02Jul
Filed in Technology
A panel of software providers (SixApart, NewsGator, SocialText and SpikeSource) listed the same issues around security, compliance and control confronting Enterprise 2.0 implementations seen in the past. Even so, a few companies are beginning to move forward with implementations and some have found creative ways to use these tools.
Adoption is driven less from personal passion and more from significant corporate pain points. Others are looking to provide internal tools for employees that provide the means of communication found in the student/consumer markets.
change, enterprise 2.0, IT, Management, Technology, web
09Jan
Filed in Management | Technology | Venture capital
Tom Evslin’s post Web 2.0 – Greater Initial Investments Required suggests that early Web 2.0 companies seized the advantage of low cost technical infrastructure and low cost marketing to gain cost advantages. These companies were able to get big cheaper and faster than the first generation internet companies. While he agrees with Fred Willson that the technology cost will remain low, he suggest the lower promotion expense is now behind us. The low cost of technology results in a lower cost of entry and will in fact increase promotional spending and the need for capital.
In any event, both men are suggesting there will be capital required to grow these companies going forward. Those who are putting their business plans together without consideration for this cost increase will at least have some tough funding questions or worse some serious costs overruns.Â
Economy, Management, trends, web
07Nov
Filed in Economy | Management | Venture capital
In
Web start-ups snub the big money, the International Herald Tribune suggests this is a trend that should be expected to continue for a few if not spread to many companies in the space.“By then, Meebo was being courted by venture capitalists, but it decided to take a modest $100,000 from three angel investors, people who typically contribute small amounts and make few demands.
“We had a bunch of VCs talking to us about potentially putting more money in,†Sternberg said. “We said no. A lot of things happen when you raise a VC round, and they really slow you down.â€
Eventually, Meebo did raise money from venture investors – about $3.5 million from Sequoia Capital. But that was after the company was well on its way to showing that its service was a hit with consumers. At the time, Meebo had about 200,000 daily log-ins.â€
Finance, Management, Venture capital, web
14Jan
Filed in Economy | Publishing | Technology
Rob Greenlee, Host WebTalk Radio, predicts:
1. The decline of the web browser usage on the desktop as a way to get to web content
2. The growth of Internet applications – the executable Internet
3. All things wireless
4. Digital media enters the living room
5. Professional journalistic weblogs are syndicated through RSS
6. Microsoft mobile platforms
7. Voice over IP (VoIP) makes mainstream calls
8. Internet radio growth and revenue
9. Online search extends beyond web
10. How online popularity is creating world wide celebrities
Economy, Publishing, trends, web
14Jan
Filed in Economy | Management | Publishing
Stephen Downes in his predictions for 2004 suggest that a form of “non-blog blogging” will begin to emerge. He describes this as a way to tap into the views and opinions held by the vast majority of people who will not write publicly.
Downes also predicts that 2004 will be the year of personalization. He focuses this personalization around topic based feeds, which deliver only the content that is of interest to that user.
Economy, IT, Management, Publishing, Technology, web