Aitm 10.29.08 - Shift Happens

Ben Blanquera 2008 benblanqueraBen Blanquera 2008 [email protected]@hotmail.com

AITP 10.29.08AITP 10.29.08

How Does Web 2.0 Affect IT How Does Web 2.0 Affect IT Professionals? Professionals?

Ben BlanqueraBen Blanquera


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BackgroundBackground Feedback – LinkedIn QuestionFeedback – LinkedIn Question

30+ replies within 1 day30+ replies within 1 day A Social Media Tour A Social Media Tour


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Did you knowDid you know http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2Uhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

The world as we know it is changingThe world as we know it is changing What are some of the implications of what you What are some of the implications of what you

just saw?just saw? What are you doing to prepare yourself?What are you doing to prepare yourself?

Shifting is happening at a quickening pace


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Web 2.0…The Machine is US/ing UsWeb 2.0…The Machine is US/ing Us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

Linking people – sharing, trading, collaboratingLinking people – sharing, trading, collaborating Rethink – copyright, aesthetics, governance, Rethink – copyright, aesthetics, governance,

commerce, ethics, privacycommerce, ethics, privacy

Communications, Infrastructure, Speed


Web 2.0 – a definitionWeb 2.0 – a definition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQibri7gpLMv=CQibri7gpLM

How do you define it?How do you define it?


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““You have to stay current on the technology You have to stay current on the technology just to be in the game. That is not an edge, just to be in the game. That is not an edge, it just keeps you in the game. There are it just keeps you in the game. There are several new platforms, languages, and several new platforms, languages, and frameworks out there that are being used frameworks out there that are being used in the Web 2.0 world, so keep learning. “in the Web 2.0 world, so keep learning. “


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““As it becomes mission critical, it's important As it becomes mission critical, it's important to understand and analyze the growth to understand and analyze the growth trends which will affect bandwidth, mass trends which will affect bandwidth, mass storage, data archiving & standard server storage, data archiving & standard server components such as memory, I/O, components such as memory, I/O, processor, etc. “processor, etc. “


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““Software engineers need to be sure that the Software engineers need to be sure that the server side methods that their application uses server side methods that their application uses are secure “are secure “

““Internally, IT departments should be looking for Internally, IT departments should be looking for ways to crosscut an organization in order to ways to crosscut an organization in order to gather, index and maintain corporate institutional gather, index and maintain corporate institutional knowledge and allow employees to collaborate knowledge and allow employees to collaborate with each other” with each other”


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““Implication on IT professionals is to provide Implication on IT professionals is to provide a flexible platform rather than building one a flexible platform rather than building one of solution. Important technical innovations of solution. Important technical innovations such as mashup, REST are going to be such as mashup, REST are going to be critical skills and IT folks should start critical skills and IT folks should start learning and really getting their arms learning and really getting their arms around these topics. Already platforms around these topics. Already platforms such as Facebook has come out”such as Facebook has come out”


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““If your goal in IT is to create value for the If your goal in IT is to create value for the organization, these same apps hold an organization, these same apps hold an unbelievable amount of potential and unbelievable amount of potential and opportunity. Giving your organization better opportunity. Giving your organization better tools with a lower cost of ownership than your tools with a lower cost of ownership than your current toolset is a reality. The bar for user current toolset is a reality. The bar for user experience and user productivity for these new experience and user productivity for these new tools is continually being raised, and the updates tools is continually being raised, and the updates are (by and large) free to the IT group. If you can are (by and large) free to the IT group. If you can manage change, you can leverage all of it.”manage change, you can leverage all of it.”


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““It is critical for IT folks need to understand It is critical for IT folks need to understand the trends of Web 2.0, or at the very least the trends of Web 2.0, or at the very least those who are responsible for strategy. In those who are responsible for strategy. In particular, any public facing IT component particular, any public facing IT component needs to work with other groups (Business needs to work with other groups (Business Development, Marketing, etc) to have a Development, Marketing, etc) to have a strategy for dealing with 2.0 trends. “ strategy for dealing with 2.0 trends. “


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““Perhaps the most impact will be on the Perhaps the most impact will be on the legal side of what IT can do and cannot do legal side of what IT can do and cannot do in terms of integrating with social in terms of integrating with social networking sites as well as the additional networking sites as well as the additional training necessary for Web 2.0 supporting training necessary for Web 2.0 supporting technologies (AJAX, XML, REST, etc.). “technologies (AJAX, XML, REST, etc.). “


Social Media Sites and Social Media Sites and ToolsTools

Tour of what’s out there Tour of what’s out there

Listen, Learn, Build Awareness, Facilitate Listen, Learn, Build Awareness, Facilitate Participation, Engage and EmpowerParticipation, Engage and Empower


Google alerts – Google alerts – http://http://www.google.comwww.google.com/alerts/alerts


Facebook – Facebook – http://http://www.facebook.com/home.phpwww.facebook.com/home.php


Blogger – Blogger – https://https://www.blogger.comwww.blogger.com//http://http://columbustech.blogspot.comcolumbustech.blogspot.com//


Twitter – Twitter – http://http://twitter.comtwitter.com/home/home


MeetupMeetuphttp://http://www.meetup.comwww.meetup.com//


FeedburnerFeedburnerhttp://http://www.feedburner.comwww.feedburner.com//


PbWiki – PbWiki – http://techlife.pbwiki.com/http://techlife.pbwiki.com/ - http://pbwiki.com - http://pbwiki.com


Google Docs - Google Docs - http://docs.google.comhttp://docs.google.com


LinkedinLinkedinhttp://www.linkedin.comhttp://www.linkedin.com


You TubeYou Tubehttp://www.youtube.com/http://www.youtube.com/


FlickrFlickrhttp://www.flickr.com/http://www.flickr.com/


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