And I’m not even there yet! I’m just on the plane reviewing webarchives I saved before I left of some of the startups that’ll be debuting at the event. Well, at least these sound cool now, in concept. The proof is always in observing the on-stage demos, then asking questions of the founders later.
• Mindtouch has renamed its wiki appliance the DekiBox (deki is “smart” in Japanese), so much better than their old name. It’s available in two versions: a 25-user version for $3,000 and a 100-user version for $5,000. Seems like a very attractive price point for the benefits such a device promises.
• Genius Interactive is announcing an AJAX-based, on-demand service that lets companies track how customers are using their site and then personalize the experience and interact with them. Here’s how NetworkWorld described it: “The customer clicks on a link and the browser kicks off the dynamic application, which notifies sales representatives via e-mail or SMS that the customer is on the site. The sales representative can bookmark product pages with virtual notes or special coupons, or chat live with the customer.” Sounds to me like a pretty cool AJAX business app.
• RingCube will debut MojoPac, which lets you put any app on any storage drive. So, for example, this software will let you install, say, Microsoft Office on an iPod, and then let you run it from the iPod instead of the PC. How cool is that? And, no, you don’t need to put the OS on the device.
• Photobot from Tribeca Labs is software that uses advanced photo-enhancement algorithms to automatically enhance images taken by a digital camera. The software scans your hard drive and enhances the images in the folders you specify in your setup – doing things like red-eye removal and adjusting exposure settings and color. “The software will find bad pictures and make them good, and good photos and make them better,” says James Graham of Tribeca Labs. Who’s it aimed at? You got it — the average Joe who wants nothing to do with fixing his shots; just wants to shoot ’em and show ’em. But that’s a big market.
That’s it from 35,000 feet. More when I land and take a taxi over to the Harbor Island Sheraton to take in the opening reception…
And they can even roll back to the last several hours or previous day, for example. “It’s been described as TiVo for web visits,” said David Thompson, CEO. Best of all, it’s “IT free,” he said. The sales folks can use it without even getting the geeks involved…
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