Oct. 18, 2007
The storm that never ends
ITWorld Canada
Shane Schick reports on a new threat brewing on the IT security horizon.
”With the Storm malware, the rain might keep falling. IT managers will have to decide whether to permanently carry an umbrella, or get used to being wet.”
Nine things you need to know about SaaS
ComputerWorld
Bert Latamore reports software as a service is becoming mainstream, and he has the top nine things you need to know to make it work for you..
”SaaS can offer high-quality services at a lower cost than other alternatives, and it’s particularly good for supporting mobile and geographically disbursed populations, whether they are sales staffers, telecommuters, customers or business partners worldwide.”
The original definition of Web 2.0
Valley Wag
Paul Boutin looks back to the origins of the now ubiquitous term Web 2.0.
”I found the October 2003 Microsoft Word file in which O’Reilly editor Dale Dougherty proposed a new series of “Web 2.0” conferences. The one surprise is that the idea was originally much more machine-oriented.”