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In my last post, I posited that the future of Web 2.0 would come from the creation of Business Services that harness the power of networks to create measurable value. Web 2.0 technologies and communication practices are ideally-positioned to transform the ideation process through social collaboration…

Obviously the world has changed from an economic, geopolitical and security perspective in the last ten years. However, much of the Web 2.0 world is feeling very much like Web 1.0 did in 1999. New web technologies have widely penetrated the consumer space. However, promised “transformational and disruptive” change has NOT been realized in the enterprise space. People are asking for or questioning business model (especially regarding “audience, reach, and eyeballs.”) The build-it-yourself toolboxes (and toolbox wars) have now arrived as well. Here is what I think is next for Web 2.0…

If you run an enterprise (business, government agency, non-profit, etc.) your purpose in life is to advance your mission. Unless you are running a technology enterprise, your mission is not to buy or build technology. Why then, are technologists wasting your time by pushing technology?

This week I had the pleasure of sharing information on my company’s approach to developing and delivering enterprise social networking services to three of Gartner’s experts on social media (Anthony Bradley, Nikos Drakos and Jeffery Mann). We had a chance to discuss in detail one of the main philosophies about technology I have followed since 1992…