Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Gerrit Kolb, CEO of CoreMedia (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: You should look at WebLinc. WebLinc is a very comprehensive system with one of the best personalization capabilities on the commerce side. They’re not necessarily as focused on the content side, although they are doing some very interesting user-generated content work. Let’s talk about open problems and opportunities out there. Based on this

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Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Gerrit Kolb, CEO of CoreMedia (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Interesting. Can you give us some examples from your customer base where this kind of content–commerce fusion is happening on their website as we speak? Gerrit Kolb: One example is Homebase. Homebase is using IBM system in the back-end. Then, we have JD Group who is using SAP in the back-end system. What

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Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Gerrit Kolb, CEO of CoreMedia (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: How do you do it? Gerrit Kolb: Most traditional web content management systems typically rely on an approach where the delivery of the web page is left to the web server. This means that you basically have a static environment that you can change a little bit with a little JavaScript. Our differentiating factor is that

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The Future of Software Development Is Here. Are You Ready Yet?

By guest author Mridula Velagapudi As I wrote in a piece earlier, as a part of technology evolution, software development has evolved and matured a lot, and the present trends show that there is going to be a paradigm shift in the developers’ roles. The question is: are you ready yet? With Web 3.0, the exponential

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Web 3.0 and Mental Illness: Content, Community And Commerce

Web 3.0 and Mental Illness: Content The content needs of the domain are immense and range all the way from content related to various illnesses, their symptoms, medications, prognosis, and state of research, to the vast spectrum of discussions and insights on coping mechanisms and support resources for family and friends.

Personalization Will Make Strides in 2012

Trust Apple to show the way. Yes, again! With Siri, personalization makes a significant leap forward, and now the media is abuzz with other possibilities – from Siri on Apple’s version of the television, to Best Buy’s catalog now available on iOS, and for Siri to help shoppers shop at BestBuy. All this is very

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Web 3.0 and the Argentine Tango: Community, Personalization, Vertical Search

Social dance is a natural for building wonderful, sticky, rewarding communities around. What are missing from the tango community are well-thought-through mechanisms to naturally facilitate the community’s interaction needs. Some very old-fashioned forums still work amazingly well. Tango-L is a mailing list that numerous aficionados have been using for at least 15 years to discuss

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Web 3.0 and the Argentine Tango: Commerce

There is a plethora of obvious merchandise to sell to tango aficionados, and commerce is thus a very attractive category. From music to dance shoes to clothing to DVDs, the options are abundant. And, of course, we’ve been talking about travel experiences all along as possible commercial touch points. Other, less obvious commercial opportunities that

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