SAAS and Virtualization for Dummies

Found a couple of very simple and informative videos created by InfoWorld called Infoclipz.

The first is a  3 minute overview of Software as a Service.

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Enterprise 2.0 Summit at CeBIT 2008

The organizers of the Enterprise 2.0 Summit at CeBIT in Hannover, Deutschland have billed it as the first European Enterprise 2.0 conference.

The summit will be a one day event held during the annual CeBIT trade show on Sunday 4 March 2008. Although this initial event will be modest compared to established Enterprise 2.0 events in the US, this would be a good venue to get up to speed on the key players and trends in Enterprise 2.0 in Western Europe.

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OnDemand SpeedLinks Jan 11 2008

NewsGator Consumer Products are Free at Last
Leland Rucker’s announcement of NewsGator’s move to offer consumer products for free

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Andrew McAfee and Tom Davenport To Debate Enterprise 2.0

Hylton Jolliffe and the team over on the Fast Forward blog have set up a webinar Friday 11 January with Andrew Mcafee and Tom Davenport.

This should be an interesting debate, especially considering that Andew Mcafee actually coined the term Enterprise 2.0 in 2006.

5 Enterprise 2.0 Trends to Watch in 2008

2008 is shaping up as the year where the previously divergent paths of Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 converge. Just as Web 2.0 came in 2007 into the mainstream, 2008 should see 5 key trends evolve relating to Enterprise 2.0.

1. Pressure from Industry Peers and Management – Companies will be more willing to try mashups, wiki’s, blogs and other tools to determine if highly touted Enterprise 2.0 applications and methodologies can have an impact within their companies. Most IT managers will have either heard of or seen the benefits of adopting Enterprise 2.0 solutions and will be incented by senior management and or their peers to have a look at the benefits themselves.

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