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It is undeniable that the social networking phenomena has taken hold. Facebook is declaring more than 500 million active users, and they have got more than 2.5 million website connections.

Hackers do not care what the size of your business is. What hackers do like about a small business is that they tend to have more money in the bank than an end-user and less cyber defenses than a larger company.

With the number and diversity of attacks growing steadily throughout 2010 – malware, phishing and spam on social networks have all continued to rise in the past year.

Organizations must revisit their information management, privacy and governance policies if they are going to capitalize on the “social web”, says Ovum.

Enterprises are beginning to adopt Web 2.0 applications, for the same reasons consumers do - because they offer a fast, easy-to-use way to keep in touch, organize activities, and share ideas. But what are the pitfalls and dangers to be mindful of?

As IT leaders, what are we to make of social networking for our businesses? Is social networking just a new name for the collaboration we have spent the last 20 years enabling? Or is it the next silver bullet that is going to validate IT's value to the business? Or is it simply another set of applications we will have to design, implement and support -- one more brick on the pile?

By 2011, organizations that do not manage their employer brands effectively will fail to attract key talent.

Gartner has highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations as well as impact the organizations' long-term plans, programs and initiatives.

Social networks, virtual worlds and real-time mapping services offer enormous potential for improved collaboration, customer interaction and information processing, but this potential cannot be realised without appropriate security, says research firm Gartner.