a new competitor in the field.

a new competitor in the field.

Very insteresting survey about what companies and employees are thinking and doing with corporate information in social networks.

a case study of enterprise 2.0 implementation (1500 users)

Malgré leur succès incontesté dans le domaine grand public, les outils de collaboration en ligne du web 2.0 peinent à s'imposer en entreprise. C'est ce que révèle une récente étude du cabinet d'analyse Forrester. Quelques chiffres : 68 % des employés utilisent toujours email & téléphone pour collaborer (!). Ils sont de plus en plus souvent secondés par la messagerie instantanée (15% des employés) et la web conférence (13 %) (seulement !). Les réseaux sociaux ne sont utilisés que par 8 % des employés, les blogs par 5 % des collaborateurs et les wiki par 4 %. MAIS Les outils de bureautique en ligne (Google Apps, Windows Live, etc.) semblent en revanche décoller puisque 16 % des employés y auraient désormais recourt. La transformation des usages vers les nouveaux outils de productivité bureautique est bien en route :)

Think you know what work might look like in the future? Zoho's evangelist (and guy who setup their data center) Raju Vegesna shows me how he can gather data from the Internet, process it in a spreadsheet, and build a report -- all within minutes using Zoho's free services. Oh, and all while he could be collaborating with coworkers from around the world on live data. This is a new way to work and it's pretty exciting to think about how cloud-based technologies like Zoho's suite of applications will change how we'll work

A list of case studies about social media and enterprise 2.0 on-going projects

Excellent article from McKinsey about how web 2.0 tools can improve productivity and efficiency in the company. They are also very well explaining difference between participation and collaboration, which we are ourselves explaining it for many years. It's good to see this difference recognized. The different categories are very well explained also. But one of the key point of this article in the introduction of workflow tecnologies in this area. McKinsey is saying that workflow + participatory technologies is a key enhancer for the company. We agree of course with this, first because companies need both world, and second because providing automation and participation capabilities to the information system is the best way to improve it drastically.

Google's chief economist says executives in wired organizations need a sharper understanding of how technology empowers innovation.

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These companies, say the authors, are showing that the use of blogs, wikis, widgets and other Web 2.0 tools "encourages horizontal collaboration and harnesses the power of collective intelligence to boost productivity, foster innovation and create enhanced value".

Very good white from Cecile Demailly about how social tools (aka social networks) will change our corporations, and what we must do to reach this level.

Jon Husband clarifying some concepts about wirearchy. Wirearchy concept is almost the same than heterarchy we have developed within eSangathan project and within Kimind quadrant. Heterarchy is more focus on free participation where wirearchy is focused on connexion between people. But at the end, the result is the same, a horizontal organization instead of a vertical one.