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I read with interest Peter Coffees article “Zero Tolerance for Microsoft Office,” as we are midway through a transition away from that suite [Sept. 11]. However, as this is a transition not to another suite but to a [file] format, I was concerned about Coffees comment, “Open XML-based formats are years away from giving enterprise […]

As concerns mount over Microsofts move into the hotly contested security sector, Ben Fathi, corporate vice president of the companys Security Technology Unit, in Redmond, Wash., finds himself caught in the middle of the debate over his companys broader intentions. At the center of the growing controversy are two technological innovations being included by Microsoft […]

Oracle vs. SAP Word War III Whats better than delivering a strong fiscal first quarter and pushing your shares to a 52-week high? Poking a competitor in the eye. Just ask Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. Oracle, on Sept. 19, delivered fiscal-first-quarter net income of $670 million on revenue of $3.6 billion to handily top Wall […]

Interop New York, held the week of Sept. 18, continued a theme sounded at Interop Las Vegas in May: Network access control is in play. At the show, eWeek Labs saw evidence that there are many products ready today that can provide secure, authenticated, policy-controlled network access. Based on our initial evaluations of these products, […]

While Apple is fighting trademark wars over the term “podcast,” corporate America is finally embracing it. Last week, Apple began circulating cease-and-desist letters to companies Apple thought were unfairly using the term. Apple has its own issues, but lets face it: The word “podcast,” which already is included in the dictionary, has joined the select […]

In his Sept. 11 column [ This eWEEK, “Beware the Windows Monoculture”], Scot Petersen wrote about the interoperability argument [in reference to Ryan Naraines article in that issue on the Windows monoculture]. Its true that half a million subscribers dont need to know or care what platform runs Salesforce.com, but I can post a .doc […]

Two key trends in enterprise software development might seem to be in collision. The cost reduction opportunities of offshore development could appear to lie on a different path than the productivity gains and the business alignment benefits of agile development processes. Demonstrating that a development shop can pursue both options at once has become the […]

Get big fast: That was a mantra of late—and not-always-so-great—1990s Web mania. Growing quickly then meant hiring lots of people and burning through scads of cash without a clear idea of how sales would materialize. These days, fast-growing companies need to demonstrate real revenue, from real customers, or theyll get yanked short by investors like […]