When Google first released the 0.1 version of their Gears browser plug-in back in May 2007, I thought for sure it would be only a matter of a few months before we saw web applications taking full advantage of an offline mode, maybe a year at max. I think I may have grossly underestimated [...]
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It wasn’t long ago that everyone was buzzing about web mashup tools. They were supposed to be miraculous pieces of software that would be able to bring together different disparate web applications, built in any language, and smash them together into one uber-cool application. Alas, the term mashup is now out of fashion – or [...]
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IBM announced a new SaaS offering for collaboration at their Lotusphere 2009 conference, dubbed LotusLive. There appears to be three main offerings to LotusLive: Networking and Collaboration, Web Conferencing, and LotusLive Email services – which appears to be a version of Lotus Notes in a web-based format.
According to the company press release:
LotusLive is [...]
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Two things about ESN (enterprise social networking) and ESC (enterprise social computing) solutions bother me. One: often times people talk about the features using empty buzzwords that fail to succinctly describe what people really want to do. Second: a lot of proclaimed ESN/ESC tools get lumped together, even though they really only offer a partial [...]
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I continued to ponder why IBM and Oracle both purchased BRMS (business rule management software) vendors in 2008, and whether it really has to do with the economic downturn as Oracle publicly states that it does. One reader very accurately pointed out:
I would say it is a bit unlikely that they decided to purchase [...]
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Looking for a 10 person hosted Atlassian Confluence wiki? Good news: it just got a price cut. Hosted confluence is now $49 / month. According to the official company blog:
Team Hosted combines the enterprise features of Confluence with the convenience and affordability of SaaS. It lets users:
Edit pages using Microsoft Word
Utilize free third-party [...]
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Google unveiled their Google Apps Reseller program yesterday. What does it mean? In a nutshell, Google is looking to get more business user traction for their SaaS business office productivity offerings – specifically: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Docs, Google Sites and their security services for on-premise email servers. (I’d include Google Video [...]
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