On Tuesday we ran a media briefing ahead of the Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum on 19 February. Someone just pointed out to me that NineMSN wrote up the story under the title Social networking sites help boost business: expert. Since basically the whole article is direct quotes from me, I think it’s OK to put […]
It’s great to have Capgemini involved as Gold Sponsor in our Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum, and Peter Evans-Greenwood, Chief Technology Officer of Capgemini Australia, speaking at the event on ‘Expanding Enterprise 2.0 beyond the early adopters’. Peter has been working with many of Capgemini’s large clients in implementing Web 2.0 technologies and approaches. In this […]
Des Walsh, one of Australia’s premier bloggers, has launched a Social Media Podcast show. He is kicking it off with a podcast interview with Stephen Collins of acidlabs, which is a partner for our Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum next week. A great interview which touches on what we’re trying to do with the Forum, and […]
Yesterday I was interviewed live in the studio on SkyBusiness TV on Yahoo!’s rejection of Microsoft’s offer and what it implies. Some of the points I covered: * There are few alternatives for Yahoo! to Microsoft’s bid. New Corp, which conceivably could have been interested, has denied any plans, AOL has been rumored as a […]
On the newly relaunched Future Exploration Network website, we have added a ‘What is Enterprise 2.0’ page to provide a succinct overview of the space for attendees of the Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum. The page (image of the top part below) includes: * Definition * Framework * Technologies * Corporate applications * Enterprise 2.0 blogs […]
Many people seem to think that Enterprise 2.0 is about blogs and wikis. There are many other technologies supporting the shift to more collaborative and productive organizations. One of the most important of these, and one which perhaps does more to change the role of IT in the enterprise, is mashups. In out Web 2.0 […]
These things always take longer than we’d like. But finally the new Future Exploration Network website is up! There are some new features to the site that I’ll point out in subsequent posts, and a couple of final tweaks yet to make. Please let us know in the comments here or by email if there’s […]
Yesterday I gave the opening keynote at the Managing Partners Forum at Byron Bay, on the topic of Creating the Future of Professional Services, focusing on how to create differentiation in a highly competitive globalized market. The event brought together a small and exclusive group of the Managing Partners of a wide variety of major […]
Richard Watson, Chief Futurist at Future Exploration Network, has found that his newly launched bestseller Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years, has generated a very diverse range of interesting opportunities. One of the enquiries was from AVN, a publishing company that focuses on the adult entertainment industry, wanting insights into where their […]
eBay will eliminate negative rankings from May, according to the BBC. This makes what was barely useful into something practically useless. It’s interesting that when you talk about reputation systems, most people refer to eBay’s feedback and ratings system. It was in fact clear years ago that eBay’s ratings had very little value. The essence […]
