Comments on: Web 2.0 has crept into the everyday work place, FaceTime reports

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By: Geek Links : Wesley Donehue

Geek Links : Wesley Donehue — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:42:15 +0000

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By: October 27, 2008 | next media update

October 27, 2008 | next media update — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:56:59 +0000

[...] Web 2.0 Has Crept into the Everyday Work Place, FaceTime Reports VENTURE BEAT Internet applications have almost entirely penetrated the work place, with 97 percent of respondents to a new survey being released today saying they use at least one Internet application. That’s up from 85 percent a year ago, according to FaceTime, which makes work place monitoring and Internet security software. About 79 percent of workers use Facebook, LinkedIn or YouTube at work for business reasons. But 82 percent say they use these sites and other social networks and social media sites for personal reasons. About 51 percent of workers use social networks at least once a day. Source> [...]

By: Dan Thornton

Dan Thornton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:27:43 +0000

Whilst I sympathise with the problems of managing large scale IT infrastructures, surely this proves employees will always utilise tools outside the corporate firewall, and therefore, IT management would be far better off if they spent the time and effort necessary to educate users, rather than restrict them?
Putting personal use to one side, the other big driver I've seen for using software outside the firewall is because it's far quicker and easier when it's needed to complete an urgent task, than trying to get IT approval and installation – so employees under pressure take what they perceive is the quickest and easiest route.