Enterprise 2.0

It seems that these days everything has a 2.0 "moniker" associated with it. We have Web 2.0 and Law 2.0 and now Enterprise 2.0. What is it you ask? Essentially it is a name given to a set of  emerging technologies (e.g. wikis & blogs) that have the following characteristics/capabilities called SLATES: (search, linking, authoring, tagging, extensions, and signals). These capabilities, and perhaps the term itself, were first identified (I think) by one of its leading proponents: Andrew McAfee (Associate Professor Harvard Business School). McAfee writes not only with the clarity of a top notch academic but like someone who is an IT industry veteran, a rare combination!

In any case, I stumbled unto Enterprise 2.0 during my research on "Search, KM and the Practice of Law" and managed to throw in a late reference since the concept as described by McAfee & others (Dion  Hinchcliffe of ZDNet) embodies much of what I was describing, albeit the general principles and not within a law firm context. In any case, this is certainly a space to watch for anyone with an interest in KM platforms...