Comments on: Deliveries in the Rear? http://blog.playconference.org/2006/11/07/deliveries-in-the-rear/ the Berkeley digital media conference Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:34:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: amyloo http://blog.playconference.org/2006/11/07/deliveries-in-the-rear/#comment-6 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:00:58 +0000 http://blog.playconference.org/2006/11/07/deliveries-in-the-rear/#comment-6 There's also an opportunity here for the IT department to embrace the chaos and make some of these tools, or customize open source stuff. Instead of having rebels and mavericks within the department sneak around and plot for the revolution, they ought to be sought out by CIOs and encouraged to play. Then, you're not talking about $100k, right? Sometimes I think Doc Searls was just a little too early with his DIY IT idea. There’s also an opportunity here for the IT department to embrace the chaos and make some of these tools, or customize open source stuff. Instead of having rebels and mavericks within the department sneak around and plot for the revolution, they ought to be sought out by CIOs and encouraged to play. Then, you’re not talking about $100k, right?

Sometimes I think Doc Searls was just a little too early with his DIY IT idea.

]]> by: akiang http://blog.playconference.org/2006/11/07/deliveries-in-the-rear/#comment-4 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:04:55 +0000 http://blog.playconference.org/2006/11/07/deliveries-in-the-rear/#comment-4 That's exactly the tactic that Salesforce.com has been taking and they're taking over like gangbusters. It's interesting that many of their customers are mid-size firms or groups within larger companies. A danger in this approach is aggregating disparate systems. It's fine if separate groups within an organization all use JotSpot. The CIO can then take all the content and put it together into a comprehensive knowledge management / collaboration system. However, what if some groups use JotSpot and others use SocialText and still others go with an open source version? There are reasons why you have a central IT staff and having groups go off in different directions (or even the fear that they might) could stifle adoption. That’s exactly the tactic that Salesforce.com has been taking and they’re taking over like gangbusters. It’s interesting that many of their customers are mid-size firms or groups within larger companies.

A danger in this approach is aggregating disparate systems. It’s fine if separate groups within an organization all use JotSpot. The CIO can then take all the content and put it together into a comprehensive knowledge management / collaboration system. However, what if some groups use JotSpot and others use SocialText and still others go with an open source version? There are reasons why you have a central IT staff and having groups go off in different directions (or even the fear that they might) could stifle adoption.

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