Hydrasight analyst John Brand said corporate blogging has stalled in Australia, because bloggers are seen as a liability for many organizations.

Brand said less than 5 percent of organizations in Australia actively use blogs as a corporate tool, with some blogs creating an IT security risk.

"Those organizations that have done it use blogs within the IT department as an operational tool; IT workers can get access to history from overnight runs and, combined with a portal, makes that information more visual, but that has created a problem," Brand said.

"I know of organizations sensitive about IT system information being exposed on blogs and being used to conduct an attack."

Sun Microsystems in Australia has strict rules around blogging. Sun's software business manager Laurie Wong said no colorful or discriminatory language or confidential information can be used.