Web office

Web Office is a platform of web based tools that knowledge workers will use to efficiently communicate and work with a large audience.

As of Jan 19, 2006, no one vendor provides a complete Web Office solution.

Web office is not just a Web 2.0 version of tools like MS Office or Open Office. Instead, Web Office will replace the work done using tools MS Office and Open Office with a different set of tools.

Web Office provides a platform for turning knowledge workers into innovation creators. Knowledge workers will use Web Office to create dynamic, ad hoc, or highly customized information distribution solutions and process automation tools. Web Office is the platform that will fold end users into process of building long-tail solutions. Thus, Web Office will change the way you work.

Here's the beginning of the Web Office list of components.

  1. Enterprise Web Email - See Zimbra
  2. Enterprise Blogs
  3. Enterprise Wikis - See Social Text
  4. Enterprise Social Network Tools - An example would be a LinkedIn enterprise gateway
  5. Enterprise Project Management - See Basecamp or Backpack
  6. Enterprise Digg
  7. Enterprise Netvibes
  8. Enterprise Widgets
  9. Enterprise Search
 10. Enterprise Web IM
 11. Enterprise IP Telephony

Some people refer to "Web Office" as "Office 2.0"