WorkLight(TM) Inc., an Enterprise 2.0 company, today announced the North American launch of the newly-formed Secure Enterprise 2.0 Forum. Members attending the Forum's inaugural United States session on April 29, 2008, will address the security challenges and business opportunities presented by the introduction of Web 2.0 technologies into the enterprise. Forrester Research's leading Web 2.0 security expert, Dr. Chenxi Wang, will keynote the event.
YAKUM, Israel & BOSTON (Business Wire EON) April 1, 2008 --
WorkLight™ Inc., an Enterprise 2.0 company,
today announced the North American launch of the newly-formed Secure
Enterprise 2.0 Forum. Members attending the Forum’s
inaugural United States session on April 29, 2008, will address the
security challenges and business opportunities presented by the
introduction of Web 2.0 technologies into the enterprise. Forrester
Research’s leading Web 2.0 security expert,
Dr. Chenxi Wang, will keynote the event.
The thought leadership summit comes on the heels of the Forum’s
successful European kickoff event, held in London in January 2008,
together with senior security executives from leading global
organizations, including Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered Bank, Reuters
and others.
At the upcoming U.S. event, the following topics and trends related to
Web 2.0 adoption in the workplace will be addressed:
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The Forum’s overarching mission - “To
promote the secure use of Web 2.0 to do business”
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Regulatory compliance and corporate awareness of Enterprise 2.0
technologies and culture
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Business mobility and security issues related to the proliferation of
Web 2.0 in the enterprise
“Organizations are just beginning to realize
the potential of Web 2.0 technologies in the workplace, as employees use
consumer services such as instant messaging and Facebook to not only
network with friends, but also to connect with colleagues inside their
organization,” said Yuval Tarsi, co-founder
and CTO, WorkLight. “Secure Enterprise 2.0
Forum members realize that there are enormous rewards to be gained from
harnessing these applications for enterprise use, provided they
understand and deal with the security challenges involved. In order for
organizations to realize the business benefits of using consumer Web 2.0
services at work, it is necessary to create awareness and to educate the
market about these security issues. The Forum is well on its way to
achieving this goal.”
Dr. Chenxi Wang, a principal analyst and a top security expert at
Forrester Research, recently highlighted the need for adequate
safeguards - “The Internet today is an
increasingly risky environment, not just for consumers but also for
enterprise users accessing from work. The advent of Web 2.0 sees a new
wave of rich, interactive content that promises to be fertile ground for
malware gestation.” (“Web
Filtering Market Overview 2007: Managing Risks on the Web, November
2007).
The Secure Enterprise 2.0 Forum was created to foster awareness and to
provide an industry framework for the secure introduction of consumer
Web 2.0 tools within the enterprise.
For More Information
The Forum’s first U.S. event will be held in
New York on April 29, 2008. Senior security executives from end-user
organizations, vendors, integrators, consultants, analysts and other
interested parties are invited to join the Forum and attend this event.
For more information including venues and dates for upcoming Secure
Enterprise 2.0 Forum meetings, please visit http://secure-enterprise20.org
or contact:
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David Lavenda
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VP Marketing and Product Strategy, WorkLight
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Tel: 617-674-320
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Email: dal@MyWorkLight.com
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About WorkLight
WorkLight™ Inc. develops and markets a line
of WorkLight server products that consumerize the corporate computing
experience, by making popular consumer services like iGoogle, MS Live,
Netvibes, and Facebook "enterprise-ready." Through WorkLight, employees
and consumers connect to protected enterprise data (and to each other)
using Web 2.0 services.
WorkLight is a venture-backed company with offices in Boston,
Massachusetts and Yakum, Israel. WorkLight has received prestigious
industry accolades including being named one of the "Five Enterprise 2.0
Startups to Watch," by Information Week magazine, being selected as part
of CIO Magazine's Web 2.0 Product Suite, and being singled out
with an honorable mention as one of Computerworld's "10 Cool
Cutting-edge Technologies on the Horizon." WorkLight also received the
"Stay Organized" award at Microsoft's Under the Radar Conference, and
was named a Red Herring 100 International finalist. For more
information, visit www.myWorkLight.com
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