Comments on: Will Consumer Apps Replace Enterprise Tools? http://gigaom.com/collaboration/will-consumer-apps-replace-enterprise-tools/ Fri, 25 May 2012 05:19:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: consumer http://gigaom.com/collaboration/will-consumer-apps-replace-enterprise-tools/#comment-52977 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:47:33 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/12/21/will-consumer-apps-replace-enterprise-tools/#comment-52977 consumer

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]]> By: Secure web application lists « A Free Lunch http://gigaom.com/collaboration/will-consumer-apps-replace-enterprise-tools/#comment-52976 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:03:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/12/21/will-consumer-apps-replace-enterprise-tools/#comment-52976 [...] An entry in Web Worker Daily lead me to read an interesting article on The Economist, that was about employees using consumer web applications instead of or in addition to their in-house applications. There are definitely some convincing arguments for doing it, or even supporting it from the corporate side, as well as some valid concerns. [...]

]]> By: Jackson West http://gigaom.com/collaboration/will-consumer-apps-replace-enterprise-tools/#comment-52975 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:10:41 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/12/21/will-consumer-apps-replace-enterprise-tools/#comment-52975 You know, that was my only question regarding larger-scale companies (and institutions like ASU). Namely, the privacy and security features. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out — for instance, Google offering their apps to enterprise customers to host themselves (I know, not likely).

]]> By: Pud http://gigaom.com/collaboration/will-consumer-apps-replace-enterprise-tools/#comment-52974 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:08:43 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/12/21/will-consumer-apps-replace-enterprise-tools/#comment-52974 That article reads like something straight out of Google’s marketing department. Are we really to believe that all of the personal and financial information in a school’s spreadsheets can be carelessly loaded into a private company’s web application? How many of you have tried to use a web-based word processor for anything larger than a blog post? HIPAA, FERPA, SoX, etc. all apply when you’re dealing with personal information, and can’t be flippantly disregarded as “red herrings.”

]]> By: RabidRobot http://gigaom.com/collaboration/will-consumer-apps-replace-enterprise-tools/#comment-52973 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:18:19 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/12/21/will-consumer-apps-replace-enterprise-tools/#comment-52973 Hmm.. Sarbanes Oxley will probably keep any publicly traded company from ever doing this, until there is some way to archive and review all mail traffic on the domain.

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