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May 07, 2009

Setting the value of content

When mobile services were first introduced on a global level, one of the deployment issues that received a lot of attention was whether or not to charge for enhanced network services (that is, anything above basic connectivity). Most carriers at...

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May 04, 2009

Reaching the tipping point

What are the implications for the creation, management, and analysis of rich media content as the entrenchment of mobile access drives the world towards a haiku communications paradigm? Several items….First, vastly higher volumes of data; User Generated Content (UGC) is...

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March 03, 2009

The Mobility of Rich Media Content

The mobile internet has been defined as the 7th mass media channel. For those unfamiliar with the expression, the prior six mass media channels are print, recordings, cinema, radio, television, and the internet, which is distinct from the mobile internet....

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February 19, 2009

Rich Media Standards for Social Networks

One of the good news/bad news developments playing out with social networks revolves around the vast amount of data being created and uploaded every minute. On one level the model works; sites like Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, etc. are pulling in...

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February 15, 2008

Further validation of SaaS and DITA as market driver

SDL’s acquisition of Idiom confirms and accelerates some core, strategic shifts within the content management ecosystem. More than anything, it appears to be another in a series of market validations that Component Content Management (CCM), driven by the widespread adoption...

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November 26, 2007

Social Networks and Manufacturing Collaboration

New technologies that are consumer friendly have always run into opposition from IT groups in large corporations. Initially, there was widespread resistance to allowing internet access (oddly enough, a lot of companies still restrict access), and each successive generation of...

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November 13, 2007

Adobe on Fast Forward

Adobe’s unexpected announcement of a new CEO triggers a number of interesting questions, the most relevant of which is probably, what next? Shantanu Narayen is taking the reins of company that’s in very good shape; they’ve got strong revenue growth...

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