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Web 2.0 in 2009: What's Out, What's In
As a CTO, my boss tells me I am entrusted with ‘understanding market forces and business drivers to drive JackBe's technical vision and strategy’. So I am prone to trend-watching and predictions. In fact, I like predictions. And I think my 'We
Posted: Jan. 7, 2009 10:46 AM
When Looking for Answers...Follow the Money
"Follow the money" is a common way experts rationalize human behaviors in economics, politics, crime and many other areas. This undeniable truth becomes even more relevant in an economic environment characterized by gloom and pessimism, such as the o
Posted: Dec. 31, 2008 11:46 AM
My Predictions for 2009: Nothing
Every year I look forward to ‘the prediction season’.  You know it.  It’s that time of year when every expert, pundit, analyst and chatty blogger on the planet decides we need to hear their thoughts on the past year and what they think will h
Posted: Dec. 17, 2008 12:00 PM
Are You a Member of the Tribe?
I just listened to Seth’s Godin new book, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us. Seth is an inspiring author/marketer and I find him to be one of the easiest-to-understand individuals about complex business topics today. His grasp and explanation of the
Posted: Dec. 11, 2008 04:11 PM
On Ed Yourdon Presents: Mashups!
I am big fan of Ed Yourdon. So I was delighted to see his presentation on Mashups (here). Discussion on this topic by eminent and experienced gurus like him are heart-warming and encouraging to me, since we at JackBe have been working in the area of
Posted: Dec. 4, 2008 06:45 PM
The 5 Most Common Mashup Mistakes
Mashups are a popular topic lately, in both IT and business circles. Gartner recently named them a ‘Top 10 IT Technology for 2009’. But if your organization is thinking about ‘getting mashy’, here are five common pitfalls that you can avoid
Posted: Dec. 3, 2008 09:44 AM
Mashups can turn any Enterprise into a Superorganism
A few nights ago I watched a very interesting piece on the Discovery Channel about ant colonies called ‘Ant Wars’.  (Give me a few more lines and you’ll understand why this has anything to do with IT, enterprises or Mashups).  I was awe-struc
Posted: Nov. 24, 2008 04:11 PM
Mashups : New and Agile way to Integrate
I came across this interesting post: How Mashups Could Eliminate Integration Projects by Loraine Lawson. In a related post, she refers to John Crupi's article Enterprise Mashups Part I: Bringing SOA to the People which I would recommend to readers wh
Posted: Nov. 13, 2008 06:52 PM
The 3 Parts of Mashing
Deepak Alur, JackBe’s VP of Engineering, has outdone himself. He recently posted a great blog on our Mashup Developer Community entitled ‘Mashables > Mashups > Shareables’. It does a great job of distilling a mashup down to 3 fundamental part
Posted: Nov. 3, 2008 02:42 PM
Free Enterprise Mashup Software by the Developer, for the Developer
We've spent the last couple years at JackBe designing and building our enterprise mashup product from the ground up.  We’ve won some nice awards, introduced some genuine innovations (like our Enterprise Mashup markup Language, which just passed
Posted: Oct. 28, 2008 09:41 AM