| 2 Ways to Bring Activity Streams to Any App Well, almost any browser based app anyway. Socialcast announced today a new product called Socialcast Reach. Reach will bring Socialcast streams into SharePoint or any other application that supports HTML and JavaScript. Socialcast is trying to solve the problem of too many applications by bringing activity streams into the applications users already spend their time in. Socialcast's approach is similar to but... Continue Reading »    Ray Ozzie Steps Down From Key Role at Microsoft Microsoft announced today that Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie is stepping down from his position. Although Microsoft does not intend to replace Ozzie, he will assist in transferring his responsibilities during a transition period before focusing on consumer entertainment projects at Microsoft. Ozzie has a long history in enterprise software, having worked for Lotus, IBM, Groove Networks and eventually... Continue Reading » How RackSpace uses Rypple to Improve Employee Feedback A lot has changed for Rypple, a startup focused on helping employees get feedback, since we first covered it in June of last year. The service has rolled out several new features and closed another round of funding. We caught up with Rypple to find out what's changed, and talked with Rypple customer Rackspace to find out how service works in practice. Features Screenshot of Rypple's "Thanks" feature When we last... Continue Reading » Poll: Is Your Organization Spending More or Less This Year on IT? Forrester also released today its US And Global IT Market Outlook: Q3 2010 report. Forrester has adjusted down its earlier projections regarding economic recovery and IT spending. However, the firm is still expecting IT market growth of 8.1% for 2010 (down less than 2% from its earlier prediction of 9.9%) , and 7.4% next year. Forrester analyst and report co-author Andrew Bartels shares some thoughts on the report... Continue Reading » How to Secure Your Enterprise in the Post-PC Era It's happening: a shift to a post-PC era. Forrester defines a post-PC device as one with a screen, processor, memory, and storage but "in a lesser way than PCs." Examples include iPads, smart phones and e-readers such as the Kindle. In a new report, Forrester predict that this will be the year that post-PC devices eclipse PCs in the enterprise. There are a number of factors driving this, including pressure from... Continue Reading » Hype Cycle 2010 and the Enterprise Gartner released its Hype Cycles 2010 report in August, and I've been meaning to post about it ever since. Audrey recently covered it from a cloud computing angle Marshall just covered it from a consumer perspective. So I thought it was about time to give it a look from an enterprise perspective. Marshall rightly criticizes the report, but Gartner is an IT focused company and its enterprise predictions are... Continue Reading » | 
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