Tuesday, October 31, 2006

The Next Net, 27.10.2006: The Disruptors Get Rowdy

The Next Net, 27.10.2006: The Disruptors Get Rowdy
by Erick Schonfeld: "Last night we held our Disruptors Roundtable ... Each person in the room had fierce opinions about the nature of disruption, what the definition is, and whether it's even something you should aim for intentionally."

Anne 2.0, 28.10.2006: Your Company is Not The Center of My World

Anne 2.0, 28.10.2006: Your Company is Not The Center of My World
by Anne Zelenka: "So many companies make the mistake of thinking they should be at the center of our business and personal lives. News flash: I am at the center of my life; your company is not."

Techcrunch, 26.10.2006: Vox Lifts Off and You’ll Love It

Techcrunch, 26.10.2006: Vox Lifts Off and You’ll Love It
by Marshall Kirkpatrick: "Six Apart announced last night the launch of its newest social networking site, Vox (Vox announcement here). The company that owns LiveJournal, Moveable Type and Typepad has done a lot of things right with this new site. The benefits of having waited for consumer desire to mature before launching a social networking site are clear in Vox."

Monday, October 30, 2006

Innovation Creators, 28.10.2006: A Platform for IT Innovation within the Enterprise

Innovation Creators, 28.10.2006: A Platform for IT Innovation within the Enterprise
by Rod Boothby: "The general consensus is that CIOs are not interested in any solution from a new start-up because they want accountability from the vendor. CIOs believe, though I am not sure this is 100% correct, that they will get better support from a large vendor."

SecurityFocus, 27.102006: Bot nets likely behind jump in spam

SecurityFocus, 27.102006: Bot nets likely behind jump in spam
by Robert Lemos: "A significant rise in the global volume of spam in the past two months has security analysts worried that bot nets are increasingly being used by spammers to stymie network defenses erected to curtail bulk e-mail."

ZDNet.com, Web 2.0 Explorer, 26.10.2006: Why Google apps will stay inside the browser

ZDNet.com, Web 2.0 Explorer, 26.10.2006: Why Google apps will stay inside the browser
by Richard MacManus: "Over time Google probably will do this, but as long as the web browser is the lowest common denominator Web platform - then Google will develop mainly for the browser. Here are my other reasons why I don’t see an RIA Google any time soon"

Sunday, October 29, 2006

paidContent, 27.10.2006: The Economics of Content - Adobe To Invest $100 Million In Digital Applications; Filo Online TV App; Adobe Digital Editions

paidContent, 27.10.2006: The Economics of Content - Adobe To Invest $100 Million In Digital Applications; Filo Online TV App; Adobe Digital Editions
by Rafat Ali: "Adobe, high after Macromedia integration and the exponential rise of Flash as a video platform, has said that it plans to spend $100 million in venture funding in the next 3-5 years to promote its software development platforms, with a particular focus on Apollo, which allows people to run Web applications without a browser."

ZDNet.com, Enterprise Web 2.0, 25.10.2006: Nine ideas for IT managers considering Enterprise 2.0

ZDNet.com, Enterprise Web 2.0, 25.10.2006: Nine ideas for IT managers considering Enterprise 2.0
by Dion Hinchcliffe: "Fortunately, though Enterprise 2.0, a corporate mirror held up to the bustle and vibrancy of mass information discovery and sharing on the Web, has a lot of challenges ahead of it, we are starting to see IT managers considering it."

redhat.com, 12.10.2006: Enterprise 2.0: Trendy term, real revolution

redhat.com, 12.10.2006: Enterprise 2.0: Trendy term, real revolution
by Jonathan Opp: "Essentially enterprises are beginning to take the best of web 2.0--both technology and philosophy--and applying it to their business."

Saturday, October 28, 2006

ZDNet.com, Software as services, 24.102006: Business services powered by SaaS

ZDNet.com, Software as services, 24.102006: Business services powered by SaaS
by Phil Wainewright: "One of the unspoken convergences of current times is the joining together of business service providers with on-demand application vendors."

Torrentfreak, 25.10.2006: A “Napster Moment” for TV Downloads at Torrentfreak

Torrentfreak, 25.10.2006: A “Napster Moment” for TV Downloads at Torrentfreak
by Ernesto: "The TIOTI project approach to socialize and optimize your TV Download experience. TIOTI combines great design, TV-torrent tracking, favorites, recommendations, RSS feeds, tagging, groups, wiki’s, and a lot more ‘Web 2.0? stuff."

Intranet Blog, 24.10.2006: Intranet case study: Verizon

Intranet Blog, 24.10.2006: Intranet case study: Verizon
by Toby Ward: "A successful intranet requires a lot of smart work, hard work, planning and technology. Verizon is a company with an intranet that embodies this success, but not at the expense of innovation."

Friday, October 27, 2006

Open Gardens, 24.10.2006: MOBILE user generated content and social networking worth 3.45 B this year

Open Gardens, 24.10.2006: MOBILE user generated content and social networking worth 3.45 B this year
by Ajit Jaokar: : "MOBILE user generated content and social networking worth 3.45 B this year according to the Communities dominate brands blog"

Adobe - Adobe Press Room, 24.10.2006: Adobe Showcases Emerging Technologies and Designer/Developer Workflows at MAX 2006 Conference

Adobe - Adobe Press Room, 24.10.2006: Adobe Showcases Emerging Technologies and Designer/Developer Workflows at MAX 2006 Conference
by Katie Juran: "Company Previews Pre-Release Apollo Project, Unveils New Application for Interacting with Digital Publications and Continues Mobile Market Momentum"

SearchCIO.com, 24.10.2006: IT execs eager to exploit Web 2.0 wave

SearchCIO.com, 24.10.2006: IT execs eager to exploit Web 2.0 wave
by Shamus McGillicuddy: "Blogs are often a company's first attempt at leveraging Web 2.0 technology, said Robin Hopper, CEO of iUpload, a Burlington, Ontario-based blogging platform vendor. But many others are struggling to determine how to get into this space."

Thursday, October 26, 2006

VentureBeat, 22.10.2006: Venture capitalists open spigot — especially for Web 2.0 & energy

VentureBeat, 22.10.2006: Venture capitalists open spigot — especially for Web 2.0 & energy
byy Matt Marshall: "For the third quarter in a row, U.S. venture capitalists poured more money into private companies than they did last year. They invested $6.36 billion in the third quarter, five percent more than last year. They backed 611 companies, two percent more."

paidContent - The Economics of Content, 23.10.2006: @ MMF: This Modular Life

paidContent - The Economics of Content, 23.10.2006: @ MMF: This Modular Life
by Rafat Ali: "Netvibes is one such service...stripped down to its most basic, it is a personalized homepage ..Nothing more, nothing less. Let’s stay on the believer’s side for a bit, because it sounds more exciting. Listen to Tariq Krim, describe it, and you understand why it should have been like this all this while."

MEX - the strategy forum for mobile user experience, 23.10.2006: Why value is slipping away from the operators

MEX - the strategy forum for mobile user experience, 23.10.2006: Why value is slipping away from the operators
by Marek Pawlowski: "I recently switched to a new handset, swapping my Sony Ericsson W900i for a Nokia N80. It was an instructive exercise which prompted me to think about several issues in the mobile telecoms industry: in particular, I was struck by how little added value my network operator (Vodafone) brought to the process."

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

A VC, 22.10.2006: Do You Have To Go To Mecca?

A VC, 22.10.2006: Do You Have To Go To Mecca?: "Randall Stross suggests in today's New York Times that Silicon Valley remains 'mecca' for tech startups. And he cites data that Silicon Valley has consistently drawn about 1/3 of all venture capital dollars in a given year."

Joi Ito's Web, 22.10.2006: Is YouTube "Web 2.0"?

Joi Ito's Web, 22.10.2006: Is YouTube "Web 2.0"?
by Joi Ito: "The innovation on the Web and the Internet is driven by what David Weinberger has called 'Small Pieces Loosely Joined' - a network created by small groups working together around open standards. It is and was a community of people and projects trying to connect to each other."