New Media on Ulitzer
I’ve been asked from time to time by businesses about how to educate
employees on using Social Media – from two perspectives. One perspective is
simply as part of a broader Internet use policy, to help employees stay safe
and protect information assets. Another perspective is to encourage employees
to support their business in their daily online activities, should they
choose to do so. This is essentially giving employees as “social media
enthusiasts” the tools and guidance they should get, to help them
positively contribute to the overall online marketing efforts of their
employer.
Following is some template guidance that can be used and shared with
employees. Let us know how this can be improved or updated. Additional
consulting regarding planning and implementing social media programs for
businesses and organizations is available via KME Int... (more)
"Selling" the discipline of Enterprise Architecture (EA) in the Federal
Government (particularly in non-DoD agencies) is difficult, notwithstanding
the general availability and use of the Federal Enterprise Architecture
Framework (FEAF) for some time now, and the relatively mature use of the
reference models in the OMB Capital Planning and Investment (CPIC) cycles. EA
in the Federal Government also tends to be a very esoteric and hard to
decipher conversation - early apologies to those who agree to continue
reading this somewhat lengthy article.
Alignment to the FEAF and OMB com... (more)
GovIT at Cloud Expo
June 23, 2009 - During this morning’s IAC breakfast, discussing
“Transparency, Collaboration and Web 2.0”, a panelist made a very
interesting point. While the US Federal Government’s use of Internet social
media services and cloud-based information-sharing applications is well
underway, albeit at the very earliest of stages (mainly due to significant
policy, privacy, security and simple “newness” issues), by far one of the
major risks lies with accountability.
Accountability in collaboration and information-sharing environments is
typically achieved to some d... (more)
New Media on Ulitzer
All well-known systems engineering methodologies and enterprise system
development programs leverage testing environments. Testing environments can
be built and operated for very different purposes, ranging from prototyping
and simulation, to pre-production load testing and usability or “Section
508 Accessibility” checks. Specialized SOA testing frameworks are sometimes
required, for difficult infrastructure integration challenges. Most major
systems that get deployed to large numbers of users also feature a training
environment. This working copy of the “re... (more)
With the proliferation of Internet-based tools and forums to share
information, deliver announcements or warnings and create collaborative
networks, it’s become apparent that “self-policing” strategies for
controlling and managing the risks involved in delivering content through the
corporate firewall can’t mitigate most risks.
Most corporations and government agencies do indeed require, as terms of
employment and various legislation, that care be taken and policies or
procedures followed when engaging in online public discourse or otherwise
moving content from the corporate-cont... (more)