Social intranets are on the rise
Tags: social software, enterprise collaboration, Social IntranetRecent studies, including an employee satisfaction report from APCO Worldwide and Gagen MacDonald, point to several benefits that arise from social intranets as enterprises deploy new social communication solutions. Enterprise social networks, when configured and used properly, are becoming the main knowledge repositories and communication hubs in the enterprise. They are replacing corporate intranets as the most comprehensive and reliable places to find information about the company, its processes and procedures, and the people who work there.
Read more » « CollapseIs Social Business Ready to Grow Up?
Tags: ozmosis, social software, enterprise collaboration, jive software, IBM, Social Business, Salesforce.com, social content managementAccording to Forrester, 57% of enterprises are making some investment in enterprise social in 2011.
Read more » « CollapseCIOs see real-time communication tools replacing email
Tags: social software, enterprise collaborationAccording to a recent survey from Robert Half Technologies, More than half (54 percent) of chief information officers (CIOs) interviewed recently said real-time workplace communication tools will surpass traditional email in popularity within the next five years. At Ozmosis, we see this shift already taking place with early adopters spread across the healthcare industry.
Read more » « CollapseEnterprise 2.0 Descends on Boston
Tags: collective knowledge, healthcare, social software, enterprise collaboration, best practiceLast week, the annual Enterprise 2.0 Conference made its way to Boston. For those unfamiliar with the term, Enterprise 2.0 refers to a new generation of innovative technologies and proceses (primarily "social" and "collaborative" tools) that improve productivity and reduce cost.
Read more » « CollapseWhy Facebook Struggles With Healthcare
Tags: healthcare, Facebook, physician, enterprise collaborationOver the past year Facebook’s popularity has continued to skyrocket. The world’s largest social network is now home to 700 million+ users and 2.5 million company pages (updated June 23, 2011). So it should come as little surprise that millions of Americans are turning to Facebook to search for and discuss health related information. However, while social collaboration can improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, it can also lead to unintended consequences.
Social Innovation at HIMSS
Tags: social media, Facebook, Meaningful Use, enterprise collaboration, hospital, HIMSS, ACO, Health Information ExchangeAnother HIMSS conference is in the books. Last week over 31,000 Health IT professionals and nearly 1,000 vendors descended on Orlando to discuss the latest industry trends. Once you got past all the pageantry and hoopla, there were meaningful discussion, debate, and education around the intersection of technology and healthcare. In particular, mobile health, health data exchange and the role of accountable care organizations seemed to dominate the conversation.
Read more » « CollapseLooking Ahead to the Enterprise 2.0 Conference
Tags: healthcare, EHR, social software, enterprise collaboration, mckinsey, accenture, CPOEThe Enterprise 2.0 Conference is still more than five months away, but conference organizers are already hard at work crafting a terrific agenda. With more than 320 papers submitted for presentation, the conference’s main theme of “Open Collaboration” is being put into practice as the E20 Community across the world discusses the virtues of each proposal and casts their vote.
Read more » « CollapseEnterprises are Riding the Social Wave. Will Healthcare Keep Up?
Tags: healthcare, social software, enterprise collaboration, yammer, jive software, chatter, saleforceFor anyone keeping score these days, the market for social business software, especially enterprise collaboration, is heating up.
Large software players such as Microsoft, IBM and Salesforce.com all tout the “collaboration capabilities” of their products, from Microsoft's enhanced social features in SharePoint 2010 to the release of Chatter 2.0 by Salesforce. However, the real push is coming from a rapidly growing number of pure-plays like Yammer, Jive Software and Lithium.
IDC reports 41% of respondents have already deployed an enterprise social software solution. Which isn't surprising, since Chatter has more than 60,000 customers and Yammer is used by over 90,000 companies and organizations, including over 80% of the Fortune 500.
