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Adobe: Embedded VM in Mozilla — Project Tamarin

By Dick Weisinger

This week at ECM West, Adobe‘s Tom Malloy, Senior Vice President and Chief Software Architect of Advanced Technology Labs, gave a General Session speech with demonstrations about Adobe’s view of the next generation of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs).  As you

Web 2.0: Public Sector Data Mash-Ups

By Dick Weisinger

Web 2.0 technology combined with publicly accessible data sources powered by Web Services have created a new category of applications called mash-ups.  Mash-up applications driven by APIs available from companies like Google and Yahoo! especially those that incorporate visual mapping

And Some Stats on SaaS Adoption…

By Dick Weisinger

Yesterday I gave some SOA adoption numbers.  There are some new numbers out this week too about SaaS and are showing the SaaS delivery model gaining momentum.  SaaS is a hosted deployment that is sold on a pay-for-use or subscription

SOA is a Long Tail Enabler?

By Dick Weisinger

Chris Anderson coined the term ‘The Long Tail’ in a Wired magazine article of October 2004.  The idea is that being able to sell just a few copies of each of many products having low demand or low sales volumes can be

Gartner's Emerging Technology Hype Cycle 2006

By Dick Weisinger

Last month Gartner published their 2006 Hype Cycle special report on Emerging Technologies.  The report surveys 36 key technologies and trends and tries to assess their maturity, impact and speed of adoption. Gartner sees all things Web 2.0 right now