What’s New in WebSphere Portal 8 and Web Content Manager (WCM) 8
At IBM’s Exceptional Web Experience Conference, Rob Will, Chief Architect for WebSphere Portal and WCM, delivered his usual outstanding presentation on What’s New in WebSphere Portal and WCM. His...
View ArticleIBM Web Experience Fast Track
IBM has long had a Solutions Catalog or application store, which includes portlets and other code for their products. Some solutions are free from IBM and others, while some solutions you have to...
View ArticleMobile apps using IBM Worklight and WebSphere Portal: a tutorial
IBM recently posted a new tutorial on developerWorks about how to use IBM Worklight to deliver WebSphere Portal pages. The title of the article is very long, but here it is: Deliver an exceptional...
View ArticleMobile Web Apps and Apple iOS 6
Today I updated my iPhone 4 to the new iOS 6 operating system. It has lots of new features which I’ve just started to play with, including a new version of Safari, Apple’s mobile web browser. What...
View ArticleGartner Magic Quadrant: Horizontal Portals 2012
Gartner has recently published the 2012 version of their Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals. So far, I haven’t found the Gartner report on their reprint site and none of the vendors have provided...
View ArticleMulti-Channel Delivery in Liferay
Josh Asbury presented Liferay’s mobile capabilities this afternoon. Josh is Director of Corporate Sales for Liferay. If you done any work on the mobile front, you know there are basically three...
View Article2012 Tech Trends: Mobile, Social, Cloud and Business Analytics
IBM recently released the 2012 edition of their annual Tech Trends Report. The 2012 Tech Trends Report is based on a survey of more than 1,200 professionals who make technology decisions for their...
View ArticleHow to Make Your Enterprise Mobile App More Engaging
The guys over at the Spark Blog seem to be on a roll lately with a number of nice posts. I especially like Amit Malhotra’s post on Mobile App best practices. Lots of companies are creating apps for...
View ArticleSocial Intranet Technologies, Part 4
In part 1 and part 2 of this series, I introduced many of the technologies used to build a social intranet. In part 3, I talked about three scenarios and list some of the technology that would be...
View ArticleSalesforce: Can I really build a portal on the platform?
Back in 2012, Gartner included Salesforce.com in their Horizontal Portal Magic Quadrant as a Visionary. Since that time, many people have scratched their head wondering how is a CRM system a...
View ArticleThe Mobile Workspace – Connect, Share, Collaborate and Collide
The Gartner Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit 2013 provided an intriguing panel discussion called “The Mobile Workspace – Connect, Share, Collaborate and Collide.“ The attendees included...
View Article12 Technologies That Are Improving at Insane Speeds
Business Insider published an article titled “12 Technologies That Are Improving at Insane Speeds” describing a McKinsey report about technologies that are disrupting the global economy. The image...
View ArticleIDC Downgrades PC Shipments from Bad To Worse
While it’s no surprise to anyone that PC shipments are on the downturn, it appears to be a larger downturn than expected. CRN has an article about the recent IDC study showing a 9.7% decrease in...
View ArticleMultichannel Feature Pack 2 added to IBM Web Experience Factory
Multichannel delivery is a hot topic these days. Just when you thought developing for multiple browsers was tedious, not we have to account for multiple device types, responsive sites, native mobile...
View ArticleAdobe’s State of Mobile Benchmark
Adobe is making a name for itself in the area of digital marketing. Marketers know that data is necessary to make key decisions and I’m glad to see Adobe providing leadership in this area. When it...
View ArticleThank You IFTTT for Making Our Lives Easier
I am enamored with IFTTT (pronounced as IFT). IFTTT is like that parent or spouse that does things for you. If you are sitting on the couch, you can call out, “Can you turn the lights off?” and that...
View Article9: A Patient Portal Is Mobile
For all you keeping track of my previous posts, you can find a list here. To anyone with a smart phone (over 50% and climbing) or a tablet, stating that a patient portal is mobile is like saying that...
View ArticleHow Not To Do a Print to Digital Marketing Campaign
Last week on the MARTA in Atlanta, Georgia I sat next to a poster advertising business courses at Herzing University. Having never heard of it, I looked it up to find that it is a for-profit...
View ArticleDreamforce: Marc Benioff Keynote and Salesforce 1
Marc Benioff’s keynote is the first session today at Dreamforce13. Marc and Co-Founder Parker Harris spent time this morning highlighting features and applications that are going to be available on...
View ArticleDreamforce: Building Custom Mobile Self-Service Apps
As you can see from the Salesforce keynote, Mobile is extremely important to them and to customers. Why Mobile Self-Service Mobile devices are ubiquitous. Q4 was the inflection point where more phones...
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