Archive for July 10th, 2006
I would like to offer up a business idea to an enterprising young engineering student. Develop something that operates a bit like a speeding ticket camera but that is for sound level instead. Build it so that it can sit in intersections and detect noise levels of Harley Davidsons and other bikes with modified [...]
My last post was on IBM jumping into lightweight apps and wikis. This news story from CNN covers how IBM is releasing Lotus Notes for Linux. Who’s using Lotus Notes anymore? Just the poor suckers who bought in and kept it as the world’s most expensive Exchange replacement? Bizarre.
Here’s a good article on IBM’s moves into light-weight end-user application development using wiki type tools.
And another one on IBM’s move into Enterprise mashups.
Has hell frozen over? Maybe we can go skating.
Peter Rip over at Leapfrog Ventures has a great article where he compares Web 2.0 apps with PCs back in the mini-computer era:
Here’s the quote but I suggest reading the full post:
Today the Enterprise seems to be The Land That Time Forgot. The IT lock-down of the Enterprise (because of [...]
(For the most recent articles on Web 2.0, check out my full Web 2.0 articles category.)
(This original post was written in July 2006. There have been MANY updates. Please read all the way through to the end of the article for all updates as my opinion has changed over time as the vendors have [...]
