Archive for the 'Web 3.0' Category

OnDemand Speed Links 29 September 2009

September 29, 2009
Written by Ameed Taylor

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GSA launches Apps.Gov
The General Services Administration has launched the long awaited Apps.Gov site. Intended as a one stop shop for US government agencies keen on getting into the cloud, the site lists vendor provided Social Media, Business, Productivity and IT Services applications.

Are Washington Post’s Policies A Sign of The Future?
The Washington Post’s draconian Social Media Policy for its staffers has raised the question of whether strict Social Media Guidelines will become the norm in corporate America.

Practical Web 3.0 Applications
An interesting listing of 13 useful Semantic Web application over on ThoughtPick

Is this the Best Enterprise 2.0 Definition?
Bill Ives has posted what is probably the best Enterprise 2.0 definition I have seen to date. Now it will be up to a vendor to actually sell Enterprise 2.0 solutions to a customer with this definition.


Introduction To The Semantic Web

January 25, 2009
Written by Ameed Taylor

The team at Digital Bazaar have created a great overview of the Semantic Web.


OnDemand Speed Links Oct 17 2008

October 17, 2008
Written by Ameed Taylor

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Is now a good time for Cloud Computing Adoption
Kelly Glynn opines that the current economic recession is good for overall adoption of Cloud Computing. I would agree that Cloud Computing adoption should increase for companies that have a compelling reason to change their current computing environments due to cost and or inefficiencies.

Who Gets the most ROI from Cloud Computing
Bernard Golden; in his review  of the recent SDForum Cloud Symposium, explains who is getting the most ROI from Cloud Computing. Bernard mentioned the main beneficiaries of Cloud Computing today seem to start ups, the entertainment industry, small business and large enterprises.

Balancing out the Forrester Gloom and Doom Predictions
With the recent predictions by Forrester and other of a pending large drop in Enterprise 2.0 product prices, Bill Ives asks what about market size as an additional predictor of Enterprise 2.0 product success.

XING is the great Web 2.0 Hope
Ian Hendry; over on ZDnet UK, gives a bit of hope to the Web 2.0 crowd with the example of Germany Based Xing AG as a Web 2.0 company that can actually generate real revenue with a real business model.

Web 3.0 is PR and Marketings next Great Hope
When did the trendy term Web 3.0 replace the straightforward term Semantic Web? Now that the Web 2.0 gravy train appears to be at its merciful end, Web 3.0 rushes in to save thousands of marketing, PR and conference planning jobs:)


Upcoming International Semantic Web Conferences

September 30, 2008
Written by Ameed Taylor

Semantic Web

There are a number of conferences and workshops with themes related to the Semantic Web being held in the last quarter of 2008.

First up is the 7th annual International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) being held in Karlsruhe, Deutschland on Oct 26 – Oct 30 2008. The ISWC 2008 conference will have a strong focus on Semantic Web Ontology and research.

The OntoContent 2008 workshop is being held in Monterrey Mexico on November 28 2008. This conference has many workshops relating to Semantic Ontologies.

The International Workshop on Interacting with Multimedia Content in the Social Semantic Web (IMC-SSW) will be held on Dec 3 2008 in Koblenz, Deutschland. This workshop; held in conjunction with the Semantic and Digital Media Technologies Conference, has topics that explore utilizing Semantic Web technology with multimedia.

On December 8th – Dec 11 2008, the 3rd Annual Asian Semantic Web Conference (ASWC) will take place in Bangkok, Thailand. This conference normally focuses on Semantic Web Services, Applications and Social Networking.