Why are They Waiting for Wikis? – Search CIO
by Bill Ives
Just as I finished the post on CIO Magazine below, this email popped up, Waiting for wikis to break through, from Search CIO editor, Karen Guglielmo. It said that only 37% of enterprises are using wikis, according to a recent study by The Nemertes Research Group. Now some could see 37% as progress but why are the other 63% not using them.
Karen writes that the same study found that management, security and compliance were the key factors inhibiting enterprise adoption of wikis. To no surprise, “CIOs were also concerned with the way wikis were often brought into the organization — outside the control of IT.”
The short piece concluded that “CIOs who are adopting wikis into their organizations are experiencing numerous benefits, including improved productivity, reduced email, fewer meetings and better knowledge sharing.” Here is more good press to convince the other 63%. I see adopting wikis for group work projects, such as meeting planning or project management, as an easy decision for a CIO. They might as well be in the forefront that playing catchup with the employees who are going to try to bring in the tools anyway. With the smaller group initiatives, the CIO can then safely experiment in anticipation of broader enterprise applications.
