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A Candid Conversation with OpenID’s David Recordon (.net)
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Posted: 10/08/2009
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Six Apart’s David Recordon, co-developer of OpenID, sat down with Oliver Lindberg to discuss his vision for the open web. The web is becoming more social and Recordon emphasizes that critical build-outs must enable users to interact between multiple sites without asking them to recreate accounts requiring repetitive data and tasks. OpenID enables users to sign in to thousands of online services with the same digital identity, which ultimately means users can access and share information from across various platforms. With its focus on user experience and usability, as well as benchmarking successful efforts like
Facebook Connect, OpenID is carving a path toward mainstream technology by engaging major stakeholders like Microsoft and Google. A few months ago Recordan announced the Open Web Foundation, whose initial goal is to create open specifications for the web that anyone can implement for free.
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Industry:
Marketing, Design, & Interactive Communications,
Technology, Consulting, & Professional Services
Topic:
Experience & Interaction,
Technology Implementation
Region:
Global
Audience:
Business to Business,
Peer Groups & Communities
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Apple and Facebook Key Influencers in New Tech Cycle (eWeek)
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Posted: 02/04/2010
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Apple and Facebook have literally changed the face of mobile internet. With mobile internet users projected to double by 2013, it’s easy to see a "mobile Internet cycle" emerging, a new cycle detailed in Morgan Stanley's "The Mobile Internet Report." Cited as the fifth computing cycle in five decades, the report claims this one is faster and bigger with a wider global net than previous cycles. While Apple, Google and Amazon.com lead the pack, the report suggests that the key influencers from previous cycles won’t necessarily be given the keys to this new kingdom. The analyst team, headed by Mary Meeker, attributes the high level of anticipation for mobile users to five of the most promising IP-based products and services: social networking, 3G network adoption, video, Voice over IP and "impressive mobile devices."
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Industry:
Technology, Consulting, & Professional Services,
Telecommunications
Topic:
E-Commerce,
Experience & Interaction,
Technology Implementation
Region:
Global,
North America,
Asia Pacific
Audience:
Business to Business,
Business to Consumer,
Peer Groups & Communities
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BI, Best-of-Breed Web Tactics Broaden Scope for Consumer Goods Companies (InformationWeek)
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Posted: 11/08/2009
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An InformationWeek 500 survey shows that consumer goods companies like Herbalife and E&J Gallo Winery are banking on business intelligence to control cost and boost Internet and mobile sales channels. The study reports that as many as 68% of consumer goods companies plan to make BI readily accessible to employees, compared to 37% for all InformationWeek 500 respondents. Gallo, the largest family-owned winery in the world, optimizes its product packaging, pricing, and channel strategies with SOA architecture, SaaS, and its BI repository. 32% of respondents consider improving Web operations critical to boosting their business globally compared to 26% from other groups. Herbalife, a company that dominates domestically, only attributes 10-15% of their global business to internet sales.
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Industry:
Retail & Products,
Technology, Consulting, & Professional Services
Topic:
Business Intelligence,
E-Commerce,
Technology Implementation
Region:
Global
Audience:
Business to Consumer
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Blazing the Broadband Trail Along the East Coast (Internet Retailer)
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Posted: 08/27/2009
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Akamai Technologies Inc.’s “State of the Internet Report” revealed that U.S. broadband adoption is on the rise, with East coast states tallying the most broadband Internet connections for the first quarter of 2009. Eastern states garnered eight of the top ten slots, topped by Delaware, where 62% of households have high-speed broadband web access, a 6.7% year over-year increase. Based on results from data collected from Akamai’s global server network, the study examined countries and U.S. states that averaged over 1,000 unique monthly IP addresses. The report also states that one-fifth of global internet connections operate at speeds greater than 5 Mbps, up significantly from the previous year. “The implication… is that Internet retailers can continue to add more rich media content to their site... to bring buyers and keep them on the site longer,” says David Belson, editor of the report.
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Industry:
Retail & Products,
Technology, Consulting, & Professional Services
Topic:
Creative & Design,
E-Commerce,
Technology Implementation
Region:
North America
Audience:
Business to Business,
Business to Consumer
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Breaking Through the Barriers to Adopting Social Media in Email Marketing (New Media Knowledge)
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Posted: 09/11/2009
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A recent survey by email experts StrongMail cited that 62 percent of firms plan to increase social media spending while 66 percent plan to integrate social media into their email marketing campaigns. NMK sat down with Paul Bates, managing director of StrongMail, to get an insider’s
perspective for breaking through the barriers to effectively engage social media. Find out where your customers are hanging out online and observe their behavior there; engage competitive analysis across the social spectrum to find out where your competitors are lurking and determine whether they are or are not enjoying success. The conversation with Bates is packed
with stats, insights and tips for marketers to engage customers in meaningful conversation and begin to integrate social media into an email marketing strategy with enormous ROI on their marketing dollars.
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Industry:
Marketing, Design, & Interactive Communications,
Technology, Consulting, & Professional Services
Topic:
Business Intelligence,
Content Strategy,
Creative & Design,
Experience & Interaction,
Marketing Communications,
Technology Implementation
Region:
Global
Audience:
Business to Business,
Peer Groups & Communities
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