Innovation happens daily. Gain insight about the people, products, and companies that are ahead of the curve as analyst Chris Shipley and the Guidewire Group critique emerging, digital technologies for enterprises and consumers.
By Guidewire Group•05/12/2008
Red Wahoo of Melbourne, Australia brings a unique perspective to B2B integration by creating a public directory of business Web services. The company’s Monterverdi Conductor is effectively the “Facebook” for companies, allowing companies to profile their businesses and their electronic trading capabilities. Read more
By Guidewire Group•05/07/2008
Qmecom helps ad agencies and content creators spice up their advertising by customizing video and still-image marketing messages. Qmecom pulls data from a company’s real-time sales and product information. By using data garnered from cookies, behavioral targeting, and CRM systems, Qmecom can personalize images, video, music, and text and splice together disparate clips to create different ad versions matching each consumer’s age, gender, and geographic location. For instance, one set of content can be inserted if consumers are under 25 years of age, and a different set for individuals over 25. Read more
By Guidewire Group•05/04/2008
By Guidewire Group•05/01/2008
Simple access to corporate databases through SMS, IM, and email
Mobile Data Now is a simple solution for accessing business databases through short message service (SMS), instant messenger (IM), and email. Read more
By Guidewire Group•04/28/2008
Making it easy to browse and buy from retailers using a mobile phone
By Guidewire Group•04/21/2008
Search engine uses human guides to help users find information online
ChaCha is an Internet search service that uses human guides to help users find specific information online. ChaCha executives believe that no computer can deliver exactly what a user is looking for – that only a human brain can truly understand another human brain. To that end, ChaCha employs guides, trained at the company’s Search University, to assist searchers via instant message. Queries that have been previously asked are indexed and answered instantly. Read more
By Guidewire Group•04/15/2008
A fixed-mobile convergence appliance for enterprise WLANs
The lack of integration between employee mobile voice services and company IP PBX services is a problem for enterprise companies. Agito Networks’ Roam Anywhere Mobility Router, a fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) appliance comprising a network device and a Java client, offers a solution by automatically routing calls through either the cellular network or the enterprise WiFi network based on where the phone is at the moment, using radio frequency signatures to “mark” building doors. Read more
By Guidewire Group•04/14/2008
Web-based social community for music creation and sequencing
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Splice Music is a Web-based sequencer and social community for music creation. Similar to offline sequencers like Garageband, Splice Music lets users record and upload sounds, lay sound bites across multiple tracks, mix them, add effects, and ultimately export their musical arrangements as MP3 files. Unlike Garageband, Splice Music also provides a social network of music lovers and creators who can share sounds and compositions within Splice. This is a huge advantage for musicians who could share creations before, yet were incapable of remixing due to incompatible toolsets.
By Guidewire Group•04/10/2008
Monetizing video content through relevant advertising
Hyper MP Group of Sydney, Australia established itself as consultants specializing in digital video advertising. The consulting practice formed the basis for the company’s product offering, a content delivery engine and player that aims to satisfy the divergent interests of video content viewers who don’t much care for advertising, video producers who want to be paid for their content, and advertisers seeking new way to reach consumers. Read more
By Guidewire Group•04/07/2008
Leveraging social network dynamics to enable B2B data integration
The vast majority of business interactions are manual; each data integration project is a custom implementation. Red Wahoo of Melbourne, Australia brings a unique perspective to B2B integration by creating a public directory of business service Web services. Read more
