Jim Rapoza

For many companies, the constant need to generate a wide variety of reports from databases and from applications can be a significant chore. In addition, enterprises often depend on reporting tools that are integrated with their databases and applications, which can be inflexible, or on reporting tools that are flexible enough but are also complex […]

Much attention has been paid to the XML-based document formats in Microsoft Corp.s Office and in OpenOffice.orgs OpenOffice. However, for several years now, more and more companies have been creating key documentation and other vital documents directly in XML. Click here to read the full review of TextML Server. 2 Much attention has been paid […]

Its a tough world out there, full of bad people constantly trying to take down the forces of truth, justice and, of course, Internet commerce. Viewers of the popular television show “24” watch the battle against these evildoers play out every week, and, on a recent episode, Jack Bauer and the gang at CTU (Counter […]

The SharePoint Services capability in Windows Server 2003 makes it possible for companies to quickly and inexpensively build a very capable collaborative portal to manage groups and projects. But as someone who runs a portal site on top of SharePoint Services, Ive been regularly looking for a book or guide that would provide advanced, behind-the-scenes […]

Here you are—CEO of a big, successful corporation—and youve decided that now is the time to erect an office building befitting your success. You bring in architects to design the new building, and, after some time, they present you with their plans. As youre looking at the building design, you immediately notice something strange: There […]

Hosted solutions that provide all the necessary management, workflow and content controls—without the often-complex and costly initial deployment that a software solution can entail—are an attractive option for many companies making the move into full-bore Web content management. /zimages/6/28571.gifClick here to read a review of RedDot Solutions Web content management platform. However, as a corporate […]

As Web sites, portals and intranets have become more common and more vital to corporate infrastructures, it has become important for companies to have a platform that makes it easy for nontechnical users to contribute to these sites—without sacrificing capabilities in workflow, templating and developer features. Click here to read the full review of RedDot […]

With the April release of Opera 8.0, Opera Software shows that its still clearly No. 1 when it comes to Web browser innovation. Many of the standard features found in the current generation of browsers, such as cookie management and tabbed browsing, were introduced in the Opera browser. And one of the most talked-about new […]

Nearly 13 years ago—in one of the most comical, if not enlightening, vice presidential debates of all time—Ross Perots running mate, Admiral James Stockdale, uttered the immortal lines, “Who am I? Why am I here?” In a similar state of confusion, IT staffers trying to manage the use and costs of applications within a company […]

Now that the initial surprise over Adobes acquisition of Macromedia is over, its time to step back and try to figure out just what effect this deal will have on the many products in the two companies portfolios—and also on the businesses that these products serve. Most of the synergies are obvious. By far, the […]

In the Broadway musical “Annie Get Your Gun,” theres an annoying song, “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better,” that goes back and forth like two spoiled kids bickering. Watching the back-and-forth battle between the purveyors of pop-up advertising and the browsers and plug-ins geared to stop the pop-ups is a little like sitting […]

Service packs from Microsoft have been making a lot of news lately—with praise, anger and confusion over whether people should be forced to deploy a service pack. But Im not here to talk about Windows XP Service Pack 2. OK, OK. Ill give you my 30-second opinion. In general, I think its worth upgrading to […]