Here's a stimulating prediction for you: through 2012, you will see more non-IT compared to IT devices on the typical corporate network. This originated from an expert, who's seeing these developments currently on his network.

NewsGator and Spectrum Systems, Inc. are entering into a partnership for enabling agencies to advance their Government 2.0 initiatives. NewsGator’s Tomoye and Social Sites collaboration solutions are now available on the General Services Administration (GSA) IT procurement schedule exclusively through Spectrum Systems. These collaborative computing solutions create secure communities with integrated microblogs, blogs, wikis, activity streams, expertise discovery and much more. This new collaboration brand is boosting productivity, managing knowledge, spotlighting experts, cutting costs and countering brain drain. It is also helping federal government agencies comply with President Obama’s Open Government Directive of transparency, participation and collaboration.

It cannot be exaggerated that communication and collaboration are indeed very important for running and executing successful projects and projects. Simply put, many organizations today are extensively using information silos and internecine warfare, an increased use of which is leading to problems in their work and projects.