http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/ All about Enterprise Mashups. Read about how they connect to the enterprise, what organizational problems they solve and how they help users make better business decisions. en-us Copyright 2012 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:44:54 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.37 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It sounds like the setup for a joke: 'What happens when you bring Angry Birds into your Enterprise?' But the punchline is anything but funny: 'Nothing until they make a nest in your data center and start eating your data.'... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2011/07/is-your-it-organization-ready-for-the-attack-of-the-angry-birds.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2011/07/is-your-it-organization-ready-for-the-attack-of-the-angry-birds.php Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:44:54 -0500 johnc A quick note: I often hear great ideas and see great blogs from peers and co-workers. Here's a great writeup from Americo Savinon, a genuine Mashup expert and an aficionado of the martial arts. -------------------I'm pretty sure you've heard the... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2011/05/getting-a-chokehold-on-your-data.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2011/05/getting-a-chokehold-on-your-data.php Enterpise Mashups Wed, 11 May 2011 17:07:57 -0500 johnc Earlier this year I had the pleasure of visiting the Boulder BI Brain Trust (BBBT) where I had the opportunity to sit down with a great group of well-known BI experts. These aren't just "BI folks" but some of the... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2011/04/past-present-future.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2011/04/past-present-future.php Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:26:24 -0500 johnc This year I decided to do things a bit different than past years. Before placing my first bet on this year's prediction list, I decided to wait and listen to what 'the experts' were saying about 2011 technology trends. I... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2011/01/2011-predictions-its-really-time-for-real-time.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2011/01/2011-predictions-its-really-time-for-real-time.php Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:28:22 -0500 johnc A few months back I attended a 3-day conference on Business Intelligence, hosted by one of the big analyst firms. It took me less than 15 minutes (listening to the keynote speaker, in fact) to realize that the general mood... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/12/are-you-in-the-bi-abyss.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/12/are-you-in-the-bi-abyss.php BI Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:37:00 -0500 johnc BusinessWeek Online just published an interesting article called 'Mobile Business Apps Flourish at IBM, Google.' As a constant media-watcher, I can tell you that it is quite a milestone when the mainstream business media starts to bang the drums on... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/11/you-cant-stop-or-fight-the-pendulum.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/11/you-cant-stop-or-fight-the-pendulum.php Enterpise Mashups Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:57:07 -0500 johnc If you're not a BI expert (like me) and you went to Gartner's recent BI Summit in Las Vegas to feel good about BI, you would have been terribly disappointed. This had nothing to do with Gartner, they put on... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/05/should-enterprise-mashups-be-part-of-your-bi-strategy.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/05/should-enterprise-mashups-be-part-of-your-bi-strategy.php BI Mon, 10 May 2010 09:34:55 -0500 johnc Cloud, Cloud, Cloud. Everywhere you look, someone is talking about "The Cloud." Check out the Google Trends chart below. I'm pretty sure Cloud computing is not a fad, but if you're like me, you're: excited, confused and a bit skeptical.... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/03/my-company-went-to-the-cloud-and-all-i-got-was-this-infinitely-scalable-highly-available-community-d.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/03/my-company-went-to-the-cloud-and-all-i-got-was-this-infinitely-scalable-highly-available-community-d.php Cloud Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:01:25 -0500 johnc We all know the cliché: the result is greater than the sum of its parts. Quite often that's how Enterprise Mashups are described, 'combining things to produce something more,' a 'better version of the truth,' a more complete view, or... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/02/with-enterprise-mashups-sometimes-111ive-never-seen-that-before.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/02/with-enterprise-mashups-sometimes-111ive-never-seen-that-before.php Enterpise Mashups Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:50:51 -0500 johnc After the attempt on Christmas Day to destroy an airplane on its way from Yemen to Detroit, President Obama said; "There was a mix of human and systemic failures that contributed to this potential catastrophic breach of security. We had... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/01/the-information-sound-bite-of-2010-we-failed-to-connect-the-dots.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/01/the-information-sound-bite-of-2010-we-failed-to-connect-the-dots.php Enterpise Mashups Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:40:29 -0500 johnc It's that time (again) when 'arm-chair visionaries' like me sit back and attempt to predict the next 12 months of technologies. In preparation, I did a quick search to see what others predicted for 2009. Some were better than... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/01/10-for-2010-i-predict-google-gars-apple-books-a-cnn-moment-and-more.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/01/10-for-2010-i-predict-google-gars-apple-books-a-cnn-moment-and-more.php Enterpise Mashups Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:58:27 -0500 johnc The holidays are all about giving. If I were the Chief IT Elf, I'd tell my department to give you LESS. About 60% less. Before you think me a Grinch or a Scrooge, let me explain why, in this case,... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/01/the-greatest-gift-your-it-folks-will-ever-give-you-self-serve.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2010/01/the-greatest-gift-your-it-folks-will-ever-give-you-self-serve.php Enterpise Mashups Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:00:58 -0500 johnc Misconceptions are dangerous. Like zombies in a bad horror flick, they take on a life of their own as they spread through a community. And they have an annoying tendency to persist. When the "Enterprise Mashups" term was coined circa... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2009/12/killing-zombies-debunking-6-common-enterprise-mashup-misconceptions.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2009/12/killing-zombies-debunking-6-common-enterprise-mashup-misconceptions.php Mashup Security Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:49:24 -0500 johnc Interactive Data Corp (IDC) published a report a few years ago titled 'The Hidden Costs of Information Work'. In it they reported that 'searching for and analyzing information both consume 24% of the typical information worker's time'. IDC referred to... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2009/11/ending-the-reign-of-the-swivel-chair-the-biggest-business-problem-enterprise-mashups-solve.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2009/11/ending-the-reign-of-the-swivel-chair-the-biggest-business-problem-enterprise-mashups-solve.php SOA Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:38:18 -0500 johnc "Do you do security?" As a CTO, that's inevitably one of the first questions I'm asked when it comes to enterprise mashups. I sometimes feel compelled to respond with "Do you do security?" but I usually restrain myself. Unfortunately, a... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2009/11/got-mashup-security.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/mashups/2009/11/got-mashup-security.php Enterpise Mashups Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:23:19 -0500 johnc