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Open Source Year 2008 in Review: More Adoption, Success, Innovation, and Alternatives
Posted 21 Dec 2008 by Optaros Tags: Acquia, Acquisition, Ajax, Alfresco, CIO, Community, Content Management, CRM, Customer Relationship Management, DiSo, Django, Drupal, ECM, Ecommerce, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Open Source Directory, EOS, Europe, iPhone, IT Strategy, Java, JBoss, Liferay, Magento, MySQL, Open, Open Source, Open Source Katalog, OpenID, Portal, RIA, Spring, SpringSource, Sugar CRM, Yahoo!

2008 was an important year for Open Source and a successful one in addition. We have seen more adoption, more commercial success, more innovation, more collaboration and more options for the IT buyer. And it’s not the end, more success is still to come. The following paragraphs are summarizing what we have seen in the last 12 months.Accelerated Adoption of Open Source + Read more

Optaros ‘open sources’ DoCASU 1.0, a RIA User Interface for Alfresco ECM
Posted 15 Jul 2008 by Optaros Tags: Ajax, Alfresco, Content Management, DoCASU, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise solutions, Knowledge Management, Open Source, REST, User Experience, User-Centered Design, Web 2.0, Web Scripts

Open Source software has many advantages compared to proprietary alternatives. The fact that the source code is open might often not even be the most relevant benefit. The ability to access functions and componentized services through open APIs (application programming interfaces) allows to focus development efforts on what is most important for the usage of the application – the user interface – for example. + Read more

Ecommerce Solution - ROI of RIA in ecommerce
Posted 13 Mar 2008 by Adam MichelsonTags: Ajax, Design, Ecommerce, Enterprise 2.0, Flash, Flex, Retail, Shopping, User Experience, User-Centered Design, Web 2.0, Widget

Rich Internet Application capabilities, such as whiz-bang Flash and AJAX capabilities do look cool. But do they attract return on investment for ecommerce solutions? Do they drive up conversion, average order size or deter abandonment? There does not seem to be definitive A/B testing consensus to prove it, but some RIA capabilities do seem to make a positive impact while many seem to have dubious returns. + Read more

From requirements to a designed UI in 5 too-short days!
Posted 30 Jan 2008 by Optaros Tags: Ajax, Alfresco, Assembly Methodology, Collaboration, Community, Design, User Experience, User-Centered Design, Web 2.0, Wireframing

When Swisscom Mobile challenged our Zurich team to design a total overhaul of the Labs public beta website in just 4.5 working days, some said that it couldn't be done. And they were right - it took 5 days! This project proved the value of two things we pride ourselves on at Optaros: methodology and experience. The methodology included our Design Workshops, where stakeholders and users follow their path to completing a task using rough screen mockups called wireframes. + Read more

Ajax Accessibility with Dojo
Posted 10 Jan 2008 by John EckmanTags: Accessibility, Ajax, JavaScript, Open Source

Creating a richer experience in the browser using Ajax has often meant excluding, unintentionally but significantly, large portions of the browing population: users with disabilities relying on assisted browsing technologies like screenreaders. + Read more