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While elements of Microsoft's Office suite have been in use for more than 20 years, the company now appears unpleasantly convinced that nobody really has any idea how to use the product.
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special report The two Web services standards are now settling into their respective roles and the reasons for choosing one over the other are becoming clearer.
Web services pioneers are already knocking on doors with their new solutions. While analysts can’t pinpoint when the true potential of Web services will be realised, experts are giving the go-ahead to launch Web services offerings.
The integration-software firm has launched products that target application-integration tasks more basic than those handled by its flagship line.
Production-quality XenSource virtualisation is the main selling point here, with optional clustering and storage virtualisation to go with it. But there's a lot more besides, making the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux a compelling solution for businesses of all sizes.
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