| Wikibon | |
| Type: | Private |
| Foundation: | 2007 |
| Location: | Marlborough, Massachusetts |
| Key People: | David Vellante, Founder and CEO; David Floyer, Founder and CTO |
| Industry: | Technology |
| Products: | Technology Community |
| Num Employees: | 5 |
| Homepage: | 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.
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]