E2conf News & Articles

“I am Kevin, and I have failed.” Sound familiar? Kevin Jones, Social Media & Network Strategist/Manager for NASA/MSFC, opened his Enterprise 2.0 conference session with the famous introduction, similar to what is heard at the beginning of an Alcoholics Anonymous’ support group meeting.

While Drupal is considered to be a flexible web CMS, businesses might find it challenging to quickly set up their community sites while customizing their software and tacking on add-ons for better functionality. Acquia (news, site), which provides commercial Drupal support, promises to address this with the version 2.0 launch of Drupal Commons, which enables businesses to build community sites faster with its "social-as-a-service" setup.

NewsGator (news, site) adds a new module to its Social Sites for SharePoint collaboration solution. The focus this time is on recognition and rewards  and finding experts.

IBM (news, site) has made a couple of announcements today kicking off their Enterprise 2.0 Conference focus. Along with a new data center in Japan and some analyst accolades we were told about a new real time compliance solution that will support your social business activities.

SalesForce.com has long found itself at the top of the cloud CRM mountain, and as the old saying goes: Success breeds imitation. The latest entrant in the proverbial race is LongJump. But the question remains: Is LongJump a competitor or a copycat?

The Launch Pad competition at this month's Enterprise 2.0 Conference saw a handful of exciting new innovations, but it was an online meeting management service called Meetzi that came out on top. 

Yesterday I attended the first full conference day of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference and I spent most of the day in the exhibit hall. The number one piece of feedback was, “I’m shopping around for social business software, there are a lot of vendors selling this stuff aren't there?

The focus of this year's Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston can be summed up in one word: Collaboration. The event was teeming with solutions of similar structure, each with an aim to enhance the same concept. And while that might've been a let down for attendees hoping to see some variation, it certainly serves as an undeniable indicator of the future of business. Here are some of the highlights:

Lots of exciting releases have been announced at this week's Enterprise 2.0 conference. Among them is Socialtext Connect beta, a new layer in the Socialtext (news, site) enterprise architecture that frees vital information housed within applications.  

The lovely Tony Byrne from over at CMS Watch hung around the Enterprise 2.0 conference this year to talk about the viability of social software in the Enterprise. The verdict? We're still. Not. Sure.

Is Enterprise 2.0 a sham? Dennis Holwett sure thinks so. Back in August of this year the blogger wrote an article for ZDNet that criticized the entire two-dot-oh approach, citing limited evidence that ruling out hierarchies has actually helped businesses. Needless to say, it stirred up a ton of bat-youknowwhat-crazy conversation.

David Berlind, Content Officer, TechWeb, brought the article to the table at the Enterprise 2.0 conference this week. And though he admitted there might not be many case studies of success, he also pointed out that we certainly have enough cases of failure to get people engaged in helpful conversation about where the Enterprise is headed.

Help! Enterprise software is failing! At least, that's what Rob Tarkoff, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Business Productivity Solutions, Adobe, said in his presentation at this year's Enterprise 2.0 conference in San Francisco.

Playing on yesterday morning's speed dating with Sharepoint session, Tarkoff used his stage time to offer some "long term relationship" advice, and how Adobe plans to contribute to a customer-driven enterprise.  

"Some tipping point has been reached with enterprise 2.0," explained Andrew McAfee, a Principal Research Scientist from the Center for Digital Business, MIT Sloan School of Management, at this year's Enterprise 2.0 conference in San Francisco.

McAfee explained that while he used to see potential customers approach enterprise tools with skepticism, he's recently noticed a significant shift in attitude. In 2009 alone, McAfee's seen apprehension migrate to some flavor of acceptance or resignation. And though he feels the shift is an overall positive one, in his book there are still a few pesky warning signs that have the potential to cause some struggle:

The keynote stage at this year's Enterprise 2.0 conference in San Francisco is lit in a nice blue light, conveniently complementing the red and white checkered cloth covering the table set up in the center. There's a small vase of yellow flowers and a bottle of wine resting on top.

But wait, isn't this the Enterprise we're to be talking about? Yes. Yes it is. But to Christian Finn and Alina Fu, Director of SharePoint Product Management and Product Manager of Microsoft's Social Computing sector respectfully, the best way to show off SharePoint 2010's enhancements is to take us on a little date.