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To follow up my previous post today on the same subject, IBM updated its ‘Web 2.0 Goes to Work‘ website, with recent success stories and best practices, RSS feed to Web 2.0 blog, recent news, Web 2.0 TV and more.
Here’s the link: ibm.com/software/info/web20
There’s also a twitter to follow, if you’re in to following people/stuff: @web20work
Seen first on The Connections Blog.
Just wrapped up my presentation at KM Annual Conference (another one), where I got 20min (but took 30) to talk about Enterprise 2.0, or ‘I want a facebook thing. I think‘.
The event was more about traditional knowledge management (aka – documents), and how to maintain a document library within your internal portal, so my Enterprise 2.0 portion was unique and different. I like to be unique.
I adopted some tips from Ed and Alan and came with Jeans and a buttoned shirt (short sleeves – it’s Israel), instead of my usual dress-code. Being the last speaker before lunch is not easy, especially where you consider who came before me. If you happen to follow me on twitter, you know I was up with some fierce competition, as all the speakers before me, and sponsors outside, were MOSS/WSS/Sharepoint integrators. One hilarious moment came when a presenter took the stage to demo a solution over Powerpoint 2007 – but the main hall laptop had Office XP.. :-)) The laptop refused to open the Office 2007 file. LOL
The important thing, I ROCKED !!
And mentioned how IBM beat Sharepoint in Enterprise 2.0 face-off earlier this week.
And gathered some business cards for future opportunities.
I talked about social computing in general (what is facebook), then dived into Lotus Connections (I want something like this…) with references from Ernest & Young and Sprint, and finished with three first steps for piloting/adopting (COOL!! How to get started?).
With little time to spare I didn’t talked about the barriers to adoption, but Enterprise 2.0 Conference already covered this in one of their discussions.
You can view the embed slides below, or download from slideshare.net/dvirreznik.
The slides are in Hebrew – will prepare an English version over the weekend.
Since yesterday’s announcement at WWDC, it seems the world has stopped: no more hunger, we found a cure for AIDS, our atmosphere is fine, water is more expensive than gas and everyone are happy – the iPhone 3G is here.
Even thou Apple are continuing to I-G-N-O-R-E the Israeli market, consciously (still not clear why), there are plenty of iPhones here, much more than in Jordan or Central Africa Republic. I advise Apple to read the Hebrew chapter from Microsoft’s book. But that’s not the main problem I have with Apple.
No Lotus Notes support. That’s my problem.
I don’t get Steve Jobs, really don’t. What’s the point of brushing off 45% of your potential customers? If iPhone 3G wants to compete with BlackBerry in the corporate market place, why Apple ignores almost half of its consumer base? And don’t start talking about Apple’s SDK for iPhone. Have you read the fine-print? Show me where you see the word ‘mail’ in there. There are other ways of making iPhone-Lotus integration, but they are not acceptable by Apple.
Even if Apple will sport Lotus Notes support, the iPhone still lags behind the cellular standard of 2008 (and even 2007). Yes, it’s sleek, and very cool. You can’t deny that. But when it comes to features and functionality, there are better devices out there: Nokia N95/N96, Blackberry Curve /Bold, Palm Treo, LG Prada, HTC Diamond and others.
So, if anyone at Apple cares, no iPhone 3G for me.
I’m staying with my Nokia N95, definitely buying microSD 8GB HC card now.
The day there’s native Lotus Notes support, I’m ordering one. 16GB, black.
Good thing I started reading C.G Lynch on CIO.com, and RSSed his blog.
Late May, C.G. wrote an excellent article in CIO.com, Understanding Lotus Connections, IBM’s version of Web 2.0 for the Enterprise. In the article C.G. points out the different approaches Microsoft and IBM are taking when developing enterprise social software solution, and why IBM’s approach is better:
IBM has taken a different approach than Microsoft. It got really serious about making their social software tools usable and easy on the eyes, which says a lot in a facet of technology where consumers (closely followed by start-up vendors) set the pace of innovation.
The article also quotes analysts from Forrester Research and Yankee Group, as well as Jeff Schick, IBM VP, Social Software:
“We see SaaS as a substantial initiative with IBM,” Schick says. “We’re in beta and focusing on it. We envision it for small and medium businesses, but also at the department level of enterprises.”
Lotus Connections is also pointing out the future of social software – mobile:
Last week, at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Research in Motion (RIM) and IBM announced that Connections would be available on BlackBerry devices. Now, employees can connect with their colleagues while on the road.
and Jeff Schick added:
“We’re working with quite a few mobile platforms,” he says. “It [partnership with RIM] has been a whirlwind success, but we’re not planning to stop there.”
Link: CIO.com – Understanding Lotus Connections – IBM’s version of Web 2.0 for the Enterprise
Mashable, the leading social media blog with over 6 million visitors per month and 171k RSS readers is coming to Israel tomorrow, June 10, and will meet various start up companies and VCs.
Blonde 2.0 (aka Ayelet Noff) will be a guest writer for Mashable during their visit, Flixwagon will film the entire visit (interviews and party) and TheMarker will publish interviews with Mashable staff and regular articles throughout the visit.
The highlight of the visit will be the party obviously, on Wed. the 11th, MashBash Tel Aviv, a 3 hour open bar event, at Tel Aviv Old Harbor, sponsored by Yedda (recently bought by AOL) and TheMarker.com.
In the words of Mashable:
What: MashBash Tel Aviv
Why: 800 Person, 3 hour Open Bar (and snacks) on the Beach in Tel Aviv, Celebrating Israel’s Booming Tech Culture
Where: Galina Beach Club (recently fully renovated), Hangar 19, Tel Aviv Port, Israel
When: Wednesday, June 11th, 19:00 – 22:00
RSVP?: You Must RSVP through EventBrite, 800 person limit
Who?: 800 people, including the startups, Venture Capitalists, Entrepreneurs, high profile CEOs and Mashable’s Adam Hirsch.
See you there 🙂
