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.
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.
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:)
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.
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.
