Comments on: Personal and work networks: Separate them, mash them, or mesh them?

By: Sam Patel

Sam Patel — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:18:08 +0000

I believe that it is best to keep the two areas separate so that the flow of information is regulated. To that point, I am noticing that more and more of my peers are setting up separate Facebook and LinkedIn accounts so they can control the information that is to be shared. Contact information has always been a slippery slope for Sales Professionals since they normally would have to input their valuable contacts into a CRM package which some say decreases their value to the company. However, I believe accurate contact information is valuable but personal relationships with those contacts is the real value.

By: Mary Adamaki

Mary Adamaki — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:28:35 +0000

Great article. My opinion is that should be separate fields. The question is how an employee in the corporate system today, can really resist the temptation ‘request’ to deliver.

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By: Timo Elliott

Timo Elliott — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:02:36 +0000

As a start, organizations should make use of all the information they have to create enterprise networks automatically, by extracting relationship data from various systems, including security, HR hierarchies, processes, project teams, workspaces, wikis, IM, corporate email lists, support databases, etc.

In many cases, these will expose the relationships in which the enterprise has a legitimate interest in — e.g. which people have been working with which customers.

But note that this process could also bring in information that employees might not be comfortable with — e.g. If you have ever used your work email for personal contacts (which, of course, given modern work conditions, is absolutely inevitable), or if the organization decides to mine public information through blog postings and the information you can get publicly from facebook, linkedin, etc.

The whole thing will need delicate handling, and standards will evolve over time… in general, this is just one example of the “advanced data governance issues” that are appearing as a result of more powerful data integration and business intelligence technology… indeed, I’ve seen it said that they only thing protecting our data privacy is data quality issues that prevent us from matching the fields correctly!

By: Aaron Strout

Aaron Strout — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:37:05 +0000

Nikos – I am thrilled to see that you are blogging. I know all of the analyst/research firms are struggling to find the right balance between what they give away publicly (on a blog) vs. via paid content. Based on some of the ground that Forrester analyst, Jeremiah Owyang, has done, Gartner will have a point of reference.

I look forward to keeping up on your posts.

Best,
Aaron | @astrout