The concept you are about to read may be the most important driver of future success you will find this year. The term eCommunity has been misconstrued to describe Facebook or MySpace type networks. If that is true for you, please read on… Let’s start by redefining what the term [...]
Apple may not be known as an enterprise commodity, in fact, unless you are in marketing or creative you most likely don't have a Mac on your desktop, but on one front adoption might be about to grow. A few days ago Apple announced that the iPhone is ready to [...]
Everywhere I turn these days I am running into new ways that organizations are using the concept of crowdsourcing to get work done through the Internet. Today, it was a review of a Website that allows people to post questions and answers for quizzes online. These questions can then be [...]
Only a decade ago an IT professional likely was the master of one or two large scale systems. Perhaps they owned the Tandem, maybe they were an Informix DBA, or perhaps managed several applications running on the Big Iron; but typically they were specialists in their daily life. Today though, [...]
The other half are OK. I continue to see articles with the title "Will Web 2.0 Invade Organizations?" This is example one why half suck. This is like asking, "Will athletes use less steroids this year?" The answer has already been established. I try to give them the benefit of [...]
First, let me paint you a quick picture: I grew up professionally in the Dot.Com universe. I started as tech support in an ISP and then moved into application development with the Internet as the delivery mechanism of choice. I lived on Unix, 24 hours a day, 7 days a [...]
I am getting ready to speak at a conference for iLog users in Palm Springs. If you are not familiar with iLog, they are a French company which makes applications that are primarily used in the business intelligence layer. For example, they have a rules base engine that has a [...]
Tiny Pictures, a San Francisco based company, is moving the social network to your cell phone. This is important to the corporate world for a few reason, some of which are not obvious. With the proliferation of smart phones accessing the Internet, and with almost every cell phone having an [...]
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I was not sure we should even write another post on this potential deal, but I was giving a speech today in Florida and someone texted a question wanting my opinion onto the screen, so I take it people are still intrigued. I have had some time to read the [...]