Blogs - The Mesh

Open is the new Closed

Today (exactly at 1600 hours Amsterdam time), I will publish a new tech. prediction for 2009 on Capgemini's Technology Blog: http://www.capgemini.com/technology-blog . In this post, I am predicting that there will be much more open communications and collaboration between organizations in 2009. It will become a bare necessity to survive in next year's harsh economic climate. There will also be a reference to this Ning community. Depending on how many people that are not already a member of this… Continue

Added by Mark Nankman on December 18, 2008 at 2:24pm — 1 Comment

Enterprise 2.0; benefits veryfied

The topic Web 2.0 is hot and it's use in Business especially, that is why mc affee invented the term Enterprise 2.0. My interest is in the benefits of Enterprise 2.0 and how these benefits are proven in an acedemic way. First I will do a literature search on what allready is proven to be benefits of Enterprise 2.0. Than i would like to do myself a research on the use and benefits of Enterprise 2.0 in different Businesses. Continue

Added by Koen ter Denge on November 10, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Capgemini FAQ - Visual Modeling

Check out the Capgemini FAQ on Visual Modeling and RDV: http://www.us.capgemini.com/news/FAQ_VisualModeling100708.asp Continue

Added by Kurt Schafer on October 30, 2008 at 10:08pm — No Comments

Google, Yahoo Deal with DOJ as Microsoft Lobbies to Stop Them

http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/googlehoo/google_yahoo_deal_with_doj_as_microsoft_lobbies_to_stop_them.html?kc=EWKNLGOV10152008STR3 Google, Yahoo Deal with DOJ as Microsoft Lobbies to Stop Them Posted by Clint Boulton on October 14, 2008 12:25 PM It looks like civil heads are prevailing among the parties involved in the search ad deal between Google and Yahoo. The Wall Street Journal today said Google and Yahoo are hashing out concessions that will make it easier for the U.S. Justice De… Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on October 16, 2008 at 12:05am — No Comments

Messaging & Collaboration - Enterprise 2.0 Software to Take Hard Hits Amid Competition, Weak Economy

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Enterprise-20-Software-to-Take-Hard-Hits-Amid-Competition-Weak-Economy/?kc=EWKNLINF10152008STR3 Messaging & Collaboration Enterprise 2.0 Software to Take Hard Hits Amid Competition, Weak Economy By Clint Boulton 2008-10-10 Article Views: 6056 Article Rating: / 2 Table of Contents: Enterprise 2.0 Software to Take Hard Hits Amid Competition, Weak Economy Blogs, Wikis, RSS to Get Commoditized Rate This Article: Poor Best Add This A… Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on October 16, 2008 at 12:03am — No Comments

MS Office & Google Docs - Google Apps Boots Office Out of DC

http://rcpmag.com/blogs/weblog.aspx?blog=2846 Google Apps Boots Office Out of DC Slow news day brings on this nugget of news that leaves us wanting more. October 14, 2008 · posted by Lee Pender Whoever wins the presidential election in a few weeks' time, George W. Bush will be on his way out of Washington, DC -- and Microsoft Office will be right behind him. OK, so we're only talking about the municipal level in DC here, not the federal big time, but Google Apps scored a victory recently wi… Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on October 16, 2008 at 12:01am — No Comments

Social Networking Vs. Searching

I bumped onto this article “How Social Networking Could Kill Web Search as We Know It” by Glenn Derene, which really triggered my thoughts in the lines of more like “How would the Web Search evolve going forward?” I will not re-iterate what’s mentioned in this article but would like to replicate that to our lives inside Capgemini. And try to come to some conclusion if “Will Social Intelligence help reduce what we Search?” I have said this a few times before to different people in various forums… Continue

Added by Nikhil Nulkar on October 14, 2008 at 4:51pm — No Comments

On The Topic Of SLAs in The Cloud...

http://www.manyniches.com/cloudcomputing/on-the-topic-of-slas/ Great article, funny comic, good points and questions about SLAs in the cloud. - C Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on October 7, 2008 at 6:01pm — No Comments

Why Google Should Enable Exchange Support for Android

Why Google Should Enable Exchange Support for Android http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/hello_android/why_google_should_enable_exchange_support_for_android.html?kc=WBGNLWMU10022008STR6 Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:23 PM/EST, Posted by Clint Boulton Last week, T-Mobile unveiled the G1 to a flurry of interest from the public who wanted to see th… Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on October 2, 2008 at 8:32pm — 1 Comment

MS Seeding the Cloud for Rain -Steve Balmers speaks about the new place where Microsoft wants to go with operating systems: The Cloud

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/steve_ballmer_sure_has_lots_to_say.html?kc=EWWHNEMNL10022008STR4 MS Seeding the Cloud for Rain -Steve Balmers speaks about the new place where Microsoft wants to go with operating systems: The Cloud Microsoft's cloud operating system will be one cornerstone for fulfilling the company's new mission statement. Interesting… Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on October 2, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Looking into the Functionality of these Four Social Networking Sites: testdrive.intronetworks, naymz, friendfeed, and lifestreamblog

I am looking into the functionality of these four social networking sites for Mashup potential: http://testdrive.intronetworks.com/ http://www.naymz.com http://friendfeed.com/ http://lifestreamblog.com/ Has anyone else delved into these much? What are the likes & dislikes? Cheers, Chad Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on October 2, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Enterprise Uses of Social Networks

Enterprise Uses of Social Networks http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Video/Enterprise-Uses-of-Social-Networks/ By Clint Boulton, 2008-08-28 Many argue that Social Networks are a dangerous model for sharing confidential or proprietary information and that their employees are distracted enough at work without something like Facebook competing for their time. Others such as IBM claim that its Blue Pages social intranet is an… Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on October 2, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Item on microblogging on Talent.

Microblogging (you know, Tweeting) gets attention on Talent (Capgemini's internal channel for news) now too. There seems to be an increasing awareness of collaborative tools such as Twitter. The New York Times also published an excellent online item about how you can use Twitter professionally. Read it… Continue

Added by Mark Nankman on September 29, 2008 at 1:43pm — No Comments

5 Web Applications to Watch in the Enterprise

http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Enterprise-Apps/5-Web-Applications-to-Watch-in-the-Enterprise/?kc=BLBLBEMNL09252008STR1 5 Web Applications to Watch in the Enterprise By Elizabeth Millard 2008-09-24 Table of Contents: 5 Web Applications to Watch in the Enterprise GetSatisfaction Socialcast Dotster Connect Build Your Own Application 5 Web Applications to Watch in the Enterprise Baseline talks to the experts on which Web 2.0, social networking applications and customer-focused com… Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on September 25, 2008 at 2:39pm — No Comments

Applying Collective Intelligence to Knowledge Management

I along with a few of my team members visited Wipro Technolgies yesterday evening for the monthly event of the KCommunity in Bangalore. The topic of discussion was "Applying Collective Intelligence to Knowledge Management" and the main speaker was Udayan Banerjee the CTO of NIIT Technologies Ltd.… Continue

Added by Nikhil Nulkar on September 18, 2008 at 6:14pm — No Comments

Texas Is HOT!! (Job-Market-wise, that is...): Hottest job markets in a cooling economy

Hottest job markets in a cooling economy Thanks in part to higher energy costs, Texas metros top the list No job market matches the pace of Houston, which added 48,100 positions since mid-2007, an average of 925 every week. The past year has been a rocky one for the U.S. economy. The nation has seen 394,000 private-sector jobs slip away since mid-2007, equaling a loss of 7,570 jobs each week. The unemployment rate has shot up a full point during the same span — from 4.7 percent at the h… Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on September 17, 2008 at 3:46pm — No Comments

Dell Takes Direct Managed Services to New York

Dell Takes Direct Managed Services to New York PC maker Dell is taking its direct managed services pilot program to the New York metropolitan area but says it has put in place rules of engagement to prevent channel conflict with its solution provider registered partners and certified MSP partners. Dell has also eliminated the $50,000 requirement for managed services deals that its solution provider partners register to qualify for deal registration. Dell sent an e-mail to New York area pa… Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on September 17, 2008 at 3:28pm — No Comments

Companies Cutting IT Spending Solution Providers Unaffected

Companies Cutting IT Spending Solution Providers Unaffected Even as the slowing economy causes end users to rethink IT spending, solution providers report business being brisk. Can this paradox last? http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/News/Companies-Cutting-IT-Spending-Solution-Providers-Unaffected/?kc=CITCIEMNL09162008STR4 Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on September 17, 2008 at 3:26pm — No Comments

Dell today announced more new products, management tools and infrastructure consulting services designed to provide customers a smarter path to virtualization

Building on the momentum of its “Virtualization Blockbuster” in May of this year, Dell today announced more new products, management tools and infrastructure consulting services designed to provide customers a smarter path to virtualization. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2225718/dell-expands-virtualisation Dell expands virtualisation support Portfolio includes new servers, storage hardware and services… Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on September 11, 2008 at 8:24pm — No Comments

A Period of Judicious IT Spending: Companies Cutting IT Spending & Budgets

http://www.insidetech.com/news/3073-analysts-companies-cutting-it-spending?referral=IT_nlet A Period of Judicious IT Spening: Companies Cutting IT Spending September 09, 2008 NEW YORK – Many large companies, especially those in the financial services, utilities and telecommunications industries, have cut their technology budgets this year because of the economic slowdown. In a rep… Continue

Added by Chad Lawler on September 11, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

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