What Tools are Available to Address This?
In the Internet, we see numerous personal examples such as Myspace, Facebook and others. The recent advent of tools such as Web 2.0 as well as from specific software vendors enables teams to have a virtual gathering place.     These can empower your teams for special projects, sales,  design, engineering, manufacturing,  finance, etc. to collaborate.  This is useful if they are in one corporate location, but even more powerful when these teams are geographically dispersed.  
These social network software tools also enable multiple security levels that are commensurate with your ERP and data security policies.  As with any information system, careful attention should be given to security of social networks, especially when they are implemented for external/consumer focus.
This leads to another topic: externally-focused social networks.  Consider the example of a medical device manufacturer that creates a social network that allows their consumers (physicians, clinicians, hospital and research associates) to see information on the manufacturers products.   Participants would post their innovative practices with the devices, write whitepapers and more.   The manufacturer also gains prompt feedback from consumers which aids in product enhancements.  This tool can also reduce demands on customer support or call center personnel.

Social networks are new tools that can empower your teams to collaborate on projects, track tasks/assignments/due dates as well as post documents.   Some of these tools from vendors enable a team member to 'checkout' a document (such as a project plan, spreadsheet or presentation) and update it.   While that team member is updating the 'checked out' document, others can view the previous version, can see the document is currently 'checked out' and are blocked from updating it until it is returned.  This feature greatly enhances version control and data integrity.
As a C-level executive in your company, it behooves you to investigate the business impact this new technology can have to benefit your company.

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“If you knew then what you know now”

“Insider trading” information is nothing new to Wall Street. It has been the cause of many scandals and collapses, but new advancements that pertain to the World Wide Web are able to provide such insight to investors that up until now have relied on data primarily from the many commercial media outlets.

The developers of Stockhunt.com have created the ultimate investment service that has produced trading opportunities that have garnished returns as high as 100% or as great as 400%...all using intelligence that only a handful of individuals are aware of.

....And This Is How Gains As High as 400% Are Made

On July 11, 2008 the developers at Stockhunt.com were closely monitoring data coming in on both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The news coming off the major news wires spoke of chaos and doom, influencing many mutual funds and investors to sell their shares at any level, as low as $4 and $7 respectively.

Where others see desperation Stockhunt.com sees opportunity! Immediately the developers of Stockhunt.com began using proprietary data-mining technology and human-powered search criteria to gain far greater insight into the situation and what they found prompted them to issue an immediate buy on both Freddie Mac and Fannie May at those levels. Not only did they say when and at what price to buy, but unlike other newsletters they also presented the data that substantiated those findings. And what was uncovered amazed both readers and developers.....

• Government staff member were making it know in their respective online communities that the crisis with these two organizations was becoming a top priority in Washington and that an impending solution would be coming from Capitol Hill any day now. Meanwhile the major networks were talking about the complete meltdown and extinction of both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

• Independent government related blogs were noting that a key provision of the pending mortgage bailout package that was already in front of Capitol Hill would be altered in order to add more government oversight of both institutions. The bill was moving through the House of Representatives and Senate at lightning speed and would be in front of the President quite soon.

• Major University economists were agreeing unanimously that the government would have to step in to save both the future of the U.S mortgage market and those that held an equity stake in the two institutions, which included the government, in order to begin a strong base from which to instill the worlds faith in the U.S mortgage markets very soon.

The results were astounding, within one week the stocks of both these corporations increased by 300%.

Results such as these are not uncommon when you have at your disposal both intuitive and unbiased opinion.

There are over 2700 independent blogging sites kept up by government employees and 397 editorial sites which provide members with a platform from which to speak and share insights on current government issues.

The developers of Stockhunt.com are able to access these communities and draw from them significant editorials that may translate into profits in the stock market. There is no such service currently available that can vertically search every online community, with set parameters and within a timely manner as Stockhunt.com is able to.

Such a service is not intended to replace any current or time-tested form of equity analysis such as those that focus on technical or fundamental data but rather as a companion that may add an additional advantage to an investors arsenal of investment tools.

To get a better understanding of the far reaching potential that online communities may present to investors here are a few examples:

• over 1,500 Microsoft employees keep up individual blogs many of which discuss the activities of their employer (these provided profitable intelligence during the current possible buyout of Yahoo and when they bit into Vmwares monopoly of the virtual server sector.

• Apple Corp. has taken bloggers to court over information that was not supposed to be released to the public. Yes, company insiders were talking about Apples entry into the mobile phone market many months prior to press release on their personal blogs.

• A Korean blog maintained by an SK Telecom employee was able to provide insight into the the telecom giants intentions of entering into the U.S wireless market.

The examples we can present to you are many, dating back to September of 2007 when the developers of Stockhunt.com issued an alert on PBR at a split adjusted price of $27.32 .

Since then Stockhunt.com has issued alerts on many public corporations which have translated into large gains and profits, but our purpose here is not to “toot” our horn.

Stockhunt.com is unlike any other investment service and to our knowledge we are the first and only provider of such a newsletter.....

How Stockhunt.com Is Different and What We Do Not Claim to Be...

• A gimmick that makes unthinkable claims as many of the newsletter services out there now have become good at

• We are not registered analysts that essentially have become self-proclaimed gurus. Many of which are still showcasing their returns from the late 90's

• We are not a provider of “after the fact” news or data as every other subscription based and commercial media news outlet has become

What Stockhunt.com Is and Can Offer Investors.....

• A group of web-developers that have an extensive background pertaining to internet technologies on both the software and hardware front

• Providers of unbiased market related data and search criteria

• Our only obligation is to our subscribers and editors who have made Stockhunt.com a success and will enable us to produce future technologies and service that members can profit from

• A service which can be incorporated into your current investment strategy, allowing you to realize far greater returns on investments both quickly and without any tutorials or software to install on your computer.

Stockhunt.com gains such valuable information by....

• monitoring over 600,000 independent and communal blogs across the globe

• screening government sites in order to obtain intelligence on legislation that may have an effect on specific corporate sectors

• social networking sites in over 32 languages that provide a much more accurate view of matters

• proprietary news services from across the globe that are solely focused on local industry and business

• editorials from sector specific online magazines that provide a more detailed account of corporations in their respective industries and countries.

All of this in a timely and unbiased manner so that investors can take hold of this valuable data and turn it into substantial profits.

Web 2.0 Applications Will Change the World of Finance....

Over the past four years the World Wide Web as we know it has been evolving, a transition that has come to be know as Web 2.0.

Web 2.0 is a term that has been given to recent advancements that enhance how individuals interact and collaborate on the World Wide Web. The most popular of these Web 2.0 utilities as they relate to the stock markets are websites that deal in collective intelligence, blogs, and comprehensive databases.

Although these applications are a step in the right direction, none can offer what Stockhunt.com has.....solid intelligence that translates into profits.

It has taken a team of 12 web developers and editorial specialists a small fortune and thousands of man hours to develop and fine tune the Stockhunt.com application.

The dilemma you will face by incorporating Stockhunt.com into your everyday investment routine is not whether you will profit but rather how big of a profit you will demand from your investment.

As Close as Anyone Will Ever get to Insider Trading Informati0n...Legally

The developers of Stockhunt.com have made their service as user friendly as possible so that any user of any technological or investment knowledge level can gain both market based knowledge and the ability to profit.

Stop wasting money on services that promise the impossible and make bold claims. The stock picking newsletter industry has been around since the early days of the stock market. The Industry has followed the same pattern ever since then; a group or individual that basically provides their opinion of what they think will happen in the markets. It has recently been published that over 85% of these newsletters do not even come close to matching the returns of the S&P 500! Amazing and troublesome.

Stockhunt.com is revolutionizing the stock market newsletter industry by adding something that no other newsletter service has ever provided........real and useful informati0n, not from one single individual but from corporate insiders, people from the government and academic sector

You have given us the opportunity to explain what the Stockhunt.com service is, how it operates, and the added edge it can offer to your current investment goals. As you may have concluded it is a very powerful and potentially profitable utility that is based on a simple principle.

The wave of advancements in regards to the World Wide Web have made such utilities available but their potential is still not known. The world of both independent and private social communities such as blogs are still in their infancy and are rapidly becoming a source of collective intelligence, unbiased analysis, and new viewpoints of what is important to the world of equity market participants.

The investment that you will make by subscribing to Stockhunt.com may be one of the smartest and most influential decisions you will make as an investor. We invite you to take advantage of this opportunity and join the growing number of world wide investors, mutual fund and hedge fund managers, market technicians, and equity brokers that have been profiting and gaining unmatched intelligence from such a service.

]]> http://jacquelineviana.wordpress.com/?p=49 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:13:38 +0000 Jacqueline Viana http://jacquelineviana.pt-br.wordpress.com/2008/07/26/web-20-e-mercado-de-internet/ Pessoal,

Mais uma vez fomos convidadas a falar sobre web. Desta vez, vou dividir a mesa com Lu Couto na palestra de abertura da terceira feira júnior de informática do colégio Vasco Coutinho, em Vila Velha.

A apresentação acontece dia 28/08, segunda-feira, em torno de 9h30 da manhã, no auditório da própria escola. Os temas abordados são web 2.0 e mercado de trabalho na área de internet.

Jacque.

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Dans un recoin poussiereux de mon Mac, je retrouve un article vieux de 10 ans, que j'avais adressé à un site humoristique tout entier consacré à la vie mystérieuse des chaussettes urbaines, et à leur tendance à finir leurs jours célibataires. Au milieu d'un océan de sites web sérieux remplis d'acronymes celui-là était comme annonciateur d'une réalité plus humaine, où tous les internautes allaient s'unir pour partager leurs joies, leurs peines et avancer vers un monde meilleur sur la base de la contribution de chacun. Le web 2.0 avant l'heure...

J'avais même cru avoir trouvé une recette miracle pour faire fortune rapidement, mais finalement j'étais trop en avance sur mon temps.

Dear James

HS

P.S: En fait il semblerait que l'on ait découvert récemment la vérité: lors d'une longue et pénible migration vers la penderie, les chaussettes disparues se transformeraient en cintre. Tout s'explique !

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Uma ferramenta de web 3.0, para organizar o Caos 2.0! Catalogaremos tudo, fotos, vídeos, artigos, voz! Seremos todos avatares para organizar nosso acesso as redes sociais Twitter, Netwibe Facebook, Flickr, Youtube, Technorati, Feedburner, Slideshare, Myspace, Linkedin, Lastfm, Orkut  e Wordpress, não temos tempo para ler ou atualizar tudo!

Confesse, toda semana alguém convida-te para fazer parte de uma nova rede social! São centenas de Bookmarks! São tantas senhas, tantas informações que as pessoas perdem mais tempo coletando do que entendendo os conteudos!

Twine.com sera seu assistente para ajuda-lo a administrar toda a bagunca 2.0 

Inspirado em materia da Wired

To start of in understanding universities in Africa, we have to look at the problems that they face. Lets me state three.

• Infrastructure

Most universities in Africa used to have bad infrastructure, but with the improvement in most economies across Africa, and with a little bit of government support the standard has gone up. The country which lead with the best machinery and infrastructure in Africa is South Africa.

However sadly things like internet access, specialised software, eletronic components are either too expensive, low quality or both,

• Little Support

Universitioes in Africa have little support compared to their western counterparts, which is very regretabble. Were other universities get millions in funding, some African universities can get nothing.

This results in very little research happening. Meaning few breakthroughs, and little support for those that do happen.

• Quiet community syndrome

What is the worst problem is what I call the quiet communitry sydrome. This is when a community is so quiet its like they are not even there. Let me explain.

Many people would do incredible things with technology with very little money and support, just because the people who lived there were motivated. Silicon valley is an example, just a mix of motivated guys.

As Africans we have to motivate and empower our youth. This is being done, but more is needed.

What does the future hold for African universities and web 2.0?

Who really knows, but they still have a fighting chance. They just have to prove to the world and themselves that one student, with one idea can change Africa and web 2.o.

A razão disso é a inexistência de legislação que regule tais meios de comunicação, que estão sendo brilhantemente usados nas primárias norte-americanas. Perdem com tal decisão os candidatos, que não podem se utilizar da internet para difundir suas idéias aos eleitores, mas perdem também nós, votantes, que não contamos com a internet para conhecer nossos candidatos.

Segundo o que consta na matéria da Gazeta do Povo, "No campo da propaganda eleitoral, o que não é previsto é proibido", concluiu o documento do Tribunal Superior Eleitoral.

O que se permite aos candidatos é a criação de uma página na internet para a campanha, a qual deve ter no seu endereço o nome e o número do candidato, e ser registrada no tribunal. As páginas receberão o mesmo tratamento dos meios tradicionais, como TV, rádio e jornal, e uma multa no caso de infração à lei pode chegar a R$ 106.410,00. O candidato pode optar por criar um blog, mas este deve se dar em substituição à página pessoal, e também deve ser registrado junto ao tribunal.

A captação de dinheiro através dos sites está proibida, pois a legislação exige recibos de doações feitas aos candidatos. Mas, não se descarta a possibilidade disso e das demais ferramentas de mídia digital se tornarem viáveis para os próximos pleitos; basta que se crie uma legislação que verse sobre o assunto.

Clique aqui para visitar o site de Barack Obama

para ver como esse candidato Democrata usa eficientemente as ferramentas da Web!

I like Andi's explanation from a technical point of view but faculty trying to understanding What Web 2.0 means to them would not understand. Consequently, the main question for Instructional Technologists or Designers to support their faculty is: "How can I use these tools to increase student learning or interactions in my classroom?" At this young stage of development, there very few empirical studies that show how Web 2.0 applications benefit student learning. However, there a great deal anecdotal evidence. Below are few examples I found by doing a Google search:

• Reflections on Web 2.0 tools and student learning
• Back to School with the Class Web 2.0
• Web 2.0 applications as alternative environments for informal learning - a critical review

At this point in the development of Web 2.0 applications, I think it is important that educators not wait for research to verify that increased student learning or interactions are occurring but you should to jump at the chance to create new virtual learning environments for your students. Keep in mind that many of your students are already on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

I think the first place to begin to truly understand the Web 2.0 world is to begin with an explanation in plain English how these tools work. The best place to see these explanations is from group called Common Craft. Their videos are short, less than 3 minutes, fun and easy to understand explanations of Wikis, Blogs, RSS, Twitter, etc.

One of their examples can be seen below: "Blogs in Plain English"

The video below has Tim 'O Reilly himself defining what exactly is a WEB 2.0.

TIM 

So, web 2.0 constitutes of blogs, mashups and so on and so forth. Its always been said of guys who don't try to change with the tide end up left behind. And it 'd take only a luddite of a guy to not to use the scrumptious theme of things that this technology offers. Lets just try to get a bigger pic of the scheme of things.

Everything on your Desktop:

Using web 2.o is so fantastic that you feel a lot at home its literally kind of using things off your desktop and into your browser. For instance, take the umpteen number of social networking sites like Myspace, Facebook, younoodle and so on which help us to make new friends and also be in contact with our old ones literally just from our hot seat. And if you are getting itchy about a buzz word just google it and there you will have on your screen millions of websites showing you the more info. than you had anticipated and then there is this new thing called cloud computing which gives you access to data from anywhere to anything. So, this is nothing but the morphing of our PC into one big power house of information.

Business networks:

One might've well guessed by now, why the WEB 2.o is called Enterprise 2.o. With the rapid proliferation of the companies that are vying to grab the loyality of the customers WEB 2.0 plays a predominant role in not only providing a platform for online advertising but also provide solutions to their customers within hours if not months. Add to these the umpteen of these social networking sites such as Myspace, Younoodle, Facebook, to name a few using which companies can zero in on their customers individually which will help them in establishing a sort of a sentimental connection with their candies and also as most of these companies have their target audience in the age range of 15-35 so its pretty easy to get them on this platform.

Its not only this but few of the social networking sites can even land you a job. Sites like Younoodle and LinkedIn have these resume posting kind of things which a really helpful according to a survey. So, the age where in social networking was for fun or when you might get chided for is a passe and now its vice-versa.

This has also laid a platform for a two-way communication as the CEOs and the top dogs of various organizations are burning in their time to get personal with their customers.

Blogging:

If there is anything that has really revolutionized the internet age is Blogging. Everyone seems to be so smitten by this that you can hardly find any site or for that matter any guy addicted to this wired thing not really having this four letter word in his profile and then add to that various incentives being provided for merely eking out yourself on to the wires that many are just taking this not only as a passion but also as a profession. Log into any site and you will find the employees hitting on the keyboard on multifarious issues ranging from the work culture to the recent movie they've been to. Being a passionate blogger myself I'm pretty glad that many companies are actually allowing their employees to blog which is quite contrasting to some companies. I'm pretty happy my company encourages blogging and has indeed recently started a blog to get closer to students.

The proliferation of the blogging sites has seen the growth of wikis which is being advocated by many corporates.

Hacker-Proof:

Many are still quite pessimistic about the way the technology is being used. On one side it is quite intimidating to think about the caveats of hackers and on the other side if left behind it 'd just be to our own peril. So, everyone is just tending to take on the latter route as the threat of hackers is perennial. Though they are quite concomitant security related issues getting surfaced as time moves on everyone is just as ready as to take on the risk than being edged out by their rivals on the techie front. So, that's a huge gain point for these sort of services.

And as few companies are still staring into the blue on porting onto web 2.0 the many of the geeky companies who've helped themselves away from the luddites have suddenly found themselves caught in the eye of another technological storm called web 3.0.

Web 3.0 is defined as the creation of high-quality content and services produced by gifted individuals using Web 2.0 technology as an enabling platform.

Web 3.0 if simplified is nothing but a slight improvement over web 2.0.

In precise terms its a spin-off from the head of Nova Spivack whose Radar Networks is trying to upset another giant. The first product off the radar is the Twine, a tool for collecting and organizing data which is pretty hatke from Google.

An example of how Twine works: A user uploads a text document to their Twine account. Twine then parses the document to find the words with meaning — names, places, concepts and so forth. Those terms become tags, which the person can use to access related information.

Twine’s underlying technology gives the computer a measure of intelligence. Using tags, a computer can distinguish between, say, a reference to the kind of bird that flies and the kind that flips people off. Once it has, it can give users a wealth of other information, drawn from their own accumulated knowledge base, other users and the outside internet. Where Google crawls the entire web and ultimately pollutes your search results with different kinds of “birds,” Radar picks from a smaller universe of sources and tries to automatically discard the ones you don’t want. Having said that, the search is more stream lined when compared to Google as you don't have to google through a chiliad of sites.

As the companies gear up for web 3.0 I'm quite periliously trying to wade myself through all these technological revolutions and thus trying to see myself clear off these things. Yeah OK! I can hear someone calling me a luddite!

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