ANALYSIS – New rank and file employees entering the work force may demand access to social networking sites, wikis, IM and such as part of their employment package.
“We’ll have to deal with the reality of people coming in and using tools that aren’t in the firewall,” said De Beer [of IDC]. “Web 2.0 empowers users [...]

ALERT – On Jun 20th, 2007, Veoh Networks launched VeohTV, an Internet video viewing application.
Unlike Joost and other video applications that use P2P networks to distribute controlled content, VeohTV is a video browsing application designed to simplify the task of accessing a wide range of generally available Internet content, including CBS, NBC, Youtube, and others. [...]

ANALYSIS – Most commonly known for its place in sharing music across vast networks of connected PCs, this article does a great job of summarizing how P2P applications will integrate themselves into the existing applications and folders – often times without the user’s knowledge.
“All five P2P programs studied employ a feature that lets users [...]

ALERT – On June 15, 2007, Babelgum, a new Internet-based TV network, announced that it had signed 30 content partners.
Bablegum joins a rash of new companies that are showcasing their P2P-based video networks, with the most attention going to Joost. These up and coming network video providers promise to allow users to [...]

ANALYSIS – A recent Computerworld article on the appearance of employee records in P2P traffic demonstrates that the risk of P2P applications on corporate networks goes far beyond the copyright lawsuit threats posed by the music industry.
The risks are loss of personal and corporate data because of the tentacle-like manner in which P2P applications install [...]