Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Facebook to Open Source
The proliferation of social networking concepts has just begun. With the potential for Facebook to become open source the corporate world will be able to reap the benefits of a proven web 2.0, social networking application platform. Imagine using social networks within your organization for knowledge sharing. More on the potential for Facebook to become open source here.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Trough of Disillusionment
Numerous discussions exist on the value of web 2.0 and its implications for business and networking. Many of these technologies start as great ideas but fail to provide business value. Are companies willing to spend a lot of time and money implementing cool or fun functionality? A valid business case requires associating value to the intangible benefits. Sometimes this type of speculation can be difficult for companies to digest.
I use applicaitons like LinkedIn and may even have a Facebook site. Recently I signed up for Second Life. This is a concept I find challenging as many people have a difficult time managing their first life. Anyway, I signed up to find out what Second Life is all about and to identify some business value. It only took 5 minutes before someone asked me for sex. Shortly after someone wanted to start an arguement just because I was a newbie. While I do see some value in communications and collaboration the tangible benefits are harder to grasp.
Warning: this is a politically incorrect zone. As I continue to explore the web 2.0 concepts I will post updates.
I use applicaitons like LinkedIn and may even have a Facebook site. Recently I signed up for Second Life. This is a concept I find challenging as many people have a difficult time managing their first life. Anyway, I signed up to find out what Second Life is all about and to identify some business value. It only took 5 minutes before someone asked me for sex. Shortly after someone wanted to start an arguement just because I was a newbie. While I do see some value in communications and collaboration the tangible benefits are harder to grasp.
Warning: this is a politically incorrect zone. As I continue to explore the web 2.0 concepts I will post updates.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Open Source Business Intelligence (BI)
Open source business intelligence (BI) makes business sense. OLTP application suites provide built in processes based on industry best practices. The processes and best practices provided by proprietary vendors are valued for implementation of accounting, ERP, CRM and other transactional systems. Implementations of these systems require large resource commitments for licensing.
BI platforms provide value through their ability to transform data into information. Each company has a unique data architecture leveraging multiple data sources. The uniqueness of each company system architecture requires extensive configuration and/or development of proprietary applications. Open source is an excellent methodology to get the most value out BI.
If customization is required to develop new OLAP cubes, ETL mappings and dashboards companies should consider directing funds towards this development as opposed to procurement of licenses and then the development effort.
An excellent open source BI tool is Pentaho.
BI platforms provide value through their ability to transform data into information. Each company has a unique data architecture leveraging multiple data sources. The uniqueness of each company system architecture requires extensive configuration and/or development of proprietary applications. Open source is an excellent methodology to get the most value out BI.
If customization is required to develop new OLAP cubes, ETL mappings and dashboards companies should consider directing funds towards this development as opposed to procurement of licenses and then the development effort.
An excellent open source BI tool is Pentaho.
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