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Is this really collaboration?

As part of a report I am writing on collaboration, I have been mulling over the increasingly broad use of the words “collaboration” and “collaborative”, and wondering how appropriate they are in certain contexts. Let me explain. “Collaboration” literally means “to work together”. As I see it, this necessarily implies that the parties involved are [...]

Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 by

Links for 2007-09-08 [del.icio.us]

Inside Architecture : Replace SOA Governance with SOA Marketing More top Nick Malik insight. It works more generally: bridging the IT-business divide involves marketing Service Architecture – SOA: Want to get closer to your business? Then move your chair. Radical thinking Todd Biske: Outside the Box » Blog Archive » SOA and ROI More weight [...]

Posted on Monday, September 10, 2007 by

A new face at MWD

Hello there, I’m Angela Ashenden, and I’ve recently joined Neil M and Neil WD to establish a new research area for MWD covering collaboration. I’m not new to the analyst world – you may have come across me in my previous role at Ovum, where I advised on many technology areas, including search, content management, [...]

Posted on Wednesday, September 5, 2007 by

Links for 2007-09-03 [del.icio.us]

Robin Wilton – Sun: Gerry Beuchelt on OpenID/Cardspace Robin calls out BMC’s Gerry Beuchelt’s analysis of the use of CardSpace with OpenID. In a nutshell, it fails the “so what” test Mike Jones: self-issued » Sign into your LiveID with an Information Card Windows LiveID (aka Passport) now supports (well Beta anyway) the use of [...]

Posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 by