Comments on: An IT Manager’s Lament: Enterprise 2.0 a Tough Sell

By: Christine Bentsen

Christine Bentsen — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:55:34 +0000

I’ve been trying with not much success to get my employer (large technology firm) to really capitalize on Web 2.0 possiblities, with well… limited success. We got blogs introduced about 18 months ago, but it’s just the execs who are blogging and they hold to the sanitized party line. And… they’ve been known to delete negative or challenging comments. IMHO, there’s a first mover advantage to be had for the large companies that embrace web 2.0 – but they really need to do it, not just embrace some of the tech and none of the spirit. Web 2.0 is a difficult concept for companies that are used to controlling their environment, and I agree, it’s going to be a hard road. I’d say it’s more culture than IT issues.

By: Sebastien Pages

Sebastien Pages — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:54:36 +0000

Thanks for your post Joe.
The aim of my post was to highlight the big gap between the buzz word 2.0, the tools we have at home and the diffciculties we are facing to meet business needs and enterprise users expectations – they often do no understand the reason why they don’t have in their ouwn company similar technology they have at home.
cheers

By: Oscar Berg

Oscar Berg — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:02:45 +0000

Rapid adoption of technologies and tools usually means that you adopt it without really knowing exactly what to use it for and how. Hence, many companies who have had bad experiences from early adoption choose to wait with adopting new technologies until they see how they develop. What is dangerous is if the companies do not start thinking about how new technologies and tools might affect their environment and their business, and if and how they could use them to get a competitive advantage. I see no real problem in waiting, as long as you keep yourself updated about new technlogies and start thinking if and how they can benefit or damage your business.