KickApps at Events

We’re gearing up to hit the road in a few weeks. If you’re attending any of these events, come by and get a demo or just to say hi!

FlashForward 2007 – September 19th – 21st, Boston
Online Media, Marketing & Advertising (OMMA) Conference and Expo – September 24th – 25th, New York
Adobe MAX 2007 North America – September 30th – October 3rd, Chicago
Future of Web Apps – October 3rd – 7th, London
Adobe MAX 2007 Europe – October 15th – 18th, Barcelona
Digital Hollywood Fall – October 29th – November 1st, Hollywood
Sports Media & Technology Conference – November 13th – 14th, New York

The Open Portal is coming…call it “cloud” computing if you like.

On his blog, Community in Context, KickApps founder Eric Alterman recently posted on the topic of syndication, mash-ups, and rise of the “Open Portal,” a term he coined to describe the evolution of the portal business, in which sites like Yahoo, MSN, AOL, Google, and Ask will create more value (for their users and themselves) by focusing on the distribution of content and user experiences beyond their confines of their respective URLs. A brief quote below, and then more after the jump.

It’s hard to say who among the the major players will be the first to fully embrace an Open Portal model, but it’s coming. And it must be important because I just read about what’s next in the NYTimes. They may call it “Mash-Ups” and “Cloud Computing”, but a rose by any other name…

Read the full post here.