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Google is ending development on Wave. So what about Pulse? |
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A logical question Novell has already been asked is “does Novell
plan to continue development of its real-time, enterprise communication
and collaboration solution, Novell Pulse?”
The answer is an emphatic Yes. At Novell, they hear from enterprise
users that they need the combination of social connections, rich
profiles, real-time co-authoring and their ever-present files in order
to make it easier to work together and actually produce better results.
Novell Pulse delivers this combination that business consumers want,
plus the security controls enterprises demand. Novell is highly
committed to the future of enterprise collaboration, and Novell Pulse is
on track. Further, they remain committed to pursuing the benefits of
real-time collaboration to enable new applications, users and
organizations to work together.
First, Why Google Wave Failed with Consumers:
- Google had a single-purpose technology aimed at a broad consumer market that didn't need to collaborate.
- Google showed people broadly applicable technology, but failed to focus on use cases.
Next, Why Google Wave Failed with Enterprises:
- From an enterprise perspective, Google had a single-purpose
technology (real-time message co-editing). This alone does not add
significant value to knowledge users' ability to collaborate.
- Google lacked enterprise credibility/references.
- Google struggles with security concerns.
- Google showed people broadly applicable technology, but didn't lead with enterprise use cases in any significant way.
Did Google Fail Completely?
- Google routinely pursues innovative products. Wave allowed them to
test live, character for-character co-editing, and they've already
brought this technology into Google Docs.
- They have also released some of their innovations into the open source community.
Why will Novell Pulse Succeed?
- Novell Pulse is built for enterprise users.
- Novell understands the needs of enterprise users.
- Novell Pulse is a complete collaborative platform that leverages
real-time technology and combines it with document co-editing, file
management, social connections, rich profiles and the ability to create
groups and communities. It's this combination that makes it easier to
work together and actually produce better results.
- Novell Pulse has the features business consumers want and the security controls enterprises demand.
- Novell Pulse is designed to enable inter-company collaboration while maintaining the security of in-company assets.
- Novell is a trusted provider of both innovative collaboration
products and leading identity and security solutions to government and
security-conscious private industry customers.
The Novell Perspective on Google Wave Announcement
- Novell is focusing marketing around use cases to drive usage and value.
- Remember, Novell began developing Pulse without any knowledge of
Wave. Pulse was one of the two initial breakout moves Novell funded
because of the value proposition for enterprise users. When we saw Wave,
we recognized an opportunity to federate our products so that customers
could work together across platforms with real-time coediting, based on
the Wave Federation Protocol. While the future of WFP is unclear,
Novell remains committed to seeking ways for Novell Pulse to work with
other platforms that include real-time co-authoring.
And, a callout to developers:
All those gadgets built for Google Wave using the Open Social protocol work with Novell Pulse, which uses the same API.
Finally, we remain committed to pursuing the benefits of real-time
collaboration to enable new applications, users and organizations to
work together and across platforms. |
