Wikibon
Encyclopedia
Wikibon is a community of practitioners and consultants dedicated to improving the adoption of technology
and business systems through an open source
sharing of free advisory knowledge. The company was launched in 2007 by David Vellante, David Floyer and Peter Burris and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA. Wikibon has approximately 5 employees.
Wikibon's research is created and made available in the form of a wiki, enabling contributors worldwide to post content, add to existing content, and offer changes and amendments.
In 2008, Wikibon introduced “Conserve IT”, a service designed to help IT companies and customers qualify for rewards offered by Pacific Gas & Electric Company for installing energy-efficient equipment.
Wikibon is similar to technology research services such as Gartner
and International Data Corporation
a main difference being that its research is available under a GNU General Public License
.
, InformationWeek
and TMCNet.
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
and business systems through an open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
sharing of free advisory knowledge. The company was launched in 2007 by David Vellante, David Floyer and Peter Burris and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA. Wikibon has approximately 5 employees.
Wikibon's research is created and made available in the form of a wiki, enabling contributors worldwide to post content, add to existing content, and offer changes and amendments.
In 2008, Wikibon introduced “Conserve IT”, a service designed to help IT companies and customers qualify for rewards offered by Pacific Gas & Electric Company for installing energy-efficient equipment.
Wikibon is similar to technology research services such as Gartner
Gartner
Gartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....
and International Data Corporation
International Data Corporation
International Data Corporation is a market research and analysis firm specializing in information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology. IDC is a subsidiary of International Data Group...
a main difference being that its research is available under a GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
.
Press Coverage
Wikibon has been mentioned by many news institutions including the Huffington Post, ReadWriteWebReadWriteWeb
ReadWriteWeb is a Web technology blog launched in 2003. RWW covers Web 2.0 and Web technology in general, and provides industry news, reviews, and analysis. Founded by Richard MacManus, Technorati ranked ReadWriteWeb at number 12 in its list of top 100 blogs worldwide, as of October 9, 2010. RWW...
, InformationWeek
InformationWeek
InformationWeek is a weekly print magazine, an online site with corresponding face-to-face and virtual events, and research. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was first published in 1979 by CMP Media, later called CMP Technology. On February 29, 2008, CMP Technology was...
and TMCNet.
External links
Further reading
- Williams, Alex (November 29, 2010). 3 Infographics About Cloud Computing. ReadWriteWeb
- Wexler, Steve (March 2, 2011). HP Storage Blitz Leverages 3PAR Acquisition. Network Computing
- Schillinger, Raymond (March 18, 2011). Surviving the Data Deluge: a Call to Action for the 21st Century. The Huffington Post