Tech
Should corporate IT ban Facebook?
Social networking and community is infiltrating the enterprise and a younger generation of workers demand these sites at work. Meanwhile, companies say social networking and collaboration but then ban these community sites.
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Social networking and community is infiltrating the enterprise and a younger generation of workers demand these sites at work. Meanwhile, companies say social networking and collaboration but then ban these community sites.
Is Facebook a productivity drain or something that can be used for corporate use?
Folks say a picture is worth a thousand words. I think this slide from Gartner's Steve Prentice illustrates the Facebook conundrum.