 Joe Reger's new datablogging venture is awesome. This is something that has been showing signs of life for years now, but nobody wanted to start a venture to capture its value. Early applications included a server status weblog and even a blog that pulled sales data from Siebel (a very popular weblog at a huge corporation that will remain nameless). Personally, I think this method of weblogging has more of a potential to storm the enterprise than any other application of the technology.
The concept is simple. Data is usually locked up in monolithic applications (CRM, ERP, etc.). Application seats are expensive. Training is expensive. Etc. People that need the data often can't get to it.
What if human readable data flows (via RSS) could be generated by these applications? It would allow the development of easy to read weblogs (that republished these RSS flows) that almost everyone in the company would find valuable. The combinations are almost limitless and the flow is completely automated.
The flip side is also extremely valuable. Using a weblog model of data entry, it would become much easier to train people to enter data in a timely fashion. Further, they get immediate feedback on their efforts since the data they post is transformed into an entry on the blog.
Needless to say, this is very cool.
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