy, which played such a key role in helping to transform the business models and culture of the company. IT and media are clearly very different industries, but there are parallels from which perhaps we can learn. Let me discuss three such potential lessons."

The Lynch Blog, 14.12.2009: Deciding When to Use Microblogging, E-mail or IM

2009-12-15T06:22:00.000+01:00

The Lynch Blog, 14.12.2009: Deciding When to Use Microblogging, E-mail or IM
by CG Lynch: "Microblogging in real-time applications like Twitter and Facebook has forced us to reevaluate how we utilize older communication technologies like instant messaging (IM) and e-mail. As Andrew McAfee (@amcafee) has pointed out, social software is by no means a replacement for those technologies inside businesses. But when used properly along side them, it can eliminate the time you waste finding the right people and information to do your job."

ReadWrite Web, 14.12.2009: Google, Twitter, WordPress & Facebook: Publish/Subscribe Matrix Could Explode Into Glass-Smooth Platform

2009-12-14T17:50:00.000+01:00

ReadWrite Web, 14.12.2009: Google, Twitter, WordPress & Facebook: Publish/Subscribe Matrix Could Explode Into Glass-Smooth Platform
by Marshall Kirkpatrick: "A storm of news points to a future of frictionless publishing and subscription, across platforms."

A VC, 14.12.2009: Why Social Beats Search

2009-12-14T17:34:00.000+01:00

A VC, 14.12.2009: Why Social Beats Search
by Fred Wilson: "That's a controversial post headline and I don't mean that social will always beat search, but there's a rising chorus out there about 'content farms' and search optimized content creation that is worth touching on."

Intelligent Enterprise, 14.12.2009: Search, Compliance, Collaboration To Drive ECM 2010 Spending

2009-12-14T17:19:00.000+01:00

Intelligent Enterprise, 14.12.2009: Search, Compliance, Collaboration To Drive ECM 2010 Spending
by Antone Gonsalves: "Forrester Research also found in surveying 170 information and knowledge management professionals that Web content management and records management will be areas of investment next year."

Andrew McAfee’s Blog, 14.12.2009: The S Word

2009-12-14T16:36:00.000+01:00

Andrew McAfee’s Blog, 14.12.2009: The S Word
by Andrew McAfee: "I ended my talk at last month’s Enterprise 2.0 conference in San Francisco (viewable here; free registration required) by trying to be cute: I gave advice about how to fail with E2.0. My goal, of course, was to talk about good practices by highlighting bad ones."

SocialComputingJournal.com 12.12.2009: Explaining Enterprise 2.0 to Managers in 10 Principles

2009-12-12T16:06:00.000+01:00

SocialComputingJournal.com 12.12.2009: Explaining Enterprise 2.0 to Managers in 10 Principles
by Cecil Dijoux: "One of the most common misconceptions our managers make when they talk about Enterprise 2.0 is to reduce this approach to a mere Web 2.0 collaborative toolset. We can smile about it, but if we get this kind of misunderstanding, it's probably because we missed something while communicating around this."

The FASTForward Blog, 11.12.2009: Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Booz Allen: Part Two

2009-12-12T13:18:00.000+01:00

The FASTForward Blog, 11.12.2009: Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Booz Allen: Part Two
by Bill Ives: "This is the second in a six part series on Booz Allen’s award winning implementation of Enterprise 2.0 ... In this second post we will look at the change management efforts and results."

The Economist, 10.12.2009: Monitor: Better ways to collaborate

2009-12-11T17:56:00.000+01:00

The Economist, 10.12.2009: Monitor: Better ways to collaborate
by Belle Mellor: "Software: E-mail has severe limitations as an online collaboration tool, but it has the benefit of ubiquity. Might it be displaced by something new?"

CMSWire.com, 10.12.2009: Collaboration, Search and Compliance Key Areas for ECM Investment in 2010

2009-12-11T17:11:00.000+01:00

CMSWire.com, 10.12.2009: Collaboration, Search and Compliance Key Areas for ECM Investment in 2010
by Barb Mosher: "Forrester conducted survey with 170 ECM decision makers to get a feel for where the ECM market may be headed in 2010. And based on the results, it's still a market in demand. The survey revealed at 72% of organizations are planning on spending money on ECM in the new year."

ZDNet.com Enterprise Web 2.0, 10.12.2009: What will power next-generation businesses?

2009-12-11T14:13:00.000+01:00

ZDNet.com Enterprise Web 2.0, 10.12.2009: What will power next-generation businesses?
by Dion Hinchcliffe: "This is a new Internet-powered business landscape. Self-organizing peer production is the motive force and network effects are the new market share."

The SiliconANGLE, 10.12.2009: Enterprise 2.0 and the Real Time Web with Jive

2009-12-11T13:50:00.000+01:00

The SiliconANGLE, 10.12.2009: Enterprise 2.0 and the Real Time Web with Jive
by Robert Scoble: "The news from the two high-profile players signaled that all enterprise software likely will become social with features that work like those on Facebook and Twitter, letting users have social network information about customers and colleagues at their fingertips. But there are a raft of so-called pure-play players such as Jive Software that already specialize in a social media collaboration applications for the enterprise."

CIO.com, 10.12.2009: Microsoft in 2010: Four Challenges That Lie Ahead

2009-12-10T16:52:00.000+01:00

CIO.com, 10.12.2009: Microsoft in 2010: Four Challenges That Lie Ahead
by Shane O'Neill: "For Microsoft, 2010 will be a critical rebuilding year where the software giant must maintain Windows 7 and Bing momentum, resuscitate Windows Mobile and prevent businesses from "Going Google."

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog, 09.12.2009: 12 Adoption Strategies for Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 in 2010

2009-12-10T12:25:00.000+01:00

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog, 09.12.2009: 12 Adoption Strategies for Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 in 2010
by Dion Hinchcliffe: "The signs are pointing to next year being a banner one when it comes to mainstream adoption of the latest digital business models. With half a decade under the belt of the Web 2.0 phenomenon and almost as long for Enterprise 2.0, we're just now seeing the ideas spread to more traditional corners of large enterprises, medium-sized firms, and especially the public sector with Government 2.0."

ZDNet.com, Software as Services, 09.12.2009: Cloud computing, so much more than multi-tenancy

2009-12-10T12:15:00.001+01:00

ZDNet.com, Software as Services, 09.12.2009: Cloud computing, so much more than multi-tenancy
by Phil Wainewright: "I thought about the role of multi-tenancy in cloud computing. The keynote hall was full of customers and prospects — a thousand or more altogether — and I’m guessing that, even though Salesforce.com always makes a big deal of multi-tenancy and how fundamental it is to cloud computing, very few of these business people really care what technology the platform is built on, so long as it delivers the goods."

FT.com, 09.12.2009: Enterprise 2.0 is vital for business

2009-12-10T11:59:00.001+01:00

FT.com, 09.12.2009: Enterprise 2.0 is vital for business
by Andrew McAfee : "Every day, more companies are deploying the technologies of Web 2.0, and also adopting the approaches to teamwork and interaction that have made Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, and other Web 2.0 resources so phenomenally popular."

The FASTForward Blog, 09.12.2009: Measuring the Business Value of Enterprise 2.0, Using Enterprise 2.0

2009-12-09T17:16:00.000+01:00

The FASTForward Blog, 09.12.2009: Measuring the Business Value of Enterprise 2.0, Using Enterprise 2.0
by Joe McKendrick: "Enterprises are working with a lot of new promising technologies and methodologies, everything from cloud computing to user-driven mashups to social networking and service oriented architecture. The question is, how can managers effectively measure the benefits they’re getting from new deployments?"

PR 2.0, 09.12.2009: The Evolution of A New Trust Economy

2009-12-09T12:32:00.000+01:00

PR 2.0, 09.12.2009: The Evolution of A New Trust Economy
by Brian Solis: "Social Media is rooted in relationships, the dynamic interaction and collaboration between real people. We learned and continue to learn how to communicate in public forums, evolving our personal views on privacy and uncertainty as we transform from digital introverts to social extroverts."

HarvardBusiness.org, 08.12.2009: Is Social Media Worth Your Time?

2009-12-08T17:32:00.000+01:00

HarvardBusiness.org, 08.12.2009: Is Social Media Worth Your Time?
by Morten Hansen: "What's the business value of using social media? In my view, there has to be a crystal clear business impact for using these tools."

search engine land, 08.12.2009: 12 Social Media New Year’s Resolutions For 2010

2009-12-08T16:40:00.000+01:00

search engine land, 08.12.2009: 12 Social Media New Year’s Resolutions For 2010
by Greg Finn: "Since 2010 is right around the corner, I wanted to get a bit proactive on our New Year’s resolutions, and do it social media style. There are so many issues in the social realm that this list could be endless, but I chose the 12 most important items to work on in social media in 2010. As you may know, there is no right answer in social media; each company is different, but each of these points can be adjusted for any company. Hopefully this will work as a guide on how to create a better social media presence in 2010!"

McKinsey Quarterly, 08.12.2009: IT in the new normal McKinsey Global Survey results

2009-12-08T10:12:00.000+01:00

McKinsey Quarterly, 08.12.2009: IT in the new normal McKinsey Global Survey results
by Roger Roberts and Johnson Sikes: "Recession or no recession, corporate and IT leaders continue to see a key role for IT, especially in regard to capturing efficiencies across the enterprise. Many expect IT investments to grow soon."

The FASTForward Blog, 08.12.2009: Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Booz Allen: Part One Overview of Business Drivers and Components

2009-12-08T08:41:00.000+01:00

The FASTForward Blog, 08.12.2009: Implementing Enterprise 2.0 at Booz Allen: Part One Overview of Business Drivers and Components
by Bill Ives: "This is the first in a six part series on Booz Allen’s award winning implementation of Enterprise 2.0."

Mashable, 07.12.2009: Why Facebook Chose to Limit Google and Spare Twitter Search

2009-12-07T18:46:00.000+01:00

Mashable, 07.12.2009: Why Facebook Chose to Limit Google and Spare Twitter Search
by Ben Parr: "The inclusion of Facebook (Facebook) in this list of real-time sources is one of the most important aspects of today’s announcements, and it is something that could have major implications for Twitter and its ambitions to become the world’s water cooler. In fact, Facebook held back the opportunity to deal a heavy hit to its microblogging rival. But why?"

Official Google Blog, 07.12.2009: Relevance meets the real-time web

2009-12-07T18:01:00.000+01:00

Official Google Blog, 07.12.2009: Relevance meets the real-time web
by Amit Singhal: "That's why today, at the Computer History Museum, we're excited to share a few new innovations in the areas of real-time, mobile and social search that we feel are important steps in the evolution of information access."

ReadWriteEnterprise, 07.12.2009: Top 10 Enterprise Products of 2009

2009-12-07T16:50:00.000+01:00

ReadWriteEnterprise, 07.12.2009: Top 10 Enterprise Products of 2009
by Alex Williams: "Web-based services are moving fast into the enterprise, raising questions about document-based environments in a world increasingly influenced by real-time information. We saw this time and again as the year rolled on. It played an important factor in how we developed our top ten list."

SocialComputingJournal.com, 06.12.2009: Six Must-Read New Topics in Enterprise Social Computing

2009-12-06T22:34:00.001+01:00

SocialComputingJournal.com, 06.12.2009: Six Must-Read New Topics in Enterprise Social Computing
by Social Computing News Desk: "This year has seen a major move to adopt Enterprise 2.0 tools by businesses that are looking to update or modernize their workplaces for a variety of reasons. Organizations are now beginning to use social tools to achieve better company communication, higher worker productivity, and to harness innovation. Along that way a great deal is happening in this new industry and more has been learned this year than ever before."

Blogging Innovation, 06.12.2009: Four Quadrants of Innovation

2009-12-06T19:11:00.000+01:00

Blogging Innovation, 06.12.2009: Four Quadrants of Innovation
by Hutch Carpenter: "Building on that, I wanted a framework for delineating innovations based on their technology and business impacts. Because they're not necessarily the same. The four quadrants below describe the dynamics for innovations according to their technology and market impacts"

IT@Intel Blog, 04.012.2009: All I Want For Christmas is my E2.0

2009-12-05T20:16:00.000+01:00

IT@Intel Blog, 04.012.2009: All I Want For Christmas is my E2.0
by Laurie Buczek: "Not only do we have to evaluate and deploy solutions, but we also have to address Governance, Security Concerns, provide quantifiable ROI, capture use cases, and tackle transition change management one person and one team at a time. Here are my reflections on 2009"

VentureBeat, 04.12.2009: A brief history of social network enterprise collaboration tools

2009-12-05T18:09:00.000+01:00

VentureBeat, 04.12.2009: A brief history of social network enterprise collaboration tools
by C. W. Thompson: "With this in mind, we thought it would be good to provide an overview of a few of the key players in the social networking enterprise collaboration market."

BusinessWeek, 03.12.2009: Beware Social Media Snake Oil

2009-12-04T22:58:00.000+01:00

BusinessWeek, 03.12.2009: Beware Social Media Snake Oil
by Stephen Baker: "Hordes of marketing 'experts' are promoting the value of wikis, social networks, and blogs. All the hype may obscure the real potential of these online tools"

cmswatch.com, 02.12.2009: Trends: Content Technology Vendor Map - 2010

2009-12-04T17:00:00.000+01:00

cmswatch.com, 02.12.2009: Trends: Content Technology Vendor Map - 2010
Tony Byrne: "We've just updated our 'Content Technology Vendor Map' for 2010. The overall landscape has changed only a little -- most notably Interwoven and Vignette now go away as separate stops. And in their place we've been able to add some additional vendors. These remain very dynamic marketplaces."

ECM Stuff, 01.12.2009: Google Chrome OS - think enterprise..........

2009-12-03T18:40:00.000+01:00

ECM Stuff, 01.12.2009: Google Chrome OS - think enterprise..........
by Jed Cawthorne: "I think of the implications for information and knowledge management, for ECM and intranets, and I think that a 'thin client' based on Chrome OS plus a really good intranet could be a pleasent working experience. However I am also not saying this will work for everyone, so don't flame me because you need full on Windows for printing to your full colour A0 plotter, or for scanning invoices, or your Mac for graphic design, but lets think about it....."

Bertrand Duperrin's Notepad, 01.12.2009: How to understand and position enteprise 2.0 in the real enterprise

2009-12-03T17:28:00.001+01:00

Bertrand Duperrin's Notepad, 01.12.2009: How to understand and position enteprise 2.0 in the real enterprise
by Bertrand Duperrin: "It’s time to sum up all the thoughts I had these last months. I tried to start from both the concerns expressed by C level managers asking for a global vision and ground managers who needed a “hands on” vision because they don’t have time to waste to try to understand such nebulous things. Having to focus on day to day delivery and short term objectives, many see such a fallen-from-the-sky (and on their head) gift as a source of misunderstanding and discomfort."

Digital Landfill, 30.11.2009: 8 Reasons Why #GoogleWave May (or May Not) Kill E-Mail

2009-12-02T10:53:00.000+01:00

Digital Landfill, 30.11.2009: 8 Reasons Why #GoogleWave May (or May Not) Kill E-Mail
by Claude Baudoin: "Google Wave merges e-mail, instant messaging (IM), and wikis. It no longer matter what “style” you use to start the conversation, it can migrate seamlessly as the wave develops."

MindTouch, Inc Blog, 30.11.2009: Enterprise 2.0 Strategy Guide – A tool matrix for internal champions

2009-12-01T17:31:00.001+01:00

MindTouch, Inc Blog, 30.11.2009: Enterprise 2.0 Strategy Guide – A tool matrix for internal champions
by Mark Fidelman: "Imagine you’re in a cube farm, perhaps the 6�6’ grey type we’re all so familiar with. You’re at the center of the first floor of a multi-story commercial building. No windows, just a view of coworkers typing on their laptops and placing calls to check on the status of their projects. It’s difficult to know what’s happening outside of your surrounding area."

ReadWriteEnterprise, 25.11.2009: Merrill Lynch: Cloud Computing Market Will Reach $160 Billion...Really?

2009-11-28T16:10:00.000+01:00

ReadWriteEnterprise, 25.11.2009: Merrill Lynch: Cloud Computing Market Will Reach $160 Billion...Really?
by Alex Williams: "The estimates for cloud computing can make you wonder sometimes about what to believe. Analyst firms and it looks like investment houses, can be notorious for wild estimates about market sizes."

For what it's worth, 26.11.2009: Google Wave killed the ECM star

2009-11-28T15:51:00.001+01:00

For what it's worth, 26.11.2009: Google Wave killed the ECM starby parapadakis:
"If Google Wave succeeds as a corporate platform (and I see absolutely no reason why it wouldn’t), it will fundamentally change the ECM industry. Why? because the ECM industry, and Document Management before it, was invented as a workaround to compensate for NOT being able to do what Google Wave does."

Inc. 500, 25.11.2009: Study: CEOs Aggressively Use Social Media for Business

2009-11-26T00:09:00.000+01:00

Inc. 500, 25.11.2009: Study: CEOs Aggressively Use Social Media for Business
by Tamara Schweitzer: "Fast-growing companies are particularly visible on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, according to a new study."

ReadWriteEnterprise, 24.11.2009: Enterprise 2.0: Study Shows Adoption is Real

2009-11-25T15:30:00.001+01:00

ReadWriteEnterprise, 24.11.2009: Enterprise 2.0: Study Shows Adoption is Real
by Alex Williams: "When you look at Enterprise 2.0, you can see the hype pretty clearly but what is not so evident is how social computing efforts are faring within corporations and large organizations."

Enterprise Irregulars, 23.11.2009: Eight Reasons Why Data-Centricity Is The Future Of Business

2009-11-24T14:53:00.000+01:00

Enterprise Irregulars, 23.11.2009: Eight Reasons Why Data-Centricity Is The Future Of Business
by Dion Hinchcliffe: "The data that our businesses own has become the name of the game when it comes to what ultimately lies at the core of economic value today, now seemingly more than ever before."

Endless Innovation, 21.11.2009: The New Way to Work: Top 5 Trends to Watch in 2010

2009-11-23T16:14:00.000+01:00

Endless Innovation, 21.11.2009: The New Way to Work: Top 5 Trends to Watch in 2010
by basulto: "Here are the five trends that I feel are creating The New Way To Work and what they mean to me"

The Content Economy, 19.11.2009: ECM meets Enterprise 2.0 – 7 key trends

2009-11-20T14:49:00.000+01:00

The Content Economy, 19.11.2009: ECM meets Enterprise 2.0 – 7 key trends
by Oscar Berg: "In the post 'ECM in the age of the social web - new slide deck' I promised that I would put some words to some of the slides from my presentation 'ECM Today - Trends & Reality'. Well, here they are."

ReadWrite Web, 18.11.2009: Top Internet Trends of 2000-2009: Democratization of News Media

2009-11-19T15:16:00.000+01:00

ReadWrite Web, 18.11.2009: Top Internet Trends of 2000-2009: Democratization of News Media: "It's November 2009 and we're nearing the end of a decade. It's been a tumultuous time of change for many industries, much of it driven by the Internet. The newspaper industry has been particularly affected by the Web. Over the past 10 years, news media has undergone a seachange akin to the invention of the printing press in 1440."

InfoWorld, 16.11.2009: InfoWorld's top 10 emerging enterprise technologies

2009-11-18T14:38:00.001+01:00

InfoWorld, 16.11.2009: InfoWorld's top 10 emerging enterprise technologies
by InfoWorld staff: "2009's up-and-coming technologies for business that will have the greatest impact in years to come"

The Forrester Wave™, 12.11.2009: Enterprise Content Management Suites, Q4 2009 - Forrester Research

2009-11-15T16:01:00.000+01:00

The Forrester Wave™, 12.11.2009: Enterprise Content Management Suites, Q4 2009 - Forrester Research
by Stephen Powers et.al.: "In Forrester's 70-criteria evaluation of eight enterprise content management (ECM) suite vendors, we found that IBM, Oracle, EMC, and Open Text lead due to breadth and depth of functionality and a continued focus on end-to-end ECM needs. Strong Performer Microsoft lacks depth in certain areas of ECM, with a focus on business content rather than transactional or persuasive, but its lighter footprint and collaboration functionality continue to give it market momentum. Other Strong Performers include Hyland Software — traditionally focused on imaging and archiving but expanding into records management and workflow — and HP, which has leveraged its 2008 TOWER Software acquisition and offers document management, imaging, and records. Finally, Contender Alfresco Software, with an open source offering, lacks overall ECM suite breadth, but it's gained traction with enterprises looking for an ECM alternative with a lower-cost entry point."

ZDNet.com Enterprise Web 2.0, 12.11.2009: What do we know today about moving our organizations into the 21st century?

2009-11-13T15:08:00.000+01:00

ZDNet.com Enterprise Web 2.0, 12.11.2009: What do we know today about moving our organizations into the 21st century?
by Dion Hinchcliffe: "This week in Frankfurt at the Enterprise 2.0 SUMMIT and last week at the inaugural Enterprise 2.0 Conference West in San Francisco has been an good microcosm of the state of the industry."

A Perficient Blog, 12.11.2009: Google Wave: The future of Enterprise Content Management (ECM)?

2009-11-13T14:33:00.000+01:00

A Perficient Blog, 12.11.2009: Google Wave: The future of Enterprise Content Management (ECM)?
by Jhodig Marcano: "As I see it, this is a battle between users, that want an easy way to access their content, and administrators (”super users”), that want an easy way to manage data (user’s content). At the end, companies adopt one software over another depending on who is paying for it. So I would make the first thing in my wish list a true content management system that people like to use."

V3.co.uk, 11.11.2009: Summit: ECM giant in cloud computing warning

2009-11-12T12:47:00.000+01:00

V3.co.uk, 11.11.2009: Summit: ECM giant in cloud computing warning
by Phil Muncaster: "EMC's head of content managment says firms will struggle to manage data that resides in the cloud"

HorizonWatching, 10.11.2009: Forrester's Top 15 Technology Trends For Enterprise Architects To Watch

2009-11-11T14:17:00.000+01:00

HorizonWatching, 10.11.2009: Forrester's Top 15 Technology Trends For Enterprise Architects To Watch
by Bill Chamberlin: "Forrester published a report The Top 15 Technology Trends EA Should Watch that listed 15 technologies with the greatest potential for business impact over the next three years. Here is the list of 15 below."

V3.co.uk, 10.11.2009: Summit: Is the ECM industry up to the information overload challenge?

2009-11-10T12:56:00.000+01:00

V3.co.uk, 10.11.2009: Summit: Is the ECM industry up to the information overload challenge?
by Phil Muncaster: "New tools will help organisations store and search rich media content"

SDL Tridion Blog, 30.10.2009: Top 3 Business Drivers Behind Web Content Management (WCM)

2009-11-07T14:24:00.000+01:00

SDL Tridion Blog, 30.10.2009: Top 3 Business Drivers Behind Web Content Management (WCM)by Brad Davis: "In March of 2009 the Aberdeen Group released a report titled 'Maximize Business Results Online: How Web Content Management Technology is Transforming Digital Marketing'. The report was based upon an in-depth survey of B2B and B2C businesses."

Information Week, 31.10.2009: Content Management: Collaboration And Social Networks Change The Game

2009-11-06T11:16:00.001+01:00

Information Week, 31.10.2009: Content Management: Collaboration And Social Networks Change The Game
by Andrew Conry-Murray: "The blurring lines between different types of content mean IT organizations needs to adapt their strategies."

Gartner Research, 15.10.2009: Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management

2009-11-02T05:44:00.001+01:00

Gartner Research, 15.10.2009: Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management
by Toby Bell et.al.: "Enterprises consider ECM as both a strategy to deal with all types of content and a set of software products with capabilities for managing the entire content life cycle. They want ECM solutions to help them run, grow and transform their businesses."

McKinsey: What Matters, 27.10.2009: Using technology to improve workforce collaborationMcKinsey: What Matters, 27.10.2009: Using technology to improve

2009-10-30T18:45:00.002+01:00

McKinsey: What Matters, 27.10.2009: Using technology to improve workforce collaboration
by James Manyika, Kara Sprague and Lareina Yee: "Knowledge workers fuel innovation and growth, yet the nature of knowledge work remains poorly understood—as do the ways to improve its effectiveness. The heart of what knowledge workers do on the job is collaborate, which in the broadest terms means they interact to solve problems, serve customers, engage with partners, and nurture new ideas. Technology and workflow processes support knowledge worker success and are increasingly sources of comparative differentiation. Those able to use new technologies to reshape how they work are finding significant productivity gains. This article shares our research on how technology can improve the quality and output of knowledge workers."

Intranet Blog, 21.10.2009: SharePoint for ECM: 5 big enhancements

2009-10-23T12:03:00.001+01:00

Intranet Blog, 21.10.2009: SharePoint for ECM: 5 big enhancements
by Toby Ward: "Here are five of the biggest impact, promised improvements to enterprise content management (ECM) that I’ve seen with my own two eyes, and even used"

Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog, 19.10.2009: SharePoint 2010

2009-10-21T00:22:00.001+01:00

Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog, 19.10.2009: SharePoint 2010
by sptblog: "This morning, Steve Ballmer and I are kicking off the SharePoint Conference so it is time to talk about SharePoint 2010! It is incredibly fun and rewarding to unveil this release driven input from you and innovative ideas from the team. As Steve announced, we will release the Beta of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 in November"

InfoWorld, 26.08.2009: Enterprise social software spurs connections

2009-10-16T07:08:00.001+01:00

InfoWorld, 26.08.2009: Enterprise social software spurs connections
by Mike Heck: "The InfoWorld Test Center reveals the strengths and weaknesses of blogging, wiki, and community solutions from CubeTree, Jive, Socialtext, and Telligent"

ReadWriteEnterprise, 09.10.2009: Ray Ozzie's New Social Lab: What It Means For Enterprise 2.0

2009-10-15T11:01:00.001+01:00

ReadWriteEnterprise, 09.10.2009: Ray Ozzie's New Social Lab: What It Means For Enterprise 2.0
by Alex Williams: "Now that Ray Ozzie has stepped into the ring with the news that Microsoft is launching a full-on social lab, it's clear that the Enterprise 2.0 movement is moving into a new phase."

Enterpise2Open, 07.10.2009: 5 key topics to be discussed for a Enterprise 2.0 strategy

2009-10-12T11:36:00.002+01:00

Enterpise2Open, 07.10.2009: 5 key topics to be discussed for a Enterprise 2.0 strategy
by bn: "...it’s time to consolidate the topics to be discussed in regards to improve and enhance Enterprise 2.0 projects."

KnowledgeBoard, 07.10.2009: 10 common problems with ECM - and how to avoid them

2009-10-11T06:27:00.003+01:00

KnowledgeBoard, 07.10.2009: 10 common problems with ECM - and how to avoid them
by Ben Richmond: "ECM has the power to transform employee productivity, drive down costs and reduce the carbon footprint for any organisation. But many organisations have yet to achieve maximum value from the investment. From clearly defining corporate expectations up front, to ensuring user buy-in, only the right approach can ensure that organisations achieve their ECM objectives, insists Ben Richmond."

destinationCRM.com, 05.10.2009: 8 Reasons to Revisit Your ECM Strategy

2009-10-08T17:29:00.002+01:00

destinationCRM.com, 05.10.2009: 8 Reasons to Revisit Your ECM Strategy
by Lauren McKay: "AIIM ECM Seminar: 'We are at a tipping point,' said industry president, telling attendees that the time is now to establish an Enterprise Content Management plan-of-action."

Digital Landfill, 26.09.2009: 8 Things you need to know about developing an ECM Information Architecture

2009-09-28T20:26:00.000+01:00

Digital Landfill, 26.09.2009: 8 Things you need to know about developing an ECM Information Architecture
by Michael Elkins: "Information is our most important corporate asset, but the value of that information can only be realized if users can quickly find and use it. All too often, companies are handcuffed by numerous departmental or standalone content management systems, each with unique or incomplete information architectures. Getting to enterprise information architecture requires careful consideration during the design process including"

The Obvious, 21.09.2009: Social Business

2009-09-24T17:49:00.002+01:00

The Obvious, 21.09.2009: Social Business
by Euan Semple: Below is the text (warning this is the biggest blog post I have ever done) of an article I wrote recently which I am reproducing here as it seems pertinent to the promotion of the idea of social business."

The FASTForward Blog, 16.09.2009: E2.0: Unleashing the Potential: Enterprise 2.0

2009-09-17T11:46:00.001+01:00

The FASTForward Blog, 16.09.2009: E2.0: Unleashing the Potential: Enterprise 2.0
by Paula Thornton: "How is 2.0 thinking different? It relies on a shift away from many commonly held beliefs. It is not an abandonment of such beliefs, but requires that they be suspended to move to a more flexible, adaptive middle."

KMWorld, 10.09.2009: Writing the book on Enterprise 2.0

2009-09-12T11:33:00.002+01:00

KMWorld, 10.09.2009: Writing the book on Enterprise 2.0
by Hugh McKellar: "Andrew McAfee, who first coined the term 'Enterprise 2.0' in 2006, has written the definitive book about it. Enterprise 2.0, New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization’s Toughest Challenges will be published in December by Harvard Business School Press. He is currently a principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society. McAfee will deliver the opening keynote address Nov. 17 at the KMWorld 2009 Conference and Exposition in San Jose, and recently spoke with KMWorld Editor in Chief Hugh McKellar."

SocialText Blog, 27.08.2009: Enterprise 2.0: Skip the Pilot

2009-09-08T12:27:00.001+01:00

SocialText: "There's an orthodoxy in Enterprise 2.0 circles about how you're supposed to run an implementation. The orthodoxy goes something like this: Start with small-scale pilots, define your business objectives, watch the pilots closely, evaluate their success, make a go/no-go decision. (A good recent articulation of this view is in Chris McGrath's post on 8 Tips for a Successful Social Intranet Pilot.)"

McKinsey Quarterly, 01.09.2009: How companies are benefiting from Web 2.0

2009-09-03T11:24:00.003+01:00

McKinsey Quarterly, 01.09.2009: How companies are benefiting from Web 2.0
by Business Technology Office: "The heaviest users of Web 2.0 applications are also enjoying benefits such as increased knowledge sharing and more effective marketing. These benefits often have a measurable effect on the business."

ReadWriteEnterprise, 25.08.2009: Kiiro: SharePoint-based Collaboration That Just Works

2009-08-27T12:11:00.003+01:00

ReadWriteEnterprise, 25.08.2009: Kiiro: SharePoint-based Collaboration That Just Works
by Steven Walling: "But Kiiro is a project management tool that uses a SharePoint backend yet looks like nothing like a Microsoft product. It is one of the best-looking and easiest-to-use SharePoint tools we've seen to date."

Wired, 18.08.2008: Driven: Shai Agassi's Audacious Plan to Put Electric Cars on the Road

2009-08-24T12:23:00.001+01:00

Wired, 18.08.2008: Driven: Shai Agassi's Audacious Plan to Put Electric Cars on the Road
by Daniel Roth: "in May 2007, he launched Project Better Place, the world's first global electric-car grid operator (he later dropped 'Project'). He had no cars, no test site, and no electrical engineering or auto experience. It wasn't even clear that consumers wanted change. They were paying $3 a gallon, painful but bearable. On a mission to end oil and about his plans for an ubiquitous support infrastructure for electric cars."

Read Write Web, 11.08.2009: Is a Perfect Storm Forming For Distributed Social Networking?

2009-08-13T12:14:00.000+01:00

Read Write Web, 11.08.2009: Is a Perfect Storm Forming For Distributed Social Networking?
by Marshall Kirkpatrick: "The prospect of a distributed, interoperable, self-hosted network of publishing, reading and discussion tools is nothing new - but the idea is gaining a lot more support as more people react to recent news like FriendFeed's sale to Facebook, Tr.im's up and down and Twitter's denial of service attacks. The tide may not be turning, but there's sure to be some new waves of innovation that come out of this period of frustration."

ZDNet.com Enterprise Web 2.0, 24.07.2009: First impressions of Google Wave

2009-07-25T12:03:00.000+01:00

ZDNet.com Enterprise Web 2.0, 24.07.2009: First impressions of Google Wave
by Dion Hinchcliffe: "Google Wave holds considerable potential for bringing next-generation Enterprise 2.0 capabilities to organizations looking for best-of-breed solutions."

Trends in the Living Networks, 04.02.3009: Why ‘critical mass’ is intensely relevant to Enterprise 2.0 user adoption

2009-02-06T16:15:00.001+01:00

Trends in the Living Networks, 04.02.3009: Why ‘critical mass’ is intensely relevant to Enterprise 2.0 user adoption
by Ross Dawson: A new perspective on Enterprise 2.0 adoption has just occurred to me, stemming from a conversation with audience members at my KM Forum presentation the other day, and while writing the Implementing Enterprise 2.0 report, which is being created to be out in time for the Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum.

ZDNet.com Enterprise Web 2.0, 29..01.2009: Using Web 2.0 to reinvent your business for the economic downturn

2009-02-03T10:27:00.001+01:00

ZDNet.com Enterprise Web 2.0, 29..01.2009: Using Web 2.0 to reinvent your business for the economic downturn
by Dion Hinchcliffe: "We are very fortunate that, given the generational challenges we face today, we have tools that those that came before us could not possibly imagine"

Andrew McAfee’s Blog, 27.01.2009: I Know It When I See It

2009-01-29T10:23:00.000+01:00

Andrew McAfee’s Blog, 27.01.2009: I Know It When I See It
by Andrew McAfee: "Because of these facts I usually dodge questions about specific vendors and their offerings, and instead answer how I’d look at any particular deployment of collaboration software to see if it met my definition of Enterprise 2.0. I find this pretty easy to do. I check to see if the environment meets three criteria: Is it freeform? How frictionless is contribution? And is it emergent? To put some flesh on each of these terms…"

Strategic heading, 20.01.2009: Web 2.0 Represents A Fundamental Rethinking Of Business, And The Theory Of The Firm

2009-01-22T10:19:00.000+01:00

Strategic heading, 20.01.2009: Web 2.0 Represents A Fundamental Rethinking Of Business, And The Theory Of The Firm
by G. Oliver Young: "So what do I see when I look at Web 2.0, social media, social software, and whatever else you want to call this thing? I see a fundamental rethinking of the definition and function of the firm; the single biggest change since the industrial revolution."

ZDNet.com Enterprise Web 2.0, 13.01.2009: 8 Predictions for Enterprise Web 2.0 in 2009

2009-01-20T17:02:00.001+01:00

ZDNet.com Enterprise Web 2.0, 13.01.2009: 8 Predictions for Enterprise Web 2.0 in 2009
by Dion Hinchcliffe: "I predict a rebuilding year for most organizations, with a few that will use innovative new ideas to break out with major successes."

ZDNet.co Dana Gardner’s BriefingsDirect, 29.12.2008: BriefingsDirect analysts make 2009 predictions for enterprise IT, SOA, cloud and business intelli

2009-01-13T10:10:00.000+01:00

ZDNet.com Dana Gardner’s BriefingsDirect, 29.12.2008: BriefingsDirect analysts make 2009 predictions for enterprise IT, SOA, cloud and business intelligence
by Dana Gardner: "In this episode, recorded Dec. 19, 2008, our guests make their top five predictions for IT in 2009. We’re going to look at what trends may have changed in 2008, but with an emphasis on the impacts for IT users, developers, and buyers and sellers in the coming year."

ReadWriteWeb, 05.01.2009: Report: Intranets Increased Collaboration Support in 2008

2009-01-07T16:46:00.001+01:00

ReadWriteWeb, 05.01.2009: Report: Intranets Increased Collaboration Support in 2008
by Richard MacManus: "Every year old-school web design guru Jakob Nielsen releases a survey of the world's top Intranets. This year's report has some interesting comments on the use of 'web 2.0' techniques in company intranets. However Nielsen continues to take petty shots at the latest social web technologies. We were critical of this last year, but frankly it's just tiresome now. Thankfully his report has some very useful information for enterprises especially, so let's check that out."

Web Strategy by Jeremiah, 02.01.2009: Event Summary: The Future of the Social Web

2009-01-02T13:26:00.001+01:00

Web Strategy by Jeremiah, 02.01.2009: Event Summary: The Future of the Social Web
by Jeremiah Owyang: "Thanks to SAP who hosted this event (thanks Giovanni for the intro) we had a day long working session to uncover what we see are the predictions of the social web, the challenges to overcome, and how they will be beat. Thanks to Kenny Lauer and the GPJ team for assisting me through the event. Special thanks to SAP for hosting this community event."

CIO - Blogs and Discussion, 23.12.2008: Web 2.0, Social Networks in '09: The Year of Consolidation, Not Innovation

2008-12-27T13:16:00.001+01:00

CIO - Blogs and Discussion, 23.12.2008: Web 2.0, Social Networks in '09: The Year of Consolidation, Not Innovation
by C.G. Lynch: "In 2009, Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis and social networks will continue to be used by people both at home and work. But I think most consumer-based social networks will struggle toward profitability, and consolidation in the enterprise Web 2.0 market could hamper innovation around those tools, too."

CMSWire, 18.12.2008: 2009 Predictions for Web CMS, ECM, Mobile, MOSS and more

2008-12-19T13:08:00.001+01:00

CMSWire, 18.12.2008: 2009 Predictions for Web CMS, ECM, Mobile, MOSS and more
by Barb Mosher: "Like the 12 days of Christmas, CMS Watch has chosen to offer up 12 predictions for the technology world for 2009."

HBS Faculty Blogs, 01.12.2008: The Enterprise 2.0 Recovery Plan

2008-12-04T12:54:00.002+01:00

HBS Faculty Blogs, 01.12.2008: The Enterprise 2.0 Recovery Planby Andrew McAfee: "The Enterprise 2.0 Recovery Plan
Recent events in the news have inspired a thought experiment: I asked myself what I would do if I were put in charge of IT as part of the turnaround effort at a big US automaker."

O'Reilly Radar, 29.11.2008: Why I Love Twitter

2008-11-30T08:08:00.002+01:00

O'Reilly Radar, 29.11.2008: Why I Love Twitter
by Tim O'Reilly: "I soon realized that Twitter has grown up to become a critical business tool, ideal for following the latest news, tracking the ideas and whereabouts of people who will shape the future of technology, and sharing my own thoughts and attention stream."