Wikibon

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Wikibon
Company type Private
Industry Technology
Founded2007
Headquarters Marlborough, Massachusetts
Key people
David Vellante, Founder and CEO; David Floyer, Founder and CTO
ProductsTechnology Community
Number of employees
5
Website www.wikibon.com

Wikibon is a community of practitioners and consultants on technology and business systems that uses open source sharing of free advisory knowledge. [1] The company was launched in 2007 by David Vellante, David Floyer and Peter Burris and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts. [2] Wikibon has approximately 5 employees.

Content

Wikibon compares itself to technology research services such as Gartner and International Data Corporation. Unlike them, its research is available under a GNU General Public License. Wikibon's research is created and made available in the form of a wiki, enabling contributors to post content, add to existing content, and offer changes and amendments. [3]

In 2008, Wikibon introduced “Conserve IT”, to help IT companies and customers qualify for rewards from Pacific Gas and Electric Company for installing energy-efficient equipment. [4]

Wikibon holds calls to allow IT practitioners to share information it calls Peer Incite. [5] Wikibon creates and shares infographics, and covers topics such as cloud computing, big data, and virtualization on its blog. [6] [7] Forbes magazine called a Wikibon report estimating the size of the "big data" market "groundbreaking" in 2012. [8]

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References

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  8. Furrier, John (February 17, 2012). "Big Data is Big Market & Big Business - $50 Billion Market by 2017". Forbes. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2013.

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