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A Growing Acceptance of Social Networking in the Workplace

Source: ReadWriteWeb

Jul 02, 2009

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A June survey released by Facetime, makers of a gateway appliance for managing Web 2.0 applications, revealed the growing popularity of social networking applications in the workplace. Out of 1199 survey respondents, all IT professionals, there were more who felt that social networks played an important role in the business world than those who didn't. What's more, it appears that the IT folks are now seemingly OK with providing access these networks behind the firewall - even those that don't approve of their use!

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There appears to be a growing acceptance of social networks in the business world, and not just the kind of networks dubbed as "Enterprise 2.0." In the recent survey, Facetime found that 46% of IT professionals viewed some social networking applications as having business value and 31% even went so far as to say that social networking is critical to business. However, that 31% believed they needed to be secured and controlled. Specifically, the IT respondents identified LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter as the n

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