Data formats, database structures, data restrictions, incompatible applications and quilts of middleware are the real IT infrastructure of any company. All the rest -- no matter how incomparably more cool -- are just access mechanisms
A handheld computer that can manage a tidal wave is joined by a single-rack unit content server for sending live video clips across the network and software for creating store signage
iReport for NetBeans 6.0, scheduled for release in February, will let developers program reports using a library of chart types in PDF, Word and other formats
A foundation set up five years ago to pursue a way of creating and sharing documents that would challenge Microsoft's Office puts its weight behind the Compound Document Format instead. The director explains why
Hardware and software that vendors have ended support for are still very much alive, thanks to users that are still finding significant use for them. Some end-of-life technologies that just won't die easily
Norway is considering mandating the use of the Open Document Format (ODF) and Portable Document Format (PDF), which could eventually reduce the use of Microsoft Corp.'s Office software in the country.
One day after releasing a package of applications that hinted at how Google might offer collaboration services to corporate, the company announced that it was releasing an online word processing and spreadsheet application.