January 2008
TODAY'S EDITORIAL: The Year of Facebook (The Times... →
If 2006 was about the rise of Web 2.0, a term used to refer to user-generated content on the internet, 2007 has affirmed it. But if 2006 was the year of YouTube, this has been the year of Facebook and ‘mainstream’ media has discovered the joys of social cyber networking.
December 2007
Using Web 2.0 to Drive Online Sales (SYS-CON... →
When it comes to Content Management Solutions (CMS), ‘one size’ does not fit all. When considering open source CMS for a real-world client experience, it’s necessary to focus on the project needs, evaluate various CMS solutions in the context of these project needs, and to explore experiences with the strengths and weaknesses of the solutions.
Long Live Closed-Source Software! (Addict 3D) →
Discover: “It wasn’t official, of course, but the big idea kept popping up: Science as a whole should consider adopting the ideals of ‘Web 2.0,’ becoming more like the community process behind Wikipedia or the open-source operating system Linux…”
Software facilitates process adoption across ALM... →
Leveraging Enterprise Web 2.0 technologies, IRIS Process Author v3.5 enables software development teams to optimize rate of adoption of process improvement initiatives. Program streamlines interactions between process authors and practioners through means of wikis, blogs, online forums, and other Web 2.0 technologies, which facilitate asynchronous process access, dissemination, feedback, …
How Australian business can start catching up with... →
Everyone knows the interactive web (Web 2.0 if you like Americanisms) is changing the way we gain information on products, services and subjects we like, or just buy an increasing number of things.
IT company, investor set up P65M venture capital... →
Morph Labs, a Web 2.0 technology company, announced that it has signed with AO Capital Partners Limited to lead a venture financing round worth P65M.
Year in review: Botnet gains, Web 2.0 pains (CNET) →
As the Storm worm raged, tapping countless PCs for nefarious ends, the rush to online applications left many Web sites vulnerable.
Report predicts death of web 2.0 in 2008... →
The company cited a backlash from cautious advertisers not wanting their brand to appear in front of unsuitable user-generated content as the primary factor behind web 2.0’s imminent demise.
Michael Shaw: Reading The Pictures: Snowmen Who... →
Last year, TIME named “You” — meaning “us” — as Person of the Year. The reason had to do with Web 2.0 and the emergence of “on-line democracy.” With the same trend in mind, this year TIME included “Billiam…
Social media goes mainstream (except for business... →
If 2006 was the year of “Web 2.0” then 2007 is the year of “social media”. For individuals anyway. Australian businesses and politicians generally don’t “get it”.
In 2007, housing and dollar crumbled, but oil and... →
The year 2007 was one of big moves in business. Oil and gasoline were way up. Housing and the dollar were down. It was a good year for alternative energy and Internet companies, but a bad one for banks. By year end, forecasters were debating whether a…
In 2007, housing and dollar crumbled, but oil and... →
The year 2007 was one of big moves in business. Oil and gasoline were way up. Housing and the dollar were down. It was a good year for alternative energy and Internet companies, but a bad one for banks.
In 2007, housing and dollar crumbled, but oil and... →
The year 2007 was one of big moves in business. Oil and gasoline were way up. Housing and the dollar were down. It was a good year for alternative energy and Internet companies, but a bad one for banks. By year end, forecasters were debating whether a…
The Year Ahead (eWeek) →
IT pros look to BI and collaboration to meet objectives; green IT and Web 2.0—not so much.
What businesses learned in 2007 about the digital... →
From rampant rats to ranting CEOs, digital media took 2007 by storm. Corporate America raced to keep up with the changing digital landscape known as Web 2.0 – blogs, social-networking websites such as MySpace, video-sharing sites such as YouTube, virtual worlds such as Second Life, and so on. Some companies crossed the victory line, others fell short, and some never left the gate. Here’s our...
Blogspot Blogs Help Spread Storm Worm Attacks... →
In an attack that showcases what cyber criminals have in store for Web 2.0 next year, the individual or group behind the Storm worm is distributing new versions of the malware with the help of hijacked and newly-created Google Blogspot blogs. The Storm worm, one of 2007’s most prolific e-mail-borne Trojan horse programs, has always come wrapped in holiday-themed messages or disguised as...
The Hindu Business Line : ‘Web 2.0? What’s that?... →
Bangalore, Dec. 27 When the first-ever Web Innovation Conference opened in Bangalore recently, the organisers were aware that the subject of the event — Web 2.0 initiatives in India — might create some confusion. What was Web 2.0, a buzz word much bandied about?
Tegrity Achieves Record Sales, Customer... →
Tegrity, provider of the leading Web 2.0 Class Capture System to the higher education market, announced today that once again, it has exceeded aggressive goals for sales, customer acquisition - increasing customer acquisition more than 50 percent - and maintaining customer retention levels close to 100 percent during 2007. The company credits its exclusive focus on the higher education market as...
Xtenit Offers Subscriber API for Easy Web 2.0... →
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 / / — Xtenit, a provider of an on-demand platform for email delivery and content management solutions, announced today the release of the Xtenit Subscriber API. The Subscriber API provides an easy way for web developers to include access to all the subscriber information, updates, content and other features offered by the Xtenit Platform directly from Web 2.0 type …
RSS feed (San Jose Mercury News) →
Giving Web 2.0 a bad name Good Morning Silicon Valley, Wednesday, Dec. 26. Posted by John Murrell: Pretty much all you need to know about one of the salient characteristics of Web 2.
Reader feedback wanted on stories (San Francisco... →
As we prepare to ring in 2008, The Chronicle Business Section is looking back at the biggest news events of 2007. Among them: the subprime mortgage crisis and its ripple effects. The maturation of Web 2.0. The demise of the dollar. We’ve written the headlines…
Reader feedback wanted on stories (San Francisco... →
As we prepare to ring in 2008, The Chronicle Business Section is looking back at the biggest news events of 2007. Among them: the subprime mortgage crisis and its ripple effects. The maturation of Web 2.0. The demise of the dollar. We’ve written the headlines…
Reader feedback wanted (San Francisco Chronicle) →
As we prepare to ring in 2008, The Chronicle Business Section is looking back at the biggest news events of 2007. Among them: the subprime mortgage crisis and its ripple effects. The maturation of Web 2.0. The demise of the dollar. We’ve written the headlines…
Tech Comics: "Getting Fired, Web 2.0 Style"... →
Exciting new Web 2.0 technology enables far better communication between managers and employees.
Tech Comics: "Getting Fired, Web 2.0 Style" (IT... →
Simplifying Performance Validation for Rich Internet Apps Before AJAX or other RIA technologies can be ready for prime time in your business, you need to verify that they can deliver enterprise-scale performance.
Compliance Software has Web 2.0 programming... →
With forms management features, policyIQ v6.0 helps manage policies and procedures, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, contract management, and internal audit requirements. Content management and compliance software helps improve workflow capabilities through group check-in and checkout features, provides customizable roles, and enables all users to have advanced search capabilities. This story...
Report predicts death of web 2.0 in 2008 (Personal... →
The company cited a backlash from cautious advertisers not wanting their brand to appear in front of unsuitable user-generated content as the primary factor behind web 2.0’s imminent demise.
Optimizing ASP.NET Applications for Web 2.0... →
The evolution of Web sites to dynamic rich interactive applications is a true revolution for users. But for ASP.NET developers tasked with building high-performing scalable applications, it presents major challenges. The features that characterize blogs, wikis, personalized pages, and other data-driven Web 2.0 applications fundamentally change processing, transmission, and rendering workloads,...
Is Web 2.0 a Good SEO Strategy? (Search Engine... →
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A Cre8asite Forums thread poses the dilemma about web 2.0 sites getting web 1.0 wrong. Bill Slawski quotes the following from Jakob Nielsen’s article : Before throwing spending money at “2.0” features, make sure that you have all the “1.0” requirements working to perfection. Of the 149,784,002 sites on the Web,...
Web 2.0 in the enterprise: Are you prepared?... →
One of the big takeaways from IBM’s innovations talk over collaboration tools was that Web 2.0 technology is easing its way into the enterprise.
CMP and O'Reilly Launch Second Annual Web 2.0 Expo... →
CMP and O’Reilly Media, Inc., co-producers of Web 2.0 Expo and Web 2.0 Summit, today announced the return of Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco, the global annual gathering of developers, designers, marketers, and business professionals building the next generation Web.
End of the Road for Web 2.0? (Computer Business... →
Web 2.0 is dead in the water and the death knoll has been rung for UK high-street retailers.
End of the Road for Web 2.0? (ComputerWire via... →
Web 2.0 is dead in the water and the death knoll has been rung for UK high-street retailers.
Web 2.0 marketing technology will become... →
Single-purpose marketing applications, such as widgets and rich media, and other Web 2.0 technology will become increasingly popular marketing tools in 2008, according to Performance Communications Group.
Dominate Your Market in a Web 2.0 World: Internet... →
How to leverage the tools of Web 2.0 Marketing, such as social networking, to become the most visible and visited business in your industry. (PRWeb Dec 20, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/TWFnbi1NYWduLUxvdmUtUHJvZi1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Jakob Nielsen: "Web 2.0 can be bad for business"... →
Businesses should beware of adding too many Web 2.0 features to their websites, and instead concentrate on getting the basics of user experience right. This is the view of web usability guru Jakob Nielsen, who argues in his latest post that, while features like user reviews can benefit consumers, others can make sites overly complicated.
Dominate Your Market in a Web 2.0 World: Internet... →
How to leverage the tools of Web 2.0 Marketing, such as social networking, to become the most visible and visited business in your industry.
From Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 to Management 2.0... →
There is a new wave of communication tools, including blogs, wikis, and group messaging software (which, collectively, are called “Enterprise 2.0” within the enterprise and “Web 2.0” elsewhere) that allow for more spontaneous, knowledge-based collaboration.
SINGAPORE: AsiaOne offers news and help on Web 2.0... →
Anyone needing a guide to help navigate the sometimes baffling Web 2.0 world can now bookmark a new one-stop site providing the latest news and developments.
IBM Gulps Its Own Web 2.0 Kool-Aid (eWeek) →
Behind the firewall, Big Blue staffers are embracing a host of conventional and experimental Web technologies.
Wall Street Firms Increasingly Adopt Web 2.0... →
With their ability to foster online collaboration and build user communities, Web 2.0 technologies — including wikis, blogs, RSS feeds and social networking sites such as Facebook, Linkedin and MySpace — are attracting millions of people every day.
Wall Street Firms Increasingly Adopt Web 2.0 (Wall... →
Financial firms increasingly are adopting Web 2.0 technologies to give customers the collaborative tools they’ve come to expect online. But traditional firms still have to catch up with the new generation of online brokers, and security remains a major concern.
Xtenit offers Subscriber API for easy Web 2.0... →
NEW YORK, USA: Xtenit , a provider of an on-demand platform for email delivery and content management solutions, has released the Xtenit Subscriber API.
'Second Life' a harbinger of Web 2.0's ad... →
Heading into work on a Thursday afternoon, 44-year-old Joel Greenberg arrives at Austin Java on Lamar Boulevard. There he unloads his iMac laptop and logs on to “Second Life.” The three-dimensional virtual society in which online role players act out alternate lives is his new workplace.
Web 2.0 Could Be Bad For Business (WebProNews) →
Usability expert Jakob Nielsen warns against believing all the Web 2.0 hype when designing with the end-user in mind. While some 2.0 features can help, the majority of sites should focus on mastering the 1.0 aspects that users know and love. The problem, as Nielsen sees it, is that companies follow too much what the hot trends are, and as a result create sites that are unnecessarily …
Ribbit leapfrogs into Web 2.0 (The Register) →
Voice 1.0 is so 20th century Silicon Valley start-up Ribbit has announced another $10m in funding, and the opening of a beta developers program for developers wanting to create telephony applications using Flash technology, for a “Voice 2.0” experience.…
StrongMail Powers Email for Growing Number of Web... →
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.——StrongMail Systems, Inc., the leading provider of on-premise solutions for marketing and transactional email, today announced strong customer growth among Web 2.0 companies, including Ancestry.com, eHarmony, Fotolog, imeem, Piczo, Plaxo, Podshow and Wetpaint.
Ad spend rise to benefit Web 2.0 firms (The Times... →
BANGALORE: Web 2.0 companies can capitalise on rapid growth in online ad spend, and need to make their websites more transactional and give multiple platforms to users to fully reach the potential, experts said on Tuesday.
Ad spend rise to benefit Web 2.0 firms (The Times... →
Web 2.0 companies can capitalise on rapid growth in online ad spend, and need to make their websites more transactional to fully reach the potential, experts said on Tuesday.
HP's Michael Sutton: Web 2.0 and the New Wild West... →
Web 2.0 applications are quickly taking over traditional activities on the Internet. Web sites are becoming interactive as they offer multiple function applications. This, in turn, is creating greater security risks for both consumers and network operators. One of the biggest concerns is the need for Web 2.0 developers to build their applications with total security in mind from the ground up.