Business Widgets - the new black

This is something happening in the nascent widgets space. After om malik started talking about widgets; everything's coming in widgets this space is seeing a revolution. Recently ZDnet blogger richard macmanus talks about the rise of web office widget which is the emergence of a new model for enterprise software where data can be displayed to end users through these light weight applications. We at Zogix feel quite pleased about renewed actvity in specifically what we call "Business Widgets" space that is in line with the vision of enterprise 2.0 that Zogix is pushing for.

We believe future of enterprise productivity will be driven by "widgets" that enables end users to improve personal productivity by accessing real time data and also incorporating new data from the same interface. This sees the rise of a two way interaction model leveraging which end users can access "inventory levels, daily sales reports, new opportunities etc" from their desktop. The data get's refreshed through the AJAX mechanism with RSS acting as the glue for data transfer between the said application and the widget.   

Stay tuned for the launch of the first enterprise widget platform (Zogix WebTop) which is aimed at enabling end users to create this two way interaction from their desktop.

ps - It's good to see SAP realising the value widgets Widgets in Enterprises can create for  enterprises, and the outlook of having SAP data available through this mechanism from the desktop seems a great opportunity to free up all that information that is stored within these systems.