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 Ismael Ghalimi's Office 2.0 2008 conference is over for another year. This year's theme was 'Enterprise Adoption' with case studies and panel discussions featuring speakers from EMC, Disney, Wachovia and more. The Office 2.0 community site includes details of all sessions, including video recordings as well as attendee blogs and comments. Susan Scrupski has written an excellent conference wrap-up, Ben Kepes also has provided comprehensive Day-1 and Day-2 reports at ReadWriteWeb. Many of the sessions were focused around end-user case studies. We've highlighted some of most popular below and included links to additional reports and comments...
GE Case StudyOliver Marks' article at ZDNet provided useful background for this session in which Dr. Sukh Grewal delivered an excellent presentation of GE's 400,000 user SupportCentral Collaboration & Workflow Environment. GE has developed a self-service workflow platform for digitizing business processes where people can "digitize a process faster than document it ... in minutes, not months". Dr. Sukh Grewal also covered the corporate GE community, shared details of GE's collateral savings that run to "millions" of dollars, and discussed the challenges involved in scaling application s for GE's 400,000 users. A video recording of the GE Case Study is available the Office 2.0 community site. Wachovia Case StudyPete Fields shared the challenges and successes of Wachovia's collaboration and networking platform implementation. Pete explained the drivers behind their 18-month business-case and how it lead to the largest Microsoft SharePoint (MOSS) deployment in the world. He also shared some of his 'lessons learned' as well as plans for future enhancements. A video recording of the Wachovia Case Study is available the Office 2.0 community site. Sun Microsystems Case StudyCharles Beckham (CTO of Sun Learning Services) shared his experiences and observations around collaborative learning, cultural and generational differences, and the platforms that enable Sun's 'Networked Learning World'. A video recording of the Sun Case Study is available the Office 2.0 community site along with a .PDF version of the presentation. Changing Face of the Enterprise - Adoption in the Real Business WorldA panel discussion hosted by Jive's Sam Lawrence with representatives from EMC, Chordiant and Disney. The panel shared their experiences with enterprise social software and explored the challenges they faced in adoption. Topics included: generational challenges, customer engagement, legal issues and business value. A video recording is available the Office 2.0 community site.
Planning for next year's Office 2.0 conference is already underway. Next year's theme is "The Global Office" with a goal to include representatives from as many Global 500 firms, national governments, and top 100 universities as possible.
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