Managing information overload

You've got Twitter and Facebook, not to mention IM and those daily memos from your boss. So, how are you supposed to manage it all? It's time for IT managers to come up with a plan to deal with these real-time data streams, sort them out and manage them. One fact that you will need to accept: You will miss much of the information coming your way.

It's also important to keep your staff from wasting time on social networking. Every IT manager must make sure that information is tagged and cataloged so employees don't mix work life and personal life. With a little organization, you can get your IT staff ready to roll in the right direction, even as distractions come their way.

According to CIO.com, Google will soon be marrying those streaming bits of information with email when it launches Google Wave. And there are ways to tap into existing streaming technologies, too. But just like the Internet, information overload is here to stay. Get used to it and come up with a plan to keep workers focused.

For more on information overload:
- check out this CIO.com article [1]

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