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…
September 9th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Leadership at KickApps know where the Web is going … this will translate into KickApps continued leadership in the world of social media and the Web. Keep up great work!
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Chester Bateman
Grassroots Learning Project
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Oregon State University
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