Enterprise mashups: a lesson from history
A group of breakaway ASPs grappled with exactly the same problems back in 1999/2000 that Web 2.0 pioneers face today in bringing mashups to the enterprise.
Software as Services
In the best-informed blog on software-as-a-service and on-demand business applications, Phil Wainewright cuts through the vendor spin, analyzes the trends to watch and adds his thought-provoking insights.
Phil Wainewright
Since 1998, Phil Wainewright has been a thought leader in cloud computing as a blogger, analyst and consultant.
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Offshore development for SMBs
CollabNet Team Edition lets smaller companies run distributed development teams -- accessing offshore talent if necessary -- using the same software as big companies.
Another outage, but salesforce.com is learning fast
Salesforce.com reportedly suffered its second outage yesterday in as many weeks, but its reaction suggests it has already learned lessons from the earlier debacle.
Jamcracker unlocks a Web 3.0 role for the channel
Is there a role for traditional systems integrators and other IT solution providers in the delivery of on-demand applications? Jamcracker believes there is, and wants to help make it happen.
The evil that lurks in the intelligent network
The spectre looming over the convergence of Web 2.0 and enterprise SOA is a future in which network operators control the intelligence in the network.
Who will rule Web 3.0?
John Hagel has raised some important questions about where economic power will lie when enterprises start to embrace Web 2.0 technologies.
It's time to bury RSS
RSS fatigue won't be solved by simply rehashing the tired old reader concept. It's time to start applying some proper network effects to RSS.
Can you trust your service provider?
On-demand providers face an uphill battle in convincing customers to trust them. This suggested five-point code of practice may help.
Death of the RSS reader
2006 will be the year the RSS reader dies out as a separate, standalone -- an event that will signify the success of RSS as a mainstream technology.
0.1% downtime is more than 8 hours a year
What matters is not the downtime itself but the perception of it. Salesforce.com broke two cardinal rules in its handling of Tuesday's outage.