Readers of The Network Singularity strive to improve and lead the properties of complex business networks. Particularly important are the conversational and informational networks between organizations.

Networks in this cross-enterprise ‘white space’ are often woefully underserved. They are orphans because they belong to no particular department. Sadly, they usually have no budget or leader…

Still, white space networks determine many organizational capabilities. They offer the greatest opportunities for performance gains. Well conceived, nurtured and served, these federated networks have a profound impact on productivity, innovation and valuable outcomes.

Ecologies of connecting networks are critical organizational assets. Briefly, there are composed of three overarching components.

· Interbusiness Networking – the nuts and bolts of technology, people and applications serving the white space.

· Transorganizational Collaboration – the human behaviors and requirements of white space network inhabitants.

· Business Ecosystems – comprehensive network structures and configurations that lead prosperous business outcomes.

Too often, users bootstrap white space networks themselves with everyday social media like texting and email. It’s because collaboration is among the most important activities that are enabled by white space networks. This leaves transorganizational collaboration to flimsy, insecure, risky applications.

Today and tomorrow these critical cross-enterprise activities must be led and mastered with new, innovative and robust cloud applications. They must be specifically built to achieve mastery of the white space and structural holes between networks.

Here is a graphical idea of the crucial work activities that comprise transorganizational collaboration.

Too often, enterprise leaders try to meet these requirements with overweight internal IT applications from another era. The sheer weight of managing these obsolete, ponderous offerings precludes white space excellence.

Fortunately, new cloud-based offerings for the transorganizational space are emerging. They are specifically engineered to met the requirements of interbusiness networks. These lean SaaS applications meet and exceed the Advantage and Ability criteria of The Network Singularity.

Stay tuned to further advance properties of white space networks. Find out how to use new cloud applications to achieve mastery and excellence of interbusiness networking, transorganizational collaboration and how to deliver expanding business ecosystem prosperity.