Despite the best efforts of such companies as EMC and IBM, the business potential of social networking Websites, remains largely untapped, according to a report released yesterday by analyst firm Gartner.
Social networking software holds enormous potential for improving the management of large enterprises, says Nick Ingelbrecht, Gartner research director. However, work in this area is still immature, and enterprises should be aware of what is happening in the world of consumer social networking.
Gartners survey of 18 countries and territories found that, out of 4,000 PC and mobile phone users, 38 percent connected to social networking sites via PC, and just 1 percent via mobile phone.
The analyst firm predicts that online social networking will come to be regarded as the latest expression of a long-standing pattern of human behavior, involving an increasing range of technologies.
Social networking has found new forms of expression on the Internet, which has helped to reshape the purpose and protocols of social networking in an online world, says Julia Lin, Gartners project manager of research data and analytics. How to apply this in a corporate environment will be the next major challenge.
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
