Author Archives: Mike Riversdale

I (Mike Riversdale, aka Miramar Mike) have worked all my professional life alongside users of information with my work with software vendors (Business Objects, Sydney), New Zealand government agencies (Department of Corrections, Ministry of Health, Christchurch City Council), charitable organisations (skylight) and private/public companies (Fronde, Etam). My focus is always on the real users and their information demands - I have been called the "people's poet"! Working for Fronde and as an independent consultant my role is to introduce the concepts, educate around the challenges and ultimately help deliver available, findable and useful information to those that need it. I am experienced in the full gamut of Enterprise 2.0 tools and, despite a leaning towards open source, I am totally vendor independent - whatever works for the client!

November 11, 2008 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Wondering Why You Should Care About “Web 2.0″/”Cloud Computing”?

By Mike Riversdale

A guest post from the inimitable and highly personable MiramarMike If you’re like a lot of people I know both working with IT and those purporting to support those using IT) and are wondering what the big deal is about using a damned browser to do some fancy dancy things

August 19, 2008 Posted in Business 8 Comments

Zoho’s CEO Answers The Question, “Why compete with Google?”

By Mike Riversdale

(this is a cross posting with MiramarMike.co.nz) Sridhar Vembu, CEO of Zoho, has posted a fascinating insight into the perceived strategy of Google that includes some astounding financial facts such as: Google makes nearly as much in profit per employee as SAP or Oracle Salesforce make in revenue per employee

July 21, 2008 Posted in Collaboration, SaaS, Web x.0 Leave a comment

Listing The Latest Google Apps Upgrades

By Mike Riversdale

As most of you know I use Google Apps to run MiramarMike.co.nz and thoroughly enjoy the freedom that I have when it comes to accessing and using my company information from wherever I am in the world (Wellington mostly) – as long as I have a good connection to the

June 6, 2008 Posted in Strategy, Web x.0 Leave a comment

Semantic Web … what’s that all abaht then guv’nor?

By Mike Riversdale

(cross posting from MiramarMike.co.nz – connecting people with people via information) The Semantic Web has, for quite some time now, been touted as then next generation Internet and more specifically the “Web” – your email runs on the Internet but I’m not sure that’s what they’re talk—- well, maybe …

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April 28, 2008 Posted in SaaS, Web x.0 Leave a comment

Web/Enterprise 2.0 is SaaS+ AND can only live on the Internet

By Mike Riversdale

(cross posting from Mike Riversdale: Enterprise 2.0 New Zealand style blog) I’m gonna make three points: SaaS is thin to the max Web 2.0 is SaaS PLUS the Internet Enterprise 2.0 is “Web 2.0″ within the organisation SaaS? “Software as a Service” 1 – SaaS is thin to the max.

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April 21, 2008 Posted in IT, Web x.0 Leave a comment

ReadWriteWeb: Enterprise 2.0 To Become a $4.6 Billion Industry By 2013

By Mike Riversdale

(cross posting from Mike Riversdale: Enterprise 2.0 New Zealand style blog) Enterprise 2.0 To Become a $4.6 Billion Industry By 2013 – thank golly for that, all I have to do is hang on until then and I’m rolling in it?!? A new report released today by Forrester Research is

April 17, 2008 Posted in Efficiency, SaaS, Web x.0 Leave a comment

Google Docs … so what – the ONE reason why you should care

By Mike Riversdale

(cross posting from Mike Riversdale: Enterprise 2.0 New Zealand style blog) Google Apps … on-line word processing … a slightly interesting “battle” between Google and Microsoft … !? … who, apart from those with shares or have their status/job entangled to one or the other, gives a stuff really ?

April 15, 2008 Posted in IT, SaaS, Strategy, Web x.0 Leave a comment

Will the Google revolution engulf IT departments? No.

By Mike Riversdale

(cross posting from Mike Riversdale: Enterprise 2.0 New Zealand style blog) Will the Google revolution engulf IT departments? is the question posed by Jason Hiner: Gartner has embarked on a wide-reaching new study of Google and its potential impact on IT, enterprise businesses, and society in general in the coming

April 6, 2008 Posted in Web x.0 Leave a comment

File formats – Microsoft wins the battle but …

By Mike Riversdale

(cross posting from Mike Riversdale: Enterprise 2.0 New Zealand style blog) As I have stated previously, file storage standards are becoming a quaint footnote in electronic history. Despite Microsoft seemingly winning the protracted OOXML vs ODF standards war (a report) they have definitely lost the war … and probably quite

March 26, 2008 Posted in Web x.0 Leave a comment

3 quick lessons to keep you up to play with Enterprise 2.0

By Mike Riversdale

(cross posting from Mike Riversdale: Enterprise 2.0 New Zealand style blog) Basic A great list of “Web 2.0″ definitions from Miraz that we people that live on the Web use all the time but may confuse and intimidate those that don’t know. As Miraz ably demonstrates, most of the words

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.