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- Thought leadership grows around advancing 'WOA plus SOA' as enterprise-cloud duo
- Respected developer, adviser and thought leader Dion Hinchcliffe has posted a watershed blog that develops a compelling rationale for Web Oriented Architecture's (WOA's) advancing role in enterprises. The logic is not to supplant or dismiss Service Oriented Architecture SOA, but rather to examine how WOA -- also...
- Tags: Leadership, SOA, WOA, Dion, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Is Cloud computing too good to be true for enterprises?
- Just how valuable will Cloud computing be to organizations? The ease of deployment and pay-as-you-go pricing model offered through Amazon Web Services, and now Google with its Google App Engine with no pricing model could be a honey trap, as some of my esteemed colleagues here at ZDNet warn. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Amazon.com Inc., Dion, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-04-13
- Google Gears next steps closer to Prism, Adobe AIR
- Dion Almaer has a post over on his blog about what some of the future Google Gears APIs might look like. This one specifically is about creating desktop shortcuts. It's important to note that this is very, very early so this API is indicative of where Google Gears is going...
- Tags: Desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Web, Google Gears, Adobe AIR, Web Browser, Prism, Dion Almaer, Dion, Web Browsers, Desktops, Internet, Hardware, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- Enterprise 2.0: The world of flatnesses
- Dion Hinchcliffe checks in on the state of Enterprise 2.0 in his latest in-depth post on ZDNet, and covers the major lessons learned from the recent past--such as Enterprise 2.0 is going to happen in your organization whether you like it or not and Enterprise 2.0 is more a...
- Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dion, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- The consequences of information overload
- We've got the makings of a classic salon discussion right out of the playbook of Gertrude Stein emerging here at ZDNet. Dion Hinchcliffe, responding to a thought-provoking post about the nature of change by Mitch Ratcliffe, presents his perspective on what the increasing availability of information means as a...
- Tags: Mitch Ratcliffe, Dion
- Blog posts 2006-03-20
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- Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature
- There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...
- Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- JavaFX's day in the Sun
- Dan Farber has some information about JavaFX from the JavaOne keynote today. It sounds like it wasn't a great day for demos but that we're starting to get a better picture of JavaFX and what the plans are. Michael Coté has some additional information about Sun's plans around Java as...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Rich Internet Application, JavaOne, JavaFX, Dan Farber, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Analyst Insights podcast examines WOA-SOA continuum with keen eye on cloud computing
- Analyst Insights podcast examines WOA-SOA continuum with keen eye on cloud computingDion Hinchcliffe bolsters WOA's roleZDNet blogger Dion Hinchcliffe had some email comments, repurposed with permission here:I find it intriguing that even amongst this group that WOA is considered an artificial construct or "pie-in-the-sky", when it's just the opposite.WOA simply...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, cloud computing, podcast, WOA, SOA
- Discussion threads 2008-04-27
- Analyst Insights podcast examines WOA-SOA continuum with keen eye on cloud computing
- Read a full transcript of the podcast. There's been welling interest and discussion lately around so-called Web Oriented Architecture WOA and established Services Oriented Architecture SOA, and how the two relate. And then there's the whole cloud computing trend, and well ... how does that relate, too?...
- Tags: Web, Cloud Computing, SOA, Podcasts, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- News to know: Microsoft Mesh; Microhoo; OLPC; Patents; Linked data
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live Mesh Ryan Stewart: Silverlight and the future core of Microsoft Screen shots: Microsoft's Live Mesh right Images: Hands-on with Live Mesh Techmeme ...
- Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Linux, Open Source, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Enterprise 2.0 industry matures as businesses grapple with its potential
- Some of the big IT news over the weekend was the announcement that Forrester predicts that the Enterprise 2.0 space will be a $4.6 billion industry within 5 years. ZDNet's Larry Dignan had the full breakdown yesterday on Forresters bullish outlook while Dennis Howlett immediately took umbrage with...
- Tags: Software, Application, Information Technology, Industry, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise 2.0 Industry, Enterprise 2.0 Tool, Self-service, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- RIA-related talks and companies at Web 2.0 Expo
- I'm going to be heading down to Web 2.0 Expo tomorrow and in looking at the schedule I'm really excited about the presence and sponsorships of several important RIA companies. I'll first start with the talks you should be keeping an eye on and then go down the list of...
- Tags: Web, Rich Internet Application, Web 2.0, Internet, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- News to know: Google; AMD; Desktop Linux; Green IT; Psystar
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google delivers; Maybe paid clicks weren't such a big deal Charles Cooper: Google settles a score with ComScore Techmeme AMD posts loss; sees seasonally down quarter ahead Sixth straight quarterly loss for AMD...
- Tags: Desktop, Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Green IT, SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Desktop Linux, Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Open Source, Web Services, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Web 2.0 success stories driving WOA and informing SOA
- The striking contrast between the stories that we've been hearing lately about the slow going of SOA initiatives in the enterprise and the vibrant and rapidly growing ecosystems similar to them on the consumer Web has been generating a lot of debate and discussion in the enterprise IT community recently....
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, SOA, Organization, Enterprise, WOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Channel Management, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social media
- Over the last few months I've been listening with growing alarm at the claims made for enterprise 2.0 and social media. Or rather the lack of claims coupled to an incredible amount of posturing. What concerns me greatly is that in the mad rush to all things X2.0, we seem...
- Tags: DNA, Network, Social Media, Enterprise 2.0, CXO, Social Networking, Biotechnology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Amazon's cloud computing will surpass its retailing business
- Amazon on Monday announced persistent storage for its EC2 service and what's notable is how quickly the e-tailer is running ahead of the competition. In fact, Amazon's real business down the line will be its cloud services. Amazon will be like a book store that sells cocaine out the back...
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Amazon.com Inc., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- News to know: Salesforce and Google; LiveMesh; Cloud computing; Linux
- Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: Salesforce and Google team to conquer the enterprise Garett Rogers: Google announces SalesForce integration with Google Apps Techmeme Mary Jo Foley: The big reveal: Live Mesh Statement: Blockbuster proposes to buy Circuit City ...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Data Center, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Storage, Operating Systems, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Google App Engine creation process live on Twitter
- I'm watching Dion Hinchcliffe and a small group of other observers and developers create a Google App Engine GAE application live via Twitter. We're on the cutting edge of using social media and near-real time collaboration tools free to learn and use GAE for free, and then...
- Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Twitter, App, Google Accounts, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-04-12
- Google: App Engine 'not fit for business'
- We pundits are getting carried away with ourselves, it seems. I caught up with Google App Engine product manager Pete Koomen a couple of hours ago and he told me quite categorically that App Engine is targeting consumer-focused applications, and not the business market: "A couple of the restrictions...
- Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Koomen, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Comparing Amazon's and Google's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Offerings
- The announcement this week that Google released a beta version of a robust cloud computing platform called Google App Engine that lets anyone build apps on Google's renowned and highly scalable infrastructure underscored a key trend in the software industry today. Namely that software platforms are moving from their...
- Tags: Google Inc., Platform, PaaS, Amazon.com Inc., Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
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