The Enterprise Web 2.0 revolution has been a godsend to small and midsized companies.  Inexpensive, web-based tools and services mean the little guys now have access to professional office tools that rival those used by the Fortune 500–at a fraction of the cost.  Think Thinkfree, Zoho, Google Apps, and literally hundreds of other web office […]

Jigsaw is a fast-growing, controversial online marketplace that lets people trade their business contacts for more contacts or cash.  Co-founded by veteran sales executive Jim Fowler, Jigsaw aims to become the world’s largest Rolodex.  Before Jigsaw, Fowler spent more 12 years selling marketing and collaboration software.
1. What is Jigsaw? Give us the elevator speech.
Jigsaw is the world’s […]

Google has just added its re-designed (or shall we say, “un-designed”) Writely word processor to its online spreadsheet offering and renamed  the package Google Docs & Speadsheets.  Is this the end of Microsoft Office?  Not a chance.  Will it be a threat to Microsoft someday?  You bet your ass. 
As is its style, Google has stripped away […]

One of the great things about Web 2.0 is that almost anybody with talent and luck can get into the game.  Unlike the pre-2001 bubble, which was marked by big, expensive software development costs and required the endless ramping up of high-overhead people,  much of the current phase of web-application growth is fueled by free or low-cost applications like blogs and wikis or built directly for […]

Google has released its long-awaited Web Office Suite under the curiously clumsy name Google Apps for Your Domain.  It is a private-label version of web-based applications the company has released over the past few years–Gmail, Google Google Talk, Calendar, Google Page Creator.
The immediate impact on large organizations will be minimal.  They already have too much […]