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In this week's JargonSpy column, Dan Woods begins by mentioning that seven or eight years ago a new maxim was born, "thanks to the rise of Web 2.0 companies that restored energy to Silicon Valley investing: $1 million is the new $10 million." More »

In his JargonSpy column this week, Dan Woods examines how the arrival of the next wave of distributed, open-source SaaS is likely to play out.

Woods compares the multitenant model with the newer distributed, open-source models for delivery of SaaS software, which he thinks will have a powerful impact. More »

This week in his JargonSpy column, Dan Woods says that currently, "much of the automation in virtualization technologies ignores the complexities of the applications."

Woods say that changing this won't be easy, but that "the IT departments and vendors who meet the challenge will open up a whole new world of flexibility and that goes far beyond what virtualization currently offers." More »

In his JargonSpy column this week, Dan Woods highlights two relatively new ways to make iPhone apps, approaches that simplify the app-making process for developers who aren't comfortable working with Objective C.

The first approach Woods mentions is with template-based systems, which "reduce the process of creating an iPhone app to a fill-in-the-blank process." More »

In this week's JargonSpy column, Dan Woods says that "the world of technology is replete with stories of technology created for one purpose that ends up being useful for another."

Woods uses the example of the Condor Project, which "can be used not only for its intended purpose of distributing work over thousands of computers, but also for power management." More »

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In his JargonSpy column this week, Dan Woods talks about a phenomenon that may be familiar to people who frequent social networking platforms: social media sock puppetry.

According to Woods, sock puppetry is when someone poses as someone other than themselves to give favorable ratings to an individual or company in order to increase the chances of those parties becoming successful with an endeavor or new product. More »