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IBM targets Microsoft's suite spot

Once mired in a stagnant market, IBM's Lotus division will use industry standards to loosen Microsoft's grip on desktop software, according to the outgoing Lotus general manager. Read more »

Sybase launch new mobile development tools

Sybase launch a new set of tools to help developers integrate enterprise applications to mobile devices. Read more »

IBM joins OpenOffice.org community

IBM on Monday joined the OpenOffice.org community, providing a boost to supporters of the OpenDocument Format (ODF). Read more »

IBM plans Web-based desktop software

IBM have announced new software intended to take on Microsoft in the market for desktop business applications. Read more »

Microsoft: Online services are for businesses, too

Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie has given a peek into some of the online services Microsoft intends to offer to businesses, including single sign-on and network management. Read more »

IBM Tivoli plan knits in Rational tools

IBM next month plans to highlight products from its Tivoli systems management division meant to reduce glitches in complex business applications. Read more »

Centrelink puts open source commitment in writing

Centrelink is authoring a formal open-source policy document and investing heavily in open-source systems to anchor an improved identity management regime that's hoped to help recover up to AU$50 million in losses to fraud annually, infrastructure planner David Oram told attendees at the AUUG 2004 conference in Melbourne. Read more »

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Case Study: Switching places from Lotus to .NET

For almost a decade, Sydney-based software developer Just OnePlace (J1P) had been a loyal devotee of the IBM/Lotus platform. But following the strategic review that commenced two years ago the company made a strategic switch to the rival Microsoft .NET camp. Read more »

Integrate PostgreSQL with .NET

The PostgreSQL database server provides a reliable, robust database solution at no cost. Tony Patton walks you through the steps of using PostgreSQL as the backend for .NET applications. Read more »

What was that again? 3 backup packages tested

It's official: backup software packages have the longest product names in the business. We evaluate three leading packages to find out which suits the medium-sized business. Read more »

Return resources to the system to improve .NET performance

A common problem in the .NET platform is the consumption of system and database resources when developers fail to clean up after themselves when working with a database. Read more »

Simplify coding and maintenance with class libraries

You use class libraries when you're developing any type of .NET application in order to manipulate the file system, access databases, serialise objects, and launch and synchronise multiple threads of execution. Read more »

Advantages of the new PIVOT operators in Yukon

The next version of Microsoft's SQL Server, code named Yukon, will include new PIVOT operators. See what PIVOT operators can do for your next database project. Read more »

Improve usability with friendly URLs

One of the many issues bandied about by Web developers is providing user-friendly URLs that are both friendly to the eyes and the fingers while typing. Read more »

Helping yourself by helping others

If you're considered too junior or your lines of advancement are blocked then it might be time to volunteer your time to create future opportunities. Read more »

ODBC is not dead

ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) is a uniform interface standard that you may use to access database systems. Learn about ODBC classes and how to use the ODBC .NET Data Provider within the Microsoft .NET Framework. Read more »

Client-side programming with Atlas

In this column, we survey the Atlas architecture to get a better understanding of how you may use it in your development work. Read more »

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Repent Open Sourcerers

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- The Anglican Diocese in Sydney is moving away from Microsoft technologies, Access and ActiveX provide another way for remote code execution and a local Aussie team wins the Imagine Cup. All that and more in this week's Roundup. Read more »

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