Blog » Archive for September, 2007

Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 3)

Wed, Sep 26, 2007

Web 3.0 Framework discussion Below is a quick overview of the Web 3.0 framework for the Gannett sites. We have not gone into the details of all the properties, but you can review the Web 3.0 section of this site for detailed discussions on each vertical category. This segment also includes an overview of the [...]

It’s About Place (Part 8)

Tue, Sep 25, 2007

by Cal McElroy, Guest Author When I started this discussion on PlaceSmart Search and PlaceID back in May, there was a list of topics and issues I wanted to cover, but no clear vision on how to finish the series. As a start, here is a quick recap of the discussion: Paid local search, while [...]

Sharat Sharan’s On24: Lead Generation Through WebCasting (Part 2)

Tue, Sep 25, 2007

SM. Where did you get the idea for your current venture? What is your domain experience in the segment? SS: When I joined ON24 in 1998, we had 2-3 people. We were using streaming audio and video but the business model had not been developed. I saw that as an opportunity because streaming was in [...]

Informatica: Acquisition Target?

Tue, Sep 25, 2007

Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) is a leading data integration enterprise that serves over 2,850 companies worldwide for their end-to-end data integration needs. The various enterprise-wide data integration and data quality solutions that its products support encompass a vast range including data consolidation, data synchronization, data governance, and data warehousing. INFA’s data quality products also support [...]

Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 2)

Tue, Sep 25, 2007

Vertical Strategy Gannett in partnership with Belo Corporation, The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company owns Classified Ventures. Classified Ventures’ objective is to collectively capitalize on the revenue growth in the online classified advertising categories of automotive, apartments, and real estate. Gannett’s various positions in the verticals are sometimes held by the [...]

IPTV: Next-Gen Television?

Mon, Sep 24, 2007

By Mitch Berman, Guest Author To TV or not to TV? That is the question. William Shakespeare would ask, if he were on the Internet today. According to eMarketer’s March 2007 report, 143 million Americans are using their PCs to go online and watch TV shows or other forms of video on-demand. The Internet continues [...]

Online Video Beneficiaries: Alcatel?

Mon, Sep 24, 2007

In the past few posts, we have looked at Cisco and other networking players in the series of posts on Online Video Beneficiaries. In this post, we will look at Alcatel-Lucent. Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications, and services with revenues of [...]

Sharat Sharan’s On24: Lead Generation Through WebCasting (Part 1)

Mon, Sep 24, 2007

SM: Please describe your personal background : Family, upbringing, early career, etc. leading up to this venture. SS: I grew up in New Delhi, India and my dad was a senior military officer. We had a lot of change every two years as we moved from place to place. This taught me how to make [...]