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  • IBM takes Microsoft to task over SOA

    IBM has taken Microsoft to task over its service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach, claiming the software maker relied too much on Windows-oriented, proprietary standards.

  • Microsoft limits XML in Office 2003

    A distinction that Microsoft is making between professional and standard versions of Office 2003 means that many customers may not get all the features they've been expecting, including broad support for Web services.

  • Web services Visionary: From mishmash to strategy

    Before it gets crowned as technology's next big thing, David Litwack says Web services must solve one of IT's biggest problems: integrating decades-old systems built using different technologies.

  • Australians contribute to new W3C standards

    Australian organisations have had input in a range of new Web standards, designed to increase interoperability of the Internet.

  • XML--where do we go from here?

    What if every bit of data in every computer included instructions about its content that would allow any other computer to interact with it? There are signs of real progress, if not revolution.

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  • Microsoft limits XML in Office 2003

    A distinction that Microsoft is making between professional and standard versions of Office 2003 means that many customers may not get all the features they've been expecting, including broad support for Web services.

  • Extra headaches of securing XML

    XML-based protocols, or Web Services, are gaining popularity. But expanded use means greater concerns over security. Additional reading: Web Services 101

  • Web services Visionary: From mishmash to strategy

    Before it gets crowned as technology's next big thing, David Litwack says Web services must solve one of IT's biggest problems: integrating decades-old systems built using different technologies.

  • Services-oriented architecture gains support

    Experts say the time has come for SOA design approaches, which revamp business processes and could change the economics of delivering software.

  • MS Mobility platform targets enterprises

    At a recent conference, Microsoft laid out its strategy for enabling developers to create next-generation location-aware applications.

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  • Microsoft opens up new Office site

    Microsoft has revamped the online resource site for its Office software line, bringing together help resources, software add-ons and other content.

  • MS reveals new Office, Tablet PC plans

    Microsoft has announced plans for a new version of its cash cow, Office, and the launch of the first Tablet PC systems.

  • New Office product to simplify forms

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to unveil a new product intended to turn Office into a data-collection tool and boost sales of the desktop software.

  • Windows 2003: Could the crusade backfire?

    COMMENTARY--Microsoft's religion is one where products are good and services are a sin. But a big server product launch could alienate the very souls it wants to convert.

  • Microsoft readies Office overhaul

    Microsoft this week plans to deliver the first test release of a new version of its Office software intended to rejuvenate sales and stave off competitors.

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