Web 2.0's Place In The Enterprise

My first BCR column is now available: Web 2.0's Place in the Enterprise.  The article covers enterprise views, adoption trends, and concerns around Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 applications.

Comments

[Bob Warfield]

Great article, Irwin!

You've outlined a lot of the complexities surrounding the application of Web 2.0 in the Enterprise. I have a couple of other angles for you to think about.

First, I've been classifying Web 2.0 services by their affinity to Personality Types based on Learning Styles. Think of it as the Web 2.0 takes a Myers Briggs test:

http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/what-personality-type-is-your-web-20-fave-part-2-of-web-20-personality-types/

Next, there is an interesting set of characteristics your internal information needs to take on if you want your internal Web 2.0 (Intranet) to have all the power of the World Wide Web 2.0:

http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/why-cant-i-search-my-enterprise-data-as-well-as-google-searches-the-internet-enterprise-page-rank/

Enjoy!