web 2.0

Although companies have been urged to adopt "Web 2.0" and social technologies for years now, the truth is that relatively few have done so internally in any serious way -- and use inside the business is where the most value can be gained.

'Cloud' can be a huge benefit under the right circumstances; the trick is to focus on what you need and put the details together afterward.

Security managers can keep blocking Facebook, refusing to support mobile devices and vetoing cloud-based services, but they aren't going away. And ignoring ways to make room for them in your security program is like burying your head in the sand, according to Tom Gillis, vice president and general manager of Cisco's security technology business unit, and author of the new book Securing the Borderless Network: Security for the Web 2.0 World.

The top trends affecting technology infrastructure over the next five years can be summed up as largely a list representing where IT and users are battling for control over technology.

According to research, eighty percent of the future collaborative work approach will be inspired by Web 2.0 technologies .

In 2006, just as the first tweet was being Twittered, BT Global Services launched an effort to keep its customers and 112,000 employees safe in a new world of Web-based communities and other interactive sites.

In my last post, I told you how to use new 2.0 resources to find a low-cost place to stay as an alternative to costly hotels. But cheap accommodation is only half the equation. The other half is to reduce or offset the monthly cost of your empty house. Here are three approaches that will save you big time.

As it turns out, I use one notable "Cloud" application: Salesforce.com. Who knew? I always assumed this was just another web application. But if you go ahead and read the definition on Wikipedia, you will see a listing of other Cloud applications and you will also rapidly begin to despise the use of the term "cloud". Facebook is another Cloud app. You see? I'm beginning to dislike even typing this word.

New features improve an already wonderful web tool.

Palm is taking what it hopes is the next step in to make its Palm Pre a viable iPhone competitor. On Wednesday, at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Palm opened up its Mojo Software Development Kit (SDK) program to a "broad group of developers."

A telephone service designed to help deaf and speech-impaired people communicate is being misused by fraudsters, a PayPal executive said Wednesday.

Web 2.0 Expo starts this week with announcements expected from various vendors, including Facebook and Adobe.