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Is there a balance for users and IT in the world of social tools?

Kerry Adorno — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:16:15 +0000

If you are an employee, an IT administrator or a CIO, you are probably either using social media tools, are looking to get control of their use or are worried about their impact. So, you are probably wondering what a perfect world would look like when it comes to your enterprise social environment.

Join Wendy Steinle, Novell Director of Solutions and Product Marketing for End-User Computing, in this next video installment to learn more about how users, enterprise IT admins and CIOs can all find happiness in the continually evolving world of social collaboration tools.

Should enterprise IT worry about the security of online collaboration tools?

Kerry Adorno — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:17:33 +0000

IDC estimates that 54 percent of people are using social tools for business more than twice a week. If enterprise IT doesn't know what's being used or what information is being shared, they may have good reason to be worried.

Novell has been working on Novell Pulse, a solution that embraces the need for social and collaborative engagement and balances it with the security and compliance requirements of the enterprise. Want to know more about what's driving the use of social tools and why many enterprise IT security people are so worried about them? Then check out this new video.