Integration: The Next Frontier for Social Software

Integration: The Next Frontier For Enterprise Social Software Rob Koplowitz Shafayet Imam Alan Lepofsky Vice President & Senior Systems Director of Principal Analyst Architect MarketingJuly 28, 2011

Agenda•  Introductions•  Rob Koplowitz – The role of the Social Layer in the Information Workplace•  Shafayet Imam – Overview of TrustLink•  Alan Lepofsky - Demo of Socialtext Connect•  Q&A

What Im hearing from Charles Curtis §  The landscape of collaboration is changing –  “My people are self-provisioning social technologies. That could be bad" –  "But, they say theyre getting real business value. Thats good.” –  “My CEO wants to make collaboration our organizational differentiator." §  “Where do I start?” §  “How does this fit with my broader IT portfolio?” §  “How key is integration in my strategy?”6 © 2011 Forrester Research, Inc. Reproduction Prohibited

More than a third of enterprises are expanding theirsocial technology investments in 2011 Base: XXXX IT NA & European decision-makers”7 April 2010 “Business Reproduction Prohibited Profile: 2010” © 2011 Forrester Research, Inc. Web 2.0 Buyer

Set your team’s expectations . . . 1.  Small wins are surer than big commitments. 2.  Build tools that fit into existing ways of working 3.  Every person has to benefit . . . even the first. 4.  In any project, build 80% then listen very hard. 5.  It’s business risk, not technology risk. 6.  You will be uncomfortable at first. 7.  But it gets better.11 © 2011 Forrester Research, Inc. Reproduction Prohibited

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Conclusion•  No one wants a new way to work, they want ways to improve the processes they are currently using.•  One of the best ways to ensure widespread adoption of social software is to integrate with the existing business applications already in place that run your business.

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