Breaking "Things" into Smaller Pieces
One of the byproducts of the Internet is a phenomenon that is impacting all sorts of things, the trend of breaking things into smaller and smaller pieces, dramatically changing the subsequent consumption models. The ability to connect everything using the Internet opened up new business / economic models, new ways of working, new ways to [...]
From "Social Applications" to Applications that are Social
I spent the first part of this week at VMworld, mostly catching up on two acquired products, SocialCast and Zimbra, as well as the Horizon product line. I continue to be impressed with the feature set and depth of the…
The convergence of mobile and social: The next IT battleground
As smart mobile devices and social media have become first-order ways in which we interact with the world and each other, they are becoming intertwined in ways that will have far-reaching impact.
Jive seeks to up IT’s game with social apps
While app stores have become enormously popular with users, particularly on mobile devices, they are now moving to the enterprise. The new Jive Apps Market provides an interesting approach that combines apps with direct integration into the flow of a …
Browsers for Navigation, Apps for Manipulation, Social Media for Relationships
Some say the online world is headed for apps because people prefer apps. Some say they hate apps and prefer everything to be as browser-like as possible, even if that means a return to 3270 green-screen UI. I got to thinking about this issue as part of my response to Bill Lucchini’s rebuttal of my [...]
