"i" - First blog

Hello! Thanks for stopping by.

It's Monday morning and back to work on a vast array of things.

I see a lot of software-on-demand sites popping up here and there. What is different about "i" and what differentiates it from a standard ASP model? First of all, "i" is a platform and not a software suite, although we are offering software suites along with "i".

What makes this platform different? One of my first answers would be that it is information centric. We take the view that almost anything anyone would want to do on the platform has something to do with information, whether it's to use an application or convey knowledge in a knowledge representation environment. We look at the Internet as a canvas, a place where web services, information access, utilities and real world services are brought together in one place.

Right now "i" is in late alpha or early beta stage.