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Assembly Oriented Architecture
Veröffentlicht 18 Dec 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

The trouble with software architecture is that it keeps getting re-invented and new acronyms appear followed by a slew of large unreadable books explaining why this new architecture is going to change everything.  This is actually a widespread phenomenon in the software industry of many emerging approaches/solutions/tools/languages/frameworks/patterns/protocols where adoption rules supreme resulting in a form of natural selection.  It is perhaps inherent in the nature of software that such flexibility results in so many solutions to the same problem. + Read more

VRM – controlling your own data
Veröffentlicht 16 Oct 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

I  first came across the concept of Vendor Relationship Management (VRM) in a new chapter by Doc Searls for the 10th Anniversary Edition of the Cluetrain manifesto.  Meeting Doc Searls recently and then attending the London VRMHub meetup has given me a better idea of what is happening in the VRM space.  Having worked in the CRM space for many years the idea of VRM seemed very radical but i knew it made sense. + Read more

5 barriers to entry for corporate social media
Veröffentlicht 14 Sep 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

For many organisations the biggest concern is over losing control if they enter the social media jungle.  Drilling deeper these concerns include the following + Read more

Web Content Management evolved
Veröffentlicht 25 Aug 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

Web Content Management (WCM) seems to mean different things to different people.  This of course can lead to confusion.  The term Web Content Management has been around for a while, since the mid 1990’s,  but two key things have changed since the term was first adopted namely the web and the type of content available over the web. + Read more

Architecting to scale in the cloud
Veröffentlicht 14 Jul 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

Cloud computing is most often associated with scalability (see Amazon CTO Werner Vogel’s definition of scalability).  One commonly held view is that you can simply move an application onto cloud based infrastructure and it will then “magically” scale on demand.   The reality is that there is no free lunch.  Simply throwing additional CPU cycles or storage at an application is not going to deliver linear scalability unless the application was designed to scale in such a manner. + Read more

Twitter Post Optimization
Veröffentlicht 03 Jun 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

As Twitter evolves and potential applications of the platform emerge it is already clear that it provides a powerful channel  to build and contribute to a community of like minded individuals and organisations.  It’s openness creates opportunities for establishing far broader communities than other invite only based social network platforms. + Read more

Technical foundations for developers & architects
Veröffentlicht 19 May 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

I have often been asked what is looked for in technical candidates and what skills people need to develop in order to progress in a technical career path.   Typically long lists of technology, languages and certificates on a CV/resume don’t do much for me.  If the list is long it is likely that the candidate doesn’t really have deep knowledge in any of them.  Equally technology changes so rapidly that knowledge of particular languages or platforms rapidly becomes redundant replaced with something new and shiny.  For all of those reasons I have always considered the following to be the + Read more

Ideas for improving Twitter search
Veröffentlicht 07 May 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

There is alot of discussion around how Twitter search can be improved including the following recent post on Mashable.  The following then are my thoughts on how Twitter Search could evolve. + Read more

Keeping Agile simple
Veröffentlicht 06 Apr 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

Agile software development and project management has become much more mainstream in recent years.  This is reflected in the increasing  number of blogs and books available on the subject.  But for someone approaching the subject fresh it can seem somewhat overwhelming and unclear where to start.  It can also look like you have to go read 20 books just to understand it.  Which is unfortunate as underpinning the whole approach are some very clear and simple edicts from the Agile Manifesto :- + Read more

Enhancing customer experience through social networks
Veröffentlicht 26 Mar 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

The increasing number of social networks and platforms being used is offering different channels for businesses to engage and interact with their customers throughout the customer lifecycle.  There are also geographic considerations to be taken into account, for example Orkut is extremely popular in South America so is the right network to use when reaching clients in that region. The typical customer lifecycle from the perspective of a customer is as follows + Read more

Content as a Service
Veröffentlicht 19 Mar 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

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The open cloud
Veröffentlicht 11 Mar 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

There are couple of different areas that people are typically looking for when they investigate cloud computing for their business, namely: + Read more

Pragmatic collaboration
Veröffentlicht 05 Mar 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

Eventually you realise that email just doesn’t cut it when it comes to collaborating, especially when working with a team of people even for a short period of time on only a small number of documents.  What you really need is a team collaboration space. A team collaboration tool should offer some or all of the following :- + Read more

Open source in the enterprise
Veröffentlicht 25 Feb 2009 von Andrew WebbTags: Assembled Web, UK

Open source is becoming much more mainstream now than a few years ago.  It has moved beyond it’s pure dev tools and infrastructure heritage of Linux, GNU and Apache.  It now has offerings in many of the traditional enterprise application spaces and productivity tools.  These include CRM, ERP, eCommerce, BPM, ECM, ESB and BI. + Read more

Assembled Web
Veröffentlicht 23 Feb 2009 von Marc OsofskyTags: Assembled Web, UK

To understand more about the Assembled Web, it is good to recognize that you are living and working inside the “cloud” right now! The term “Web” means so much more than it did a year ago as companies embrace all aspects of it across their business, leveraging its power and reach. The Assembled Web is a term we use a lot at Optaros. Over the past year we have spent a lot of time delivering robust solutions and talking about embracing open source, assembling business solutions and adding business agility at a lower cost. + Read more