Traditional enterprise software will be phased out when it ignores innovations in the consumer space and the realities of how people actually work. Facebook will be phased out unless development start to focus more on business-oriented widgets.
Facebook’s focus on the consumer (which is understandable from a monetary standpoint) might prevent them from being the ideal portal of the future. I still log onto my Facebook account everyday to connect with sources and colleagues, and add some widgets that allow me to check news headlines or bookmarks from friends. But I don’t have any business applications or hard data that appears on the main portal (or Facebook home page, in this case).
I have to click on other tabs in my browser to access those critical applications. Instead, I received a lot of tycoon, mafia, vampire and knighthood invitations (in other words, invitations to join toy widgets, which comprised the majority of the Facebook application directory, that I unfortunately don’t have time for).
Facebook need to function as a portals that display a combination of both consumer and enterprise applications because the work and personal life continue to blur, whether we like it or not. I personally feel to manage two separate technology diets and portals just doesn’t make sense and wastes a lot of time.
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