(From Forbes.com) SEBASTOPOL, Calif. -- A PC in every home and workplace, a smart
phone in every hand, all connected 24/7 to the hundreds of millions
(and growing rapidly) of other people actively participating online via
blogs, social networks, Twitter and multiplayer games.
Whether
you call it Web 2.0, the social Web or any other neologism, the new
network economy is about communities, collaboration, peer production
and user-generated content. It is a place where business reputations
are defined by customer opinions and ratings, where press is delivered
by independent bloggers, and product development
and insight is driven by customers. As digital natives--those who have
grown up with the Internet--flood the workplace, your employees will
expect to be part of the social Web and they'll have a lot to
contribute.
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