Richard MacManus

Enterprises continue to adopt web technologies and ‘web 2.0’ trends, but there are two common threads to this adoption. One is that web technologies are step-by-step being adopted by enterprises, but they aren’t yet ready to usurp many desktop software apps. The Google Apps vs Microsoft Office debate currently raging is proof of that. The … Read more

Here is a summary of the week’s Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. Note that you can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapups, either via the special RSS feed or by email. Web Products Google Apps Goes After Enterprise Market This week Google announced a partnership with major IT consultancy and outsourcing specialist CapGemini, to sell Google … Read more

Earlier this week we took a look at the non-profit spaces on Facebook and MySpace, as part of our non-profits week. The conclusion was that both were good resources, but in terms of raising money — they weren’t quite succeeding. Which leads us to ask: is this common on the Web? Are non-profits utilizing the … Read more

Google’s powerpoint competitor is expected to be released very soon, according to reports circulating. The Inquirer says the product will be called Presently. It wouldn’t surprise me if Presently is unveiled at TechCrunch40 next week – TechCrunch was coy about this in their blog post, but they noted earlier this week that Google would be … Read more

I’m very pleased to announce that Marshall Kirkpatrick is joining Read/WriteWeb as a Lead Writer, starting this Monday. Marshall teams up with Josh Catone in this role, meaning that Read/WriteWeb now has three daily writers (including myself). Marshall will focus on breaking news for Read/WriteWeb, something he is very skilled at and which will complement … Read more

Content Management Systems (CMS) aren’t the most sexiest applications in the world. When you think CMS, you probably think Vignette, Interwoven or a similar enterprise-level product. Those systems are usually bulky and difficult to use. At the other end of the spectrum are blogging platforms, such as Movable Type or WordPress, which are renown for … Read more

Back in January we reviewed a promising new online video startup out of China, called Mojiti. While there are many so-called YouTube clones fighting it out on the Chinese web 2.0 battleground, Mojiti.com – which launched in November 2006 – caught our attention because it offered a fresh user experience. It wasn’t just a YouTube … Read more

Here are some of the highlights from the Read/WriteWeb Network over the past few days: AltSearchEngine’s List of Charity Search Engines: Charles has compiled a very useful list of charity search engines. He concluded that while none of the search engines on the list rated a perfect 5 star rating, several were ‘very good’? – … Read more

Amid all the hoopla over social networks Facebook and MySpace, both major social networks have prominant sections for non-profit activity. Facebook’s is called Causes and MySpace’s is Impact. In this post we’ll take a closer look at how Facebook and MySpace cater to non-profits. Incidentally, lest you think we’re only focused on the big networks, … Read more

MOSH (MObilize and SHare) is a new content sharing network from Nokia. It’s a cellphone agnostic place to create and share games, applications, photos, video, ringtones and more. USA Today reports that MOSH is taking off in India, Russia, Vietnam and China – where most of the nascent service’s traffic is coming from. MOSH hasn’t … Read more

The Rugby World Cup has just started and many people all over the world are glued to their TV sets – especially in my home country New Zealand, where rugby is a national religion. iGoogle has come to the party, by offering a group of Rugby World Cup widgets (Google calls them “gadgets”) to help … Read more

We reported earlier today about Microsoft’s 10-point list on why Google Apps isn’t ready for the enterprise. Now Zimbra, an innovative Web Office startup focused on messaging and collaboration, has added to the anti-Google Apps chorus – specifically citing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance issues. Zimbra says that since all Google docs and files are stored on Google’s … Read more

Up till now, Microsoft has been very quiet about the nascent Web Office threat from Google. But today, in response to the news that IT systems consultancy CapGemini has partnered with Google to sell Google Apps Premier Edition (GAPE) to enterprises, Microsoft issued an email listing 10 “top questions that enterprises should ask when considering … Read more

UK newspaper The Guardian is reporting that Google has partnered with major IT consultancy and outsourcing specialist CapGemini, to sell Google Apps to enterprises. CapGemini, which is also a partner of Microsoft and IBM, will keep the $50 per user fee that Google charges for Google Apps Premier Edition. They will also make money off … Read more

This week’s poll complements our feature, Non-Profits and the Web. We’re asking about your online donation habits. We’re not interested in how much you donate, but the frequency. Although having said that, there is an option for those who donate irregularly but give large amounts. Because it may be easier for some people to do … Read more