Comments on: Too Many Gateways http://itredux.com/2006/05/28/too-many-gateways/ New Rules for a New IT World Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:04:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Practical Blogging http://itredux.com/2006/05/28/too-many-gateways/comment-page-1/#comment-3451 Practical Blogging Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:34:21 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/05/28/too-many-gateways/#comment-3451 [...] With the ability for customers and prospects to connect and build networks and communities, are Corporate Marketing Departments, even relevent? If possible, what can corporate marketing departents do to stay relevent? We explore this issue from multiple sides and issues –dial in to hear. Too many gateways mean we all end up with far too much information to keep up with. When a beta tester and geek like Ismael Ghalimi ends up getting frustrated, then you know it’s time for Identity 2.0. Rather than having to keep up with 30+ passwords/logins and having to worry about APIs and the technical specifics of multiple platforms, Identity 2.0 would streamline all of this into one gateway that shared your data with the applications you allowed. [...] […] With the ability for customers and prospects to connect and build networks and communities, are Corporate Marketing Departments, even relevent? If possible, what can corporate marketing departents do to stay relevent? We explore this issue from multiple sides and issues –dial in to hear. Too many gateways mean we all end up with far too much information to keep up with. When a beta tester and geek like Ismael Ghalimi ends up getting frustrated, then you know it’s time for Identity 2.0. Rather than having to keep up with 30+ passwords/logins and having to worry about APIs and the technical specifics of multiple platforms, Identity 2.0 would streamline all of this into one gateway that shared your data with the applications you allowed. […]

]]> By: Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2006/05/28/too-many-gateways/comment-page-1/#comment-3100 Ismael Ghalimi Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:46:57 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/05/28/too-many-gateways/#comment-3100 Dennis, I must agree with you. The service aggregators have it easier. Much easier. Dennis,

I must agree with you. The service aggregators have it easier. Much easier.

]]> By: Dennis D. McDonald http://itredux.com/2006/05/28/too-many-gateways/comment-page-1/#comment-3094 Dennis D. McDonald Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:42:21 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/05/28/too-many-gateways/#comment-3094 Ismael: I don't think this "too many gateways" problem is ever going to be solved. It's not just the issue of technical translation and standards to consider, it's also the issue of making inevitable version-control and upgrade issues manageable across applications by people like me and my wife who hate having to "work under the hood." The evidence that things have already gone too far is the numerous web pages that are festooned with badges, browser download buttons, and a bewildering variety of feed management options. What that situation suggests to me is that, in the real world of the World Wild Web, things are getting harder to manage, not easier. This is "playing into the hands of" large services (Yahoo, Google, large system integrators) who have it in their power to enforce some consistency and ease of use standards. That's good for some users, not so good for others. And I thought the world was getting flatter and simpler! - Dennis PS: I address some of these issues <a href="http://www.ddmcd.com/doodads.html">here</a>. Ismael:

I don’t think this “too many gateways” problem is ever going to be solved. It’s not just the issue of technical translation and standards to consider, it’s also the issue of making inevitable version-control and upgrade issues manageable across applications by people like me and my wife who hate having to “work under the hood.”

The evidence that things have already gone too far is the numerous web pages that are festooned with badges, browser download buttons, and a bewildering variety of feed management options. What that situation suggests to me is that, in the real world of the World Wild Web, things are getting harder to manage, not easier.

This is “playing into the hands of” large services (Yahoo, Google, large system integrators) who have it in their power to enforce some consistency and ease of use standards. That’s good for some users, not so good for others.

And I thought the world was getting flatter and simpler!

- Dennis

PS: I address some of these issues here.

]]> By: Myles Braithwaite http://itredux.com/2006/05/28/too-many-gateways/comment-page-1/#comment-3089 Myles Braithwaite Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:19:08 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/05/28/too-many-gateways/#comment-3089 I have the same problem: one application piggybacking on another one, be it online, on a server, or on the desktop. I have the same problem: one application piggybacking on another one, be it online, on a server, or on the desktop.

]]> By: Charlie Wood http://itredux.com/2006/05/28/too-many-gateways/comment-page-1/#comment-3083 Charlie Wood Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:40:11 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/05/28/too-many-gateways/#comment-3083 Don't forget, you also use an RSS-to-iCal gateway. This is how Spanning Salesforce's iCal support is implemented. Don’t forget, you also use an RSS-to-iCal gateway. This is how Spanning Salesforce’s iCal support is implemented.

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