‘Platform’ posts
Organic Open Source: Jeff Whatcott of Acquia
Posted by John Eckman on 02 Jul 2008
During the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston, Jeff Whatcott and I sat down for a quick interview to discuss Acquia, where he is Chief Communicator, and their plans with respect to the Drupal project and Enterprise 2.0. Jeff talks about the unique position of Acquia in relation to Drupal as an “organic open source” project: | View post »
Open Source and Innovation: John Newton of Alfresco
Posted by John Eckman on 02 Jul 2008
During the Enterprise 2.0 conference this June in Boston, I sat down with John Newton, the CTO and Chairman of Alfresco, for a brief (7:11) discussion about the intersections between ECM and Enterprise 2.0 and the value of community-driven innovation in open source. Newton lays out a very clear picture of how Alfresco has a | View post »
Open Source Ecommerce – Assembled
Posted by Marc Osofsky on 06 Feb 2008
In a very competitive sector, flexibility, extensibility and time to market have been the main drivers when we assembled the Wonderbox ecommerce platform. <!–break–> The SOA architecture we implemented (based on Mule ESB) integrates the different services provided by packages such as SugarCRM(CRM, SFA, Partner management), SAGE(finance), SCPA(logistics), ATT(Traceability), osCommerce(order tacking), Ogone(payment) as well as | View post »
User-Designed Enterpise Apps: A Strategic Advantage
Posted by Optaros on 31 Jan 2008
Where does your company stand on usability? Which of the these best describes your company’s beliefs about its Enterprise IT Systems? Our Enterprise Systems drive our success Our Enterprise Systems are holding us back If your answer is “2″, then where does it hurt? Too difficult to learn our system Too many user “mistakes” Too | View post »
Blurring the Browser/Desktop Boundary: Mozilla Prism, Adobe AIR
Posted by John Eckman on 10 Jan 2008
Perhaps it was inevitable. Given that ajax and flash enabled the creation of web-based experiences which look and feel like desktop applications, and given that dekstop applications increasingly rely on data and interaction from the Internet, the two worlds are becoming difficult to tell apart. Is iTunes a desktop application or a web application? It's | View post »
Data migration into Alfresco ECM
Posted by Optaros on 09 Jan 2008
After the first and successful implementation of Alfresco at the State of Vaud (Switzerland), the IT department sees more and more requests of State departments requesting for integrating the Alfresco ECM platform. One usual need is the data migration from an existing application to the Alfresco ECM repository. The easiest case is – of course | View post »




