After working on a couple of new Web 2.0 projects that touch almost every part of today's social web, I had a bit of an epiphany. Why should this only apply to the fun part of the web? Why not use mash-ups, social networking components and extended communications in the enterprise world?
In a rare moment of not being naive, I decide to check the web to understand just how far this idea has already gone. Well, it is definitely a buzz on the net and making progress. However, there is still alot of work to be done. I think this is just the tip of the proverbial "ice-berg".
Imagine using corporate servers in a mashup... this had orginally been attempted via corporate portal implementations, but not to great success. Portals were often too structured and had poor performance. Now jump forward in time - to lightweight flash or AJAX widgets that consume various REST server feeds that rollup into real-time corporate data monitors into a customized enterprise dashboard.
Its coming - its definitely not new but still in its infancy.
Some references:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/
http://earlystagevc.typepad.com/earlystagevc/2005/10/enterprise_web_.html
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