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Enterprise 2.0 as a corporate culture catalyst

Ive only recently had a chance to catch up and read Tom Davenports post a few weeks ago about his skepticism of Enterprise 2.0s ability to wreak significant cultural and hierarchical change inside organizations. Those of you tracking the Enterprise 2.0 story know the drill, namely that applying Web 2.0...

Tags: Wikis, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, User Generated Content, Tagging, Social Software, Social Computing, SOA, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SaaS, RSS, Products, Network Effects, Mashups, Governance, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Enterprise 2.0, Crowdsourcing, Collective Intelligence, Collaboration, Business Process Management, Business Models, Blogs, ATOM, Architecture of Participation

Blog posts 2007-05-05

Encouraging Enterprise 2.0: As simple as possible, but no simpler?

Blogger Euan Semple recently highlighted a key point about Enterprise 2.0 adoption that ZDNets own Dan Farber also found worthy of note over the weekend. And that is that Enterprise 2.0 will happen in your organization entirely by itself, whether you encourage it, discourage it, or even consign it...

Tags: Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, Web, Wiki

Blog posts 2007-03-12

Tracking the DIY phenomenon Part 1: Widgets, badges, and gadgets

One of the hallmarks of a good Web 2.0 site is one that hands over non-essential control to users, letting them contribute content, participate socially, and even fundamentally shape the site itself. The premise is that users will do a surprising amount of the hard work necessary to make...

Tags: Ajax, Badges, Business Models, Design Patterns, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Gadgets, Global SOA, Lightweight Service Models, Mashups, Network Effects, Open APIs, Right To Remix, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SOA, User Generated Content, Web 2.0, Web as Platform, Widgets

Blog posts 2007-02-19

Enterprise mashups get ready for prime-time

Last year we witnessed the rise of consumer mashups on the Web, with hundreds of individual mashup-based Web applications being released in 2006 alone. I covered this phenomenon in detail in my year-end mashup wrap-up, but now this innovation in software development is gearing up to move inside the...

Tags: Web 2.0, Mashups, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, Lightweight Service Models, SOA, Governance, Collaboration, Convergence, Right To Remix, Network Effects, Products, Enterprise Web 2.0, Global SOA, Web services, Ajax, Enterprise Mashups, Enterprise 2.0, Open APIs, Widgets, mashup

Blog posts 2007-01-19

Enterprise 2.0: Ten Predictions for 2007

I explored the rise of Enterprise 2.0 this year in last weeks year in review post, but 2007 will likely prove to be a much more intriguing year for the trend. The demand side of Enterprise 2.0 seems to be driven from a variety of sources that likely include...

Tags: User Generated Content, Enterprise 2.0, Social Networking, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Social Software, Global SOA, Enterprise Web 2.0, Products, Network Effects, Orchestration, Collaboration, Governance, Business Process Management, SOA, Customer Self-Service, The Long Tail, Architecture of Participation, SaaS, Collective Intelligence, Hype, Design Patterns, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2006-12-27

Enterprise 2.0 year in review

Though the eponymous title of this blog refers to the application of all aspects of Web 2.0 to the enterprise both large and small, the big story this year has really been about a collaborative subset of Web 2.0, something referred to as Enterprise 2.0. Though the definition has...

Tags: Web 2.0, Blogging, Enterprise 2.0

Blog posts 2006-12-19

Applying Web 2.0 in the enterprise: News from the trenches

Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend I finally had time to compile my notes on a significant new Web 2.0 in the enterprise story that emerged earlier this month from the Web 2.0 Summit. At the same time, one of the inevitable recurring debates about Web 2.0 made its rounds...

Tags: Web 2.0, Web

Blog posts 2006-11-27

Additional Resources

Sony Ericsson Equinox TM717 - carbon black (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:Sony Ericsson Equinox TM717The Sony Ericsson Equinox is the first phone from the manufacturer to land at T-Mobile since the TM506. In many ways the Equinox is a fitting successor; like the TM506 it has a thin flip phone design and it sports a similar feature set that includes...

Tags: display, Equinox, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, phone, T-Mobile

Product reviews 2009-11-03

GrassGames' Cribbage 1.4 (Mac)

GrassGames' Cribbage is a beautiful 3D computer game version of the classic 400 year old card game for 2 players. Main Features: Intelligent Computer opponents Full Network Play 3D cameras and animation effects Fully customizable playing areas Fully customizable card decks and backs The ability...

Tags: Card, Apple Macintosh, Grass Games, GrassGames, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-30

FlashSlider 4.3.1 (Windows)

Make your flash slideshow with background music and 110+ transition effects in a matter of minutes. Add titles, navigation buttons, assign URL to the slideshow or different URLs to each slide and include preloader to get the best result. Publish your movie as SWF slideshow, HTML slideshow or Macromedia projector...

Tags: Web, Slideshow, Microsoft Windows, Flarium

Software downloads 2009-10-30

iConquer 3.0.1 (Mac)

iConquer is an addictive game of world conquest for 1 to 6 players. The object of the game is to conquer the world by occupying all countries on the map. iConquer takes full advantage of the Aqua interface and the Quartz graphics system, displaying stunning visual effects like transparency, drop...

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Apple Macintosh, Graphics, KavaSoft, iConquer, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Will a flu pandemic really bring down the Internet?

Is the last bulleted list a joke??That last bulleted list is a joke. It worships a model, and is not the best tool for the job.Keep in mind through all this:-The problem is going to be network congestion. Therefore steps should be taken to [b]REDUCE[/b] network usage."Monitor your VPNs. Make...

Tags: NETWORKING, H1N1 flu, network, marketing, network congestion, flu, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

AT&T cuts churn rate; Activates 3.2 million iPhones; Touts network upgrades

It will be interesting to see if Droid ....... effects that churn rate.If AT&T wanted me in their network......AT&T must lower the deposit to $100 instead of $500.Sorry, AT&T! You lost and Sprint is the winner! :)What deposite?We paid no deposite.Not at the start.Many people just bought into the 2...

Tags: Smart phones, network upgrade, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, network, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

WinSnap Portable 3.1.3 (Windows)

It is a special edition of WinSnap designed to run it from a removable media (USB flash drive, iPod/MP3 player, network share, etc). WinSnap is a small enhancement utility for taking and editing screenshots. Standard features include easy capture of non-rectangular windows with customized and transparent backgrounds, simple and automatic...

Tags: NTWind Software, WinSnap, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-20

H264 WebCam 3.59 (Windows)

H264 WebCam is a 8-channel h264 remote video surveillance software for Windows. This software has an advanced video motion detection algorithm along with various alert functions including Email, FTP, and sound. It can handle up to 8-channels of video input and 8-channels of audio input, capturing images at up to...

Tags: Webcam, Microsoft Windows, Video, Timhillone Software, H264 WebCam, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-18

Nokia Mural 6750 (AT&T)

Photo gallery: Nokia Mural 6750Nokia has given U.S. carriers an interesting selection of cell phones over the past few months. We've seen quality music phones, quirky square models, and basic handsets just for making calls. The newest device to land on our desk, the Nokia Mural 6750 for AT&T, falls...

Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., Mural, Nokia Corp., phone

Product reviews 2009-10-16

Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?

Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance BSA which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users...

Tags: Software Piracy, Patch Management, Malware, Malware Infection Rate, Infection Rate, Patches, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Yahoo pays its 'technical debt' with IT overhaul

Yahoo had a lot of "technical debt"---systems that most companies would call legacy infrastructure---and has it just about paid off. Sam Pullara, chief technologist at Yahoo, walked developers through its infrastructure changes over the last three years. The talk could have come from any enterprise that finds...

Tags: Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Sam Pullara, HBase, YQL, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Open Source, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Motorola Barrage (Verizon Wireless)

Photo gallery:Motorola BarrageMotorola has a long history of creating durable cell phones, but with the occasional exception, they've ended up at Nextel. As we've long encouraged Moto to spread the rugged love, we were glad to see it launch the Motorola Barrage for Verizon Wireless. So named (or so we...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, feature set, Motorola Inc., Verizon Wireless, Motorola Barrage

Product reviews 2009-10-08

Port Remote Desktop 1.7 (Windows)

Features include: Control-Alt-Delete and UAC support, logon and fast user switching, video or TV tuner input streams, multiple monitor support, AES-128 encryption, drag-drop file/folder transfers, built-in relay server, simultaneous connections, 3D engine for special effects, IP blocking/logging, DPI support, right-click explorer remote file retrieves, and zoom modes. Allows multiple...

Tags: PC, Remote Desktop, Microsoft Windows, Repix, Servers, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-08