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The  social networking realm is still going strong, according to Computer Weekly and Forrester Research.

“Business spending on Web 2.0 technologies will rise over the next five years, growing 43% each year to reach £2.3bn globally by 2013, according to Forrester Research.

The five-year forecast projected that business spending on social networking technologies, RSS, blogs, wikis, mashups and podcasting will rise as firms try to gain a competitive advantage from social networking technologies by connecting closer with customers and improving employee collaboration.

“Social computing and Web 2.0 marketing is still in its infancy, and in general, the market is still in an experimentation phase, but in the long run, the effect of Web 2.0 will be enormous,” said Forrester Research Analyst Oliver Young.

Large enterprises such as General Motors, McDonald’s, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance and Wells Fargo have all made heavy use of these tools, and 56% of North American and European enterprises consider Web 2.0 to be a priority in 2008, according to the study.

Currently, large businesses are spending more on employee collaboration tools than customer-facing Web 2.0 technologies, but Forrester expects that trend to reverse by next year. By 2013, investment in customer-facing Web 2.0 technology will dwarf spending on internal collaboration software by nearly a billion dollars.”

We are proud to formally announce the launch of www.golfingmyway.com! GolfingMyWay.com (GMW) is a tech start-up based in Seattle, Washington and founded by three partners, John Robinson, Jake Horton, and Scott Rasmussen.   Positioned to unify golfers from around the country, GMW is a result of their collective vision and planning for what a golf-focused social network can be.  From high school golfers to members of elite country clubs, GMW offers innovative features around a sport we all love… golf!

Whether it’s analyzing your game with My Stat, viewing and critiquing your swing with My Swing, searching for golf courses and/or country clubs with Course Search or simply networking with other golfers, GMW delivers the tools you need to repair your game, connect with golfers, and keep your scores low.

GMW and Epsilon Concepts worked together on the project with Epsilon Concepts taking a proactive approach to all aspects of the application and helping to bring GMW’s vision to life in the best way possible.  The project was managed via Basecamp for clean and organized communication and project work-flow and is the result of many hours of communication and collaboration.

In GMW’s words:
“We are really pleased with the results that Epsilon Concepts has provided. The quality of work that they have created has been second to none. They have done a great job of taking what we have asked them to do and creating a solid custom social networking platform with a concrete foundation that we will be able to build upon in the future. Rob did a great job in forming a team that would suit our needs and specialize in the areas that we needed them to. We were also pleased with the use of Basecamp to aid in communicating with the programming team. Epsilon Concepts proved to be devoted to the project since day one and successfully helped us get our social networking project off the ground.“

• Visit the website here
• Read the case study here

A few pics from our corporate journey thus far West to open an office in LA (we’re currently in Alamogordo, New Mexico with an ETA of Sunday):

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I’m excited to announce that we will be relocating to the Los Angeles area, as a result of a need to continue finding, hiring, and maintaining the highest caliber of staff possible in addition to being close to many of our clients as we build around the needs of California clients, in addition to our strong bases in the Washington DC/Northern Virginia area and New York, New York.  Not to mention, of course, the sunny California weather and the opportunities and personal excitement that LA affords our team!

We will not be posting as many blog posts over the next week due to our relocation adventures, but will promptly resume when we arrive in the Golden State and will chronicle our trip West as well on this blog!  Business will go on as usual, albeit on the road for a few days as we drive West.

From the staff here at Epsilon Concepts, we’d like to wish everyone a warm and very Merry Christmas tomorrow!

-RB

Greetings:

Starting in 2008, we will be posting videos, blog entries, and comments frequently for our prospects, customers, friends, and anyone interested in tuning in.

Please stay tuned as original, helpful, and entertaining content is only weeks away!

-Robby