May 27, 2008
Written by Ameed Taylor
FriendFeed recently launched a new feature called rooms. Users can join and share links, news and comments around a topic, event or idea. The rooms can either be public or private, and should be a good way to share information.
I have set up a number of rooms within FriendFeed with topics of interest to OnDemand Beat readers. Sign up on FriendFeed and contribute to the topics you are interested in:
SAAS - Room to share information and news about Software as a Service Technology and Companies
IAAS - Room to share information and news about Integration as a Service Technology and Companies
PAAS - Room to share information and news about Platform as a Service Technology and Companies
Cloud Computing - Room to share information and news about Cloud Computing Technology and Companies
Conferences - This room is to share information and links about upcoming technology and non technology conferences.
May 22, 2008
Written by Ameed Taylor
Peter Laird; with assistance from Kent Dickson and Steve Bobrowski, has created an excellent visual mapping of the current state of the OnDemand Marketplace as of early 2008.
Peter has the marketplace broken out into:
Cloud Computing
Platform as a Service ( Link to Dion Hinchliffe whitepaper - 2.4 mb pdf )
Software as a Service
Core Cloud Services
Within these 4 Markets, Peter has numerous submarkets with the majority of companies as of today providing solutions in the Cloud Computing and Software as a Service Markets.
I would expand a bit on Peter’s definition of the Software as a Service market to also include Billing and Contract Management which he has broken out into Core Cloud Services. On Demand Billing and Contract Management can be utilized not just for Software as a Service and Integration as a Service solutions but could also be used behind the firewall to meter in house computing usage.
I will create followup articles over the next few months that go into detail on the technology and players in the Integration as a Service, (Market where my firm Applation is developing solutions) Database, Storage, Security, and Cloud Computing Markets.
May 14, 2008
Written by Ameed Taylor
Eastman Kodak Gets Web 2.0 Religion
You know that Web 2.0 is mainstream when the oldest of the old guard companies; Eastman Kodak, appoints a Chief Blogger.
The Acronym Game Begins Anew With Platform As A Service
No sooner had some bloggers declared usage of the acronyms Web 3.0 & Enterprise 3.0 verboten for describing the next iteration of the consumer and business Internet, Salesforce.com, Google and others have rushed in with Platform as a Service as a worthy acronym to replace them.
Enterprise 2.0 In 12 Steps
CIO magazine’s 12 step program for adopting Web 2.0 in the Enterprise
Will Iceberg Sink Traditional Software Development
Phil Butler believes that traditional software development is soon to be usurped by Enterprise Mashups. According to Iceberg CEO; Wayne Byrne, Iceberg will do most of the usurping because it “Can do everything your average enterprise mashup can do (like Kapow for example) + everything Salesforce can do in one application.” Wow….
Why the Enterprise Wont Save Web 2.0
Charles Hudson gives very compelling arguments as to why Web 2.0 repackaged for the Enterprise wont necessarily translate into revenue for Web 2.0 firms.
