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Community and Content: Business Week's Business Exchange
Veröffentlicht 30 Jun 2009 von John EckmanTags: Assembled Web, Blogs, business, Collaboration, Collective Intelligence, Community, Content Management, content syndication, Crowdsource, media, Media and Publishing, new media, online, Platform, publishing, Recommendations, Social Networking, Strategy, Syndication, Twitter, User Generated Content, Web 2.0

Earlier this month, during the MediaBistro Circus, John A Byrne (@johnabyrne on twitter) spoke about how Business Week is transforming itself, engaging with users, and taking advantage of new opportunities to bring commun + Read more

Sociable Ads: The Future or Advertising, or Just Another Banner?
Veröffentlicht 14 Apr 2009 von John EckmanTags: Advertising, Advertising Landscape, Assembled Web, Business Model, Community, Marketing, media, Media Advertising, Metrics, Online Advertising, oview, Performance, Platform, Social Networking, Twitter, Web 2.0, Widget

Given the number of users who deploy ad-blocking software in their browsers, and the complete blindness to banner ads exhibited by most website users who haven't bothered to deploy ad blockers, it isn't surprising that the industry continues to seek a replacement (or at least a supplement) for the standard banner ad. + Read more

Evaluating Social Software? Don't Underestimate Open Source
Veröffentlicht 31 Mar 2009 von John EckmanTags: Acquia, Acquisition, Alfresco, Analysis, Application Stategy, Business Model, Collaboration, Community, Content Management, Django, Drupal, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise applications, Groundswell, IT Strategy, Knowledge Management, Open Source, Platform, Portal, social media, Social Networking, Solutions, Strategy, Twitter, Vendor Evaluation, WordPress

It's quite difficult, as many of you probably know first hand, to keep track of all the various platforms, vendors, and open source projects in the social computing and enterprise collaboration space. Like content management systems, social software platforms seem to just keep multiplying rather than consolidating. + Read more

DrupalCon DC 2009: 5 Key Trends
Veröffentlicht 20 Mar 2009 von John EckmanTags: Acquia, Assembled Web, Collaboration, Community, Conference, Content Management, Crowdsource, Culture, Design, Drupal, Media and Publishing, Open Source, PHP, Platform

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to attend DrupalCon DC 2009. (DrupalCon is the semi-annual gathering of Drupal developers, users, themers, consultants, and contributors; its generally held once in the US and once in Europe each year - the next will be DrupalCon Paris in September 2009). + Read more

Drupal, Acquia, and 2009
Veröffentlicht 01 Jan 2009 von John EckmanTags: Acquia, Blogs, Business Model, Community, Content Management, Drupal, Enterprise applications, Open Source, Platform, Social Networking

Looks like 2009 will be yet another exciting year of growth for the Drupal community. Dries Buytaert (Drupal project founder and lead, Acquia co-founder) announced two significant news items for the Drupal world in his recent "Predictions for 2009" blog post: a predicted release date for Drupal 7, and a major change in Acquia's support offering. + Read more

Open Source Content Management Panel at Gilbane Boston
Veröffentlicht 25 Nov 2008 von John EckmanTags: Conference, Content Management, ECM, Enterprise applications, Enterprise Open Source Directory, EOS, IT Strategy, Open Source, Platform

Next week, I'll be moderating a panel on Open Source Content Management at the fifth annual Gilbane Boston Conference - "Where Content Management Meets Social Media." The panel is scheduled for Thursday, December 4th, from 3:30-5:00pm. The panelists will be: + Read more

Open Source Social Applications: Bob Bickel of Ringside Networks
Veröffentlicht 02 Jul 2008 von John EckmanTags: Business Model, Collaboration, Community, Conference, Culture, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise applications, Enterprise solutions, JBoss, Open Innovation, Open Source, PHP, Platform, Ringside Networks, Social Networking, Video, Web 2.0

During the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, I sat down for a quick chat with Bob Bickel, the co-founder and CEO of Ringside Networks. + Read more

Organic Open Source: Jeff Whatcott of Acquia
Veröffentlicht 02 Jul 2008 von John EckmanTags: Acquia, Architecture, Blogs, Business Model, Collaboration, Collective Intelligence, Community, Conference, Content Management, Drupal, ECM, Enterprise 2.0, Flex, Open Innovation, Open Source, PHP, Platform, User Generated Content, Web 2.0

During the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, Jeff Whatcott and I sat down for a quick interview to discuss Acquia, where he is Chief Communicator, and their plans with respect to the Drupal project and Enterprise 2.0. + Read more

Open Source and Innovation: John Newton of Alfresco
Veröffentlicht 02 Jul 2008 von John EckmanTags: Alfresco, Business Model, Collaboration, Community, Conference, Content Management, ECM, Enterprise 2.0, Knowledge Management, Open Innovation, Open Source, Platform, Video, Web 2.0

During the Enterprise 2.0 conference this June in Boston, I sat down with John Newton, the CTO and Chairman of Alfresco, for a brief (7:11) discussion about the intersections between ECM and Enterprise 2.0 and the value of community-driven innovation in open source. Newton lays out a very clear picture of how Alfresco has a role to play in the overall shift in the direction of Enterprise 2.0 knowledge worker applications through the notion of content services and social services: + Read more

Enterprise 2.0 Open Source Panel
Veröffentlicht 23 Jun 2008 von John EckmanTags: Acquia, Alfresco, Application Stategy, Community, Conference, Content Management, Direct Consumer Engagement, Drupal, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise applications, Enterprise solutions, Java, Open, Open Innovation, Open Source, PHP, Platform, Ringside Networks, Social Networking, Solutions, Web 2.0

Stephen Powers of Forrester Research recently released a report identifying Alfresco and Drupal as the two open source content management platforms to which enterprises should pay the most attention. + Read more

Enterprise 2.0: Free Conference Pass
Veröffentlicht 06 May 2008 von John EckmanTags: Acquia, Alfresco, Collaboration, Community, Conference, Culture, Drupal, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise applications, Enterprise solutions, Knowledge Management, Open Source, Platform, Portal, Ringside Networks, Social Networking, Solutions, User Experience, Web 2.0

At the upcoming Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston this June, I will be moderating a panel on Open Source Platforms. The panel will be Thursday, June 12th, at 8:30am. Here's the session description: + Read more

Social Networking Identity Mapping, and Open Source
Veröffentlicht 10 Apr 2008 von John EckmanTags: Community, Corporate Websites, Ecommerce, ecommerce Strategy, Enterprise 2.0, Facebook, Media and Publishing, Open Innovation, Open Source, OpenID, PHP, Platform, Retail, Social Networking, User Generated Content, Web 2.0

Although social network platforms have been increasingly open to application development, spurred by Facebook's API and reinforced by the Open Social foundation, the approach has always been to enourage the development of applications inside the walls of the social network. + Read more

Open Source Ecommerce - Assembled
Veröffentlicht 06 Feb 2008 von Olivier PépinTags: Application Stategy, Architecture, Assembly Methodology, CRM, Ecommerce, Enterprise applications, Europe, Integrated Assembly Environment, Java, Mule ESB, Open Source, osCommerce, PHP, Platform, Re-platforming, SOA, Solutions, Sugar CRM, SugarCRM, Web 2.0

In a very competitive sector, flexibility, extensibility and time to market have been the main drivers when we assembled the Wonderbox ecommerce platform. + Read more

User-Designed Enterpise Apps: A Strategic Advantage
Veröffentlicht 31 Jan 2008 von Optaros Tags: Application Stategy, Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise applications, Enterprise solutions, Platform, User Experience, User-Centered Design

Where does your company stand on usability? Which of the these best describes your company's beliefs about its Enterprise IT Systems? Our Enterprise Systems drive our success Our Enterprise Systems are holding us back If your answer is "2", then where does it hurt? + Read more

Blurring the Browser/Desktop Boundary: Mozilla Prism, Adobe AIR
Veröffentlicht 10 Jan 2008 von John EckmanTags: Design, Open Source, Platform

Perhaps it was inevitable. Given that ajax and flash enabled the creation of web-based experiences which look and feel like desktop applications, and given that dekstop applications increasingly rely on data and interaction from the Internet, the two worlds are becoming difficult to tell apart. + Read more