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Website Review

With the dynamic technological world, Web 2.0 since 2004 has been majorly associated with web applications that facilitate interoperability, interactive information, sharing, collaboration and user-centered design on the World Wide Web (About.com, 2011). Instances of 2.0 applications include web-based communities, hosted services, web applications, social-networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, blogs, mashups and folksomnomies.

A Web 2.0 site is more interactive, it allows its users to interact with other users or to change website content, unlike the non-interactive websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them. The CIO website is an integral part of this technology and utilizes it fully.

Appearance and target audience

The CIO website has been designed in an easy access display with the various pages quick access tools at the top of the page giving the user a friendly navigation options from the news, to videos or events, magazines, data center by a single click of the mouse. The different sections also have title of articles therein highlighted in bold for easy perusal to the section that one needs to read. For instance under News, there are various articles of news highlighted for easy recognition, the entire article opens when the user clicks on the highlights. The advertisements are also strategically placed such that a user cannot miss seeing them. The various subjects with common focus or characteristics are also grouped together for easy access, for instance IT Jobs are all together and same to analysis.

The website has a decongested look that gives an easy read, the different pages categorized well and has a general target towards the people who need serious information in the business world. The content is managerial and informative in nature and not entertainment oriented. It is best suited for business world, aspiring managers, business analysts, human resource outsourcing, IT outsourcing department and the business world in general. The site is also seen to have a simple but not simplistic look; the appearance is executive rather than flashy which befits the purpose it is meant for as a professional development website.

Significance of the site

The CIO website is generally a very informative site that has given me quite a lot of information on the business world, of particular interest is the "HOW TO" page that is included in the site. It sets the CIO site apart from the conventional sites that will just tell u what they found out in the market survey and not bring it into application. This section of the CIO personalizes the findings and facts for instance what to do with an old laptop, how to maximize social networking, how to speed up home networking and so on. Of paramount importance here is the extent of objectivity the site upholds even as it gives the "how to" tips to the reader. It remains factual, practical and applicable as possible.

Interesting links

The links that I am following up and will keep following up any time I find ample space is the "magazine section" since it holds archives that, from the look of it could be informative to me. I would like do dig up more information from their previous issues on the corporate world and see the more news that the website CIO has discussed in the past and its analysis so as to get a better view and interpretation of the corporate world.

Extras in the website

The other extras that the website offers and I find interesting is the interactive nature of the website. The "blogs" page gives the readers and fans a chance to share out their ideas and views of the corporate world. It is also worth noting that the standards of the bloggers and their level of contributions are impeccable and to the highest standards in the corporate world. This gives me confidence in the information offered therein. The other interesting fact that sets this website apart is the companies that advertise on this site. They are mostly multinational corporations with an inclination towards corporate IT solutions like the Hp, Microsoft, Novell, ZENworks 11, Cognizant, Manage Engine, SimpHired, google among many others (CIO, 2011).

Value of the website