Second Life

Annual IT and Communications Conference Spotlights the Many Dimensions of Collaboration

Orlando, Fla. - Wednesday, June 25, 2008:

Day 2 Highlights / Key Facts

* Cisco CEO and Chairman of the Board John Chambers delivers keynote
* Cisco announced three new corporate and technology initiatives:

1. Green: Cisco states goal to reduce its global greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions 25 percent by 2012.
2. Global Talent: Cisco's approach to talent acquisition and enhancing the IT profession's career opportunities so they can lead the way into the Web 2.0 world and beyond.
3. Virtualization: The increasing roles application delivery and data center virtualization have in supporting rising collaborative Web 2.0 demands.    » read more »

November 12, 2007 -- CNN Worldwide today announced it has opened a hub within Second Life, a three-dimensional virtual world entirely created by its residents. The network will look to those most familiar with the virtual world – the Second Life residents themselves – to determine what constitutes news "in-world."    » read more »

5-Sep-2007 -- Controversial Internet entrepreneur turned cultural critic Andrew Keen, who says the revolution of interactivity and user-generated content on the internet is leading to ‘less culture, less reliable news and a chaos of useless information’ is one contributor certain to ignite debate at the two-day conference at the University of York. The conference is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through its e-Society programme.    » read more »