Paul Maverick B. Ward

Web 2.0 Heroes: Interviews with 20 Web 2.0 Influencers by Bradley L. Jones, Chapter 6

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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: “Security is not something that you address in a day.”

Learning Expectations:

I expect to learn how Raju Vegesna of Zoho used the Web 2.0 to help change the way people live their lives with the internet. I also expect how collaborative applications will allow users of the web to be more productive and effective at the same time.

Review:

In the 6^th Chapter of the Web 2.0 E-Book, it discusses about Raju Vegesna an evangelist of Zoho who used the Web 2.0 to change the lives of people in the web. He pointed that Zoho is not a company at all but a division or a brand from the real company AdventNet. AdventNet is a private company that was founded in 1996 and has been profitable ever since. Back to Zoho, it is a brand of web-based applications which helps the users on their reports, presentations, and such things. It provides an office productivity suite from AdventNet and offers a number of tools. It includes online word processor, online spreadsheet, online presentation tool, online conferencing tool, online notebook, scheduling and planning tool, project-management software tool, mail program, CRM Tools, database application, wiki tools, and chat. These applications show the wide array of things that the Zoho can do for the people.

It is also pointed out that the Web 2.0 is a combination of wisdom of the crowd and the Read/Write Web. It shows how important are the users in the life of the web and internet. Without them there are also no web services and applications being developed. The users or the people gives the gift of life to the world of web and gives a lot of other people an opportunity to change the world itself. They offer information and also give out information to others completing the cycle of life in the web. People want information and this is where they can get it for free or cheap. The convenience and ease that the web offers to the people is a way for its popularity. People can get this information from wikis that displays a lot of information for people to have. Wikis nowadays are a great help for those who are studying and researching for things that interests them personally. But what Raju Vegesna has predicted is that the wikis that are popular now will die in the future or might merge with online word processors.

Security also plays a big role for the success of Zoho. We all know that security is very important in all aspects of life. We all get it from our homes and shelter and also from the people who we trust with our lives. Security gives people the courage to do things that they cannot do without it. It plays an important role in our lives because with security, people do things with ease. The security in the internet is very important because it regularly needs update and checking to keep in track of the things that are happening. Keeping track of the events that are happening is really vital for others because with this, their trusts are gauged upon.

Another thing is that Software as a Service will be the future of web as told by Raju Vegesna. Giving out services to other people with the use of software is truly remarkable regarding that the products being made today are being manipulated by software all over the place. The ingenuity of this idea is truly something that will change the future. The possibilities that the web offers is truly something that is very probable. Its just the question of when not how that we need to ask ourselves.

One last thing that Raju Vegesna commented is that everything and that means everything will be on the web in the near future. From files to ideas, people will use the web or internet for all things possible. They would use it to transact, purchase, trade, communicate, and the like with other people with ease and convenience. The possibilities are endless and it is up for the people to make the new trend probable.

Lessons Learned:

I have learned how Raju Vegesna used the Web 2.0 in Zoho to attract more people on using the online based applications. I also learned how Web 2.0 changed the lives of the people who uses the web from communication to transactions.