Tag: Social Computing

Business Value of Social Computing (I)
Business Value of Social Computing (I)
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Hello there! I’d like to start a new series of posts where I want to highlight and demystify the benefits of introducing and extending enterprise social networks (ESN) in companies. There is a lot of material online about the social networks, with diverging and even contradictory findings. I would like to present a summary of the most important points that link social networks and business. I will not talk about a specific technology such as Beezy or Yammer or SharePoint, but about the underlying business value.

Taking Advantage of Social Computing in SharePoint 2010
Taking Advantage of Social Computing in SharePoint 2010
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Social computing is the topic de jour. End users want it, enterprises apparently must have it. But what does it all mean? What is the enterprise applicability of these largely consumer-focused technologies? With all the focus on efficiency, cost cutting and doing more with less, does it make sense to offer users what may be nothing more than a productivity-sapping application boondoggle? And once these tools are deployed, what can a company do to track usage and productivity? What are the best practices for managing SharePoint social computing in the enterprise?