Assignment 1

Team Technology Online PosterImran Dalwai

Introduction to FolksonomyDefinition:

A means of classifying and categorizing digital content through collaborative efforts of the users of the data.

Capabilities: ◦ Ability to create and organize personal collections of bookmarks

through meaningful Tags (simple description of the content). ◦ Allows creators to store bookmarks centrally online thereby

minimizing the dependency on personal machines & browsers. ◦ Share personal bookmarks with others. Can easily identify

interests and expertise of others just based on searching and browsing Tags.

◦ Helps develop dynamic communities of practice as opposed to passive directories of expertise.

Implementation Cost

• Hard Cost– Licensing Cost – Integration Cost with the existing enterprise

collaborative infrastructure– Training, Documentation and User support.

• Soft Cost – Vendor analysis / Due diligence– Obtaining necessary buy-in from management– Generating a receptive culture among users

Products and Services

Enterprise Space Consumer Space1. IBM Lotus Connections (Dogear) ($110

per user one-time perpetual license)

2. Connectbeam

3. Microsoft Sharepoint

4. Cogenz

5. Google Apps Enterprise

1. del.icio.us

2. StumbleUpon

3. Technorati

4. Flickr

5. CiteULike

Anticipated Benefits

Room for improvement

• Redundancy Control

• Misleading representation of information

• Lack of precision of results

• Privacy concerns

• Scalability

Key Success Factors

• Generating critical mass of users• Privacy concerns by users in an enterprise• Balancing public access and confidentiality• Symbiotic existence with traditional controlled

classification systems• Gaining necessary support of users to

dynamically participate

Thank You!