The Washington D.C.-based Corporate Executive Board recently acquired the online technology community, IT Toolbox, for $59 million. What could possible make a digital hangout so valuable to an organization serving the world’s top executives? Let... Read more
What’s in this week’s mailbag from New York–based L-3 Communications, the sixth largest defense company in the United States? A few changes at the top. General (Retired) Charles F. “Chuck” Wald has been appointed L-3’s ne... Read more
Earlier this week, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released the disclosed venture capital totals for the second quarter. $271.8 million poured into the Washington area for the quarter, though, yet again, none... Read more
A close friend of mine manages a hedge fund in New York, and when we chat during heady stock market runs I’ll remark how well things must be going for him. “Honesty, Brian, it really doesn’t matter whether stocks are going up or down – as long a... Read more
Dr Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google Inc, was recently asked to give his thoughts on the future for Web. In his answer, he predicted a shift away from the AJAX framework that supports much of the web 2.0 tools to a smaller, customizable pla... Read more
Ask 100 executives to define Web 2.0 and you are likely to get 100 different answers. It isn’t that Web 2.0 lacks meat, but that it can deliver tangible value in multiple forms. While certain elements of Web 2.0 might prove to be a fad as... Read more
A decade ago, if you wanted to launch a website you had to be a computer programmer or have the recourses to hire web designers. Now anyone with an internet connection can publish content using any number of free build-it-yourself web publishing... Read more
James Surowiecki, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of The Wisdom of the Crowds, will speak at the New New Internet’s Web 2.0 for Business Conference this November extolling the virtues of large group collective intelligence and its imp... Read more
If you’ve spent any time in front of a computer in the last two years you’re likely to have come across a variety of new tools being touted, sometimes loudly, as the ultimate solution for any business. Often under the dubious moniker Web 2.0, th... Read more
