Making Web 2.0 'Meaningful and Achievable' in the Enterprise

JackBe firmly believes that Enterprise Web 2.0 software must be user-centric, web-driven solutions that enable ad-hoc, user-driven collaboration and integration. Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking at the CSC Leading Edge Forum on "Making Web 2.0 Meaningful and Achievable". (If you're interested in the presentation, the slides and audio are available here.) It is always interesting to see how new, innovative concepts from the consumer world are adopted and adapted to the enterprise.

If Web 2.0 is about empowering users to share and collaborate, then how will this principle be worked into the enterprise? Interestingly, both the Economist ('Serious business: Web 2.0 goes corporate') and McKinsey ('How businesses are using Web 2.0') have given Enterprise Web 2.0 some of their attention recently. These reports are definitely worth reading. Based upon their surveys of architects and CIOs, the first wave of Web 2.0 projects in the enterprise will focus upon wikis and mashups (and some supporting service-enablement efforts). That's good, practical stuff.