Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2008

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1 August 2008

Nikos Drakos Jeffrey Mann Matthew W. Cain Whit Andrews Rita E. Knox Ray Valdes Carol Rozwell Anthony Bradley Michael Maoz Thomas Otter Kathy Harris Mike McGuire Toby Bell Monica Basso Brian Prentice David Mario Smith Jackie Fenn Stephen Prentice Adam Sarner Michael Dunne Marti Harris

The Social Software Hype Cycle highlights the most important technologies that support rich social interactions. Use our assessment of their business relevance and maturity to guide your investment decisions.

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Table of Contents

Analysis

What You Need to Know

The Hype Cycle

The Priority Matrix

On the Rise

		Alumni Community Management
		Enterprise Internet Reputation Management
		HCM and Social Software
		Social Networks for Sales
		Social Learning Platform
		Social Mining and Social Intelligence
		Social Data Portability
		Activity Streams
		Crowdsourcing
		Idea Marketplaces
		Private Virtual Worlds
		Ubiquitous Collaboration
		Community Marketing
		Social Networks: Customer Service
		Social Software Suites

At the Peak

		Microblogging
		Unified Communications and Collaboration
		Mobile Social Networks
		Social Search
		Expertise Location and Management
		Prediction Markets
		Social Computing Platforms

Sliding Into the Trough

		Social Bookmarking
		Open-Source Social Software
		Public Virtual Worlds
		Immersive Learning Environments
		Folksonomies/Social Tagging
		Corporate Blogging
		Idea Management
		RSS in the Enterprise
		Social Network Analysis
		Wikis

Climbing the Slope

Blogs

Entering the Plateau

		Presence
		Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels

Recommended Reading

List of Tables

	Table 1.	Hype Cycle Phases

	Table 2.	Benefit Ratings

	Table 3.	Maturity Levels

List of Figures

	Figure 1.	Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2008

	Figure 2.	Priority Matrix for Social Software, 2008

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