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Scaling out like Technorati

My fellow World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, David Sifry, the founder of Technorati, was also in Dalian, China for the “Meeting of New Champions� or “Summer Davos� as the Chinese like to call it. During Davos in January, I had the great misfortune of pitching Alfresco against Technorati in a...

Tags: Google Inc., Technorati, Data, Blog, User, JN, DS, John Newton

Blog posts 2007-09-17

Jimmy Wales and Enterprise Wikis

At the Summer Davos in Dalian, China, I was able to speak to Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, about wikis in the enterprise. Wikipedia has become not only the world’s most popular wiki, but the ninth most popular web site in the world. Jimmy is here as a Young...

Tags: Difference, Wiki, Wikipedia, Enterprise, Jimmy, MediaWiki, JN, JW, Wikia, John Newton

Blog posts 2007-09-14

Summer Davos in Dalian China

Last week I was in Dalian, China for the World Economic Forum Inaugural Meeting of the New Champions. That’s a mouthful, so the Chinese simply called it the “Summer Davos�. It makes sense as this feels very much like Davos only a bit smaller and slightly more relaxed and less...

Tags: China, Venture Capital, Davos, World Economic Forum, Dalian China, John Newton

Blog posts 2007-09-14

REST-style architecture in the real world

A couple of weeks ago, I presented REST to the IT staff in the London division of a major US investment bank. Out of something like 100 people, only a small number of people had ever heard of REST. Yet this bank had invested in a REST to SOAP bridge...

Tags: SOA, REST, Information Management, Content Management

Blog posts 2007-07-10

Microsoft’s 4th of July Trans-Atlantic assault on document standards

On what is normally a slow period for news, Microsoft launched a concerted campaign to displace ODF and PDF as document access and retention standards on both sides of the Atlantic. Microsoft has proposed and lobbied for OOXML as an alternative to ODF and XPS as an alternative to Adobe’s...

Tags: Standards, OOXML, ODF, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-07-09

Is Relational Relevant?

Last week, some friends of mine from Ingres, the early relational database management system, attended a retrospective on relational database systems held at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley with other database pioneers from Oracle, Informix, IBM and Sybase. I was an early employee at Ingres which was the...

Tags: Web 2.0, Information Management, Database

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Microsoft needs REST

Apparently, Microsoft is diverging from the rest of the Web 2.0 world on how to approach integration and mashups. REST Representational State Transition is an architectural style that is transforming how systems integrate together, but it isn’t a standard. The ATOM Publishing Protocol APP is and is a popular, RESTful...

Tags: Web 2.0, REST, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2007-06-19

McKinsey's look into Web 2.0 in the enterprise

The collection of techniques and technologies known as Web 2.0 is really only just beginning to have an affect on the enterprise. We are in that phase of market development where in Web 1.0 enterprises just started to realize that the internet is the new brochureware. Enterprises are starting to...

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-06-04

The opening of Web 2.0 service platforms

Last week I was in San Francisco bay area talking to several Web 2.0 companies about their APIs. Much has been written about Facebook’s new move to open up their platform to encourage others to help it evolve new services and I wanted to find out what services from Web...

Tags: Web 2.0, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2007-06-04

REST Battles SOAP for the Future of Information Services

There has been some subterranean discussion in the content management standards arena about what is the best way to support the interoperability of content services with applications. Should vendors support content services through the myriad of web services support layers that have been developed over the last decade? Or should...

Tags: Architecture, Enterprise Content Management, Information Management, REST, SOA, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-05-25

SarbOx Changes - Good for Corporates, Bad for IT

Eric Savitz in a Barron's Online blog reports that on Wednesday the SEC approved new guidance on how to implement Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act. Section 404 is the portion of SarbOx that required CEOs to sign off on the documentation and effectiveness on internal controls and processes...

Tags: Business Models, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2007-05-24

Open source and business pleasure vs. business pain

A European PR firm was pitching my company for business last week and putting out a few ideas on how to generate demand in different countries across Europe. One of the ideas that they presented was a “business pain barometer� to indicate how much pain companies might be feeling using...

Tags: Business Models, Enterprise Software, Open Source

Blog posts 2007-05-23

Additional Resources

Newton engineer returns to his Apple roots

Apple today re-hired one of its original Newton developers and it may be one of the best sign yet that an Apple tablet actually exists. The New York Times reports that Michael Tchao joined Apple on Monday as vice president of product marketing after an absence of...

Tags: Apple Inc., Michael Tchao, Tablets, Public Relations, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-09-29

OS execs split over fate of MySQL under Oracle's grip

  The fate of Sun's open source jewels -- especially MySQL -- has been heavily debated since Oracle announced its intentions to buy the Java giant earlier this week.  Few expect the Redwood Shores, Calif. database giant to mess with Java. It is a...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Operating System, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-04-24

SharePoint: What are the risks, rewards?

SharePoint: What are the risks, rewards?Great Session Great ArticleI appreciated seeing this article so quickly after the talk. Mark Gilbert makes some interesting commentary. Nothing too new here, but a good regurgitation of what's been said by Matt Cain and others about the need for governance and the...

Tags: Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise software, Mark Gilbert, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

Apple's Let's Rock event

Apple's Let's Rock eventThis was worth holding an event for?These are nothing but minor product updates. I've got to admit Apple is a master at generating hype.RE: Apple's Let's Rock eventHo Hum....now when do we get an updated Macbook Pro?RE: Apple's Let's Rock eventMore hype than what it was worth....

Tags: Wireless LANs, applause, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

The Steve Jobs Standard

Ever since the black turtlenecked one appeared at the Worldwide Developers Conference, there has been no shortage of discussion about the health of Steve Jobs, the worry that he is mortal and who might succeed him.There’s the photo by photo rundown of the increasingly thin Jobs. There’s the discussion...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Vertical Industries, Digital Music, Benefits, Healthcare, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Consumer Electronics, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Corporate DNA and competitive advantage

Apple seems to be making more aggressive moves against those who wish to customize its products. A firmware update slated for release soon will break, possibly permanently, iPhones that have been "unlocked." Combined with take-down notices sent to a site dedicated to iPod hacking, Apple seems to be drawing a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, DNA, Competitive Advantage, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Developer Orientation, Tools & Techniques, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Linux, Digital Media, Management, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, John Carroll

Blog posts 2007-09-27

News to know: Ask3D; AMD; Smart watches; Browser holes

Notable headlines:Intel readies new chipsets. AMD hopes Barcelona demos whet IT's appetite.Matthew Miller: Are you sure there’s not a place for a smart watch on your wrist? Gallery left.HTC beats Apple to the touch.Dan Farber: Ask3D brings a fresh look to search below. Ask launches new Web search site. ...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-06-05

News to know: Facebook; Apple and Cisco patches

Notable headlines:Facebook's new platform:Dan Farber: Facebook: The social Web utility company. Facebook's Zuckerberg uncorks the social graph. Facebook: We just want to share information more efficientlyFacebook welcomes outside services. Video.Steve O'Hear: More thoughts on Facebook's new platform.Donna Bogatin: Who needs Facebook? Students fight back.Techmeme roundup.George Ou: Is the Drobo 'storage...

Tags: General, News to know

Blog posts 2007-05-25