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Speaking to developers in London, Steve Ballmer says Microsoft will announce a cloud-based operating system within a month–with a catchy new name. Microsoft will launch an operating system for the ‘cloud’ in four weeks, chief executive Steve Ballmer told delegates at a Microsoft-sponsored developer conference in London….
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Lawson’s CEO, Harry Debes says SaaS is the third attempt at “on demand” in his lifetime and predicts it will take the same path as the first two–to oblivion. Lawson’s CEO, Harry Debes, doesn’t believe in software-as-a-service SaaS. …
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In the SaaS model, the power is with the customer and vendors need to take a very different approach to both sales and service, here’s how to do it says Archie Black, President and CEO of SPS Commerce. Commentary–Software-as-a-Service SaaS is one of the fastest growing segments of…
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Bill Gates told a Hong Kong gathering that society will need more explicit rules governing privacy boundaries around software as the mobile/PC line blurs. As software gets more powerful, privacy issues pose “an interesting software challenge”, said Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Recounting a short history of software…
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Secure Computing’s Ken Rutsky tells how to integrate Software-as-a-Service SaaS, virtualization and appliance security offerings to let users get exactly what they want. ?In the past, CIOs deployed their own self-contained application architectures on their own servers and storage systems. This old model is giving way to a hybrid…
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Laura Bennett, senior engineering manager at IBM’s software development community, discusses how the group helps turn research concepts from the labs into practical products. Semantic Web, rapid application development, data visualization, and health care applications are just some of the emerging software types being investigated by IBM’s AlphaWorks…
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Microsoft blames backwards compatibility issues and changes made during the ISO ratification process for its decision to support ODF instead of OOXML in Office 2007. Microsoft’s decision to add support to Office 2007 for the Open Document Format instead of its own OOXML office file format is due to…
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At last month’s OOXML ballot resolution meeting, 81 percent of the technical issues around the format were apparently resolved without being properly addressed As Microsoft’s bid to have its Office Open XML specification made an ISO standard the counting of the votes on Monday, more details have emerged of…
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Denmark changed its vote to “yes” taking Microsoft’s document format one step closer to becoming an ISO standard. Plus, the U.K. moves closer to changing its vote. Denmark has decided to back Microsoft’s Office Open XML document format, reversing its previous disapproval and bringing the format closer…
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OOXML is in the balance as a formal standard, but that’s no reason for Microsoft not to launch tools for the document standard. OOXML is in the balance as a formal standard, but that’s no reason for Microsoft not to launch tools for the document standard. However, the OOXML…
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TankPitstop robot carefully opens car’s flap, unscrews gas tank cap, picks up fuel nozzle, and directs it toward tank opening. Motorists nostalgic for the time they could sit in their car while attendants braved windswept gas stations to fill their tanks may yet see the full-service days return–compliments…
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With critical ISO vote on ratification of Office Open XML looming, company maintains it has users’ best interests at heart. Weeks away from a crucial International Organization for Standardization vote in Geneva on the ratification of Microsoft’s proposed Office Open XML standard, the software giant is engaged in…
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Nanoradios may end up outperforming current silicon-based electronics, University of Illinois researcher says in PNAS study. Transistor radios tinier than a grain of sand, made using nanotechnology, cannot only tune in to the traffic report, but they may end up outperforming current silicon-based electronics, U.S. researchers said Monday….
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The storage specialist is pushing hard to become a leader in hosted storage and backup services with its MozyEnterprise offering. EMC has launched a new strategy and a product for businesses looking to make use of online storage and backup. Announced late last week, MozyEnterprise is the…
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ILM animator Scott Benza describes the years of work that went into an effort that earned him an Oscar nod for Transformers. Oscar nods for ILM, Skywalker The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominations for the 2007 Oscars on Tuesday, and not surprisingly, Lucasfilm…
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A horde of nouveau riche have moved on from the company, trading on Google credentials to reach new heights in tech or attempting to save the world. What would you do if you were flush with $10 million or $100 million? Would you retire, go to work every…
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Speculation mars Burton Group report that suggests Microsoft’s OOXML document format is preferable to ODF, says OpenOffice.org. OpenOffice.org has dismissed an analyst report from Burton Group which claims that Microsoft’s Office Open XML document format is preferable to the OpenDocument Format. The latest generation of document standards…
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