"Enterprise RSS", What?

Slide 1: “ENTERPRISE RSS”, WHAT? Thursday 24th April, 2008

Slide 2: HOLD ON A MINUTE - WHAT IS RSS?  “RSS” stands for Really Simple Syndication.  It’s often called a news feed, as it provides an easy way for Websites to tell people about what is new or what has changed.  If you subscribe to different RSS news feeds, usually with an RSS reader, you won’t need to visit each Website to find out when things change – the news will come to you.

Slide 3: HOW RSS WORKS Using RSS news feeds, I save time because new News about content changes information comes to me from the information sources I choose! New blog posts New search results

Slide 4: AND WHAT ABOUT “ENTERPRISE RSS”?  RSS is an important part of what makes Web 2.0 work.  Most RSS feeds come from the Web, but as more enterprise information becomes available internally through RSS, users will want an Enterprise RSS solution.  “Enterprise RSS” makes RSS work better inside organizations.  And IT departments will like it too!

Slide 5: THE WEB & ENTERPRISE RSS DILEMMA Hmm. I’m reading the same news feeds in different place, but not all my feeds in one place – this is driving me nuts!

Slide 6: WHAT DOES AN ENTERPRISE RSS SOLUTION LOOK LIKE? And I can even see Great. Finally, we what feeds are have an integrated popular, to make Enterprise RSS sure I don’t miss solution! anything. Data from legacy systems

Slide 7: FIVE BENEFITS OF ENTERPRISE RSS 1. Mashuperize – provide tools to make composite RSS feeds from other RSS feeds and data, including legacy systems. 2. Publicize – make it easy for people to find the RSS feeds they need and the RSS feeds they want. 3. Optimize – make sure RSS feeds are available, readable and bandwidth efficient. 4. Analyze – find out what people are reading (and what they are not)… and feed this back into your Enterprise RSS system. 5. Securetize – protect users from malicious code and support for secure RSS feeds.

Slide 8: KEY POINTS ABOUT ENTERPRISE RSS  Enterprise RSS is part of the solution to managing information overload. It also provides the plumbing for Enterprise 2.0.  Simply “RSS-ifying” existing enterprise content and providing RSS readers does not represent a long term Enterprise RSS solution.  With a real Enterprise RSS system, enterprise computer users will get a better user experience and organizations will be better able to tap into the power of RSS.