Web 2.0 Heroes: Interviews with 20 Web 2.0 Influencers by Bradley L. Jones, Chapter 17

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Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Web-2-0-Heroes-Interviews-Influencers/dp/0470241993/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224483069&sr=1-5

Quote: “Some innovations will be successful business-wise and some will fail. And that’s a good thing.”

Learning Expectations:

            I expect to learn how the Web 2.0 influenced Rob Smith of IBM to do things that are truly remarkable for people to know. I also expect to learn how IBM and the Web 2.0 integrated with each other with the help of Rob Smith changed the world we know today.

Review:

The 17^th Chapter of the Web 2.0 Influencers E-Book is about the interview to Rob Smith. He is the Vice President of the Emerging internet Technologies of IBM, International Business Machines or also known as the Big Blue derived from their logo color and name. He stated that the productivity applications that will be changed on how it is developed. These applications mentioned are blogs, wikis, Google Maps, Wikipedia, and many more. Their team has been through a lot of things back then. They had once helped Java grow from the language into an open middleware platform. They had been also experienced enough with Open Source such as the Apache Foundation, XML, etc. To make things short, they are very well experienced and knowledgeable about the things happening in and out the web. They are pioneers and leaders for some companies out there in terms of knowledge and intellect.

Whenever professional businesses come about, they should take some time and seek some advice from IBM. They need the counsel of the International Business Machines because from the name itself, it is something very formidable to take knowledge from. They offer a lot of information to professional businesses worldwide because they had been in the industry for a long time. They offer different kinds of solutions, services, products, and supports to people all over the globe. The solutions they offer can be of assistance to industries starting from A to Z. The solutions they provide have a big success rate making them one of the most trusted companies around the world. They also provide IT and business services to the end-users. These services are used to enhance a business to recovering something that has been lost. The services that they provide are broad and wide as far as the eyes can see. They can help people out in IT companies manage their systems and even lend a hand to other business who need their help.

They are flexible and versatile enough to help out different kinds of industries because of the experience and knowledge that they have. These experiences have accumulated through the years from high rising success to down low failures. The company also offers products to people. They offer software, hardware, workstations, systems, and many more. These products are with great quality and worth. It provides excellent experience to the end-users making them also capable to learn and gain knowledge to share to the world. They are the forefront of innovation and technology that greatly affects the world. The other great thing that IBM presents to people is their support. Each time they implement something for people to use, they do not go away like other companies do. What they do is stay and give support to those who they gave help to. They give out help and assistance to those who are having difficulties. This fact is also a factor on why they are very popular in the globe. These things put together are the main reasons of the success of IBM. Through years of experience and know-how they rose to the top and stayed there even today.

The way IBM changed the world is truly outstanding considering the fact that people are difficult to entice to new things. They improved and enhanced the way people live today compared to the years back then. The advancements and technologies that they provide to people is of quality and at the same time in quantity. They are very well experienced and knowledgeable about the things that they do bringing them to the top. The way they handle business and IT at the same time and also supporting both with excellent services, solutions, products, and additional support is very strong. They are truly one of the best on the things that they are doing.

Lessons Learned:

            I have learned how the Web 2.0 influenced the way Rob Smith think and used the company IBM to change the way the world goes around. I have also learned how the Web 2.0 and IBM integrated with each other and created things that is something life changing for a lot of people today.