Is anyone familiar with the security threats Wikis create? I'd imagine one that hasn't been locked down or patched, with usernames shared amongst users for Intranet Wikis, the existential risks associated with the Wikileaking of information could be quite prevalent.
Check out this: http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/technology/wikis.shtml -- Scroll down, "Examples of Government Agencies using Wikis". A few examples; State Department, USAspending.gov, US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, NASA.
So, it seems, government agencies are employing the use of Wikis.
We presently do not have a corporate wiki. We were planning to expand our FAQ into a corporate knowledgebase Wiki, but so far we haven't found a real necessity for it.
Right, Kim. I'm all for a centralized platform where we can manage everything. The idea of having yet another system to log into which isn't an absolute necessity is a deterrent.
I agree, Nicole, and think it's sometimes part of a larger problem of integrating apps in a business environment. I am sure many of us have had the experience of finding that we need to access a whole series of quite separate apps, each with its own log in and password. That can hinder use of any them.
If there's resistance to using a wiki, or some thought that a person is using it just to keep up with expectations, maybe it's important to demonstrate the value of using it.
If I think, for instance, that my wiki activity is resulting in "soft dollar" synergies with others in my organization, I'm more apt to log on. If I just think I'm spinning wheels, then it's not really achieving the aim.
My feeling is that there are basic ways we have to communicate in our workplace: voice, IM, email, and maybe video conference. If those processes are integrated into the Wiki, and I (I = hypothetical employee) have a reason to already be in there, then I'll spend time there. If it feels like an extra process, then I'm less likely.
But then you run into other problems: Like, if you have access to a corporate wiki, you can bet that you're expected to use it, and it doesn't look great if you don't. So what we then have is people using it just to save face, and not because they've found the value.
I think these are issues enterprises are still grappling with, and I'm eager to hear success stories and find solutions.
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Social media has been with us for a decade -- but employer policies and the law are anything but firm about the most appropriate usage of this powerful tool.
Businesses often struggle to decide which domain to use. When it comes to purchasing a domain name, you have plenty of extensions to choose from, ranging from .com and .net, to .me, and even .mobi. But which one should you pick?
I've been writing about how the next evolution of the Internet might just be an advertising revolution, and how corporate IT can stay involved as the enablers and providers of the technologies that make this possible.
In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M.
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
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Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
The automotive website uses propensity modeling to target ads and customer registration forms, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
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