Comments for IT|Redux http://itredux.com New Rules for a New IT World Sat, 17 May 2008 02:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Miscellaneous Updates by Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2008/05/05/miscellaneous-updates/#comment-914643 Ismael Ghalimi Mon, 12 May 2008 04:39:04 +0000 http://itredux.com/?p=504#comment-914643 Doron, Update coming soon... -Ismael Doron,

Update coming soon…

-Ismael

]]> Comment on Miscellaneous Updates by Doron Tilleman http://itredux.com/2008/05/05/miscellaneous-updates/#comment-914426 Doron Tilleman Sun, 11 May 2008 07:35:51 +0000 http://itredux.com/?p=504#comment-914426 Are there any news regarding the Redux Model 1? Are there any news regarding the Redux Model 1?

]]> Comment on Office 2.0 by Jess http://itredux.com/2005/12/04/office-20/#comment-913770 Jess Wed, 07 May 2008 16:56:10 +0000 http://p6.hostingprod.com/@itredux.com/blog/?p=14#comment-913770 I'm thinking "get rid of this laptop boat anchor with a sleek iPhone". Which ones work on iPhone? I’m thinking “get rid of this laptop boat anchor with a sleek iPhone”.

Which ones work on iPhone?

]]> Comment on Miscellaneous Updates by Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2008/05/05/miscellaneous-updates/#comment-913639 Ismael Ghalimi Tue, 06 May 2008 04:22:03 +0000 http://itredux.com/?p=504#comment-913639 Scott, I really like the idea. We'll definitely work on something like that. -Ismael Scott,

I really like the idea. We’ll definitely work on something like that.

-Ismael

]]> Comment on Miscellaneous Updates by Scott Mark http://itredux.com/2008/05/05/miscellaneous-updates/#comment-913637 Scott Mark Tue, 06 May 2008 02:52:23 +0000 http://itredux.com/?p=504#comment-913637 I like the idea of incorporating more user-generated content into the Office 2.0 database. At risk of sounding like a populist it might be nice if people could mark tools as "I use this!" or something of the sort and build up a personal profile of the tools they use. So you might gain insight into popular tools, but I think more importantly you would be able to find a tool you like and navigate via profiles to discover other tools used by people who like the tools you like. Not quite a recommendation engine, just a social graphing tool. I like the idea of incorporating more user-generated content into the Office 2.0 database. At risk of sounding like a populist it might be nice if people could mark tools as “I use this!” or something of the sort and build up a personal profile of the tools they use. So you might gain insight into popular tools, but I think more importantly you would be able to find a tool you like and navigate via profiles to discover other tools used by people who like the tools you like. Not quite a recommendation engine, just a social graphing tool.

]]> Comment on Extreme Productivity Seminar Slides by Scott Gavin http://itredux.com/2008/03/29/extreme-productivity-seminar-slides/#comment-912469 Scott Gavin Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:55:04 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2008/03/29/extreme-productivity-seminar-slide/#comment-912469 Hi Ismael, Glad it went well. You have some great feedback there! Hi Ismael,

Glad it went well. You have some great feedback there!

]]> Comment on On Salesforce.com and Google by Ajay Gandhi http://itredux.com/2008/04/16/on-salesforcecom-and-google/#comment-911469 Ajay Gandhi Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:28:25 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2008/04/16/on-salesforcecom-and-google/#comment-911469 The Salesforce.com and Google combination is a great step forward towards the cloud computing vision. Most enterprises are still working on basic SOA deployments and require lots of hand holding to bring Enterprise 2.0 towards any type of enterprise-wide deployment. There is an interesting diagnostic/assessment tool now available for business and IT folks to learn more about Enterprise 2.0, it is at <a href="http://getsocial.bea.com/" rel="nofollow">getsocial.bea.com</a>. I would love your feedback. The Salesforce.com and Google combination is a great step forward towards the cloud computing vision. Most enterprises are still working on basic SOA deployments and require lots of hand holding to bring Enterprise 2.0 towards any type of enterprise-wide deployment. There is an interesting diagnostic/assessment tool now available for business and IT folks to learn more about Enterprise 2.0, it is at getsocial.bea.com. I would love your feedback.

]]> Comment on On Salesforce.com and Google by Ryan Nichols http://itredux.com/2008/04/16/on-salesforcecom-and-google/#comment-910490 Ryan Nichols Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:09:31 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2008/04/16/on-salesforcecom-and-google/#comment-910490 Ismael, Thanks for your assessment of Appirio's applications and your very helpful feedback. I think we all agree that this is only a first step in bringing together Salesforce.com and Google -- we certainly aspire to offer our customers a single view on all their documents, regardless of where they are stored, or in what format, and to have full business context available in any calendar. You nailed one of the most important elements of this announcement -- the power of bringing together the platforms of Salesforce.com and Google for an ecosystem of partners. <a href="http://www.appirio.com/blog/2008/04/ryan-nichols-google-and-salesforce.php" rel="nofollow">Here's our take on the topic...</a> Ismael,

Thanks for your assessment of Appirio’s applications and your very helpful feedback. I think we all agree that this is only a first step in bringing together Salesforce.com and Google — we certainly aspire to offer our customers a single view on all their documents, regardless of where they are stored, or in what format, and to have full business context available in any calendar.

You nailed one of the most important elements of this announcement — the power of bringing together the platforms of Salesforce.com and Google for an ecosystem of partners. Here’s our take on the topic…

]]> Comment on On Salesforce.com and Google by Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2008/04/16/on-salesforcecom-and-google/#comment-907478 Ismael Ghalimi Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:21:51 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2008/04/16/on-salesforcecom-and-google/#comment-907478 Dean, I could not agree more with your overall assessment. Best regards -Ismael Dean,

I could not agree more with your overall assessment.

Best regards
 -Ismael

]]> Comment on On Salesforce.com and Google by Dean Mao http://itredux.com/2008/04/16/on-salesforcecom-and-google/#comment-907449 Dean Mao Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:52:56 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2008/04/16/on-salesforcecom-and-google/#comment-907449 It's amazing how backwards the current calendaring systems are, even though the calendar tool has been rehashed in many different languages under varying platforms. Good salespeople are usually pretty busy and require good tools to get the job done. The ultimate tool should be easy for invitees (guests) to understand and integrate with their own calendaring solution, and still unleash full power to the meeting inviter. Outlook seems to have solved this problem, but it's only solved if everyone uses outlook. Currently, everyone has their own calendaring solution (Yahoo, Google, Outlook, iCal, Salesforce, Evolution, BlackBerry, iPhone, etc.), so integration is key here. I checked out the Presdo link, and although it doesn't have perfect integration (it looks like there are links that allow import into different calendars), it does seem to offer a substantial user experience improvement over something like Google Calendar. Busy people don't want to waste time figuring out how to create/manage events. Google Calendar doesn't offer a clean and easy view to invitees, unless you happen to be a Google Calendar user. Looks like the same lock-in problem that Microsoft solved with Outlook. It’s amazing how backwards the current calendaring systems are, even though the calendar tool has been rehashed in many different languages under varying platforms. Good salespeople are usually pretty busy and require good tools to get the job done. The ultimate tool should be easy for invitees (guests) to understand and integrate with their own calendaring solution, and still unleash full power to the meeting inviter. Outlook seems to have solved this problem, but it’s only solved if everyone uses outlook.

Currently, everyone has their own calendaring solution (Yahoo, Google, Outlook, iCal, Salesforce, Evolution, BlackBerry, iPhone, etc.), so integration is key here. I checked out the Presdo link, and although it doesn’t have perfect integration (it looks like there are links that allow import into different calendars), it does seem to offer a substantial user experience improvement over something like Google Calendar. Busy people don’t want to waste time figuring out how to create/manage events. Google Calendar doesn’t offer a clean and easy view to invitees, unless you happen to be a Google Calendar user. Looks like the same lock-in problem that Microsoft solved with Outlook.

]]> Comment on Why Native BPEL Execution Matters by Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2006/05/22/why-native-bpel-execution-matters/#comment-906173 Ismael Ghalimi Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:34:39 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/05/23/why-native-bpel-execution-matters/#comment-906173 Noble, Fair enough! I'll moderate my enthusiasm for it then. Best regards -Ismael Noble,

Fair enough! I’ll moderate my enthusiasm for it then.

Best regards
 -Ismael

]]> Comment on Extreme Productivity Seminar Slides by Mark Finnern http://itredux.com/2008/03/29/extreme-productivity-seminar-slides/#comment-903219 Mark Finnern Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:17:42 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2008/03/29/extreme-productivity-seminar-slide/#comment-903219 Hi Ismael, Really loved the seminar. Lots of great productivity tips and insights into your implementation of it. I especially liked that your approach is very flexible, and you showed us how to tune it to our own requirements. Thanks -Mark Hi Ismael,

Really loved the seminar. Lots of great productivity tips and insights into your implementation of it. I especially liked that your approach is very flexible, and you showed us how to tune it to our own requirements.

Thanks
 -Mark

]]> Comment on Why Native BPEL Execution Matters by Noble Edward http://itredux.com/2006/05/22/why-native-bpel-execution-matters/#comment-888338 Noble Edward Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:41:31 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/05/23/why-native-bpel-execution-matters/#comment-888338 "And if you’re an end-user my advice is even more radical: do not consider using any product that is not natively built around BPEL, for you will pay the price of not being standard-compliant down the road." -- This is a pathetic scare tactics, reminds me of GWB and his WMD fable! Listen, BPEL is of course a good tool to describe a process execution, but you cannot add some not existent 'exclusivity' to it, as though it is the de-facto standard that is gonna rule the BPM domain now & forever in the future! BTW, long long ago, a group of people (mostly deaf) claimed similar exclusivity to a now-dead language, called FORTH! So, the moral of the story is to keep the options open & face the challenges; because only time, technology, and demand will decide who stays and who goes! Just my 2 cents... “And if you’re an end-user my advice is even more radical: do not consider using any product that is not natively built around BPEL, for you will pay the price of not being standard-compliant down the road.” — This is a pathetic scare tactics, reminds me of GWB and his WMD fable!

Listen, BPEL is of course a good tool to describe a process execution, but you cannot add some not existent ‘exclusivity’ to it, as though it is the de-facto standard that is gonna rule the BPM domain now & forever in the future!

BTW, long long ago, a group of people (mostly deaf) claimed similar exclusivity to a now-dead language, called FORTH! So, the moral of the story is to keep the options open & face the challenges; because only time, technology, and demand will decide who stays and who goes!

Just my 2 cents…

]]> Comment on Pushing the Envelope by Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2008/03/05/pushing-the-envelope/#comment-884808 Ismael Ghalimi Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:51:39 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2008/03/05/pushing-the-envelope/#comment-884808 Colton, The MacBook Air is the best laptop I found for meetings, but battery life is not good enough to be used for traveling. As a result, I also use a Sony VAIO VGN-TZ298N/XC. Best regards -Ismael Colton,

The MacBook Air is the best laptop I found for meetings, but battery life is not good enough to be used for traveling. As a result, I also use a Sony VAIO VGN-TZ298N/XC.

Best regards
 -Ismael

]]> Comment on Pushing the Envelope by Colton http://itredux.com/2008/03/05/pushing-the-envelope/#comment-878204 Colton Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:30:20 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2008/03/05/pushing-the-envelope/#comment-878204 Ismael, Very interesting post. I enjoyed reading it. What do you think about the MacBook Air? I am an Egnyte user and think it's great. Cheers, -Colton Ismael,

Very interesting post. I enjoyed reading it. What do you think about the MacBook Air? I am an Egnyte user and think it’s great.

Cheers,
 -Colton

]]> Comment on Extreme Productivity Seminar by Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2008/01/13/extreme-productivity-seminar/#comment-866661 Ismael Ghalimi Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:31:35 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2008/01/13/extreme-productivity-seminar/#comment-866661 Grace, We will definitely have other ones. Friday, May 30th is the date for the next one. -Ismael Grace,

We will definitely have other ones.

Friday, May 30th is the date for the next one.

-Ismael

]]> Comment on Office 2.0 Alternative to Photoshop by Antoine http://itredux.com/2006/02/04/office-20-alternative-to-photoshop/#comment-866450 Antoine Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:07:35 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2006/02/04/office-20-alternative-to-photoshop/#comment-866450 It's all <a href="http://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html">happening</a>. Cheers! It’s all happening.

Cheers!

]]> Comment on Extreme Productivity Seminar by Grace Yacoub http://itredux.com/2008/01/13/extreme-productivity-seminar/#comment-863499 Grace Yacoub Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:55:40 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2008/01/13/extreme-productivity-seminar/#comment-863499 I live very far away, but and would love to hear about the seminar. Could you please post results later, and advise if you are doing another one in the future. I would definitely be interested to attend, but I need at least two months lead time to organize myself. I live very far away, but and would love to hear about the seminar. Could you please post results later, and advise if you are doing another one in the future. I would definitely be interested to attend, but I need at least two months lead time to organize myself.

]]> Comment on Extreme Productivity Seminar by Ismael Ghalimi http://itredux.com/2008/01/13/extreme-productivity-seminar/#comment-863415 Ismael Ghalimi Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:35:36 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2008/01/13/extreme-productivity-seminar/#comment-863415 Anthony, Thanks for your help, much appreciated. Best regards -Ismael Anthony,

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

Best regards
 -Ismael

]]> Comment on Extreme Productivity Seminar by Anthony Bey http://itredux.com/2008/01/13/extreme-productivity-seminar/#comment-862564 Anthony Bey Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:04:22 +0000 http://itredux.com/blog/2008/01/13/extreme-productivity-seminar/#comment-862564 Ismael, Love the initiative and learning objectives. With a new born I can not commit, but will recommend internally. Can we talk tomorrow to help accelerate SFDC's involvement? I will call you, but please do not hesitate to reach out to me. Kind regards, -Anthony Ismael,

Love the initiative and learning objectives. With a new born I can not commit, but will recommend internally. Can we talk tomorrow to help accelerate SFDC’s involvement? I will call you, but please do not hesitate to reach out to me.

Kind regards,
 -Anthony

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