Enterprise Working Group

To cut to the chase, I own engineering and deployment efforts around Firefox at a Fortune 500.

Disclaimer: I don't know everything there is to know about Firefox. However, I do know a little bit about what it means to deploy and maintain Firefox within a large enterprise where security and manageability take priority over usability every single time.

If you've read Mike Kaply's posts on Firefox in the Enterprise Part 1 and Part 2 then you already know that an Enterprise Working Group is taking shape. It's time to raise the bar for products that claim to be enterprise friendly! Why not start with Firefox?

In my musings on Enterprise 2.0 I often hammer on the fact that E2.0 is more than just Web2.0 for enterprise customers. Making Firefox Enterprise2.0-friendly is a whole other side of a shaping, Wikinomics-driven, revolution in how innovation and even incubation happens inclusive of large banks, software firms, and head-to-head competitors.

The Enterprise Work Group is being shaped by Mike, myself and other reps from our peer institutions to primarily tackle Firefox but (at least for me) also to tackle so much more...

We are our own Case Study and our own proof of ROI on how large institutions where technical innovation tends to be a well-guarded secret are adopting to and in turn helping shape what I refer to as Community Incubation.

We will be scheduling a call and will be posting rules of engagement so that anyone interested in Enterprise Firefox can participate without fear of violating Codes of Conduct or disclosing sensitive information. Please bear with us as at times it really feels like we're in Star Trek mode -- going where no-one has gone before...