Read/WriteWeb, 27.11.2007: Forrester: RIAs Will Replace Microsoft Office & Portals on Front End

Read/WriteWeb, 27.11.2007: Forrester: RIAs Will Replace Microsoft Office & Portals on Front End
by Richard MacManus: "A new Forrester report by Erica Driver and Ron Rogowski suggests that rich Internet applications (RIAs) may usurp Microsoft Office and enterprise portals as the front-end UIs for 'decision-makers and task-oriented workers'. The phrase Forrester uses for this front end is 'Information Workplaces (IWs)'."

Tags: ria, enterprise2.0, flex, portal, adobe, research

Intranet Blog, 12.12.2006: More problems for world’s biggest intranet

Intranet Blog, 12.12.2006: More problems for world’s biggest intranet
by Toby Ward: "The $10 billion Navy-Marine Corps. (NMCI) intranet is not meeting its goals. The 10-year project steered by EDS has not met most of its key objectives."

Tags: intranet, portal, strategy, planning

A VC, 04.12.2006: The De-Portalization of the Internet (aka What I Would Do If I Were Running Yahoo!)

A VC, 04.12.2006: The De-Portalization of the Internet (aka What I Would Do If I Were Running Yahoo!)
by Fred Wilson: "Google and others changed all of that. I don't have the data to prove it, but my guess is if you looked at the percent of all pageviews that are generated each month, a much smaller portion exist on the top 10 properties today than in 2000, at the height of the first Internet era."

Tags: yahoo, strategy, portal, search, business

Intranet Blog, 04.12.2006: Intranet case study: Fidelity Investments (webinar)

Intranet Blog, 04.12.2006: Intranet case study: Fidelity Investments (webinar)
by Toby Ward: "Most intranets have humble beginnings that grow and grow and then, like a weed, grow out of control. Fidelity’s intranet began at the grass-roots level in the mid-1990s, and since then has undergone three formal design iterations – with many smaller enhancements along the way."

Tags: intranet, portal, enterprise, bestpractice

Enterprise Information, 28.11.2006: Last word: The trouble with portal dashboards…

Enterprise Information, 28.11.2006: Last word: The trouble with portal dashboards…
By Janus Boye: "Enterprise portals are supposed to make systems more accessible to real, live humans. But portal technology adopters today face several usability challenges, including complicated dashboard interfaces."

Technorati Tags: enterprise, intranet, portal, reference, usability