On Web 2.0 from first principles, enterprise mashups, HP/Mercury, and SML

Warning: this episode is quite long (47'32"). But below are some markers, if you want to dip in and out.

This time around we spend most of the podcast running through some of our recent research on Web 2.0 and its impact on business and organisations. This will be the first of two podcast sessions on this research, as there is a lot to cover! Then we chat about HP's recent acquisition of Mercury - and lastly, chat about the new management technology industry standardisation effort which is set to build on Microsoft's System Definition Model, a part of DSI: SML (or Smell, as we like to call it).

First - a segment (running to 15'20") where Neil M asks Neil WD what Web 2.0 really is, and why what's happening on the web now is so different from what went before. This segment is really aimed at people who are still a bit confused about what all this Web 2.0 stuff is about. If you're familiar with the concepts already and don't want to hear us attempting to explain it, you can skip to ...

... the segment (from 15'20" to 31'34") where we talk a bit about "mashups" and how they fit in the general scheme of integration techniques - particularly in the enterprise IT context - and the antagonism between architects and hackers.

At 31'34" Neil M and Jon then move on to talk about HP and Mercury, and the challenge of trying to create an "ERP-like platform for IT management"; the discussion of SML starts at 38'28".