Spanning Partners: Bridging the Divide between the Enterprise and Web 2.0

In 2004 I started tracking the emergence of RSS in the enterprise on my blog, Moonwatcher. In 2005 I started Spanning Partners to bridge the divide (hence the name) between enterprise applications and what's come to be known as "Web 2.0", with a particular focus on RSS and related technologies. That means that I serve three constituencies: Enterprise applications vendors, Web 2.0 applications vendors, and customers of both of them.

Much of my work is consulting, helping vendors from each world figure out how to engage with and benefit from the other. But my most visible work is aimed at end users. For example, Spanning Salesforce lets salesforce.com customers subscribe to their CRM data using RSS. I'll be introducing some additional services later this year.

So whether your company is an enterprise apps vendor looking to leverage Web 2.0 technologies, a Web 2.0 startup trying to penetrate the enterprise, or a customer interested in combining the two yourself, please drop me an email at charlie.wood@spanningpartners.com and we'll set up a call.

I look forward to speaking with you.