Enterprise approach to Web 2.0 in Government
Some weeks back, Microsoft released a white paper - “The Way to Gov 2.0: An Enterprise Approach to Web 2.0 in Government” to help Government agencies understand the special considerations governments face when implementing Web 2.0 and help create solutions using technologies that exist today. The paper also gives link to relevant Government case studies.
Given below is a snapshot of Table – “Gov 2.0 Technology from Microsoft” from the paper ...
Technology |
Simple Definition |
2007 Office System Technology |
Microsoft Product(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Blogs |
Journal or diary with social collaboration (comments) |
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 OR SharePoint Online |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Microsoft Office Word blog post template and/or Business Productivity Online Standard Suite Office Word 2007 (blog creation) |
Wikis |
Collaborative authoring and editing |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 OR SharePoint Online |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 and/or Business Productivity Online Standard Suite |
Video and Multimedia Sharing |
Videos, images, and audio libraries (YouTube, Soapbox) |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 with Interactive Media Manager OR SharePoint Online FAST audio and video search |
Interactive Media Manager for SharePoint Server OR Podcast Kit for Office SharePoint Server 2007 FAST ESP Search for Office SharePoint Server 2007 |
Photo-Sharing |
Photo libraries |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 OR SharePoint Online |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 Photosynth™ |
Podcasting |
Multimedia content syndicated for use on MP3 players and computers |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 OR SharePoint Online |
Podcast Kit for Office SharePoint Server 2007 |
Virtual Worlds |
Simulation of environments (Second Life) |
N/A |
Microsoft Simulation solution |
Social Networking Sites |
Connecting people globally |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 OR SharePoint Online |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 People |
Syndicated Web Feeds (RSS) |
Automated notifications of frequently updated content (RSS) |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 OR SharePoint Online |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 (search and all lists) Clients: Office Outlook, Internet Explorer, and Windows Vista |
Mashups |
Combine content from multiple sources for an integrated experience |
None |
Built-in SharePoint Server web parts for data visualization data from the Business Data Catalog Popfly™, Silverlight, Web Sandbox, Virtual Earth, Visual Studio |
Widgets, Gadgets, and Pipes |
Small applications and code in Web pages or for desktop use |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 |
SharePoint Server Web Parts, Windows Live Gadgets |
Social Bookmark and News (Sharing, Tagging) sites |
Ways of sharing content with others |
Office SharePoint Server 2007 |
SharePoint Server with community kit |
Micro-Blogging, Presence Networks |
Form of blogging which allows brief (instant message–sized) text updates |
Office Communications Server |
Office Communications Server R2, persistent chat, and chat gateways |
Gov 2.0 Data Mining and Aggregation |
Making sense of all the data to allow responsiveness, trend analysis, and the ability to deliver targeted information to users |
FAST ESP Search for Office SharePoint Server 2007 Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Enterprise |
FAST ESP Search for Office SharePoint Server 2007, Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, Social Streams, and Entity Extraction |
The paper has been written by the Microsoft U.S. Public Sector team - Dean Halstead, Nina Somerville, Bob Straker and Cliff Ward. Great work!!