The web is constantly evolving and we are in the midst of an exciting new era.  This new era dubbed “Web 2.0” is more than just a new interface.  Web 2.0 is ushering in a new way of thinking about business applications, business software, and how we collaborate within and beyond the walls of the enterprise.  Web 2.0 and the social computing phenomenon took roots in consumer-facing applications, but these applications are entering the workplace and will reshape business software and enterprise collaboration.  

Ascendant Technology has dedicated a practice to help organizations understand the principles, the infrastructure to build and scale web 2.0 applications, and ultimately, help your business benefit from social computing and web 2.0 software.  We are uniquely positioned to help you assess, define, and combine the best of your enterprise software to create rich user experiences with web 2.0 and social software.

IBM has released the first comprehensive business offering in this exciting new space.  Our first asset is a scalable, hosted, and fully-managed social computing environment complete with wikis, blogs, social tagging (‘dogears’), communities, and activities built on IBMs Connections and Quickr software.  The On Demand Team Collaboration asset removes the challenges of taking on a new software environment – new APIs, security concerns, and, of course, the infrastructure required to get up and running.