The Web 2.0 Journal News Desk keeps you up to speed with all that's happening in the world of the read/write Web and all its mushrooming new facets - from social applications, tagging, wikis, mash-ups, and image-sharing to "Advertising 2.0," podcasting, and The Writeable Web.
Pop quiz: what company
both doubled its annual
revenue in 2006 and
closed a $26.25 million
round of funding? Clue:
it also tracked 290,000
downloads of its RIA
platform and lined up
IBM, Walmart.com, H&R
Block, Monster, Barclays
Global and Pandora as
customers. Extra clue: it
also anno
SOA World 2007 East
Conference & Expo and
Enterprise Open Source
2007 East Conference &
Expo, both to be held
June 25-26, 2007, in New
York City, announced that
the conference 'Call for
Papers' is now open.
Topics include all
development and
management aspects of Web
Services and Servi
This is a checklist of
items you need for an
all-encompassing personal
branding strategy.
Personal branding is the
process of marketing and
selling yourself as a
brand in order to gain
success in business.
Personal branding is a
continual process just as
knowing yourself is a
continual
The number of mobile
workers globally will
soon be more than double
the total U.S.
population, according to
predictions by another
analyst firm, IDC Corp.
IDC has predicted that in
two years there will be
878 million mobile
workers linked to their
corporate headquarters by
notebook PCs
Interest in Enterprise
Web 2.0 has until now
been focused primarily on
blogs and wikis. These
tools enhance the
collaborative experience
of knowledge workers and
consumers by fostering
improved sharing of
unstructured data such as
procedures, instructions
and e-mail text. In
contrast,
Stowe Boyd,
internationally
recognized authority on
social tools and their
impact on business and
society and editor of
/Message, the blog on
'what is happening at the
edge, and its impact on
the center,' will be
speaking at AJAXWorld
Conference & Expo 2007
East, being held 19-21
March
AJAXWorld Conference &
Expo 2007 East speaker
John Eckman has been
summarizing on his blog a
recent digital fracas
between Lawrence Lessig
and Nick Carr on what it
means to be a Web 2.0
company.
Dean Allemang will
present a session
entitled 'How to Use RDFa
to Build Semantic
Mash-ups' at the upcoming
AJAXWorld Conference &
Expo 2007 East, March
19-21, 2007, in New York
City. Semantic Mash-ups
('SMash-ups') are
combinations of
information from multiple
sources using the W3C Sem
Sun Microsystems has
announced Sun Startup
Essentials, a new program
designed to enable
early-stage companies to
run their businesses on
Sun's enterprise-class
technologies at a cost
that fits their budgets.
The program will offer
eligible startups a range
of Sun products and
services
There is more to Web 2.0
content than just Web 2.0
widgets. While some may
not know, XML is the
fabric of Web 2.0
applications. Web 2.0 or
Rich Internet
Applications are popular
due to the interactive
content on the browser.
Developers building these
applications will benefit
from incr
Corporate IT has always
been centered on
application development
and maintenance. Each
evolution of computing,
from mainframe to
client/server to web 1.0,
brings dramatically
improved efficiency,
significantly lowered
costs and new business
opportunities. Web 2.0 is
not different eithe
Welcome to the second
part of this 3-part
article. Much has
happened since I wrote
the first part: for
instance, I am now a
member of the Web 2.0
Workgroup and I will be
speaking at SYS-CON's SOA
Web Services Conference &
Expo 2006 in New York
City in June. Many thanks
for all your fee
In this presentation, the
speaker will separate the
Web 2.0 buzz from
reality. He will show how
application developers
are using PHP, AJAX and
Flex to create rich
Internet applications
that are transforming
user experiences. He will
present what developers
are doing 'right now' to
desi
Etelos provides
on-demand, customizable
Web applications on the
hosting environment that
you choose. The Etelos
Ecosystem for developing
and deploying on-demand
applications is
revolutionizing the world
of software distribution;
you can install an
application today and
then get the sou
SameDesk is a first
realization of OpenSpot's
effort. In its core,
SameDesk may be described
as a virtual desktop
environment where
applications serving
directly from different
web sites and domains are
allowed to work together
seamlessly and securely
for the users. The
interoperabilit
'It's clear that many of
the services we consume
and manage going forward
will be services that
exist outside of the
enterprise, such as
subscription services
from guys like
Salesforce.com, or
perhaps emerging Web
services marketplaces,'
says David S. Linthicum,
who will be giving a se
According to Evans Data
Corp's latest Web
Services Development
Survey, Web Services with
Web 2.0 interfaces are
surging. Evans Data finds
this in the rising use of
AJAX, a key component of
the Web 2.0 architecture.
Close to half of
developers surveyed say
they are already working
with
Rich Internet
Applications (RIA)
describe what the
software development
community aims to do;
break out of primitive
Web delivery to deliver
robust functionality,
exciting data
visualization and
'thicker,' role-based and
process-oriented user
interfaces. These types
of RIAs are now pos
Analyst firm explains
Nexaweb's Enterprise Web
Application leadership
through flexible, open
product platform and deep
expertise with over 5,000
successful deployments at
large, highly dispersed
enterprises Burlington,
MA 3/4 February 20, 2006
3/4 Nexaweb Technologies,
Inc., provider
Pop quiz: what company
both doubled its annual
revenue in 2006 and
closed a $26.25 million
round of funding? Clue:
it also tracked 290,000
downloads of its RIA
platform and lined up
IBM, Walmart.com, H&R
Block, Monster, Barclays
Global and Pandora as
customers. Extra clue: it
also anno
Nexaweb Technologies,
Inc., provider of
theleading
standards-based platform
for building and
deploying Enterprise
Web2.0 (EW2.0)
applications, and
Inkriti, a technology
consulting company thatis
a leading provider of Web
2.0 Solutions for
customer-centric
e-business,today
announced a n
SYS-CON Events
(www.sys-con.com)
announced today that
AJAXWorld Conference &
Expo 2007 West
(www.ajaxworld.com)
willtake place on
September 24-26, 2007, at
the Santa Clara
Convention Centerin Santa
Clara, California. The
event is expected to
attract over 2,000
developers, architects, I
telepark, the developers
of Personal Web
Applications, present a
new type of Wiki
software, telepark.wiki
['telepark-dot-wiki',
which features an
AJAX-powered interactive
navigation system and
caters to non-geek users.
telepark.wiki enables
companies and freelancers
to quickly and easi
SYS-CON Events (www.sys-c
on.com)announced today
that AJAXWorld Conference
& Expo 2007
East(www.ajaxworld.com),
which will take place on
March 19-21, 2007, will
attract over 1,000
developers, architects,
IT managers, and software
professionals of every
stripe who will be
converging in N
TapeTrader.com is a
ColdFusion-powered, live
music sharing community
with over 50,000 members
and a vast database
cataloging hundreds of
thousands of hours of
live music recordings.
The TapeTrader.com
community connects fans
together so that they can
catalog, share and trade
their reco
MB Technologies added
generic SVG support to
Bindows and implemented
the charts, graphs,
gauges and more in both
VML and SVG. Bindows now
presents a unified,
object oriented API for
creating rich Business
Graphics in all supported
browsers. Now developers
can create complex
graphics wi
JackBe, provider of
Enterprise Web 2.0
infrastructure solutions
that integrate SOA and
AJAX, announced that it
has suspended all
additional entrants into
the recently unveiled
beta program for its
Presto Rich Enterprise
Application (REA)
platform. Announced in
October 2006, the program
Ruby on Rails is what we
call a full stack. A full
stack meaning that it has
all the components built
in for doing most Web
applications. Unlike a
lot of other open source
software, you don't have
to cherry pick a lot of
different packages. We
try to deliver one
solution in the sense o
What we need is a Web
browser that doesn't just
serve up documents, but
serves up applications.'
Early in 2006 I was given
a design brief: a
UK-based shipping company
wanted to replace its
shipment tracking system
with a Web-based
solution.
Serendipity Technologies
has announced the debut
of the world's first
secure RSS reader. The
reader, for the first
time ever, will allow
information workers to
receive updates of
protected data currently
lost within their
information systems.
Early in 2006, before the
general Internet-using
public was aware of what
I began referring to in
editorials, blog entries,
and SYS-CON's Internet TV
Webcasts as 'The AJAX
Moment,' there was a
strong sense among
industry insiders that
AJAX-like approaches, if
not actually AJAX itself
Microsoft today announced
the official release to
Web of ASP.NET AJAX 1.0.
This tool provides Web
developers with the
essential tools to
simplify building
next-generation,
AJAX-style Web
applications through what
it calls 'seamless
integration with the .NET
Framework and Microsoft
plat
At Lotusphere today, IBM
(NYSE: IBM) announcedthe
planned availability of
the IBM Lotus Notes and
Lotus Domino 8 publicBeta
starting this February.
This is the final beta
phase before theproduct's
target ship date of
mid-2007, concluding the
most
collaborativesoftware
review program in
When building the right
project team to complete
a custom solution there
are many forces at work.
These include business
drivers, technical
drivers, and
organizational and
political motivations.
Regardless of the
business or organization
there are three basic
rules to follow in
buildin
ActiveGrid, which bills
itself as a Web 2.0
company and offers open
source software to the
Global 2000 in place of
.NET and Java widgetry in
developing rich
interactive web
applications, has
switched CEOs. Founder
Peter Yared is now CTO
replaced by Christopher
Keene, the founder of Per
Early in 2006 there was a
strong sense among
industry insiders that
AJAX-like approaches were
a shoo-in as the new
paradigm for fulfilling
the software development
community's dream of
freedom from OS or
runtime environment
dependent technologies.
Was the early optimism
borne out by su
In this comprehensive
article Wei re-examines
Web 2.0, in contrast to
the common
consumer-centric point of
view, by looking at its
technology stack and
impact on enterprise
computing. Wei
establishes a Web 2.0
technology stack that
forms the foundation of a
paradigm shift he calls
the
Gomez Inc., the leader in
web application
experience management,
today announced a
reseller partnership with
Limelight Networks, the
high performance content
delivery network for
digital media.
Even though I write for
SYS-CON, I've never
publicly complimented
them. But this time they
really deserve a credit.
SYS-CON will present the
AJAXWorld 2007 Conference
& Expo 2007 East in
March. Usually, attendees
have very limited access
to speakers during
conferences, and SYS-CON
Even
Nexaweb Technologies,
Inc., provider of
theleading
standards-based platform
for building and
deploying Enterprise
Web2.0 (EW2.0)
applications, today
announced availability of
the latestversion of
Nexaweb Studio. Nexaweb
Studio 3.0 is an
Eclipse-basedIntegrated
Development Environment (
About Newsfeeds / Video Feeds
SOA World 2007 East
Conference & Expo and
Enterprise Open Source
2007 East Conference &
Expo, both to be held
June 25-26, 2007, in New
York City, announced that
the conference 'Call for
Papers' is now open.
Topics include all
development and
management aspects of Web
Services and Servi
This is a checklist of
items you need for an
all-encompassing personal
branding strategy.
Personal branding is the
process of marketing and
selling yourself as a
brand in order to gain
success in business.
Personal branding is a
continual process just as
knowing yourself is a
continual 
Stowe Boyd,
internationally
recognized authority on
social tools and their
impact on business and
society and editor of
/Message, the blog on
'what is happening at the
edge, and its impact on
the center,' will be
speaking at AJAXWorld
Conference & Expo 2007
East, being held 19-21
March 
'It's clear that many of
the services we consume
and manage going forward
will be services that
exist outside of the
enterprise, such as
subscription services
from guys like
Salesforce.com, or
perhaps emerging Web
services marketplaces,'
says David S. Linthicum,
who will be giving a se
According to Evans Data
Corp's latest Web
Services Development
Survey, Web Services with
Web 2.0 interfaces are
surging. Evans Data finds
this in the rising use of
AJAX, a key component of
the Web 2.0 architecture.
Close to half of
developers surveyed say
they are already working
with 
telepark, the developers
of Personal Web
Applications, present a
new type of Wiki
software, telepark.wiki
['telepark-dot-wiki',
which features an
AJAX-powered interactive
navigation system and
caters to non-geek users.
telepark.wiki enables
companies and freelancers
to quickly and easi
TapeTrader.com is a
ColdFusion-powered, live
music sharing community
with over 50,000 members
and a vast database
cataloging hundreds of
thousands of hours of
live music recordings.
The TapeTrader.com
community connects fans
together so that they can
catalog, share and trade
their reco
Ruby on Rails is what we
call a full stack. A full
stack meaning that it has
all the components built
in for doing most Web
applications. Unlike a
lot of other open source
software, you don't have
to cherry pick a lot of
different packages. We
try to deliver one
solution in the sense o
What we need is a Web
browser that doesn't just
serve up documents, but
serves up applications.'
Early in 2006 I was given
a design brief: a
UK-based shipping company
wanted to replace its
shipment tracking system
with a Web-based
solution. 
Early in 2006, before the
general Internet-using
public was aware of what
I began referring to in
editorials, blog entries,
and SYS-CON's Internet TV
Webcasts as 'The AJAX
Moment,' there was a
strong sense among
industry insiders that
AJAX-like approaches, if
not actually AJAX itself
When building the right
project team to complete
a custom solution there
are many forces at work.
These include business
drivers, technical
drivers, and
organizational and
political motivations.
Regardless of the
business or organization
there are three basic
rules to follow in
buildin 
In this comprehensive
article Wei re-examines
Web 2.0, in contrast to
the common
consumer-centric point of
view, by looking at its
technology stack and
impact on enterprise
computing. Wei
establishes a Web 2.0
technology stack that
forms the foundation of a
paradigm shift he calls
the 
