Blog topics include Rich Media applications, industry initiatives, and end-user requirements for usability
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...