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Archives for October, 2008


What’s after Web 2.0 (hint: it’s not Web 3.0)?

by Gene Phifer  |  October 27, 2008  |  1 Comment

I just had an inquiry with a client who wanted to discuss Web 3.0.  In discussing his questions, I learned that he had equated Web 3.0 to the semantic Web. Gartner has made it clear that we don’t think there will be a ‘Web 3.0′, at least not any time soon.  Web 2.0 was a [...]

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Economic woes mean cutbacks for some, investment for others

by Gene Phifer  |  October 19, 2008  |  2 Comments

I was chastised last week by an attendee at Gartner’s Symposium for our analyst keynote address.  He said that we were telling everybody to cut back, retrench, delay big IT investments and to generally get very frugal due to the economic meltdown.  His beef was that those that continue to cut back past the trough [...]

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