What's on CIO wish lists?

Number 5: Collaboration Technologies "Web 2.0 and social networking may be becoming candidates for the mainstream, although some CIOs have their reservations. Bob Worrall, for example, CIO of Sun Microsystems, reckons to have talked to well over 100 of his contemporaries over the past year and believes that social networking represents a new threat. There is a lot of information out there on blogs and wiki, but there is no easy way to harvest that information and make it available to the organisation” he says. Sun, however, has created a virtual Californian building in cyberspace and is experimenting with its use as a meeting place for remote staff... RM, the supplier of IT to UK schools, places collaboration and mobility at the top of the list... One of the biggest challenges is to evaluate Web 2.0 opportunities and select those which will add real value to the business" FT

Eight business technology trends to watch (McKinsey)