Changing Leaders for Changing Networks

The US Senate has finally confirmed Julius Genachowski as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and Larry Strickling as head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the Department of Commerce.  Five months after President Obama’s inauguration, the United States finally has its two leading officials on communications policy.  And not a moment too soon.

I’ve had the good fortune to know Julius and Larry for nearly fifteen years, since my days at the FCC during the Clinton Administration.  I worked with both of them on the Obama campaign’s technology advisory group, and on the Transition Team prior to Inauguration. They are both extremely capable, dedicated, and thoughtful.  And they… Read More

Enterprise 2.0 Wrapup

The Enterprise 2.0 conference has wrapped, and the consensus seems to be that 2009 is the transitional year for the movement of “Web 2.0″ concepts into the enterprise.

Paul Greenberg writes:

“Enterprise 2.0 so far has been an eyeopener because its telling me and around 1200-1300 others that there is not only a lot of cool and collaborative things going on but E2.0 is moving into mainstream thinking and soon into mainstream operations, systems, and best of all strategy…if you are a business person and you want to understand what you have to do in the next year to 2 years — this is it.”

Oliver Marks chimes in as well:

“Enterprise 2.0 was not… Read More