http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/ In this blog, Dion Hinchcliffe explores current and emerging trends at the intersection of IT and business. en Copyright 2012 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:10:30 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.37 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It was just over a decade ago that businesses were still wondering why it was necessary to have a Web site. Now it's a foregone conclusion that they are one of the most important touchpoints for any organization to possess.... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/12/2012_is_shaping_up_as_the_year.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/12/2012_is_shaping_up_as_the_year.php Open Supply Chains Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:10:30 -0500 dion It's been a few years now since Enterprise 2.0 first arrived on the scene as a concept, back in 2006. At the time -- and even now -- the premise was compelling: As social media became a primary means of... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/11/social_media_and_workforce_col.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/11/social_media_and_workforce_col.php Enterprise 2.0 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:30:36 -0500 dion Earlier this month a great piece by Dan Schawbel appeared in Forbes on the topic of the ever-expanding discussion on how the business world is transitioning to social media. Not only is it clear that the consumer world is moving... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/10/your_social_business_co-pilot.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/10/your_social_business_co-pilot.php Enterprise 2.0 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:43:02 -0500 dion While many organizations are still ascending the early portion of the ladder of enterprise social media adoption, a growing number of efforts are becoming increasingly organized at a strategic level. In both my research and work in the field, I've... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/09/five_emergent_strategies_for_social_business.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/09/five_emergent_strategies_for_social_business.php Enterprise 2.0 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:15:34 -0500 dion Over the last few weeks, several important parallel threads in social collaboration have begun flowing together at long last, though still a little uneasily yet. From this discussion I believe there's a real chance to address some long-standing social business... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/09/integration_and_connection_to.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/09/integration_and_connection_to.php Enterprise 2.0 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:10:20 -0500 dion As businesses begin looking strategically at big data as a way to improve their business performance, an important element of their efforts will be in the burgeoning capability of social analytics. I've been analyzing this space for a while and... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/08/harnessing_social_business_int.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/08/harnessing_social_business_int.php Compliance Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:20:19 -0500 dion While social networks are still just getting their sea legs in most organizations, the next big leap forward -- in addition to social analytics -- is likely to be the integration of our productivity and line of business apps into... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/08/why_the_next_app_you_use_might_be_in_a_social_network.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/08/why_the_next_app_you_use_might_be_in_a_social_network.php Enterprise 2.0 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:10:38 -0500 dion One of the interesting side effects of the pervasiveness of technology today is that work in general is becoming so digital that it sometimes completely disappears from sight. By this I mean it's trapped within our e-mail systems, IT systems,... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/07/open_work_using_social_softwar.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/07/open_work_using_social_softwar.php Crowdsourcing Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:35:46 -0500 dion The CIO of today tends to be one more focused on the business and less on technology than in years past. Whether they're an activist CIO pushing for change or more concerned about the status quo, the consensus at the... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/06/social_business_and_next-gener.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/06/social_business_and_next-gener.php CxO Issues Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:43:57 -0500 dion One of the questions that comes up all-too-frequently when discussing social collaboration in the enterprise these days is the (still) infamous ROI question. Sometimes this is because the various manifestations of Enterprise 2.0 and social intranets haven't gone past the... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/05/improving_enterprise_collabora.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/05/improving_enterprise_collabora.php Enterprise 2.0 Thu, 19 May 2011 16:18:14 -0500 dion In enterprises large and small around the world there's now a growing imperative to replace the outdated, inflexible, and limited legacy intranets of yesterday with something newer, richer, and more effective. These days this almost invariably means incorporating a significant... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/05/making_an_intranet_more_social.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2011/05/making_an_intranet_more_social.php Social Business Fri, 13 May 2011 18:10:14 -0500 dion Just in case you've been spending time on a deserted island, you might not know that the Web these days has been moving rapidly towards a profoundly more social and interconnected version of itself. It was just over a year... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2010/10/making_enterprise_applications.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2010/10/making_enterprise_applications.php Enterprise 2.0 Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:50:57 -0500 dion For most of the history of the Web, it's been about pages and links. This simple yet profoundly powerful structure has led to many of the most important capabilities of the Internet including search, analytics, network effects, and other valuable... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2010/08/social_objects_the_new_halo_ar.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2010/08/social_objects_the_new_halo_ar.php Enterprise Architecture Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:21:52 -0500 dion There's been a lot of discussion in Enterprise 2.0 circles recently on the topic of something known as online community management. While precise definitions of this activity can be hard to find, most generally accept that it involves the functional... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2010/03/community_management_the_strat.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2010/03/community_management_the_strat.php Enterprise Computing Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:01:02 -0500 dion As organizations take a close hard look at cloud computing and how it can help them with their businesses, some are coming away unimpressed by the maturity or with concerns about risk, control, and privacy. Yet others are beginning to... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2010/02/the_enterprise_data_cloud_why.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/enterprise/2010/02/the_enterprise_data_cloud_why.php Cloud Computing Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:07:09 -0500 dion