Yes, I know the report is delay (a fair few months) and it may be slightly out of date, but in the past 30 days there has been an increased interest in our review so I’ve decided to upload the report.

To view the report click the following link: Team NVPH – Stack Overflow Report

If there are any questions, comments or concerns feel free to let me know.

Direct YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peYSjTxnzK0
Direct Vimeo Link: http://www.vimeo.com/12230792

For a user to receive data from through the internet there is a least software running on the servers and and software running on the clients end to get this to work, however I don’t this this is the point Tim is trying to make. I like to think of the concept as software allowing you to do more with the device, than if the software was isolated.

Take for example the Foxtel’s IQ cable box. It allows you to view channels, record shows, bring up an EPG all on the device. This functionality is extended through an iPhone App or their website which allows you to program your IQ box through the internet. It has extended your experience from using the software on the device itself, to using web software/ application to view the EPG, schedule in shows to record without using the IQ box directly.

This has extended to other areas inside your home, take a look at the gaming industry. Sony has create an online community, integrated with its products called the Playstation Network (PSN), Microsoft has done the same with X-Box Live and Nintendo with their online community (although very limiting).

I’ve been trying to stay from examples such as Google Maps, E-Mail, Search, Images, Docs, etc simply because it there is so much to talk about and how their software through API’s, Common Protocols, Applications, etc allows their own software to be used on a wide range of devices, but really if you look at any of them you could drill down and see how they are examples of software above the level of a single device. In fact, Minterest.com published an article recently called ‘Over 60 Google Products & Services You Probably Don’t Know‘ that gives you a break down on what Google offers. There is actually a fair few I didn’t know about and haven’t used.

Another similar example of been trying to escape is how the iPhone connects into iTunes on your computer. This then allows you to configure the device, sync selected data such as photos, music, playlists, applications, bookmarks, etc. While iTunes is allowing you to download music, update software on the phone, subscribe to podcasts, add lyrics to songs, download album artwork, etc all without using the iPhone itself. This can all then can synchronised back to the phone. Apple have then added in another software component called mobile.me which could deserve a post in itself (Take a look at Anthony Nicolaides’s post on ‘MobileMe above the level of a single iDevice‘ to find out more).

Looking back on how far we have come in nearly three years. There is still a lot more companies can achieve by providing ‘software above the level of a single device’ as there a still plenty of gaps above. With cloud computing increasing in popularity and continued progression of technology it really is becoming an easier world to live in. All we need now is for companies to not lock themselves into a ‘walled garden’ and the ease of synchronising myself to the digital world will become second nature (Wow! I feel like a holiday, looking at how much I use technology in my daily life.. perhaps I’ll Google holiday resorts on my iPhone).

Jeremiah Owyang has posted a list of A Chronology of Brands that Got Punk’d by Social Media which you should take a look at, but here are 5 of my favorite stories.

• United Airlines Gets the Viral Video Treatment It Never Wanted
• The naked NOKA chocolate uncovered
• Louis Vuitton gets Brandjacked in Anti-Genocide Campaign
• Furniture Company Habitat Self-Evicts on Twitter
• Brit ISPs censor Wikipedia over ‘child porn’ album cover

So a word of warning for companies out there, to perhaps think about your approach to a customer or act as it may blow back on you. Just to finish it off, this blow back effect resulted in the term the’ Streisand effect‘ in 2003 when Barbra Streisand sued a photographer over privacy concerns.

So lets have a look at what Enterprise 1.0 is and compare it with Enterprise 2.0:

Taken from http://www.e2conf.com/about/what-is-enterprise2.0.php

If you compare the two tables you will see the differences between the two. Business can also transition from a Enterprise 1.0 driven organisation to an Enterprise 2.0 driven organisation over time. There are strong benefits in that Enterprise 2.0 allows the knowledge of many accessible to many. Information is no longer constrained to help files, e-mails, books and traditional methods. Most importantly, Enterprise 2.0 is happening now (with or without you).

Professor Andrew McAfee, formally introduced the concept of Enterprise 2.0 in 2007. One of the easiest ways of describing the technology the enables Enterprise 2.0 (without showing or describing the technology itself) is by SLATES (or S.L.A.T.E.S.).

S – Search
L – Links
A – Authorship
T – Tags
E – Extensions
S – Signals

These concepts were quickly identified as an Enterprise 2.0 checklist. This concept has been developed further in recent times (FLATNESSES) but the 6 key concepts are still there. We can identify Enterprise 2.0 technologies using SLATES or more recently FLATNESSES, so lets move on to Enterprise 2.0 platforms.

Chances are that you are using these or have at least seen them. In fact I can guarantee it (your on my Blog – that you can search, view links, read articles I’ve written and allowed you to provide feedback, views tags I’ve used on content, seen extensions like my twitter updates and one of the ways I’ve signalled this is by using RSS feeds).

Wikis

Blogs

Mashups

Online Communities

Social Bookmarking

Social Networking

Differences between Enterprise 1.0 and Enterprise 2.0 – check
Ability to identify technology that uses Enterprise 2.0 – check
Available platforms which helps oraganisations use Enterprise 2.0 technology? – check

So, do we know what Enterprise 2.0 is?

It seems that a few people are interested in organisations and sites that are actively using it. I’ll try gather a few sites together and share some examples in the near future.