Web 2'0: What Every CIO Should Know

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Web 2.0 What Every CIO Should Know

• Linda Y. Cureton
• CIO, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
• Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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Key Points for the CIO

• It can drive how people think
• Employee collaboration and workforce demographics
  will drive interest
• There are risks associated with NOT embracing Web
  2.0
• Maintain relevance and avoid extinction
• There are practical applications

Source Forrester TechRadar For IKM Pros
Enterprise Web 2.0 by Gil Yehuda for Information
Knowledge Management Professionals
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Virtual Worlds

• NASA JPL Explorer Island
• NASA Virtual CoLab

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Facebook

• The Official NASA Facebook Group
• NASA Edge
• Solar Dynamics Observatory
• Goddard Spacebook

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Goddard CIO Blog

• Why I blog?
• What is the value?
• What are the lessons learned?

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Conclusions

• Getting past the hype
• Measuring value
• Delivering results and innovation
• Hold on to your checkbook until industry delivers
• Lead, follow, or get out of the way

Source Gartner, Inc - Hype Cycle for Emerging
Technologies, 2008 (Whit Andrews, et. al.)