Enterprise 2.0

The Birth of Enterprise 2.0 By M.R. Rangaswami, Sand Hill Group Enterprise 2.0 is more than just Web 2.0 for business. Enterprise computing is far more complex than personal computing. It includes legacy environments, innumerable vendors, mismatched data sources, stringent regulations and far flung users. While Web 2.0 can deliver genuine advantages for both business users and consumers, the real "Enterprise 2.0" will encompass a far broader and more complex vision. Enterprise 2.0 is the synergy of a new set of technologies, development models and delivery methods that are used to develop business software and deliver it to users. Read more...

What is Enterprise 2.0?
Daniel Nations, About.com

In the traditional corporate environment, information flows through an ordered path. Information is passed down the chain from the top to the bottom, and suggestions made from the bottom flow toward the top. Enterprise 2.0 changes this structured order and creates controlled chaos. In an Enterprise 2.0 structure, information flows laterally as well as up and down. In essence, it cuts the chains that hold back collaboration in a traditional office environment. Read more...

Enterprise 2.0 Definition and Solutions
By Ron Miller

As the sheer amount of enterprise content grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to track and share. It's not a new problem, but the avalanche of information your employees have to process raises the necessity to deal with the issue. Enterprise 2.0 tools make it easier to share and organize information. Tagging and rating provide a straightforward way to find content and make judgments about what to look at. Blogs and wikis are natural collaboration and communication platforms. Social network tools help staff find the right individual or group of people. Enterprise 2.0 has the potential to provide knowledge and content management in a surprisingly cheap and easy fashion using Web-based tools. In this introduction to the subject, we explain what Enterprise 2.0 is, how it can help your organization and the technology's limitations. Read more...

Selling the Case for Accelerating Business Performance with Enterprise Collaboration
By Ben Kepes

Enterprise 2.0 technologies are just that, technologies. They’re not a holy grail of themselves and their needs to be a valid business case to sell the change. They cautioned attendees from comparing the business case for Enterprise 2.0 with the general Web 2.0 trends – web 2.0 is fundamentally a desire driven activity, whereas in a work setting people generally want to do their 9-5 and do what they have to do – no more. Read more...

Classification of Enterprise 2.0 use cases
By bn

What is Enterprise 2.0 all about? IMHO - this is the most asked question when talking about this topic. As several bright heads have said before instead of theoretically talking about the Enterprise 2.0 vision we need to talk about use cases and case studies that show and unveil the power of this so-called “social business“. At the Enterprise 2.0 SUMMIT we have defined four different use cases that are going to be discussed along different best practices presentation. Read more...

Why unlocking ECM is critical to your Enterprise 2.0 execution plan
By Sameer Patel

If you’re a large organization using enterprise content management systems (ECM), chances are that its powering images, documents and records management, and web content. These systems enforce roles, workflows, access control and versioning to enable the creation, management and dissemination of media assets. Read more...

Enterprise 2.0 Blueprint
By R. Todd Stephens, Ph.D.

The purpose of the employee, organization, and business is to serve the customer and to that end, I needed to include them in the blueprint. But what value-add does the customer get from a company that deploys Enterprise 2.0 technologies?

1. Lower Costs due to the efficiency gained by a collaborative culture;
2. New products and services by leveraging the internal network of resources;
3. Improved Customer Service with the openness required;
4. New Markets that emerge with organizations actually communicate. Read more...