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		<title>Oracle Middleware: bigger is better</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are my notes from Oracle Middleware Strategy briefing.
The conference call started with energetic marketing spiel &#8220;Oracle is #1 middleware vendor&#8221;. The speaker was talking about exciting opportunities that Bea aquision presents to Oracle now that they have the biggest and the most complete set of offerings in the middleware market. At some point he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afilimonov.wordpress.com&blog=609194&post=12&subd=afilimonov&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrei Filimonov</dc:creator>
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Notes from Software as a Service (SaaS) Roundtable.
There were no real examples of using SaaS except for some coming from the vendors. Most companies just wanted to learn what SaaS is and how it is different from more “traditional” Application Service Provider (ASP) model. Overall, there were more questions asked than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afilimonov.wordpress.com&blog=609194&post=7&subd=afilimonov&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which Social Software Can Add Real Business Value?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrei Filimonov</dc:creator>
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Notes from the Social Software in Enterprise Roundtable
The roundtable session had tremendous success. Far more people wanted to attend (sits were limited). Gartner had to organize two additional sessions to accommodate the demand.
Every company is looking at using social software in one form or another. Level of involvement varies from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afilimonov.wordpress.com&blog=609194&post=6&subd=afilimonov&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source in the Workplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrei Filimonov</dc:creator>
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Open Source Software (OSS) in Workplace. What It Promises and What It Delivers.
Nikos Drakos gave this presentation as pre-conference tutorial. It is pity that attendance was low because of the traveling problems (north east coast got hit by a snowstorm) and the presentation itself was positioned as add-on not a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afilimonov.wordpress.com&blog=609194&post=5&subd=afilimonov&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source Governance in the Enterpise</title>
		<link>http://afilimonov.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/open-source-governance-in-the-enterpise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrei Filimonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do we need governance for Open Source Software (OSS)
In nutshell, OSS is quite different from commercial software products therefore existing governance proccesses have to be adjusted to accomodate new model that OSS brings. It is not really a separate process: it needs to be part of existing enterprise IT govenance.
What is OSS? 
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		<title>Lotus Connections</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrei Filimonov</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a bit surprised by all these excited comments on just announced IBM Lotus Connections from people that did not really use the product (I don’t consider playing with the demo at Lotusphere a real use). I guess it is just conditions are ripe and people have been waiting long enough for a Big Vendor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afilimonov.wordpress.com&blog=609194&post=3&subd=afilimonov&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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