By Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net
NOTHING brings people together from different parts of the world more convenie
ntly than the Internet. So in order to foster collaboration among its more tha
n 175,000 employees, Accenture took its cue from popular social networking sit
es like Friendster and Facebook and created its own social networking tool called Accentu
re People.
Everyone in Accenture from CEO Bill Green down to employees has created his or
her own personal profiles. The site, however, isnât really made for sharing p
ersonal details but rather knowledge within the company.
Or primarily, as in the case of Annbel Tierro (shown here with her personal pr
ofile behind her on the screen), who heads Accentureâs systems integration bus
iness in the country, it at least gives her an idea who sheâs talking to when
doing conference calls with fellow Accenture executives from different locati
ons.
The site was created by a team of Filipino developers headed by Michael Duff (s
hown pointing at his picture). Duff, a project manager for Accenture Philippine
s, keeps a blog wherein he shares programming âtips and tricksâ with the rest o
f the Accenture network. In fact, he says he recently got a call from someone w
orking for Accenture in London, asking for his help.
Social computing is one of the major technology trends Accenture foresees takin
g off this year. With a dose of Filipino software skill, the company is simply
practicing what it is trying to preach.
The site was created by a team of Filipino developers headed by Michael Duff (s
hown pointing at his picture). Duff, a project manager for Accenture Philippine
s, keeps a blog wherein he shares programming âtips and tricksâ with the rest o
f the Accenture network. In fact, he says he recently got a call from someone w
orking for Accenture in London, asking for his help.
Social computing is one of the major technology trends Accenture foresees takin
g off this year. With a dose of Filipino software skill, the company is simply
practicing what it is trying to preach.
is this really THAT newsworthy?
sheesh, this is just a glorified intranet. c'mon
I think what is news worthy here is that Filipinos strive and shine in their wo
rk. Like in Accenture, which is an international company, we are bringing into
the company our natural fondness for companionship (pakikisama) through social
networking. And the whole company seems to be using what the Pinoy developers h
ave created, which is a good thing! Mabuhay mga Pinoy!
We cannot imagine our lives without the internet which is the most effective source helping us to keep in touch with the rest of the world. Without the internet we'll be drawn back into our our own shells and what we term as 'iron curtains' will demarcate countries from each other. There'd be complete isolation from the rest of the world. Internet is a boon its just that every useful thing when misused bring bad results and the same rule applies to internet too. The internet provides facilities like social networking which helps us to keep in touch with thousands of friends at an instant, it can also be used as an effective marketing tool, we can advertise our business on social networking sites and learn about other business as well. Creating websites and maintaining blogs also gives us reasons to get glued to internet services. Internet is a boon which unites the world.
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