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Buzzword: A term that refers to the latest technology or a term that sounds catchy. If not a flash in the pan, new technologies become mainstream. For example, Java...; Full Buzzword Definition >>

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Screenshots: Adobe's Acrobat.com office suite: Adobe launches its online office challenge with a beta versions of word processing, online meeting, file sharing, and PDF creating tools. by Andy Smith; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web Conferencing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Andy Smith, Productivity, office suite. Acrobat.com, Adobe, Buzzword; Image galleries 2008-06-02
Adobe's Acrobat.com could be an Office killer; Will interface matter?: Adobe's Acrobat.com could be an Office killer; Will interface matter?Good Luck to AdobeI can't see switching to this from another office suite, if you can even call this an "office suite". It takes enough time and effort to learn and keep up with what you have. There really...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Buzzword, Office-killer, Adobe Systems Inc., Acrobat.com; Discussion threads 2008-06-02
New Buzzword coming tomorrow: New Buzzword coming tomorrowBrowser Not Supported :Si've tried to open buzzword with Firefox 3 beta 1 official launch and didn't open, then tried with Safari 3.04 and they told me they only support till 3.03, then tried to open it via opera 9.50 beta latest build and was also not...; Tags: Web browsers, Buzzword; Discussion threads 2007-11-27
Adobe sounds off on transition to Web apps: From the Max 2007 conference in Chicago: CNET News.com's Martin LaMonica talks with Adobe Chief Architect Kevin Lynch about the company's shift into Web applications.; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Channel Management, Marketing, adobe, max 2007, conference, pohotoshop, photoshop express, word processor, buzzword, web app, application, kevin lynch, thermo, Web; Videos 2007-10-03
Adobe pushes foward on enabling RIA ecosystem with Flex 3, Adobe AIR betas: The world of rich Internet applications RIA got a little richer on Monday when Adobe Systems released the beta versions of Flex 3 and the Flex SDK with enhanced features for developers. The beta versions are in place of the alpha release, which was...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Rich Internet Application, Beta, AIR Beta, Buzzword, Microsoft Obviously, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2007-10-02

What you see is what you publish: Adobe's acquisition of Virtual Ubiquity and its Buzzword online word processor brings Adobe into direct competition with Microsoft and Google in the Office 2.0 space (or as Scoble sensibly retitles it, Work 2.0). But much more more significant in my view is what Buzzword tells us about the nature of...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Application, Document, Google Docs, Microsoft Corp., Buzzword, Flash, Adobe Share, What-you-see-is-what-you-publish, Word Processors, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2007-10-01
Adobe acquires Buzzword, moves into services: Adobe is announcing today that we have acquired Virtual Ubiquity, the company behind Buzzword, the online word processor that has generated a fair amount of buzz no pun intended. Buzzword has been in private beta for a few months and in that time has been impressing a number of people....; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Adobe PDF, Buzzword, Channel Management, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2007-09-30
SAP Business ByDesign: buzzwords don't matter: SAP Business ByDesign: buzzwords don't matterSAP Taking Advantage of Their Own MistakesIt's ironic to me that a company like SAP, which helped create the market conditions (i.e., customer frustration) that led to the rapid adoption of the on-demand model, is trying to take advantage of those market conditions now. It...; Tags: Sales force management, Salesforce.com Inc., SAP AG, SAP Business ByDesign, SAP Business, buzzword, on-demand; Discussion threads 2007-09-19
Buzzword in action: Buzzword is one of the more anticipated rich internet applications in development and Michael Calore covered it today on Wired. I've been playing with the beta version for a while now and continue to be impressed by what they're doing. My wife has been using it for some of her...; Tags: Flex, BuzzWord; Blog posts 2007-08-02
BuzzWord slowly rolling out beta invites: BuzzWord slowly rolling out beta invitesBuzzword screencastI've produced an 8-minute screencast demo of Virtual Ubiquity's Buzzword. See my blog post: http://danbricklin.com/log/2007_04_12.htm#buzzwordThey seem to like it and mention it on their site in their blog.-Dan Bricklin; Tags: Blogging, Buzzword; Discussion threads 2007-05-18
BuzzWord slowly rolling out beta invites: BuzzWord, the Flex-based word processing application by Virtual Ubiquity that I covered here is starting to give out public beta invites to people that have signed up to try the application. The number of people being allowed in is still being kept small as the company scales the infrastructure and...; Tags: Flex, BuzzWord; Blog posts 2007-05-16
Adobe Engage: Virtual Ubiquity - BuzzWord: Sorry again about the lack of pictures. For this app it really hurts because screenshots are hard to come by. When I get some, Ill make sure to post them. Theyre saving the best demos for last, and Virtual Ubiquitys word processor application, BuzzWord, looks like an awesome application....; Tags: Adobe Engage, Virtual Ubiquity, Rich Internet Applications, Flex; Blog posts 2007-02-27
Buzzword alert: De-portalization: Buzzword alert: De-portalizationde-portalizationHi DanWe agree. Portals will not disappear. In fact they will, on the whole, grow. But that is in absolute terms. Relative to the rest of the Internet they will decline. In other words the foothills will grow, on the whole, faster. And more $ will be spent...; Tags: De-Portalization, Buzzword; Discussion threads 2006-12-10
News Focus: LinuxWorld: News Focus: LinuxWorld"Visualization" ??? Define it. Geeez.Would be nice if you defined it.Just another generic buzzword that never gets specified.Linux should host LinuxYep. No Windows as a host, no liecenses to pay.Also, the more solid system should be the base.Interestingly, Linux into a Windows server could act as a...; Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Servers, Notebooks, server, PC, virtual PC, buzzword, LinuxWorld, Linux, operating system, notebook; Discussion threads 2006-04-03
Procurement--the new buzzword for 2005?: Procurement--the new buzzword for 2005?Where have these people been???Procurement may be the buzz word for 2005 but in the real world Purchasing professionals have been working for years.Most major companies have benn aware of the importance of purchasing procurement for at least that alst 40 years.It is good to see...; Tags: Purchasing & Procurement, procurement, new buzzword, buzzword; Discussion threads 2005-06-25

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Live Webcast: Telecoms 2.0 - Where is telecoms heading?: UK telecoms is at a crossroads. IT managers face new demands to enable flexible working, deliver converged networks and provide support for multiple applications employing voice, video and media rich technologies. To deliver this, telcos talk about Next Generation Networks: but how does this buzzword translate into delivering the applications...; Tags: Webcast, Telecommunications Company, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking; Webcasts 2008-07-07
Views from VMware's Analyst Day: Yesterday I attended a VMware analyst briefing in good ol' Beantown, a.k.a. Boston, Massachusetts. Having had the opportunity to speak with the executives of well over 120 companies offering something in the realm of virtualization technology, I came to the event with a fairly neutral viewpoint. Although I was ready...; Tags: VMware Inc., Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-19
Searching for definition: A recurring theme for me at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston was defining 'Enterprise 2.0'as discussed in my earlier post. Based on my conversations with various attendees, some were clearly at the conference expressly to gain clarity on this in order to help them sell initiatives...; Tags: Knowledge, Enterprise 2.0, Definition, Conference, KM, Carl, Knowledge Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-06-15
Jive's Sam Lawrence on Enterprise 2.0: "It's a buzzword" [podcast]: This week's Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston featured a host of small companies hoping to sell sexy, cool software to large companies. Many of these vendors won't survive because they don't understand how the enterprise buys, uses, and deploys applications. In this podcast, I asked Jive Software's chief marketing officer,...; Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Sam, Podcasts, Internet, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-06-13
Work anywhere, do anything: The ability to work anywhere is a wonderful thing. The one thing students seem to struggle with nowadays is motivation factors and in my honest opinion, I would say because there are too many distractions when you're at university. Whether on or off the campus, you still want to see...; Tags: Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Google Inc., Google Docs, Microsoft Office Live, Word-processor, Adobe Acrobat.com, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-06-10