Ever wonder why some sites allow you to do business online from “Palestine” but not from “Israel?” E-Piphanies did some digging and uncovers an unexpected reason:
Basically, my wife’s organization was put at risk by the combination of open-source code and social media–two incredibly powerful and pervasive trends influencing enterprise technology today. And like the broomsticks in “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” useful tools can go on a rampage if they’re not used by people who know what they’re doing.
This means that if you’re using open-source code, you have got to be very scrupulous and diligent to make sure that another developer hasn’t surreptitiously slipped in a political message or a feature that could make your organization look bad or even lose it money.
And always be mindful that once you let third parties touch your enterprise in any way, decisions they make will be broadcast around the Internet whether you like them or not. Basic Web 2.0 technologies are proving to be both incredibly powerful and productive, but they can also lead to disastrous results for an organization that isn’t paying close enough attention.
(Via Pajamas Media)
