Decoded - Advertising campaign of Jay-Z's book with Bing Maps

The power of social and the power of search combines .. very cool .. Bing Bing Bing

Uploading your presentation to Slideshare .. news travels fast

Combining the power of slideshare with twitter just shows you how powerful the sharing of information is … 42 views in 10 minutes …

Sharing pays off ..

Goodbyeves #hyves

Goodbye Hyves.

Na kort beraad heb ik besloten mijn Hyves account definitief te verwijderen. Ik gebruikte Hyves nooit of zelden en eigenlijk alleen maar om veel andere sociale netwerken, zoals twitter, mijn blog en Facebook door te linken. (en niemand op Hyves was daar in geinteresseerd geloof ik)

Facebook heeft de Hyves functionaliteit natuurlijk al lang vervangen. Ook veel van mijn ‘Hyves vrienden’ zijn al verhuisd dus tijd om de tent te sluiten lijkt me.

Ik twijfel alleen of mijn profiel echt weg is, ik kan namelijk nog wel steeds inloiggen en zie mijn profiel. Ik zal met een dag of 2 nog eens checken

The reach and impact of LinkedIn

LinkedIN is such a normal ‘tool’ in my day to day proces for connecting with new people and maintaining current and old relationships, that I sometimes overlook how powerful it really is.

My wakeup call today :

Wow ..

Get The Most Value From Social Computing For Business

New whitepaper by Microsoft on the benefits of Social Computing for Enterprises :

The whitepaper discusses the value of social computing for business, citing 2 customer references of large scale enterprise deployments, and the technologies that enable successful results from social computing.

The whitepaper also addresses the business and technical benefits from using SharePoint Products and Technologies and how the platform differentiates compared to other social computing vendors.

Social computing is not a passing trend, so organizations should think of this “new way of work” in context of a broader enterprise collaboration strategy.

Source : Get The Most Value From Social Computing For Business
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:50:23 GMT

Beyond Office 2010 - The Future of Productivity

Office 2010 is here. The most complete but also the most evolved version of the Office productivity suite. For many years the Office suite is no longer just about personal productity; it is about managing information in the broadest context posiible : interaction between individuals, teams and organisations, from an ad-hoc, project or any kind of social context.

Microsoft’s vision goes far beyond Office 2010 and for those who have not seen this vision yet, take a look at this video :

Now there's also a whitepaper available which puts a number of innovations / visions shown in the video into perspective :

… This paper illustrates how productivity software has evolved to make your work life easier and more productive, and explores some areas where Microsoft is using new technologies and approaches to drive even greater improvements in productivity and efficiency throughout your organization. …

Download Whitepaper : Beyond Office 2010 - The Future of Productivity
Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:27:29 GMT

ICT-Office event : ICT 2010 - 2020 en de visie hierop van Microsoft, Google en Gartner

Today the ICT-Office event with Google, Microsoft and Gartner Group was held in Utrecht. Over 180 attendees.

We have done the Microsoft presnetation together with Unit4 and Capgemini. Check out our PPT :

Microsoft | Unit4 | Capgemini - The Cloud Ecosystem 2010-2020

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Microsoft Outlook gets social – Linked In for Outlook

Linked In integration with Microsoft Outlook 2010, 2007 and 2003  is now a fact :

http://www.linkedin.com/outlook 

 

Samen-Werken 2.9 – Microsoft presentatie

Vandaag was het event Samen-Werken 2,9, georganiseerd door Sigrid van der Hoeven van NetQuotez.

Veel leuke sprekers en inspirerende presentaties. Ik heb weer een hoop opgestoken.

Sigrid had mij gevraagd iets te vertelen over het nieuwe werken bij Microsoft Nederland, dat heb ik met veel plezier gedaan, want praten over je werk is leuk ..

Hier is mijn presentatie van vandaag :

Samen Werken 2.9 Het Nieuwe Werken @ Microsoft 18 5 2009

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O ja, je kunt op slideshare tegenwoordig YouTube videos embedden in de presentatie. Mijn videootjes van vandaag stonden al op Youtube zo bleek dus die zitten er ook in, evenals het rapport over het nieuwe werken dat ik een van de vragenstellers had beloofd.

Martijn, bedankt voor de feedback :-)

Slideshare shows what Twitter means for customer Service ?

Very very good customer service … instantly.

I make a lot of use of Slideshare. So when something does not work according to my expectation I am not happy. Today I tried to upload a presentation and although the presentation has 30 slides iSLideshare only publshed the first eleven slides. What to do ?

1. Say you’re unhappy on Twitter

2. Within 30 minutes I got a response from a Slideshare representative

3. We exchanged emails and my problem is solved within 1 hour after I reported it (1 slide with may logos gave issues)

4. I thanked Slideshare :-)

Thanks again Ashwan ;-)

Samen _Werken 2.9

Sigrid van der Hoeven van Netquotez organiseert een congres over nieuwe vormen van samenwerken. Het onderwerp is belangrijker dan ooit en de deelname is gratis … waar wacht je nog op …

… In deze tijden komt de nadruk steeds meer te liggen op nieuwe vormen van samenwerking. Niet gebaseerd op uurtje factuurtje, maar op waarde.

Dit congres gaat over de vorm waarin deze nieuwe samenwerkingsverbanden kunnen worden gegoten.

Er zullen een aantal reeds bestaande en nieuwe ideeën de revue passeren.
Onderwerpen als crowdsourcing, het nieuwe werken, de netwerkeconomie en bijzondere samenwerkingsvormen komen voorbij.

Samen_werken 2.9: over samenwerken in de breedste zin van het woord….

 

Programma

Sprekers:

• Ronald van den Hoff inleiding (over Seats2meet, samenwerken en meer)
• Jeroen van der Schenk over MINDZ.com
• Jacques Giesbertz over net(anders)werken
• Peter de Haas over het Nieuwe Werken bij Microsoft
• Corné van Mechelen over een binnenkort te lanceren belevingsconcept
• Erwin Blom over crowdsourcing en The Crowds
• Martijn Aslander en zijn visie op samen_werken, de (netwerk)economie, etc.
• Sigrid van der Hoeven lanceert het plan Open Werk + interactie met publiek

Dagindeling

09.00 - 09.15 uur: Inleiding door dagvoorzitter Sigrid van der Hoeven

09.15 - 10.00 uur: Ronald van den Hoff - CDEF Holding

10.00 - 10.45 uur: Jeroen van der Schenk - MINDZ.com

10.45 - 11.15 uur: Koffiepauze

11.15 - 12.00 uur: Jacques Giesbertz - BuzzyChain

12.00 - 12.45 uur: Peter de Haas - Microsoft

12.45 - 13.30 uur: Lunch

13.30 - 14.15 uur: Corné van Mechelen - V&O

14.15 - 15.00 uur: Erwin Blom - The Crowds

15.00 - 15.30 uur: Koffiepauze

15.30 - 16.15 uur: Martijn Aslander

16.15 - 17.00 uur: Sigrid van der Hoeven - Open Werk

17.00 uur - … : Borrel

Meld je nu gratis aan

Yammer goes from SaaS to Software + Services

Yammer also sees the benefits / needs of a Software + Services strategy. Some organisations prefer or maybe even require an onpremise solution …

Enterprise microblogging software service provider Yammer has announced a version of their software that can be run on a company's servers, inside the corporate firewall.

The Twitter-like service intended for the workplace has had great success with the hosted version of their software and is trying to take the next step in facilitating conversations in companies and workgroups. …

 

… Why Go Internal?

Why would Yammer release a self-hosted version? For many reasons, but primarily because many enterprises maintain IS security policies that all corporate communications are held on corporate servers. While using Yammer in a traditional manner, users store microblogging messages on Yammer's servers. Under this arrangement, potentially sensitive and confident information might seep out into just anyone's hands, causing unease in the information security fields  ….

Source: Yammer Goes Beyond SaaS, Offers Self-Hosted Version

Go Poken …

My colleague Hans gave me a poken device today … this means I have to ….I am curious how poken atually works in practice. Show me yours and I’ll show you mine …

dehaaspeter, welcome to Poken!

 

You have officially joined the revolution in social networking. You may now log in at any time on www.doyoupoken.com. Have fun and...

 

...go poken!

Event : USE YOUR CREATIVE NETWORK BRAIN !

6 februari a.s. organiseert BuzzyChain een event rond beter en ander netwerken en dit maal gericht op de creatieve sector.

• Beter & anders netwerken voor de creatieve sector
• Hoe gebruik je social software?
• Praktische tips en nieuwe inzichten. Ontmoet 4 experts op 1 middag!

Peter de Haas (Microsoft), Giep Hagoort (HKU, Universiteit Utrecht), Sigrid van der Hoeven (NetQuotez), Jacques Giesbertz (BuzzyChain).

Netwerken doen we schijnbaar zo vanzelfsprekend en vaak onbewust. Het lijkt de normaalste zaak van de wereld. Net als ademen. We leven in een netwerkeconomie. Expertise en netwerken worden dé begrippen voor moderne ondernemingen. Zowel voor profit als non-profit organisaties. Harder, effectiever en efficiënter werken is al decennia lang het bekende antwoord op de vraag naar meer rendement. Liefst in combinatie met cultuur veranderen. Erg lastig allemaal. Ons voorstel is “net(anders)werken”. Dat is niet alleen veel leuker en spannender maar levert u ook meer winst op.

De creatieve sector (creative industry) inclusief de kunst- en cultuursector staat in de belangstelling. Hoe passen we onze creativiteit toe? Hoe verkopen we onze ontwerpen? Hoe geven we vorm aan cultureel ondernemerschap?

Met dit programma willen we mensen stimuleren om net anders te werken. We brengen professionals uit de creatieve sector in contact met inzichten, ervaringen en technieken uit ‘t bedrijfsleven. Met als doel expertise van elders te gebruiken in uw eigen organisatie.
We doen dat bij Microsoft. In een gebouw voor de toekomst. Waar het motto van Microsoft, het nieuwe werken, vorm krijgt. Kunst is continu nieuwe werken maken. Dus de eerste klik is er al!
Datum: Vrijdag 6 februari 2009
Tijd: 13:30 uur tot 17:00 uur
Locatie Microsoft Evert van de Beekstraat 354 Schiphol

Meer informatie en inschrijven : BuzzyChain.nl

The SlideShare Ribbon for PowerPoint

I am big fan of Slideshare and also of Office 2007. It is great to see these two come together. I’ve been using the add-in for a couple of weeks now. This is what Microsoft Office is all about … it not just a suite with Word, Excel PowerPoint , it is a platform that allows people to build intergration with other solutions and services :

The SlideShare Ribbon for PowerPoint

The SlideShare Ribbon for PowerPoint 2007 lets you use most features of SlideShare from within PowerPoint. You can download and upload files, search, view usage metrics for presentations, and lots more.

Meet the SlideShare ribbon for PowerPoint

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Linkedin + Slideshare

Recently Linkedin has added integration with several external applications of which SlideShare.net is one.

So I now also intergated Linkedin and Slideshare.net. Linkedin then resets the #views and the #downloads probably so you can see which entry has more traffic.

Gartner: Magic Quadrant for Social Software

Microsoft certainly sticks out in this Gartner Analysis.

As one my main focus area these days is on Software + Services I really am pleased with the quote on Google :

The SaaS-only model will limit the appeal for some organizations.

It confirms that although SaaS is an attractive business model with huge potential there are advantages in having multiple delivery options such as on-premise and hosting …

Microsoft: Strengths

• With SharePoint, Microsoft offers a broad set of capabilities that combine structured collaboration with core social computing capabilities, including blogs, wikis, podcasting, persistent group chat, discussion groups, "people search" that uses social network analysis, and related rich content, portal and workflow capabilities on a platform that offers consistent management and administration.
• Microsoft has continued to see exceptional market penetration, momentum, sizable internal and external deployments, and satisfaction with Windows SharePoint Services (a component included in Windows server at no extra charge) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) during 2008.
• It offers integration with desktop office applications and related offerings such as Microsoft's productivity tools, leading e-mail server, unified communications suite, Web-based meetings and Live Services.
• It has a very strong technology partner network ready to exploit SharePoint's presence in business environments while adding value and filling functionality gaps.
• The possibility now exists for better support for social analytics (sentiment and intent analysis) through integration with the recently acquired Fast Search & Transfer.
• Microsoft's market presence as a dependable global vendor enables it to handle enterprise requirements.

Microsoft : Cautions

• Given its breadth, MOSS may deter those who are looking to take advantage only of the collaboration and social networking capabilities, and those not fully committed to Microsoft infrastructure services.
• There are functional gaps including social tagging and bookmarking, social search and an improved wiki (although some of these are offered by Microsoft as open-source components through its Codeplex community).
• This strong partner network is a "double edged sword" as SharePoint may require a multivendor ecosystem to fulfill the needs of an organization with sophisticated social software needs.
• SharePoint's rich functionality can be hard to pull together into user-friendly environments without some technical assistance.
• More flexible deployment options are offered through the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) SaaS program, but its credibility will take time to establish.

As one my main focus area these days is on Software + Services I really am pleased with the quote on Google :

The SaaS-only model will limit the appeal for some organizations.

It confirms that although SaaS is an attractive business model with huge potential there are advantages in having multiple delivery options such as on-premise and hosting …

Source: Gartner Group

This report and many others are available on Microsoft’s Analyst Relations page.

Kevin Kelly: Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web

Rob Adams recently pointed me to this video. Aparently I’ve been living under a rock for not having noticed this video / vision of Kevin Kelly on TED :-)

 

Network Economy Congres – Het Nieuwe Werken

Afgelopen woensdag was ik op het Network Economy Congres in De Doelen in Rotterdam. Dit werd georganiseerd door BuzzyChain.

Ik heb zowel een plenaire intro als een workshop gegeven. Leuke mensen, leuke reacties en heb zeker weer wat nieuwe contacten gemaakt en bestaande contacten geupdate … Heb er ook nog leuke foto’s aan overgehouden …

Hier is mijn presentatie :

Network Economy Congres Microsoft Nieuwe Werken Sessies 15 10 2008 Publish

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Update 21/10/2008 :

Anja Feijen heeft een goede samenvatting gepost op Frankwatching.nl

Anja linkt ook naar de video die ik heb gebruikt, deze staat op de skydrive van collega Ruud de Jonge:

Think outside the (geo)box!

2 weken geleden presenteerde ik op het event Think outside the (geo)box! van GEO Business Nederland :

18 september 2008

Het RGI NedGEOS consortium, een samenwerking tussen universiteiten, kennisinstituten en GeoBusiness Nederland, nodigt u uit voor het seminar ‘Think outside the (geo)box! - Is de geo-sector klaar voor de toekomst?’

Het seminar vindt plaats op donderdag 18 september op de Uithof te Utrecht.

De dag begint met een aantal prikkelende presentaties die de traditionele geo-sector op zijn kop zetten. Welke ontwikkelingen en trends van buiten ons vakgebied komen op ons af en gaan de onderzoeksagenda voor onze sector mede bepalen? Kunnen we hier als geo-bedrijven en geo-onderzoeksinstellingen op inspelen of hebben we de boot al gemist?

 

 

En mijn presentatie :

Microsoft Think Outside The (Geo)Box 18 9 2008 Publish

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Forrester: The Mashup Opportunity

Mashup becoming a megatrend according to Forrester ...

Mashups — custom applications that combine multiple, disparate data sources into something new and unique — are coming to the enterprise. Forrester projects that the enterprise mashup market will reach nearly $700 million by 2013; while this means that there is plenty of money to be made selling mashup platforms, it will affect nearly every software vendor. Mashup platforms are in the pole position and ready to grab the lion's share of the market — and an entire ecosystem of mashup technology and data providers is emerging to complement those platforms. Those vendor strategists that move quickly, plan a mashup strategy, and build a partner ecosystem will come out on top.

Source: The Mashup Opportunity

Heliview event ' Van Web 2.0 naar Enterprise 2.0'

Gisteren heb ik een presentatie gegeven op het Heliview Event 'Van Web 2.0 naar Enterprise 2.0' .

Dit was de 2e keer in 6 maanden dat Heliview een event heeft georganiseerd over dit onderwerp. Er waren veel goede spreker, waaronder Ross Mayfield van SocialText en Andrew McAfee van Harvard Business School.

Wel leuk om tussen zo'n line-up van sprekers te staan :-)

Wat mij evenals de vorige keer enorm opviel is dat 70% van alles nog gaat over de definities, de verwachtingen, de mogelijkheden, wat analisten ervan vinden, etc. Bijna alsof Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0 een produkt is en men toch nog even wacht op versie 2.1.

Tijdens mijn presentatie zaten er ongeveer 70 mensen in de zaal en op mijn vraag "Wie is er al concreet bezig met de implementatie van een Web 2.0 oplossing ?" staken 4/5 mensen hun hand op. Naar mijn mening erg weinig en blijkbaar zijn nog zeer veel organsiaties zich aan het "orienteren" op de mogelijkheden in plaats van (op welke schaal dan ook) concreet dingen van de grond te krijgen.

Het doel dat ik met mijn presentatie had was een aantal van de veel gehoorde     "excuses" te adresseren en aan te geven dat je wel degelijk een start kunt maken. Ik hoop dat het in elk geval een aantal deelnemers heeft geinspireerd ..

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Mike Gotta: The New Out-Of-Office Message

Mike posted something interesting about the evolution of the 'Out-Of-Office' Message or OOF as we call it at Microsoft. Email meets Twitter so to say.

 

I was e-mailing a vendor contact as part of a document review process and received this "out of office" message. I think it's perfect. I've cleaned it up a bit below but I think this is a sign of things to come - don't push away, simply redirect:

I'm at the <insert name of event or business trip> between <dates> and will have delayed access to e-mail. If you have an extremely urgent issue, then call me directly at <cell phone info>.

If you want to keep track of me, then follow me via Twitter at http://twitter.com/<name> or via FriendFeed at http://friendfeed.com/<name>.

Out-of-office replaced by shared situational awareness.

Source: The New Out-Of-Office Message: Twitter and FriendFeed
 

I really see this as a good example on how 'Web 2.0' and 'Enterprise 2.0' go hand in hand. Surely not every organisation will approve of the use of for example Twitter and not every employee 'Tweets'.

It's solutions like Twitter that lay the foundation of a new breed of social and contextual awareness solutions that we will integrate in our Enterprise platforms ...

In doubt ... Naymz

 

 

I'm getting about 3 or 4 a day of these invites. No doubt this is another result of social networks crossing over just like Plaxo Pulse and others.

Reputation Network ?

Naymz created Reputation Networking to help verify your reputation and connect with other reputable professionals. Your Reputation Network is comprised of people that you invite and those that invite you. Anyone in your Reputation Network is able to give an opinion about your reputation, agree to act as a reference, and/or leave an endorsement on your profile. You have the ability to do the same for them. Your RepScore is ultimately determined by the reputations of those in your Reputation Network and what they think of you.

You may remove someone from your Reputation Network at any time for any reason.

Fiilling out as much as possible about yourself gives you a 'Repscore' ..

I haven't figured out why I should include Naymz in my toolkit .. have you ?

CIO's fear consumer technologies

Every year CIO.com has a survey amongs CIO's about the usage and uptake of consumer technologies:

... Even if most CIOs and IT managers were to acknowledge that major technology innovations occur in the consumer space first before they carry over into the enterprise, that doesn’t mean they have to like it. It also doesn’t mean the explosion of devices, smart phones, Web-based applications and social networks doesn’t keep them up at night worrying about enterprise security. In the Nine Consumer Technologies CIOs Fear, we profiled which technologies IT executives find the most troublesome from a security perspective. ...

Source : cio.com So what's on the list ? .. Threat No. 9: VoIP Clients (1%) Threat No. 8: Web-Based Productivity Applications (2%) Threat No. 7: Digital Cameras (4%) Threat No. 6: Remote Storage (5%) Threat No. 5: Smartphones (7%) Threat No. 4: Social Networks (10%) Threat No. 3: Instant Messaging (11%) Threat No. 2: Consumer E-Mail (18%) Threat No. 1: Portable Storage Devices (43%) Source : CIO.com

Evenementen de komende 2 maanden

Voor de komende 2 maanden staan er weer een aantal leuke evenementen op het programma waar ik de gelegenheid heb gekregen te spreken :

 

07-05-2008	Heliview- Van Web 2.0 naar Enterprise 2.0
17-04-2008	Lifehackingacademy - Het nieuwe werken
15-04-2008	MKW Deelnemersdag - De Onderneming 2.0

 

Zoals je ziet, het is bijna alles "2.0" wat de klok slaat. Het is voor mij wel belangrijk om daar een concrete invulling aan te geven; iets wat met name door de vele nieuwe produkt - en dienst ontwikkelingen binnen Microsoft op dit gebied steeds gemakkelijker wordt.

Ik houd een overzicht van evenementen bij op mijn Speaking @ Events pagina.

De presentaties die ik extern geef staan meestal nog dezelfde dag op mijn Presentation & Publications pagina en op Slideshare.net

Microsoft SearchTogether : Social / Collaborative Search

Cool new development from Microsoft Research : MicrosoftTogether.

... Today, Web search is a solitary experience. Web browsers and search engine sites are typically designed to support a single user, working alone. However, collaboration on information-seeking tasks is actually quite commonplace! For example, students work together to complete homework assignments, friends seek information about entertainment opportunities, family members jointly plan vacation travel, and colleagues jointly conduct research for their projects. My research on collaborative search is aimed at facilitating small-group collaboration on search tasks; this webpage contains links to my papers and videos on collaborative search. ...

 

Introducing Forrester's Web 2.0 Framework

Forrester's Erica Driver introduces a framework around Web 2.0. Somehow all these models look alike ...

... One of my roles here at Forrester for the past year or so has been chief Web 2.0 cat herder. I'm by no means a Web 2.0 expert -- I've just helped to coordinate our coverage. A large team of analysts has put our heads together to try to create a well-rounded Web 2.0 research agenda and formulate a consistent way to conceptualize and communicate about this giant hairball of a topic. We hope you're seeing the results in our published research. Below is one result of our team meetings: a high-level Web 2.0 framework.

Source: Forrester Information and Knowledge Management Blog - Introducing Forrester's Web 2.0 Framework

Forrester: How To Staff For Social Computing

Interesting point of view by Forrester: Social Computing requires specialist resources. I don't necessarily agree. Look at how far millions of users have come on their own with Web 2.0 solutions out there like Linked-In, MySPace, Facebook, Hyves, etc. etc.

These types of solutions is exactly what users want and need within their organisation as well. Anyone or anything making the introduction / adoption of these tools more complicated, let alone someone who defines policies and rules will limit the adoption. I think we've 'been there done that' with Knowledge Management ...

Don't try to build and run social applications without the right staff. We've identified two key new roles needed for success: 1) the Social Computing strategist, who'll lead the internal charge, and 2) the community manager, an external customer advocate. Working in tandem, these roles will align Social Computing programs with the business and ensure that community members are happy. Management should agree upon goals and then give the team latitude to get the job done —including embracing mistakes as new programs are tested out.

Source: How To Staff For Social Computing
"Jeremiah K. Owyang"
Date Published: Thu, 28 Feb 2008

Forrester on Enterprise Software adoption and Enterprise 2.0 ..

2 reports by Forrester (you need a subscription).

On Web 2.0 in the Enterprise : "... The market will remain volatile, but Forrester expects midtier software vendors, consultancies and systems integrators, and Microsoft to reap the biggest rewards in the coming year."

The State Of Enterprise Software Adoption: 2007 To 2008

How are enterprises adopting, using, and managing all types of software, including enterprise applications, Web 2.0, open source, software-as-a-service (SaaS), and service-oriented architecture (SOA) — and what do they plan to do with IT budgets in the next 12 months? This document gives highlights of an extensive data set collected from 1,017 IT decision-makers across North American and European enterprises via our Business Data Services Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America And Europe, Q3 2007. What's hot? Enterprise resource planning (ERP) upgrades, SOA, and Web 2.0.

Top Enterprise Web 2.0 Predictions For 2008

The enterprise Web 2.0 market, which includes the deployment of tools like blogs, wikis, and social networking within the enterprise, was a growing force in enterprise software in 2007. While the market is still quite immature, it will continue to gain importance in 2008 as an increasing number of firms look to enterprise Web 2.0 tools to solve long-standing information worker problems. As a result, Forrester expects to see strong demand growth for tools like enterprise RSS and social networking, an increased role for IT departments in technology acquisition, and steadily growing revenue from current deployments. The market will remain volatile, but Forrester expects midtier software vendors, consultancies and systems integrators, and Microsoft to reap the biggest rewards in the coming year.

2007 Analyst Reports on or including Microsoft Products and solutions

The Microsoft Analyst Relations page features lot's of reports for which Microsoft has obtained the reprint or distribution rights. I have made a selection of the 2007 reports on topics that mean something in 'my world' :

Below is a collection of reports published by leading independent analyst firms on, or including, Microsoft. Microsoft has secured all copyright and publishing privileges with the firms to include the reports on this site for all audiences. All reports were researched and funded by the analyst firms themselves.

(some links may expire over time)

Enterprise Search

• Microsoft: The Latest Disruptor in Enterprise Search (Forrester Research, Nov. 6, 2007, .pdf, 104K) This Forrester report examines Microsoft’s expanded enterprise search offerings. Analyst Ken Poore writes “Microsoft Search Server 2008 raises the bar and frees up search. This week, Microsoft made its latest move into the enterprise search platforms market with two strategic products: Microsoft Search Server Express 2008 and Microsoft Search Server 2008. These products deliver a solid set of features that reset the feature/price/ease-of-use equation for entry-level and midtier enterprise search.”
  
• Microsoft Drives a Wedge Between High and Low-End Enterprise Search (Forrester Research, Sept. 28, 2007, .pdf, 121 kb) This Forrester report examines Microsoft’s position into the enterprise search market. Analyst Matthew Brown writes “Microsoft offers significantly improved search capabilities in MOSS 2007 and its standalone search product, MOSS 2007 for Search. And Microsoft isn't just throwing products into the market. Instead, it has mobilized the entire organization behind search, including extensive marketing and events, partner training programs, and specific global sales goals.”
  
• Magic Quadrant for Information Access Technology, 2007 (Gartner, September 5, 2007): This Gartner Magic Quadrant by Whit Andrews evaluates leading vendors in the Information Access market which extends beyond enterprise search to encompass a collection of information access technologies. Gartner positions Microsoft in the Challengers quadrant. According to Gartner, “Challengers possess sufficient resources to effectively penetrate the information access technology market.”
  
• How Secure Should Your Search Be? (Forrester Research, Inc., April 12, 2007, .pdf, 128 kb) This Forrester report examines enterprise search security as a complex issue that requires careful weighing of requirements to achieve “winning search strategies that will balance costs with advanced functionality.” For example, organizations should consider whether search will span more than one secure repository and if the answer is ‘yes’, analyst Matt Brown writes companies should evaluate “higher-end products including those from infrastructure providers such as Microsoft.”

Messaging and Workflow

• Messaging, Workflow Roadmap Announced (Directions on Microsoft, Oct. 30, 2007, .pdf, 377 kb) “Oslo supports principles – service-oriented architecture and composite applications – that Microsoft believes will drive future business application development.”

 

SaaS / Enterprise 2.0 / Consumerisation

• Evaluating IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP Web and Consumerization Strategies (Gartner Research, Oct. 3, 2007) This vendor evaluation looks at Consumerization and the Web as two related and highly impactful issues facing users and vendors today. Analysts David Mitchell Smith and Charles Abrams state that “one major force behind the consumerization of IT is the Internet and enterprises' adoption of Internet technologies.”
  
• Rich Internet Apps Move Beyond The Browser (Forrester Research, June 27, 2007) This Forrester report examines the adoption of rich internet applications (RIAs). The independent report finds that while early RIAs were exclusively browser-based, new platforms from Microsoft [and other vendors] broaden developer options for delivering rich media and content to clients. Forrester writes that “Microsoft has a tactical edge because its dominant position at the desktop with the .NET Framework will attract large numbers of developers who already target Microsoft’s desktop and browser platforms.”

Enterprise Content Management

• Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management, 2007 (Gartner, September 21, 2007): This Gartner Magic Quadrant by Karen Shegda evaluates leading vendors in the Enterprise Content Management market which includes web content management, records management, document imaging, document management, workflow and document-centric collaboration. Gartner positions Microsoft in the Visionaries quadrant.

Unified Communications

• Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications, 2007 (Gartner, August 20, 2007): This Gartner Magic Quadrant by Bern Elliot evaluates leading vendors in the unified communications market. Gartner positions Microsoft in the Leaders quadrant. According to Gartner, “The Leaders quadrant contains vendors selling comprehensive and integrated UC solutions that directly, or with well-defined partnerships, address the full range of market needs.”
• Microsoft Communicator Overhangs the Enterprise Communications Market (Gartner, Inc., May 1, 2007) In this Gartner report, analyst Geoff Johnson discusses Microsoft’s upcoming launch of Office Communications Server 2007. He states that “reliable integration of communications into enterprise platforms is a necessary precursor to the eventual development of communications-enabled business processes.”

Office 2007

• A Look at Improvements and Shortcoming in Microsoft Office 2007 Desktop Applications (Forrester Research, July 17, 2007, .pdf, 464 kb) This report, the second in Forrester’s “Innovation on the Desktop” series, states that “the breadth of Microsoft Office 2007 and its change of focus from desktop apps to a full system targeted at information workers warrants careful consideration by (Information and Knowledge Management Professionals.)” Analyst Kyle McNabb writes that “office productivity will evolve, taking advantage of more thin client and SaaS approaches, but we’ve not seen the end of the thick client.”

Project and Portfolio Management

• Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management, 2007 (Gartner, June 15, 2007, .pdf, 213 kb): This Gartner Magic Quadrant by Matt Light and Daniel Stang evaluates leading technology solution vendors in the IT Project and Portfolio Management space. Gartner positions Microsoft in the Leaders quadrant. According to Gartner, Leaders “distinguish themselves with relatively high ratings in many characteristics, not just a few” and “also tend to have, not just capable system integration partners, but some core, direct PPM service offerings, going beyond implementation and support to include process-change consulting.”

Customer Relationship Management

• Microsoft Leads in Record-Centric Customer Service Management Software: The Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q2 2007 (Forrester Research, May 24, 2007, .pdf, 199 kb) “Microsoft Dynamics CRM, which delivers sufficient customer service capabilitie at a low cost, has emerged as a leader among customer record-centric products. Although not as functionally rich in core customer service capabilities, Microsoft compensates through its architecture, integration, usability, and business strategy. The product shines in its ability to support agents through phone agent, blended agent, and agent collaboration tools — all of which sit on top of a solid workflow engine. In the future, look for Microsoft to exploit its Customer Care Framework, a modular XML Web Services architecture for rapid development and deployment of contact center solutions.”
  
• Magic Quadrant for CRM Customer Service Contact Centers, (Gartner, March 6, 2007): This Gartner Magic Quadrant by Michael Maoz evaluates leading CRM vendors in the customer service contact centers space and positions Microsoft Dynamics CRM in the Visionary quadrant. According to Gartner, Visionaries are ahead of potential competitors in delivery of innovative products and/or delivery models.
  
• The Forrester Wave™: Midmarket CRM Suites, Q1 2007 (Forrester, February 21, 2007, .pdf , 513 kb): “The Microsoft brand gives Dynamics CRM major momentum. Microsoft Dynamics CRM is one of the newer products included in our evaluation, but the vendor has made impressive progress building out its solution, which emerged as a Leader for the first time in a Forrester Wave.”
  
• The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise CRM Suites, Q1 2007 (Forrester Research, Feb. 5, 2007, .pdf, 488 kb) Microsoft Dynamics CRM was rated a Strong Performer in this Forrester Wave. Forrester applied two sets of criteria weightings to this analysis, one appropriate for large enterprise wide deployments and another focused on midmarket priorities - the two sets of criteria were then used to evaluate and position the solutions.

Burton Group: Enterprise 2.0 Report: Table of Contents

Judging on the TOC, Mike Gotta of Burton Group finished an impressive report on Enterprise 2.0. I've put it on my readinglist ... 

... A few people asked for an executive summary of the report published recently on Enterprise 2.0 (availability of the report for Burton Group clients was posted here). I included the summary to the report (which basically is the executive summary, or synopsis as we call it) in that posting. Unfortunately, that's all I can share in terms of large excerpts from the document and I don't have time to write a separate summary at the moment. You can gleam aspects of the report from my blog postings and I have included the table of contents below to help non-clients gain a better understanding of what the document covers: ...

Check Mike's blog for the details :

Source: Enterprise 2.0 Report: Table of Contents
Mike Gotta
Date Published: Thu, 20 Dec 2007

Blogs in Plain English

Recently saw one of these videos. They are both funny and informative. What a cool way to explain new technology ... Thanks Jesse for listing them ...

From the folks at Common Craft who brought you

• Wikis in Plain English and
• RSS in Plain English comes their newest video,
• Blogs in Plain English.
  
  As with all their videos, it's short, sweet, and compelling.
  
  And I have no idea how I missed Zombies in Plain English....

 

Source: Blogs in Plain English
Author: Jesse Wilkins
Date Published: Fri, 30 Nov 2007

Common Craft's business is explanation and they do it very well. Their site lists additional interesting items :

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Forrester: The Seven Tenets Of The Information Workplace

Forrester described the ways the 'Information Workplace' is influenced by Web 2.0 ... (and RIA's ofcource ;-) )

When Forrester first described the Information Workplace in 2005, we positioned it as the next-generation platform that delivered collaboration, content, portals and office productivity — plus a plethora of new capabilities bursting on the scene, such as unified communications and expertise location. But the Information Workplace (IW) has never been about the piece parts. Instead, what makes the Information Workplace transformational is how the piece parts are built into a seamless whole that supports people in the way they want to work. Specifically, we described the IW as role-based, contextual, seamless, visual, and multimodal. Now — fast-forward to late 2007 —enterprise Web 2.0 is rapidly advancing, bringing even greater "Design for People" concepts into the IW. For example, through the power of social networking and mashups, which allow people to have it their way, the IW can go beyond role-based to even become individualized. With enterprise Web 2.0, the IW also gains two new facets: "social" and "quick." With all these characteristics, the IW will better support a "Design for People" world and allow people to work in a much more natural way.

Source: The Seven Tenets Of The Information Workplace
Author: "Erica Driver, Connie Moore"
Date Published: Mon, 26 Nov 2007

Nice video on the Media Revolution

I'm sure you've seen the EPIC 2015 video (there are 2 versions). This video has a similar message (it actually looks very like the EPC video's in many ways. Nevertheless fun to watch :

 

Irwin Lazar: Building the SharePoint Ecosystem

Irwin Lazar posted a very positive view on MOSS 2007 on Collaboration Loop. The core attributes Microsoft addresses : platform and ecosystem ... I couldn't agree more:

... Over the past few months I’ve struggled to get my arms around Microsoft Office SharePoint, Microsoft’s “über” platform for asynchronous collaboration.

Is SharePoint a Web 2.0 platform? Is SharePoint a content management system? Is SharePoint a workflow manager? Is SharePoint a social computing platform? Or is SharePoint a portal to other applications?

Well…the answer to all of these questions is a conditional “yes.” SharePoint does have the capabilities to function in all these roles. SharePoint supports Web 2.0 capabilities such as blogs and wikis, as well as user customizable data to enable searches based on meta tags. ...

... As enterprises create their SharePoint strategy it makes sense to look beyond the core capabilities of SharePoint when those capabilities don’t meet your needs. Microsoft’s ecosystem for bringing best-of-breed services into the SharePoint ecosystem continues to grow, meaning that rather than viewing SharePoint as the be-all-end-all of enterprise collaboration, it is instead wiser to view SharePoint as the platform that can support both internal capabilities as well as leverage external best-of-breed products to fully meet enterprise requirements. ...

Source: Building the SharePoint Ecosystem
Date Published: Thu, 15 Nov 2007

Linked-In, Facebook, Plaxo Pulse, .. What to do ?

Yes, what to do ? I'm linked to Linked-In, my face is on Facebook, I've Plaxo-ed in the past and I keep getting invites from all three networks. I have come to a point that I questing the relevance for myself to maintain my network in 3 different area's. For now I've decided no to "opt-in" for Plaxo Pulse, so apologies for people who have invited me in there. You're welcome to add me via Linked-In or Facebook.

Forrester: Social Computing Moves Into Recruitment

Not very surprising conclusions, yet a very good and pragmatic way to leverage "web 2.0" technology for business

... Human capital management (HCM) professionals are faced with a shrinking labor pool, lower unemployment rates, vacant jobs orders that require increasingly specialized and sought-after skills, and an environment where traditional recruiting processes and systems fail to align with many job seekers' use of technology. To combat these challenges, strategic recruiters are finding alternatives to turbo-charge their traditional recruiting programs — and one alternative is Social Computing. Younger workers — and to an increasing degree older ones, too — are embracing Social Computing as a way to consume information and build relationships. Firms must deliberately weave many aspects of Social Computing into their traditional recruiting programs to find — and ultimately hire — the best talent possible.  ...

Source: Social Computing Moves Into Recruitment
Author: "Zach Thomas"
Date Published: Wed, 24 Oct 2007

Enabling and managing social networks (for business use) with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Very comprehensive overview about MOSS 2007 in relation to social networking.

While the competition is playing Microsoft down by spreading incomplete information on our social networking capabilities (slide 25,26) (more on this in a couple of days), but the most recent Gartner MQ on Magic Quadrant for Team Collaboration and Social Software sets the scene: Microsoft furthest ahead.

Lawrence and his team do a great job in explaining Microsoft's capability in social networking. be sure to read the whole post :

... While the Microsoft / Facebook expanded partnership announcement made earlier today doesn't have anything to do with SharePoint, the publicity it generated will likely get a lot more people to start thinking or asking about the value of social networking capabilities within an enterprise and between a company and its business partners as well as its customers. Eric Charran (Senior Consultant in Microsoft Consulting Services), Dino Dato-on (SharePoint Ranger), and Greg Lang (Program Manager for Microsoft Enterprise Services Communities Tools and Infrastructure) have written a soon to be published white paper that addresses the topic of the importance of social networking in an organization and how to properly implement MOSS 2007 as a social networking solution. Excerpted below are key portions of the white paper, which I hope will get you to think about MOSS 2007 as your default option for enabling and managing social networks for business use. ...

About Office SharePoint Server as a Social Networking Solution

... Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 adds a significant social networking context to its existing collaboration and communication features and capabilities. By providing a framework for the establishment of user profiles and the ability to understand the organizational hierarchy between these profiles, Office SharePoint Server can easily connect information workers and organization members together.

Using the concept of individual, customizable user profiles, Office SharePoint Server allows users to publish their own personal and team information to the organization. Combined with information from organizational directory services such as Active Directory or other Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), Office SharePoint Server builds a foundational organizational hierarchy that is used to present workgroup and colleague information to organization members. This rapid method of presenting friends and colleagues in an automated fashion provides quick access for information workers to teams and extended resources. Office SharePoint Server logically extends existing organizational directory services, combined with additional information sources to knit together a team-based view of organizational relationships and presents them to the user. ...

About Office SharePoint Server Social Networking Features

... Through the use of Office SharePoint Server as a collaboration platform, organizations can benefit from the productivity and communication enhancements exposed by social networking features. SharePoint exposes social networking to information workers and organization members through the use of colleagues. Colleagues are a list of friends, team members and co-workers that are related to a specific person through the establishment of a user profile. Colleagues are presented to users through a user's personal site (My Site) and are built using foundational elements that are established when Office SharePoint Portal Server is implemented within the organization.

Based on the organization's implementation of products including Active Directory, Exchange Server, Live Communications Server 2005 or Office Communications Server 2007, Office SharePoint Server will mine this information at the individual user level to determine other team members, organizational managers and direct reports and virtual team members that should appear on an individual's colleagues list. The colleagues list, presented through web parts on an individual’s personal profile page of their My Site will list these related individuals and provide contact, presence and organizational information to visitors.

Through the use of colleagues, organization members can find subject matter experts, key contacts and business relationship owners in the enterprise and gain instant access to the methods of communication with those personnel. This aspect of social networking allows for increased lines of communications, quick decision making and an optimization of human resources. ...

Source: Enabling and managing social networks (for business use) with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Author: sptblog
Date Published: Thu, 25 Oct 2007

Gartner: Magic Quadrant for Team Collaboration and Social Software, 2007

This is not the actual report unfortunately, but merely a placeholder so you know its released ..

The collaboration support market is being revitalized, with buyers and sellers looking to add social interaction in the context of broad collaboration support. We map how new and established vendors focusing on teaming, communities and social interaction are positioned in this changing marketplace.

Source: Gartner.com

Microsoft partners add wikis, RSS to SharePoint

MOSS 2007 ofcourse has standard RSS and wiki functionality, however the businessmodel of Microsoft is based on abroad ecosystem of partners. 2 of these partners have introduced new "web 2.0" solutions for MOSS 2007:

... Atlassian Software Systems Pty. and NewsGator Technologies Inc. today unveiled Wiki software and RSS technology, respectively, for Microsoft Corp.'s Office SharePoint Server 2.0. Both firms added SharePoint support for their products under an agreement with Microsoft announced Wednesday at the Web 2.0 Summit here.

NewsGator said that NewsGator Social Sites, a collection of site templates, profiles and middleware aimed at boosting the social computing capabilities in SharePoint 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, started shipping today.

Atlassian, which develops and distributes the Confluence enterprise wiki software, announced the availability of a set of plug-ins that can enable the bidirectional flow of information between Confluence and SharePoint. ...

Source: ComputerWorld.com

The NewsGator blog has a good post on the newly introduced Social Sites :

Making SharePoint Server 2007 More Social

This morning we announced the general availability of NewsGator Social Sites, an add-on to NewsGator Enterprise Server (NGES) that encompasses site templates, Web parts, profiles and infrastructure for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 (Both MOSS and WSS).  We've worked very closely with Microsoft to help enhance the social computing capabilities of the wildly popular SharePoint platform. When you combine NGES, Social Sites and SharePoint Server, you have a fantastic platform for Enterprise 2.0 collaboration across departments, divisions and entire companies. ...

Check the site for all the details : NewsGator Blog

Radicati: Business Social Software Finding Growing Traction Amongst Many Organizations

Huge market opportunity ahead ...

A new study from The Radicati Group, Inc. explores an emerging market providing more innovative means to collaborate and share information.

The Radicati Group, Inc.'s latest study, "Business Social Software Market, 2007-2011," offers an analysis of the market for Business-class Social Software. It divides the market into two segments: Business Social Software Suites, and Business Social Software Specialists. It provides market size, installed base and revenue market share, four-year forecasts, and much more.

The report defines this market as being comprised of technologies that are often referred to as "Web 2.0," such as wikis, blogs, and social networking, amongst others. While these technologies initially became popular in the consumer sector, vendors such as Microsoft and IBM offer platforms such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and IBM Lotus Connections to meet growing demand for these solutions in corporate sectors.

According to the study, their benefits include the ability to provide an interactive platform for collaboration. For example, wikis and blogs give readers the ability to provide feedback and interact with authors, rather than establishing disconnected silos of information.

The Radicati Group forecasts that the overall Business Social Software market is expected to grow from $920 million in 2007, to $3.3 billion in 2011.

Source: Radicati.com

Will Microsoft Become Facebook for the Enterprise?

Related to the article in cioinsight, Lawrence Liu has posted the actions Microsoft is taking to further highlight MOSS 2007's position in this context.

As I have said in earlier posts and comments, Microsoft is very committed to taking Enterprise 2.0 to the next level. We have build the foundation to do so, now it is a matter of executing that strategy ....

... This article with the same title has been making its rounds during the past 24 hours within the SharePoint community and has generated quite a bit of excitement because it highlights the planned deployment of a MOSS 2007-based social networking service over the next several months to about 110,000 employees of Wachovia, the 4th largest bank in the U.S.

   We will be posting a series of blog entries very soon about how SharePoint Server 2007 can provide a significant portion of the answer to the question above. We will describe in detail how Microsoft is already using MOSS 2007 to enable Facebook like social networking functionality within our intranet, and what non-technical issues such as privacy, security, multilanguage, and diverse cultures had to be resolved. We will also disclose at the appropriate time how SharePoint vNext will provide the bulk of the answer to the "Facebook for the enterprise" question plus so much more from the perspective of Social Computing for Business. ...

Source: Will Microsoft Become Facebook for the Enterprise?
Author: sptblog
Date originally published: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:05:00 GMT

Ferris Research blog: CIOs Use Web 2.0 Apps

 Short take on the use of Web 2.0 solutions by CIO's ...

... CIO Insight recently published the results of an Emerging Technologies Survey. This survey asked CIOs what Web 2.0 applications they use. There were only 150 respondents in the study, but the results are quite interesting. Here is a short list of the key results:

• 54% use video over the Web
• 49% use wikis
• 48% use blogs
• 47% use RSS feeds
• 39% use podcasts
• 33% use social networking sites

....

Source: CIOs Use Web 2.0 Apps
Author: cbush
Date originally published: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Forrester: Web 2.0 Social Computing Dresses Up For Business

More and more analysts are informing us about the impact of "web 2.0" on the enterprise ...

... Social Computing has radically changed the way people interact with both information and one another on the Internet. For example, just consider the recent YouTube presidential candidates' debates. Now it's coming to an enterprise near you. What's the value? It's the ability to more efficiently generate, self-publish, and find information, plus share expertise in a way that's so much easier and cheaper than earlier knowledge management attempts. Before Web 2.0 takes its place at the business table, you must assess the risk and opportunities Web 2.0 represents — while recognizing that Web 2.0 is not going away, no matter what IT and the legal department wishes. As with any disruptive technology, assess the strategic value and implementation plans with an eye toward enterprise requirements including reliability, security, governance, compliance, and privacy. Also, examine your experiences from early instant messaging deployments, because the tools are similar and many parallel lessons may be learned. ..

Source: Web 2.0 Social Computing Dresses Up For Business
Date originally published: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Forrester: Passionate Employees: The Gateway To Enterprise Web 2.0 Sales

As with every new technology you need early adopters. I see one of the inhibitors for Web 2.0 in the corporate space being the fact that organsiations define too many guidelines and rules ...

... Corporate employees are beginning to use Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, RSS, and social networking in their daily lives. The adoption, however, is uneven, with some employees willing to go to great lengths to use these tools, while others steadfastly refuse to adopt. On the surface it looks like technology marketers have their work cut out for them and will need to convince prospective customers that mass adoption is both possible and valuable. In reality, this situation presents more opportunity than threat, as smart tech marketers will appeal to employees, IT, and line-of-business sponsors each in turn. A well-crafted marketing plan will target each constituency and use its interests to drive value and revenues — regardless of the firm's initial Web 2.0 adoption level. ...

Source: Passionate Employees: The Gateway To Enterprise Web 2.0 Sales
Author: "G. Oliver Young"
Date originally published: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

eWeek: Big Software May Give Office 2.0 Apps Needed Legitimacy

eWeek runs a story about the role of Microsoft and other 'Big Software' in Enterprise 2.0 / Office 2.0

... Microsoft and other big vendors may help Office 2.0 applications win IT favor in enterprises.

In many circles Microsoft might not be considered hip enough or at least too mature now to pull off Enterprise 2.0 or Office 2.0.

But eventually having Microsoft and other big technology vendors in the game may give technologies like social networking the legitimacy they need to take hold in the enterprise, according to analysts.

Joshua Greenbaum, principal analyst for Enterprise Applications Consulting, pointed out that the movement of Enterprise 2.0 technologies—blogs, wikis, social networks—taking off in the enterprise sanctioned by IT may just come about when the big guys get in the game.  ....

... Microsoft is also offering two on demand initiatives that are relevant to the Enterprise 2.0 movement. The first is Office Live which delivers SharePoint Server over the Web as a hosted service to small businesses.

The second initiative aimed at enterprises is Microsoft Managed Services that hosts e-mail, SharePoint Portal Services and soon, most likely, voice, according to Helm. "Right now it is working with a small group of clients [for voice]," said Helm. "Long term, Microsoft could set itself up to be a major outsourcer." ...

The article shows that Microsoft is taking Office 2.0 seriously and does have the breadth  to develop in various area's. In software as well as services ...

... Despite Microsoft's moves toward adding the basic Enterprise 2.0 concepts to SharePoint there are some areas where the company is lacking in functionality, according to Forrester analyst Rob Koplowitz. "Microsoft has built a fair amount of Enterprise 2.0 capabilities, mostly into SharePoint," he said. "They're getting all the check boxes checked, and moving in the right direction [but] their blogs and wikis are not really advanced when compared to best of breed offerings from some of the pure play vendors." ...

... There are some things about Microsoft that make their value proposition interesting," said Koplowitz. "Each of these things generates content, so whether it's in a profile, a blog or a wiki, it's content and increasingly [companies] want that content under greater levels of control and better management. That's one of the core concepts of SharePoint. The fact that [IT] can manage these in SharePoint is going to be a key link to companies moving down the SharePoint path," Koplowitz said. ....

 

Source: Big Software May Give Office 2.0 Apps Needed Legitimacy
Author: matthew_rothenberg@ziffdavis.com?subject=messaging_RSS
Date originally published: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:24:27 GMT

Collaborage: SharePoint and Social Software

Through my colleague Roberto D'Angelo, I came across the blog of Todd Stephens. He is the Technical Director of the Collaboration and Online Services for the AT&T Corporation and clearly a Microsoft / SharePoint enthusiast. His blog Collaborage is all about Enterprise 2.0 related topics ..

In his post about SharePoint and Social Software he makes a good assessment of SharePoint capabilities in this area ...

... After my fifth phone call and email on this topic, I think it’s time to create an informative post on a confusing topic. Can Sharepoint and Social Software exist in the same environment or must you choose one or the other. The first step in answering this question is to layout a framework for the components of Enterprise 2.0 and see how Sharepoint matches up. Using Dion Hinchcliff’s model as a guide here are the basic components.

The percentages are my assessment of how Sharepoint matches up from a functionality point of view.

- Weblog (80%)

- Wiki (70%)

- Collaboration 2.0 (100%)

- Social Tagging (20%)

- Predictive Markets (20%)

- Professional Profiles (70% wss and 150%* with MOSS)

- Document Management (90%)

Clearly, the main benefit of going with Sharepoint for all of these elements is the integration and centralized environment. However, if your company is going to go with the best of breed then you may look toward other solutions.

Source: SharePoint and Social Software
Date originally published: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:21:31 GMT