Over the next few years, businesses worldwide will be welcoming in a new
generation of employees. A wave of young professionals accustomed to being
connected anywhere, anytime are coming to an office near you.  While their
entrance into the world of work has been on the horizon for years, is your
company really prepared for a generation that can’t recall life without the
Internet, have always owned a mobile phone and rely on Twitter and Facebook to
communicate with family and friends? Yet according to a 2010 survey by one major
employer, revealed that more than half of IT decision makers still ban the use
of social media applications.
 
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longDesc="Sensitive Information Policy" height=110>Companies clinging to the
notion that social media is bad for business may soon have a big battle on their
hands. The next generation of employees are accustomed to flexibility, openness
and instantly connecting with people regardless of their location. They don’t
know how to produce under the rigid constraints of an IT department and legacy
software systems that reflect the hierarchical structure of old school
organizations. Rather than being able to communicate effectively with everyone
involved in a project, employees will find themselves working in technology
silos. Instead of being able to freely collaborate with geographically-dispersed
colleagues, partners and suppliers, many young workers will find themselves
trapped behind a firewall.
 
Today’s restrictions were put in place
for a reason. Security risks, a reduction in staff productivity, the impact on
an organization’s available bandwidth and the leaking of corporate information
are just some of the explanations that could be given for barring access to
social media tools. However, the issue at the heart of the enterprise social
software debate is control. By introducing the likes of wikis, blogs, podcasting
and instant messaging into the work environment, IT departments are
relinquishing their control over what users can and can’t do.

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