Knowledge management long way to go in Europe. (News).Only 64%, of European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. organizations have implemented an intranet, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent. IDC survey, and just 33% have implemented an extranet. The low adoption of these two solutions shows just how far European companies It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome. This is a list of companies from the countries in the European Union. have to go in the adoption of knowledge management, technology that is designed to help companies deliver the right information to the right people at the right time. IDC surveyed 405 organizations across Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). and found evidence of
a clear south divide in Europe in terms of knowledge management
adoption. "One explanation for this is the fact that Northern
European countries are traditionally early adopters of software
technologies and hence more advanced in terms of usage of software
building blocks.
IDC expects extranet adoption to catch up with high intranet adoption within the next three years. Again them is a geographical divide. Swedish respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. are the most enthusiastic, with 78% and 54% having already deployed intranet and extranet technologies, respectively. U.K. respondents, despite usually being early adopters of collaborative col·lab·o·rate intr.v. col·lab·o·rat·ed, col·lab·o·rat·ing, col·lab·o·rates 1. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort. 2. technologies, seem the most reluctant to implement intranet and extranet technologies, with only 55% and 26%, respectively, having implemented these applications. Only 65% declared they had already deployed a gro-upware platform, a critical component of the software knowledge management infrastructure. This is somewhat lower than would be expected, given the fact that groupware Software that supports multiple users working on related tasks in local and remote networks. Also called "collaborative software," groupware is an evolving concept that is more than just multiuser software which allows access to the same data. is now considered a mature technology. Overall, British and Swedish respondents are the most advanced in deploying technologies supporting knowledge management, with Italian respondents lagging Lagging Strategy used by a firm to stall payments, normally in response to exchange rate projections. behind but clearly leading the other countries. This gives a clear indication of the cultural hurdles knowledge management vendors have to be able to co****ith. It appears that Southern European organisations still have to enforce information and knowledge sharing among employees, while this seems more natural in other European countries. The survey shows the finance sector is the most mature for knowledge management, both in terms of software already in place and organisational culture responsiveness. The industry with the highest penetration rate is transport, telecoms, and media; 76% of the respondents in this sector said they use groupware. The retail industry uses groupware the least, with only 56% of respondents citing use. www.idc.com *[Text unreadable in original source] |
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