tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26574843.post7328456499628974157..comments2010-03-07T22:50:18.830+01:00Aad 't Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566387683675598847noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26574843.post-78449407557306510122010-03-07T22:50:18.824+01:002010-03-07T22:50:18.824+01:00&quot;The cloud learns and helps you learn, decide and take action&quot; - Ballmer / Aad.<br /><br />I think Ballmer means when you search Google, Bing or Synergy, the results should be less information and more value perception.<br /><br />The value perception is orchestrated by the cloud services knowing about the user and then drawing on Web APIs in the Cloud. <br /><br />Via a talk on SITI at PARC, there’s now 1800 Web APIs in the Cloud ready to be orchestrated into solutions. VC&#39;s are telling related portfolio companies, they won’t fund unless sites have APIs. (Last weeks 10 billionth Twitter message, being a case in point). <br /><br />So far these solutions are coming as Social related apps. Travel, Music, Dating, I guess the security concerns are less, and Social Apps are a Greenfield. Business is Brownfield of Legacy apps, and the economy drives a period of innovation anorexia.<br /><br />I wonder if Ballmer&#39;s talk is enough to tip the established companies to start building the APIs necessary to bring valuable Cloud solutions...clive.boultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13368132383395164003noreply@blogger.com