Apr 21

Apr 21 NOAA’s Big Data Project Comes Into Focus

Acquisitions, Agency Data, Amazon, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Google, IBM, Innovation, Interoperability, Microsoft, NOAA, Open Cloud Consortium, Open Data, Product Development, Socrata, Standards, Transparency

What’s different about this newly announced NOAA program is not just the potential “big data” scope of the program but the way in which private sector cloud vendors are involved as intermediaries not only to the public but also to potential data vendors and resellers.

Oct 20
Oct 20 Peer to Patent Project Documents Published

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Collaboration, IBM, Patents

The Peer to Patent Project has published a series of technical documents that describe requirements for the test system that is under development to expand "public participation" in the patent prior art research. Chief among these documents is the Use Case Model. This describes a series of actions that need to be supported by the new system.

Oct 18
Oct 18 Lotus Notes and the Importance of Not Ruling Out Entrenched Platforms

Dennis D. McDonald

Enterprise 2.0, IBM, Industry Analysis, Web 2.0

One of the more interesting blog comment series I've read recently is the ongoing discussion about Lotus Notes over at Rod Boothby's Innovation Creators blog. A couple of weeks ago Rod posted Lotus Notes - The Asbestos of Enterprise IT. In it he lambasted Lotus Notes' usability, among other things. This has led to some back and forth - and mudslinging - that when read in the right light tells us a lot about the advantages entrenched platforms have in large corporations when they compete with up-and-coming Web 2.0 "newcomers."

Oct 2

Oct 2 IBM’s “Building a New IP Marketplace” Report Promotes Openness in Patent Related Business Processes

Dennis D. McDonald

IBM, Industry Analysis, Patents, Wiki

Reading IBM’s Building a New IP Marketplace report, based on a wiki developed by several dozen international patent and technology experts during the Spring of 2006, helps explain why IBM recently announced it will be going public with its patent filings.

Sep 28
Sep 28 IBM Goes Public with Patent Filings

Dennis D. McDonald

IBM, Industry Analysis, Patents, Wiki

Perhaps one of the main drivers in IBM's decision to go public with the patent filling process is the acknowledgement that competitive advantage is generated not only by technological innovation but also by all the other ancillary systems and processes that must be orchestrated in bringing a new product or service to market.

Oct 20 Oct 20 Peer to Patent Project Documents Published

Oct 18 Oct 18 Lotus Notes and the Importance of Not Ruling Out Entrenched Platforms

Sep 28 Sep 28 IBM Goes Public with Patent Filings

Oct 20
Oct 20 Peer to Patent Project Documents Published

Oct 18
Oct 18 Lotus Notes and the Importance of Not Ruling Out Entrenched Platforms

Sep 28
Sep 28 IBM Goes Public with Patent Filings