Conference: Enterprise 2.0 Track
Web 2.0 tools are entering the workplace with the promise of breaking down information boundaries, providing greater collaboration and speeding productivity and workflow. The Enterprise 2.0 track examines the latest tools and technologies changing the way companies work including Social Networking, Collaboration, Social Search and Wikis. Through thought leadership, expert analysis and best practices, the Enterprise 2.0 track provides the information you need to successfully take your company to a new level.
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Social Software Tools: A Critical Evaluation (Location: 1E09)To date, technology analysts have quite properly focused on the social and business aspects of social software. And yet, social software tools (including collaboration suites, pure-play blog / wiki / social-networking products, and revamped portal products from major vendors) differ quite substantially in maturity, approach, and support. This session will share customer research from noted evaluation firm CMS Watch on leading social software technologies, and provide a framework for customers to evaluate the marketplace based on their own needs Speaker - Tony Byrne, Founder, CMS Watch
Tony Byrne is Founder of CMS Watch, a vendor-neutral analyst firm that publishes comparative evaluations of content technologies. At CMS Watch, Tony leads of team of analysts covering various technology marketplaces on behalf of solutions buyers. Prior to founding CMS Watch in 2001, Tony led the developer team a systems integrator, following previous stints as a programmer, journalist, and international educator. He is also the author of the CMS Report and publisher of the Enterprise Portals Report, the Enterprise Search Report and the ECM Suites Report, and an avid Green BayPackers fan. Thursday, November 19 | | ||||
The Future of Messaging in the Enterprise (Location: 1E09)Consumer use of social messaging services such as Twitter is on the rise. The tools are likely already in use today, unbeknownst to IT. Do these new messaging technologies pose a threat to business or are they an opportunity to create value through increased communication and collaboration? What is the role of social messaging in unified communications and collaboration and does the rise of public social messaging services render investments in unified communications moot? Join us for a look at the future of social messaging in the Enterprise. Moderator - Steve Wylie, General Manager, Enterprise 2.0 Conference, TechWeb
Steve Wylie is the General Manager and Conference Director for the Enterprise 2.0 Conference and Mobile Business Expo, both of which are produced by TechWeb. Steve formerly co-chaired TechWeb's annual Interop conferences in Las Vegas and New York. Prior to running conferences, Steve managed TechWeb's renowned InteropNet, including a multi-vendor test lab geared to evaluate, improve and showcase early implementations of open-standard IT infrastructure technologies. Steve is based in San Francisco, California. Speaker - Caroline Dangson, Research Analyst, Enterprise Collaboration and Social Solutions, IDC
Speaker - Ethan Yarbrough, President and Co-Founder, Allyis
As President and Co-Founder of Allyis, Inc., a consultancy focused on the development and adoption of 2.0 technologies and practices within the Enterprise, Ethan is a social computing thought leader and active participant in the Enterprise 2.0 conversation. Via his Emerging Web Memo blog (www.emergingwebmemo.com), Tweets (@ethany), white papers (www.allyis.com/ourthinking.aspx) and speaking engagements, Ethan actively drives conversations around how organizations can leverage and prosper from the use of social tools, platforms and cultures inside the firewall to foster knowledge management, collaboration, innovation and contribute to employee morale and retention. He is an active participant in the Social Media Club Seattle, the largest regional organization of its kind, leading the conversation around the application of social media within the Enterprise. Yarbrough has been asked to contribute his expertise to books on the topic of Enterprise 2.0 and was recently profiled by Seattle Social Media Profiles. Ethan drives Enterprise 2.0 adoption within his own organization with the support of the highly engaged team he leads. In 2007, Ethan was recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of the region's top "40 Under 40", a prestigious award celebrating young entrepreneurs and rising stars in the local business community. Ethan is passionate about programs that support Allyis employees and the community. He spearheads the internal Greener Allyis campaign which emphasizes reduced waste, recycling, reduced consumption, and general environmental stewardship with a goal of making it easier for employees to make "greener" choices while at work. Ethan holds an M.A. in English Literature from Western Washington University and still enjoys spending his free time in creative pursuits such as writing and photography. Speaker - Jonathan Yarmis, Research Fellow, Ovum
Jonathan Yarmis has been a leading voice in the technology industry for over 30 years, with a variety of experience in industry analysis, end-user computing, and public and analyst relations. Yarmis is currently Research Fellow at Ovum. Most recently, he was VP of Disruptive Technologies at AMR Research and spent 10 years at Gartner, heading up all end-user computing research. He has also worked at senior levels at PR firms Hill & Knowlton and Waggener Edstrom Worldwide. He produced and served as content chairperson for a variety of conferences and tradeshows at eMarketWorld, including ad:tech. Yarmis is a regular speaker at industry events and appears regularly on a variety of print and broadcast media. Jonathan received his BA from Hamilton College. Speaker - Tony Byrne, Founder, CMS Watch
Tony Byrne is Founder of CMS Watch, a vendor-neutral analyst firm that publishes comparative evaluations of content technologies. At CMS Watch, Tony leads of team of analysts covering various technology marketplaces on behalf of solutions buyers. Prior to founding CMS Watch in 2001, Tony led the developer team a systems integrator, following previous stints as a programmer, journalist, and international educator. He is also the author of the CMS Report and publisher of the Enterprise Portals Report, the Enterprise Search Report and the ECM Suites Report, and an avid Green BayPackers fan. | |||||
Empire 2.0 - Increasing Citizen Involvement and Government Transparency (Location: 1E09)CIO/OFT believes the interactivity and personalization associated with next generation technology like social media networking and Web 2.0 tools will enable state agencies to bring communications to a new level engaging millions of people who spend their time on social media sites with personalized, interactive tools they have come to expect to get instantaneous information and to engage in our democracy. CIO/OFT continues to employ multiple strategies to expand and market the use of Web 2.0 technologies. This session will describe the tools used by CIO/OFT to do this, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube channel, Wiki and our Brainstorming Portal. Speaker - Rico Singleton, Deputy State Chief Information Officer, New York State Office of the Chief Information Officer
Rico J. Singleton serves as the New York State Deputy Chief Information Officer for Enterprise Strategy & Governance Services. In this capacity he is primarily responsible for the overall I.T. strategy and overseeing IT investments for the State of New York, a $120 billion enterprise with over 190,000 employees serving a statewide population of 19 million. The State has approximately 5,000 IT professionals, and spends approximately $2 billion in information technology annually. His position requires him to work with state, local and federal government agencies to deliver innovative state government services to citizens, businesses and state visitors by leveraging technology. Additionally, to ensure technology purchases are aligned to the enterprise strategy and standards, Rico has responsibility for approving statewide IT investments while also negotiating and executing enterprise contracts with major IT vendors. Rico served as Chair of the New York State CIO Council, which is comprised of 89 State and Local Government CIO's and currently serves as Chair of the IT Executive CIO Leadership Committee. He serves on the Executive Committee for the New York State Forum of the Rockefeller Institute of Government and the Advisory Committee for the Center for Technology and Government at the State University of New York. Additionally, Rico is an active member and of the National Association of State CIO's all of which he utilizes to help advance the technology strategy within New York State. Recently, Rico was the recipient of the Commissioners Commendation Award for successfully launching Empire 2.0 - a New York State social media strategy designed to promote government participation, increase collaboration and expand the state's ability to share information with social media users.? | |||||







