From The Publisher

10 Tips for Riding Out the Recession as a Software Vendor

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:30:00 EDT

On Saturday September 27, 2008, two days before the single largest drop in the history of the stock market, Jason Calacanis - former Weblogs Inc. co-founder (and GM of Netscape) - wrote a lengthy blog post aimed at inspiring folks at startup companies "to get focused and to save as many as possible from hitting the wall." As Calacanis reminded readers of his blog, "Great entrepreneurs build value and market-share in down markets." Here, SYS-CON's AJAX & RIA Journal asks a selection of the industry's brightest minds what their own advice would be in these troubled times.

Moving Beyond AJAX: 2008 Is the Decision Year For RIAs

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:30:00 EST

Is AJAX fit to serve as spear carrier for next-generation Web technology? That question, asked by the San Diego Business Journal in March 2007, was answered by the sheer scale of the last two AJAXWorld Conference & Expos, in March (New York) and September (Santa Clara). The undisputed answer is 'Yes!' So many companies have jumped aboard the AJAX train that when we wanted to do an informal survey the other day on upcoming Web and Internet technology trends, I was able to quickly compile a list of 800 different companies that are leaving the station.

AJAX Hasn't Just Taken Off, It's Gone Into Orbit

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:00:00 EDT

Pablo Picasso was on to something when he declared that computers are useless 'because they can only give you answers.' Conferences, on the other hand, can also give you questions.

'The AJAX Moment' Mushrooms into the Web 2.0 Movement

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:30:00 EST

Early in 2006, before the general Internet-using public was aware of what I began referring to in editorials, blog entries, and SYS-CON's Internet TV Webcasts as 'The AJAX Moment,' there was a strong sense among industry insiders that AJAX-like approaches, if not actually AJAX itself, were a shoo-in as the new paradigm for the development of Web 2.0 and the fulfillment of the software development community's long-held dream of complete freedom from operating system or runtime environment dependent technologies.