By any reckoning, the Internet and the World Wide Web have remade the way we
do business. The ascendance of the Web-based enterprise has come to be seen
as inevitable. But anyone who takes a hard look at the serious limitations of
first-generation Web applications is likely to have a renewed sense of wonder
at the spread of their adoption thus far. Users experimented with e-mail,
instant messaging, and search engines and turned them into real
communication, collaboration, and information-gathering tools. Those same
business users endured their fitful interactions with static HTML pages and
moved applications to the Web anyway because of the substantial savings
promised by the shift.
Now their patience is about to be rewarded. Emerging from a decade of
groundwork is Web... (more)
Today’s executives are on the move and they need to be able to run
their companies remotely. Mobile business intelligence (BI) applications
allow them to access critical corporate data from their laptops, smart
phones, and PDAs. The iPhone promises to deliver information on an even more
compact and versatile device. But can BI vendors make it work with the
information executives de... (more)
My seven-year-old daughter thinks that there is a knowledge genie that her
teacher “Googles” for answers.
While cute, the anecdote also exemplifies how much Google’s obsession
with simplicity has helped build brand awareness, making their name literally
synonymous with search. I can foresee generations X and Y being followed by
generation S – one that will rely on s... (more)
My seven-year-old daughter thinks that there is a knowledge genie that her
teacher "Googles" for answers. While cute, the anecdote also exemplifies how
much Google's obsession with simplicity has helped build brand awareness,
making their name literally synonymous with search. I can foresee generations
X and Y being followed by generation S - one that will rely on search to
accomplish al... (more)