In summary, the emerging concerns on employee use of socialcomputingtools, and the psychological and sociological effects of social business will have a dramatic impact on the shape of HR departments of the future.
Companies like Yammer and Socialcast have taken this category of socialcomputingtools to new levels with Software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud computing, making it simple for any company of any size to deploy a similar model almost instantly for their own employees.
Called Accenture Technology Vision 2013, the report says that this software-driven dynamic is turning not just business processes but also companies and even entire industries upside-down as cloud computing, social media, business analytics, mobile computing, and security have become primary tools for creating competitive advantage.