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World Wide Webfeeds

By Dick Weisinger

A webfeed is a low-bandwidth XML stream available on the network that can be easily consumed by custom or special webfeed reader applications.  In a previous blog I discussed how webfeeds often form the raw data to support mashup applications and have the

Viability of the SaaS Document Management Model

By Dick Weisinger

Our take is that Document Management deployed as SaaS is very viable.  But interestingly, a McKinsey report from earlier this year says not so.  Last Friday’s Formtek blog was about ECM deployed as SaaS.  Since then I came across an interesting report by McKinsey/IDC that appeared in

Workflow via WebFeeds: Syndicating Enterprise Processes

By Dick Weisinger

WebFeed technology is growing in popularity and has the potential to dramatically change that way that users interact with their Enterprise systems. What are WebFeeds?  They are (usually) XML documents that describe frequently updated data.  WebFeed readers can efficiently check many WebFeed

SaaS — Software Deployment Model of the Future?

By Dick Weisinger

By now you’ve probably heard of the buzzword acronym SaaS — Software as a Service.  SaaS is a software deployment model where a service is made available to the customer via a network, typically the Internet.  CRM applications deployed as