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Fast Search & Transfer(TM) (OSEAX: FAST.OL) (FAST(TM)), the leading developer of search technologies, today announced the launch of the "FASTforward blog" (www.fastforwardblog.com), a companion blog to FASTforward '07 (www.fastforward07.com) the Business and Technology Conference for Innovative, Search-Powered Enterprise 2.0 Applications. The conference is being held in San Diego February 7 - 9, 2007. Like the conference, the blog hosts conversations by a top-flight crew of leading thinkers and doers for an active and spirited discussion on the next generation of enterprise software applications and issues.
Amongst contributors are many familiar faces from the enterprise-related blog space including Dana Gardner, Bill Ives, Jim McGee, Joe McKendrick, Jerry Bowles, Rod Boothby, Kathleen Gilroy, Euan Semple, George Dearing and others. In the blog and in related editorial offerings the group explores how the landscape of business is evolving in the face of rapid technological change and innovation. Included in the topics and themes these insightful experts will explore are:
-The paradigm-shift from content-focused architectures to user-centric models.
-Web 2.0 and how its exploding consumer-oriented applications are relevant for the enterprise.
-Front Office 2.0 / Back Office 2.0, and the Search connection that makes it possible.
-Innovative Search applications that create new business models and increase revenue.
-New extended Search platforms to power and monetize digital assets.
-Organizational changes brought on by social computing and other disruptive technologies.
-Best Practices for industry leading Search-based applications.
-Rich media Search evolution and advances in mobile deployment.
-Google - take a check from them or create and control your own game.
"Last weekend a new blog burst on the scene. No ordinary blog though," said David Tebbutt, Information World Review Columnist. "This one is truly useful for anyone who is interested in how organizational cultures are adjusting to the new realities brought about by social computing and other liberating technologies."
Join the gang at the FASTforward blog for a fun and engaging conversation that will culminate at the "live" event in San Diego where some of the most innovative and influential people from the Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 worlds gather for an intense and lively three days of conversation, debate and expert commentary. From newly formed start-ups to mainstream incumbents, come meet the innovators, dominators and accelerators who are taking advantage of search driven applications to respond or protect their markets.
"We're providing a gathering place for business and technology leaders defining the way companies adjust to social computing," said John Markus Lervik, CEO of FAST. "By bringing together the best to discuss and debate the most important issues and strategies driving innovation and enterprise 2.0, FAST is helping to shape what we might all come to expect in the coming years."
About FASTforward '07
FASTforward '07, February 7-9, 2007 in San Diego, will feature a lively, fast-paced cross-section of keynote-level talks, issue-driven panels, and industry expert presentations that explore how companies are developing and implementing a new wave of enterprise class applications. The breakout sessions feature business and technology case studies and presentations, moderated by industry experts on a wide range of topics. Speakers include Chris Anderson, Ray Lane, John Battelle, Tim O'Reilly, Andrew McAfee, Bill Inmon, and many others.
About FAST
FAST creates the real-time search and business intelligence solutions that are behind the scenes at the world's best known companies with the most demanding information challenges. FAST's flexible and scalable integrated technology platform and personalized portal connects users, regardless of medium, to the relevant information they need.
FAST is headquartered in Norway and is publicly traded under the ticker symbol 'FAST' on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The FAST Group operates globally with presence in Europe, the United States, Asia, Australia, the Americas, and the Middle East. For further information about FAST, please visit www.fastsearch.com.
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CONTACT: FAST Brian Greehan +1 781-418-2414 fast@daviesmurphy.com or Europe Carine Zeier +47 23 01 12 00 pr@fastsearch.com
Source: Business Wire (Business Wire India)