Amazon.com tests on-demand payment model
Amazon's Alexa Web Information Service has come out of beta and revealed its usage-based charging model - a vital step towards proving the financial viability of Web 2.0.
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AJAX and the richer Internet application
Existing RIA platforms like Flex and DreamFactory will give AJAX a run for its money over the coming year. Who knows which will prevail?
Customers want results, not applications
Combining an on-demand software with real-world back-office processes makes it faster and cheaper for providers to deliver complete business services.
What Google is really up to
The key to understanding what Google is up to will be found by looking at Google's own business. Its horizons are much broader than what happens on the desktop.
How AJAX kills the application server
AJAX's 'client-service' architecture eliminates the need for an application server to connect the Web client to back-end resources.
Platforms, products and services
Web 2.0, SOA and on-demand are all instances of a fundamental shift in computing, away from vendor-specific platforms to a universally shared, open platform.
Bosworth: The new model is, 'run like mad'
Rather than sitting in ivory towers designing applications, on-demand vendors 'run like mad' to keep pace with users' evolving needs, says Google's Adam Bosworth
Reclaiming the meaning of Office
The killer collaborative applications of Web 2.0 will look nothing like Microsoft Office, which was designed for people working alone in cubicles.
How to win funds and influence VCs
How do you make your on-demand venture a sure-fire prospect for VC dollars? Here are the "five imperatives" from the folks at Insight Venture Partners.
OpenAir's quiet achievement
On-demand professional services automation vendor OpenAir is one of New England's fastest growing technology companies, says Deloitte & Touche.
Software that actually works
The problem for all conventional software vendors is that their business model is built around products that don't work.
The great Web 2.0 application (s)mash-up
In the Web 2.0 economy, platforms that set the rules for service publishing and aggregation will wield the power and the wealth.
Herding the on-demand ecosystem
Although I wouldn't call it a marketplace, Salesforce.com's AppExchange definitely advances the state-of-the-art in re-use and sharing of on-demand applications.
Now, that's what I call a marketplace
Also launched last week, the StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace is everything that Salesforce.com's AppExchange is not.
Finding half a million missing people
katrinalist.net is a compelling real-world example of salesforce.com's Evacuee Management application