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Web business standard gets thumbs up
A Web standards body has published a series of definitions that could make it easier for big companies to share business documents. Read more »
Gates: Office 2007 will enable a new class of application
Developers will be able to create collaborative applications based on Office products, which Bill Gates claims will make them easier and more familiar for end users. Read more »
Business apps battle Java deadline
Developers of online business applications are racing to meet an industry-imposed deadline that could create security problems for their software. Read more »
Salesforce.com launches AppExchange
Salesforce.com on Tuesday announced the launch of AppExchange, an online marketplace for hosted business software applications. Read more »
Microsoft: 'OOXML one of best things we've ever done'
Ahead of this month's ISO decision in Geneva on the status of the software giant's contentious Office Open XML format, a visiting executive from Microsoft has said its persistence with the format has been spurred on by customer demand. Read more »
Eight strategies for delivering business intelligence on the Web
These strategies will help companies ensure they are distributing the kind of high-quality, actionable BI necessary to make real-time business decisions. Read more »
Adobe server adds smarts to PDFs
Looking to garner more sales to business customers, Adobe has beefed up its server software for handling the flow of business forms based on the PDF format. Read more »
Microsoft places bet on Whitehorse
Microsoft this year will seek to distance itself from Java rivals with tools designed to streamline how Windows-based business software is built and used. Read more »
Standards group tackles XML documents
An e-business standards body has proposed a series of definitions for how corporations should create common business documents. Read more »
Adobe snaps up document security tools
Adobe Systems is adding new document protection mechanisms to its business workflow software with an acquisition announced on Monday. Read more »
Features (180)
Secure collaboration requires document control
An employee who receives confidential information can easily forward the decrypted document to anyone. Collaborative software can help close this security hole. Read more »
Look outside the IT industry for applicable management solutions
There's a wealth of information and experience out there, beyond the world of IT. Here are tips on capturing that knowledge and applying it to your next project. Read more »
XMLSpy makes editing XML docs a breeze
XMLSpy 5 is an easy-to-use tool that simplifies the process of manipulating XML documents. This latest release also sports a graphical Web services interface for working with WSDL files. Read more »
Application Lifecycle Management Overview
If you have a group of programmers, their managers and your customers, each with their own way of tracking where a project is up to and whether milestones have been met -- chances are you need software to enforce efficient processes and reporting. This is where application lifecycle management (ALM) products fill their niche. Read more »
Windows Presentation Foundation: Another piece of the .NET puzzle
Windows Presentation Foundation is just one of the major enhancements to the .NET Framework introduced alongside Windows Vista. Read more »
Help business drivers identify the reports they need
Some business drivers may not fully understand the power of database reports. This strategy will help you help stakeholders identify the reports they need, even when they don't yet know they need them. Read more »
Could application servers be overkill?
Cape Clear CEO Annrai O'Toole says XML-based services don't require full blown app servers. Oracle vice president John Magee calls O'Toole's claims "fallacious." You be the judge. Read more »
Use application architecture to reduce redundancy
A reader expresses his frustration after discovering that an application he is working on has already been developed in another sector of his company. Tom Mochal offers keys to avoiding redundancy. Read more »
WSDL for your B2B back-end application?
You may have an ideal prospect for a WSDL app. But you need to answer several questions before launching the project. Here's how to get started. Read more »
.NET code generators enable rapid application development
A third-party code generator can be an excellent way to establish rapid .NET application development in your enterprise. Using the DeKlarit tool as an example, learn how code generators can reduce development time and improve code accuracy. Read more »
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The audience is the application
-- In a near-perfect feedback loop, the audience for software developers is now becoming part of the process, a primary development tool able to feed back its wishes and bend the outcome of developers’ efforts to better suit to its needs. Read more »
Q&A with EditMe: A wiki for non-geeks
-- Finally, a wiki CMS solution that you can safely give to your clients to use. But sshhhh... don't call it a wiki... Read more »
Enterprise Architecture has failed in a big way
-- Most EA initiatives failed. My guess is that more than 90% never really resulted in anything useful. Read more »
Newbie guide to Google's Android
-- Google's platform for mobile devices has been announced and ready for developers to get their hands dirty. Here's the basics of what it's all about and the core architecture overview. Read more »
Data dumps are the dumps
-- I have recently spend a considerable amount of time on a project replacing an old mainframe system with a new web-based application. Read more »
While the big guys scrap at the big end, who's creating the little guy's computer heaven?
-- Having sampled Google’s new calendar, I, for one, can’t wait until full synchronisation between it and Outlook’s calendar is full and fluent, so I can dispose of another chain to my desk. Read more »
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Bridging the gap between programmers and the vision
A successful project will have a hard time flying if you don't walk through the game plan before writing a line of code. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.