EFootPrint
eFootPrint are the electronic impressions or digital images left behind by a person on the internet, in an application and the tracking of what they do inside these applications. there are various electronic footprints. Big Brother is watching and so is everyone else. Gathering of information AbOUT ALL aspects of one's life - Reality mining.
Various business, social, buying, searching, footprints that are left when using MySpace, Google, Yahoo, etc.
Social eFootPrints is your privacy at risk? You leave behind schedules, orientation, likes or dislikes, purchases, addresses, phone numbers, where you are going, when you will be there. There are many articles around this socail behavior.
We are focusing on the electronic collection of this information and how it can be applied in a positive and productive manner. The tools available to gather inormation like this to actually imporve or better the business or businesses around you.
Business eFootPrints all search-engines collect this invaluable information. The internet was created with FREE information, but at what price? The price is your electronic footprint is tracked by every vendor on the internet they understand you better; you’re buying behaviors, what you like and what you do not like. The geographic region you are located in and your behaviors. This could drive the building of new businesses based on the demographics or the interests in the community.
But the electronic collection of what employees does at work is critical. Gathering intelligence to help improve the business efficiency by monitoring, analyzing and fine tuning the employee's footprint based on what is efficient and what will yield more productive employees. It is important to observe people in the workplace and understand how they interact with their equipment, devices and applications. These electronic footprints are a snapshot of the productivity of an employee.
A business footprint is a vendor’s impression in the workplace. How many devices from a specific vendor exist in the environment versus competitive footprints or number of devices from another? The expansion of the footprint within in an organization indicate the relationship of the business with that vendor.