tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10124852.post1942548927691684494..comments2023-03-17T22:02:34.195+11:00Comments on This is the old ChiefTech blog...: Why focus on Enterprise RSS?James Dellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11816163470369202593noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10124852.post-55273341309887252752008-04-12T12:07:00.000+10:002008-04-12T12:07:00.000+10:00James - e-mail is certainly much more understandab...James - e-mail is certainly much more understandable and "in your face" in the enterprise. The blessing and curse.<BR/><BR/>I was talking to Scott Niesen from Attensa today about the subtle world of Enterprise RSS, and it's very puzzling. It's a powerful piece of infrastructure, the standards-based nature of RSS (and ATOM) makes it (as Martin commented) great glue to connect systems, and yet if I had a penny for all the times I'd ever heard someone bring up Enterprise RSS, I'd have maybe 13 cents. 10 of those cents coming from 5 years ago when I first started poking around in enterprise uses of blogs, wikis, RSS, etc..<BR/><BR/>I am hearing buzz of people rediscovering portals however, or perhaps discovering portals for the first time, in which case they may be consuming RSS without knowing it, as RSS in 2008 is frequently feeding the portlets for news, status, etc. in enterprise portals.<BR/><BR/>The simplicity of RSS seems to cause people to underrate it's value. Very puzzling indeed.Dan Keldsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989163772630815426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10124852.post-34957209805928148742008-04-12T08:46:00.000+10:002008-04-12T08:46:00.000+10:00Thanks for your comments everyone. Dan - I wonder ...Thanks for your comments everyone. Dan - I wonder if enterprise users are converting RSS feeds into email because they are looking for an integrated "information workplace" - email, for enterprise users, is still the more mature of the two technologies. Or in other words, email has the level fo infrastructure we are looking for with Enterprise RSS. I mean, imagine if we didn't have enterprise email systems like MS Exchange to power Outlook.James Dellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11816163470369202593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10124852.post-7311552232754405182008-04-12T01:55:00.000+10:002008-04-12T01:55:00.000+10:00James, this is not really a rant - it is a much ne...James, this is not really a rant - it is a much needed call for getting the whole picture.<BR/><BR/>RSS in my mind too is the glue that binds the parts of the future enterprise 2.0 infrastructure together, i.e. it really is an essential element of the enterprise platforms (that we design and envision).<BR/><BR/>Yes, it isn't glitzy and catchy, and like Dan says it, it is a curious beast, but standardized protocols never are, even when they've got much to offer. <BR/><BR/>Yet and while this message of "hey, there are opportunities with this RSS beast" and promoting and educating about clever use in the enterprise may be what is really needed - it is sometimes also a "recipe for disaster" in "standard selling situations". Maybe the Enterprise RSS Day of Action can ease this situation ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10124852.post-91600172158900800282008-04-11T18:07:00.000+10:002008-04-11T18:07:00.000+10:00Wonderful post! I fully agree with you: RSS is inf...Wonderful post! I fully agree with you: RSS is infrastructure!<BR/>So, if RSS is infrastructure, I'm curious about your thoughts on enterprise RSS servers and RSS enabling information in the organization? Should companies have an enterprise RSS server? Or are their other ways to have an RSS infrastructure? And do you find that all information should be RSS-ified?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145886833443377887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10124852.post-63621569169922648172008-04-10T08:57:00.000+10:002008-04-10T08:57:00.000+10:00Hi James - thanks for the reference to our Market ...Hi James - thanks for the reference to our Market IQ on Enterprise 2.0, much appreciated!<BR/><BR/>RSS is a curious beast - so simple to implement (I've hand-coded database feeds myself), and yet still so rare. The value of this level of plumbing is way under utilized, although the vast majority of people I interact with that are "enterprise users" seem to nearly universally convert their RSS feeds into e-mail (or something else more push-live).<BR/><BR/>So where have we gone astray?<BR/><BR/>BTW - just posted a presentation more specifically about Knowledge Management 2.0 and Enterprise 20 - the data shown is from the Market IQ, so not new, but the set-up is different.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!<BR/>DanDan Keldsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989163772630815426noreply@blogger.com