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Web 2.0 Re-examined: Part 3 - the Paradigm Shift

December 7, 2006 – 6:18 pm by coachwei

Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value Web 2.0: The Paradigm Shifts Web 2.0 refers to the 2nd generation web that is driven by two paradigm shifts from the first generation web: A usage paradigm shift A technology paradigm shift Architecture of Participation: A Usage Paradigm Shift The usage paradigm shift is the most obvious aspect of web 2.0 as seen from various consumer websites like MySpace, YouTube and Flickr. The characteristics have been very well articulated by Tim O’Reilly, Dion HinchCliffe and Jeremy Geelan, etc: Architecture of participation The network effect via social networking Harnessing the collective intelligence Architecture of Partition: A Technology Paradigm Shift Over the history of computing, computing architecture partition has been swinging back and forth between two extremes: server-centric or client centric architecture. We started with mainframe computing, which is a highly centralized model. In the mainframe era, computing happens on the server side and the client is a dumb display ...more »

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Web 2.0 Re-examined: Part 2 - What is Web 2.0?

December 7, 2006 – 6:17 pm by coachwei

Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value What Is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is the next evolution of the web that has a new usage paradigm as well as a new technology paradigm. The former is characterized by “architecture of participation” and the latter is characterized by “architecture of partition”. The “Consumer-centric” View Causes Confusion There is no doubt that the “web 2.0” phenomenon is ignited by the success of consumer websites like MySpace, YouTube and Flickr. From these consumer website, analysts established “social networking” via the network effect as a key feature of web 2.0. Though it is possible that enterprise oriented social computing applications may emerge to address specific enterprise concerns, it is not clear how social networking can change enterprise IT on a more fundamental level. Analysts further characterized “Architecture of Participation” as another key element of web 2.0, as evident from YouTube and Flickr. Similarly ...more »

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Web 2.0 Re-examined: Part 1 - The Confusion

December 7, 2006 – 6:02 pm by coachwei

Web 2.0 Re-examined: the Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value Web 2.0: the State of Confusion Web 2.0 is exciting, but there are lots of confusions today, even among noted experts. There are two schools of opinions among experts. The first school is critical of Web 2.0. This group is represented by Tim Berners-Lee and Russell Raw. Their opinions are: There is nothing fundamentally different between “Web 1.0” and the so-called “Web 2.0”; Web 2.0 has nothing new and is based on the same technology as of Web 1.0; Web 2.0 is just a piece of jargon. The second group of experts are Web 2.0 champions. This group is represented by Tim O’Reilly, Paul Graham and Dion HinchCliffe. This group argues: Web 2.0 is here and it is big; “Architecture of Participation”, “the Network Effect (social network)”, and “Harnessing the collective intelligence” are fundamentally new and different from web 1.0; Web 2.0 is more about a paradigm shift ...more »

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Web 2.0 Re-examined - Table of Content

December 7, 2006 – 5:37 pm by coachwei

Web 2.0 Re-examined: The Paradigm Shift, Technology Stack and Business Value Abstract This essay re-examines web 2.0 by looking at its technology stack and impact on enterprise computing, in contrast to the common consumer-centric point of view. Categorizing the landscape into Consumer Web 2.0 and Enterprise Web 2.0, the essay establishes a web 2.0 technology stack that forms the foundation of a paradigm shift called “architecture of partition”. In the end, the business impact of web 2.0 technologies on enterprises is presented. Table of Content Web 2.0: the State of Confusion What is Web 2.0? The "Consumer-centric" View Causes Confusion The Difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 The Two Pillars: Consumer Web 2.0 and Enterprise Web 2.0 Key Characteristics of Consumer Web 2.0 and Enterprise Web 2.0 Web 2.0: The Paradigm Shifts Architecture of Participation: A Usage Paradigm Shift Architecture of Partition: A Technology Paradigm Shift more »

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