Ian Tomlin: February 2010 Archives

What makes Squork better than Google Wave and open source social networking media? (and other good questions)

By Ian Tomlin on February 26, 2010 7:38 AM 3

http://www.youtube.com/commentservlet?allcomments&v=xZjsPBzoTHQ The YOUTUBE videos on Squork are getting some attention and the first few bits of feedback we've received ask some very pointy questions on what makes Squork better than Google Wave and free source software. Rather than answer the... Read More..

Categories: Cloud, Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy

Google takes another step towards turning into Microsoft - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source

By Ian Tomlin on February 16, 2010 4:09 PM 0

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http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-02-14-google-takes-another-step-towards-turning-into-microsoftWell done to John Naughton for putting this insight forward. The parallels between decisions being made by Google today and Microsoft yesterday are thought-provoking and remind us all that Google isn't a charity. Perhaps we should be more concerned about... Read More..

Categories: Cloud

12Sprints: SAP enters the collaboration space but have they got it right?

By Ian Tomlin on February 8, 2010 3:46 PM 0

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Like many people I've been waiting for those clever people at SAP to enter the Social Operating Systems space so I was not so surprised this week when readwriteweb announced that SAP had a competitor to Google Wave. But no. SAPs... Read More..

Categories: Cloud, Enterprise Architecture, Google AppEngine, IT Strategy, SOA

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