CIO, meet Web 2.0

The Internet Reloaded

I know, I get a little lazy about blogging but I'll try to pass on note worthy pieces as I find them. 

"What the Hell Does Web 2.0 Mean, Anyway? By Edward Cone - CIO Insight

Just what does "Web 2.0" mean, anyway, and why should a CIO care? A lively debate on those subjects is playing out on any number of blogs, appropriately enough, and on other Web sites, too. The benefits are supposed to include faster development and deployment of software, better information-sharing among a broad range of parties, and a general centrality of the Internet to business processes. But just agreeing on the concept is still tough to do."

"...the idea that something's happening here—and that the way companies use the Web is undergoing more than incremental changes—is one that a lot of people are taking very seriously. Consultant Dion Hinchcliffeput it in a context with which CIOs are familiar: "Is Web 2.0 actually the most massive instance possible of service-oriented architecture, realized on a worldwide scale and sprawling across the Web? The answer folks is, apparently so."

" What that means for corporate IT is a new platform for application development and deployment..."

All of the really cool web 2.0 apps are spruting up in open source communities or from individual developers. CIO's in mid to large scale IT shops have no frame of reference to harness or capture what the hell is going on. It would serve their best interest to start contracting with individuals that work/play in open source. 

You can start right here.