Strategy: SaaS or source code

Broadband Mechanics' PeopleAggregator platform is available as a SaaS  turn-key hosted solution or available in source code form. 

That means that we can get you (our customers) up and running quickly by doing everything for you, and at any time in the future you can take over your own destiny, license the source code from us and run it yourself.

This unique approach and flexibility provides our customers the right solution - at the right time - and typifies BBM's "customer comes first" strategy.

We hope to get you interested and informed as to the benefits of "open social networking" and the 'open web'.  As the distributed nature of the open web grows, more and more opportunities are unfolding for socially aware applications and services to emerge.  We plan on continuing to provide the tools, technology and expertise to help build the open web.

End-users are demanding that they control their own profile data, social capital and content and that they are able to move their info anywhere they wish.  This constant pressure has helped convince the BigCo platform vendors to start to open up and allow movement of their user's data.  That's what Facebook Connect, MySpaceID, Windows Live Services and Google Friend Connect - are all about.

But open social networking can benefit vendors as well - as you (the vendors) can empower your users to import their friends from Facebook and MySpace into YOUR systems.  So end-users get the freedom they demand and you - the vendors - can benefit from viral uptake and community growth.

A new standard called OpenSocial has emerged which enables vendors to place the same application or service into a wide range of supporting socially aware containers (platforms.)  This is another example of how the open web - is spreading far and wide.

So the open web is good for both end-users and social network vendors.

Our SaaS arrangements put all the details of running a social network onto BBM's shoulders.  We take care of the hardware, software, bandwidth, power, hosting facility, backups, on-going maintenance and 24/7 security and monitoring.

We also make our source code available so that you can do your own modifications and customizations - if you wish.  We license our code - both supported and unsupported - to fit your needs and budget.

In the vibrant, ever changing world of on-line commerce, entertainment and information - it's clear that social features (such as leaving comments, reviews, ratings and having one's own personal page) are all key aspects of ALL software.  Forming or joining Groups, sending messages, creating events and reviews, sharing media and ideas - are all the cornerstones of how end-users interact with each other.

Our customers are banking on these facts.  They wish to have their OWN platform on which they can offer THEIR unique products and services. 

Our customers are looking to enable new kinds of communities, and we can give them that capability.  Every brand on the planet earth will eventually have their own on-line platform.

BBM envisages a future where all these brand platforms and communities will inter-connect up with the established BigCo platforms to create what we can the 'open mesh'.  Marc Canter has written a book and treatise on this subject.

We believe that participating in this meshed environment of the future individual brand platforms and communities can provide their end-users the kind of state-of-the-art functionality, control and 'social awareness' that will keep them on the 'leading edge'.

Open standards like OpenID, oAuth, Portable Contacts and OpenSocial are emerging to enable this meshing of big and small platforms and communities together.  We call the  collection of these open standards together - the Open Stack.

BBM has been shipping OpenID compatibility since 2007 and we plan on continuing on supporting the open stack - in every way possible.

We call PeopleAggregator a DLA (digital lifestyle aggregator.) 

DLAs embrace the notion of integrating web services, media items and content (feeds or published) into a clean, easy to use integrated environment.  These 'dashboards' will then mesh in with the rest of the open web and provide our customer's customers a malleable environment on which to maintain their own 'digital lifestyle'.

BBM offers our customers the ability to associate this kind of DLA functionality with THEIR brand.

DLAs also aggregate lifestreamed activities, social graphs and profile information, content and geo location information, events, reviews and any other kinds of dynamic content.

DLAs also provide a rich customizable environment which empower our customer's customers to integrate and aggregate exactly what they wish to mesh into.

So basically we're in the 'social network platform' business and we're here to give you your OWN platform white labeled platform to YOUR specifications. 

Needless to say we make a lot of our money customizing these platforms to your exact design, so feel free to dream, ideate and come to us with whatever crazy idea you got. 

We're the folks that can make it happen - in a timely and inexpensive manner!