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- Web 2.0
- An umbrella term for the second wave of the World Wide Web, which was coined by O'Reilly Media (www.oreilly.com) and CMP Media (www.cmp.com) in their 2004 and subsequent conferences on...
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ZDNet Resources
- KinetiCast - online presentation and promotional tracking
- With the meme about presentation tools and SlideShare yesterday I thought now was as good a time as ever to cover KinetiCast, a company in the online presentation space that I chatted with a couple of weeks ago. One of the things that mkes KenitCast unique is that they very...
- Tags: Presentation, Presentation Creator, Productivity, AJAX, Web 2.0, Microsoft Office, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Office Suites, Software, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- SmarterTrack (exe)
- SmarterTrack 3.x is a robust support Help Desk, Ticket System, Live Chat, Cost Analysis, Data Mining, Knowledge Base, Reporting, and Analytics software application through an elegant AJAX web interface. SmarterTrack brings the performance of a desktop application to the Web and can be run stand-alone or integrate with your customer...
- Tags: Web, SmarterTools, AJAX, Help Desk, Data Mining, Channel Management, Call Centers, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Hardware, Management
- Software downloads 2008-05-06
- Poll: Post-Yahoo, what should Microsoft do?
- Now that the Microsoft-Yahoo deal is tabled, what is Microsoft's next move? Many are assuming Microsoft is waiting for Yahoo's stock to tank in order to sweep in and make another pass at Yahoo. Others are counting on Microsoft buying another Web 2.0 powerhouse in Yahoo's stead...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web 2.0, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- News to know: MicroNoHoo, OpenSolaris, 10 reasons for IT failure; Apple
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Assessing winners, losers and Plan Bs Microsoft walks: Five reasons why it's a good move Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft takes its ball and leaves Yahoo on the Web 2.0 playground Dan Farber: Yang...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, OpenSolaris, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Enomaly, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Open Source, Marketing, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Microsoft takes its ball and leaves Yahoo on the Web 2.0 playground
- Microsoft takes its ball and leaves Yahoo on the Web 2.0 playgroundThank godAt last they figured out it was a bad move. For the first time I thank the arrogance of all those Web 2.0 companies, did they really believe they were worth $37 bucks a share...Taking the case to...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Web 2.0, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-05-03
- Microsoft takes its ball and leaves Yahoo on the Web 2.0 playground
- Some -- probably many -- are going to portray Microsoft's decision announced on May 3 to withdraw its Yahoo bid as a victory for Yahoo and a defeat for Microsoft Chairman Steve Ballmer & Co. Me? I see this as the smartest thing Microsoft could do. In...
- Tags: Web, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web 2.0, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Investment, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-03
- Instrumenting social responsibility
- As I'm sitting in an Orlando hotel idly flicking through RSS, I come across this guest post by Stacey Monk on Go Big Always. To cut a long story short: After all, I'm the perhaps crazy person who, after a trip to Africa last year, left a really successful...
- Tags: SAP AG, Stacey Monk, EpicChange, Web 2.0, Corporate Social Responsibility, Internet, Leadership, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio (2)
- WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio is an easy-to-use WYSIWYG builder that enables the drag & drop assembly of scalable, web-applications using Ajax widgets, web services and databases. WaveMaker Studio will look and feel especially familiar to client/server developers who are used to working with visual tools. WaveMaker's Studio enables data-driven and...
- Tags: Client-server, WaveMaker, WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio, AJAX, Productivity, Portals, Servers, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-05-02
- Microsoft releases Expression Studio 2
- Microsoft has released the next version of its Expression Studio, their set of design tool for building applications on the web, which includes Expression Web, Expression Blend, Expression Design, Expression Media, and Expression Encoder. Most of the RIA designers and developers I talk to have been using the beat of...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Tool, AJAX, Productivity, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Why social software won't dethrone the incumbents
- It's not often I find myself fundamentally disagreeing with Sam Lawrence. He's a smart guy with a great marketing head. But on this post he's over-reaching in my opinion. His basic argument says this: The big IT vendors aren't taking social software seriously. They can't. Not even if they...
- Tags: Software, Oracle Corp., Value Chain, Vendor, SAP AG, IBM Corp., Sam, Austin Ventures, Dan, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Tibco planning to use Silverlight
- Tibco Software is planning to support Silverlight according to an announcement at TUCON, the Tibco User Conference, in San Francisco today. The guts of the announcement mean that Tibco will use Silverlight where customers require audio, video, or other rich user experience elements where Ajax can't be used. I'm not...
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Rich Internet Application, Dojo, AJAX, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Blue Nile's Web 2.0 diamond search tool
- Darrell Cavens, senior vice president of marketing and technology at Blue Nile describes the company's new Web 2.0 application that makes it easier for users to search for a diamond based on an individual budget. by Administrator
- Tags: Web, Search Tool, Tool, Nile, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Blue Nile SVP, marketing & technology: Darrell Cavens
- Darrell Cavens, senior vice president of marketing and technology at Blue Nile talks to CNET News.com's Dan Farber about helping anxious shoppers find the perfect diamond for popping the question. He also discusses using data to analyze customer behavior and new Web 2.0 technologies that are putting a shine on...
- Tags: Web, Technology, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing, Administrator
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Where's the next new thing in Silicon Valley?
- Excellent article by Jeff Nolan, an ex-VC, writing in SandHill.com on venture capital investments and locating the next big thing. Incrementalism and "The New New Thing" - With all the venture capital moving around in the Silicon Valley, where is the real innovation? He makes many good points...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Web, Venture Capital, Web 2.0, Leadership, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Financing Startups, Internet, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Blue Nile's Web 2.0 diamond search tool
- Darrell Cavens, senior vice president of marketing and technology at Blue Nile describes the company's new Web 2.0 application that makes it easier for users to search for a diamond based on an individual budget.
- Tags: Web, Search Tool, Nile, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, CIO
- Videos 2008-04-28
- Can Twitter go mainstream?
- Twitter is seeking a new round of venture funding, $15 to $20 million (CNET), and according to TechCrunch, the company is being valued at between $60 and $150 million. "One reason for all the attention: growth rates suggest that it is now just a matter of when,...
- Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Sales Tools, Social Networking, Operational Accounting, Internet, Marketing, Sales, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- The Long Tail of Services
- The "Long Tail" explains the growing use of services outside of the core domains of SOA, business process implementation and integration, says XAWare chief science officer, Kirstan Vandersluis. Commentary--The "Long Tail" moniker has been used extensively (some would say overused) in marketing and mass media over the last couple...
- Tags: Long Tail, SOA, Service, Head Area, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, Web Services, Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Business Operations, XAWare, business process
- News items 2008-04-28
- 60% of internet users would change online retailers for Web 2.0 tools
- More than 60% of internet users drawn to online retailers that employ Web 2.0 tools and techniques. 35% of them say they’re most likely to return to a shopping website if it makes recommendations on products or services for sale, according to Guidance and Synovate. 26% want “a unique experience...
- Tags: Web, Internet User, Online Retail Company, Retail Company, Tool, Web 2.0, Retail, Internet, Productivity, E-business/E-Commerce, NB
- Blog posts 2008-04-27
- Sun CEO speaks out on corporate blogging
- At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz shares his views on the future of business blogging. The chief executive is credited for pioneering the corporate blog as a tool to reach customers, employees, and others, but he predicts the novelty of his methods will soon...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Corporate Blogging, CEO, Web 2.0, Internet, Personal Technology
- Videos 2008-04-25
- High-performance computing for Web 2.0
- At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz talks about the company's new high-performance computing facility in Austin, Texas, and how Web 2.0 companies like Facebook and Google are benefiting from high-performance computing systems.
- Tags: Web, High-performance Computing, Web 2.0, Leadership, Internet, Management, High Performance Computing
- Videos 2008-04-25
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In this Super Techies interview, larger-than-life techie Marc Canter talks with ZDNet's Editor in Chief Dan Farber about his career as a multimedia pioneer.
