Last week’s Business Innovation Forum was all about Enterprise 2.0, as I posted recently. We gathered a crowd of more than 200 enthusiasts and, to be honest, very few early adopters.

Anyway, I got the feeling a lot of them went back home filled with new ideas on how to implement blogs, wikis, tagging, or just at least let co-workers use instant messaging and free them from corporate security tight measures.

As one of the atendees told me, “We are experiencing inside our walls with that kind of tools. Even some of our top level executives –including our CEO –have a blog”, said Fernando Duran, CIO of General Motors.

Victor Nuñez, Infonavit Chief Information Officer, also told me they have been testing the new Unified Communications tools just released by Microsoft, including the new Office Communicator 2007, in the last three months. “That are the kind of things we like to test during ‘lazy days’”, said Nuñez not for the record.

Jesus Bonequi, who represented Microsoft at the Netmedia Conference, talked about the much publicized and just released Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 (its voice-data-video communications client), Office Communications Server 2007, and a 360-degree videoconferencing system called Roundtable. Dozens of partners, including SAP, introduced products and services that tie in. Under a partnership revealed earlier this year, Microsoft also is putting its software in Nortel Networks’ voice-over-IP systems; they report 300 joint wins.

And as I was ready to go home, I just noticed Microsoft is preparing to take a $240 minority stake in Facebook.

Even if Mexican businesses are not there yet, I am glad we chose Enterprise 2.0 as our subject for this year’s Business Innovation Forum. Somebody had to be the first.

Monicami | Oct.24.2007 | My digital life |