Monthly Archives: November 2002
Inertia May Delay Standard
Last week, the XML consortium OASIS announced the formation of a working group with the goal of creating an XML-based standard for office application...
Growing Smaller
In "Prey," Michael Crichtons latest novel, to be released this week, the master of technology-run-amok visions sets his sights on nanotechnology and describes a...
IBM Boosts WebSphere with SOAP, Autonomics
IBM this week will ship WebSphere Application Server Version 5.0, with new enterprise features including autonomic capabilities, additional Web services support and enhanced integration.WebSphere...
Collaboration Tools Aimed at CAD
New products from virtual Design Network Inc. and eRoom Inc. target users of CAD systems with a combination of computer-aided-design and collaboration technologies.Virtual Design,...
SOAP Faces a New Challenger
A new development approach to Web services transport is giving users of the popular Simple Object Access Protocol pause and could place some at...
Faster, Sleeker Tablets Wait for User Demand
My first experience with a tablet-size computer was with the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100. From 1983 through the early 90s, these notebook computers...
Linux 2.6 on Horizon
The next major release of the Linux kernel is on track for the first half of next year, with improvements in its ability to...
Where Will the Next Chip Boom Take IT?
Because he was predicting a trillion-dollar boom in semiconductor spending, National Semiconductor President Brian Halla had a priority position on my Comdex calendar with...
Legacy Data Refresh
Developers are bringing out enterprise application integration tools that automate the process of converting legacy mainframe data to XML and other types of data...
EMC Spinoff Diligent Targets Storage, Backup
EMC Corp. spinoff Diligent Technologies Corp. will debut this week, rolling out storage products aimed at mainframe storage, backup and recovery, according to officials...