Last week Thomas Vander Wal trashed SharePoint as an enterprise social computing platform in a blog post entitled SharePoint 2007: Gateway Drug to Enterprise Social Tools . He ultimately concluded that SharePoint failed for enterprise 2.0. If an organization has purchased and installed SharePoint without a proper technical due diligence about what it can do and can’t do Apart from my own interest in his analysis, I have received two specific requests for a reaction. I’m

For a number of years I have cringed every time one of my clients tells me that have or are planning to deploy Microsoft SharePoint as a collaborative platform. SharePoint is many things, but it misses the critical element of social media which is networked connection between people and ideas, easy discoverability, makes visible and allows people to act on weak ties, and support for other network-like interactions rather than closed group performance. They say it is their “social media” deployment. I

October 25, 2007 Social Networking (?) With Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Interesting - but I remain quite skeptical - especially regarding "MOSS 2007 as your default option for enabling and managing social networks for business use". My conclusion from the excerpt below is that (1) Microsoft does not yet understand many of the fundamental concepts around social networking and the important distinctions between social networks and communities (2) Microsoft is looking at Collaborative Thinking Perceptions on collaboration

Day 1 of the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009 is underway. The beta of SharePoint Server 2010 will be available in November, along with the beta of Office 2010. SharePoint Server 2010 will be available in "first half of 2010", so think June 2010. - Key themes for SharePoint 2010 are: (1) better developer story, (2) better Here's what I've seen announced or discussed during the day. And no, I'm not in attendance.

Serena has Adopted Facebook as Their Intranet by Bill Ives November 28, 2007 at 8:42 am · Filed under Enterprise 2.0 A few weeks ago I wrote a post, It is Time for Facebook Fridays: A Idea that Should Spread , that briefly mentioned Serena Software’s policy of allowing employees one hour of personal time during the workweek to spend on their Facebook profiles and connect with co-workers, customers, family and friends. Everyday Use of Social Networks The Airport Waiting Area Syndrome Goes Global with Twitter FASTforward’09 Interviews:

home | archives & search | rough type store | nicholasgcarr.com « Understanding Google | Main | A star for "The Big Switch" » My(Work)Space November 28, 2007 The new edition of the Financial Times Digital Business podcast is out, and it includes, among other things, a commentary from me on the contrast between formal business software applications and informal social networks like Facebook and MySpace. suspect that some people at the top of the org chart will be less than pleased. Posted by nick at November 28, 2007 01:39 PM Advertisement: Are you

Why the Future of Corporate Computing is ‘Informal’ by Joe McKendrick December 1, 2007 at 6:07 pm · Filed under 2.0 Everyday Use of Social Networks The Airport Waiting Area Syndrome Goes Global with Twitter FASTforward’09 Interviews: Search, Social Computing and People FASTforward’09 Interview: Euan Semple, independent advisor on social computing Archives February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008

Social Media and the Organization - Part 1 by Rob Paterson August 29, 2007 at 8:36 am · Filed under Charles Handy , Enterprise 2.0 , Social Media , SocialText , Web 2.0 Why is collaboration so hard in organizations? Everyday Use of Social Networks The Airport Waiting Area Syndrome Goes Global with Twitter FASTforward’09 Interviews: Search, Social Computing and People FASTforward’09 Interview: Euan Semple, independent advisor on social computing Archives February 2009 January 2009 December

Step Two Designs Beyond The Idea Skip to content Home Blog About us Contact Us Home > articles > collaboration > Establish a portfolio of collaboration tools CMb 2007-19 Establish a portfolio of collaboration tools Written by James Robertson , published November 5th, 2007 Categorised under: articles , collaboration , enterprise 2.0 , intranets There is no one-size-fits-all solution for collaboration needs within an organisation. This could potentially

Many organizations have invested in Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 as strategic infrastructure for content management and collaboration. However, the market responded negatively to the social tools included within MOSS 2007. Atlassian, NewsGator) whose products integrated into SharePoint in ways that alleviated some of the worst functionality (e.g., OK - this is all draft - nothing is final - everything below is a work-in-progress. I