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Evaluating Social Software? Don't Underestimate Open Source
Posted 31 Mar 2009 by John Eckman | Tags: Acquia, Acquisition, Alfresco, Analysis, Application Stategy, Business Model, Collaboration, Community, Content Management, Django, Drupal, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise applications, Groundswell, IT Strategy, Knowledge Management, Open Source, Platform, Portal, Social Networking, Solutions, Strategy, Twitter, Vendor Evaluation, WordPress

It's quite difficult, as many of you probably know first hand, to keep track of all the various platforms, vendors, and open source projects in the social computing and enterprise collaboration space. Like content management systems, social software platforms seem to just keep multiplying rather than consolidating. Read more ...

Open Source CMS Alfresco Releases 3.0 Preview
Posted 31 Jul 2008 by Jeff Potts | Tags: Alfresco, Content Management, Knowledge Management

Alfresco has just announced the availability of the Alfresco Labs 3.0 Preview. If you've been regularly updating from HEAD there may not be a whole lot of stuff that's new to you but if you haven't, it might be a good time to see what the team in Maidenhead has been up to. Read more ...

Call it what you want, just not "KM"
Posted 17 Jul 2008 by Jeff Potts | Tags: Knowledge Management

My friend and former colleague Tom Pierce has recently started blogging on Enterprise 2.0 over at EnterpriseBlend.com. One of his recent posts talks about whether or not social computing is the end of Knowledge Management (KM), that somewhat nefarious term for extracting, organizing, and sharing the knowledge from the heads of employees that ultimately forms a competitive advantage. Read more ...

Optaros ‘open sources’ DoCASU 1.0, a RIA User Interface for Alfresco ECM
Posted 15 Jul 2008 by Bruno von Rotz | Tags: Ajax, Alfresco, Content Management, DoCASU, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise solutions, Knowledge Management, Open Source, REST, User Experience, User-Centered Design, Web 2.0, Web Scripts

Open Source software has many advantages compared to proprietary alternatives. The fact that the source code is open might often not even be the most relevant benefit. The ability to access functions and componentized services through open APIs (application programming interfaces) allows to focus development efforts on what is most important for the usage of the application – the user interface – for example. Read more ...

Open Source and Innovation: John Newton of Alfresco
Posted 02 Jul 2008 by John Eckman | Tags: Alfresco, Business Model, Collaboration, Community, Conference, Content Management, ECM, Enterprise 2.0, Knowledge Management, Open Innovation, Open Source, Platform, Video, Web 2.0

During the Enterprise 2.0 conference this June in Boston, I sat down with John Newton, the CTO and Chairman of Alfresco, for a brief (7:11) discussion about the intersections between ECM and Enterprise 2.0 and the value of community-driven innovation in open source. Newton lays out a very clear picture of how Alfresco has a role to play in the overall shift in the direction of Enterprise 2.0 knowledge worker applications through the notion of content services and social services: Read more ...

Slides from the Open Source ECM event
Posted 26 Jun 2008 by Jeff Potts | Tags: Alfresco, Content Management, Enterprise 2.0, Facebook, Knowledge Management, Liferay, Open Source, Ringside Networks, Social Networking

I want to thank everyone for attending the Alfresco-hosted Open Source ECM event in Dallas this morning. In case you missed it, the slides I presented on "Assembling Enterprise 2.0 Solutions with Alfresco" are available at share.acrobat.com (which is built on Alfresco, BTW) and embedded below. Read more ...

Content Management in the Age of User Participation - Presentation
Posted 20 Jun 2008 by John Eckman | Tags: Alfresco, Amateur, Collective Intelligence, Community, Conference, Content Management, content syndication, Culture, Direct Consumer Engagement, Drupal, Ecommerce, Enterprise 2.0, Facebook, Knowledge Management, Media and Publishing, Next Generation CRM, Open, Open Source, Social Networking, Syndication, User Experience, User Generated Content, Web 2.0, WordPress

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to present at Web Content 2008 on user generated content and the impact it has on content management.The presentation is called "Tag, Upload, Share, Discuss: Content Management in the Age of User Participaiton" - you can view it below, or download the PDF at slideshare.   Read more ...

Enterprise 2.0: Free Conference Pass
Posted 06 May 2008 by John Eckman | Tags: Acquia, Alfresco, Collaboration, Community, Conference, Culture, Drupal, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise applications, Enterprise solutions, Knowledge Management, Open Source, Platform, Portal, Ringside Networks, Social Networking, Solutions, User Experience, Web 2.0

At the upcoming Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston this June, I will be moderating a panel on Open Source Platforms. The panel will be Thursday, June 12th, at 8:30am. Here's the session description: Read more ...

Liveblogging Enterprise 2.0 Conference
Posted 10 Jan 2008 by John Eckman | Tags: Collaboration, Conference, Enterprise 2.0, Knowledge Management, Web 2.0, Weinberger

This summer I atteneded the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, and liveblogged a number of the sessions. Some of the highlights: Read more ...

Unsophisticated digital glue
Posted 27 Dec 2007 by John Eckman | Tags: Blogs, Enterprise 2.0, Facebook, Knowledge Management, Social Networking

Harvard Business School Professor Andrew McAfee, who originally popularized the "Enterprise 2.0" label (see "Enterprise 2.0: The Dawn of Emergent Collaboration") recently blogged about the role of simplicity in enterprise knowledge management and collaboration efforts. Read more ...

Who should be the sponsor for Enterprise 2.0?
Posted 11 Dec 2007 by Bruno von Rotz | Tags: Content Management, Enterprise 2.0, Knowledge Management

Enterprise 2.0 is a hot topic in the press but also in discussions with CIOs and Executives. Gartner instisted in its recent IT Symposium that it's unavoidable, driven by demographics and the consumerization of IT. Technology wise it's not greatly complex. But the key point is who the owner of enterprise 2.0 initiatives should be. Is it really IT? Despite the fact that many Intranets are owned by IT, IT might not be the best sponsor for Enterprise 2.0. We need business sponsors and role models to walk ahead of the crowd. Only companies that will get this, can be successful. Read more ...

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