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Microsoft enlists Turbolinux to develop translator for Open XML, ODF, 07/10/07: Microsoft said Tuesday that Turbolinux has pledged support for translator tools to help integrate disparate document formats.
Three Web application malpractices, 07/09/07: I think the world of Web applications is enormous. It includes everything from Web servers and browsers through client-side and server-side code to applications that use protocols associated with the Web. And on top of that foundation there’s the issue of process management, security, user interface design … all of the techniques and technologies that make Web applications actually work. This vast universe has created some great Web applications (Google, Google Maps, and eBay are obvious top-tier examples) and tens of thousands of really cool, clever, and creative products.
Microsoft launches OBA partner program, 07/10/07: Determined to get partners on board to help transform Office 2007 from a productivity suite to a platform for business applications, Microsoft Corp. Tuesday unveiled a program to help partners add functionality to the suite by creating Office Business Applications, or OBAs.
New Web metric likely to hurt Google, help YouTube, 07/09/07: In a nod to the success of emerging Web 2.0 technologies like AJAX and streaming media, one of the country’s largest Internet benchmarking companies will no longer use page views as its primary metric for comparing sites.
Microsoft debuts ERP for small businesses, 07/11/07: Microsoft hopes to better meet the back-office needs of smaller businesses with a new take on ERP software called Dynamics Entrepreneur Solution.
Poor translation hinders business growth overseas, 07/10/07: Businesses are facing greater pressure than ever before to market their brands globally, but cultural and language differences are proving to be thorny barriers, particularly when companies sell products on the Web to a foreign audience, Forrester researchers say in a new study.
Alfresco rolls Web 2.0 features into CMS upgrade, 07/05/07: Alfresco Software is taking cues from the so-called Web 2.0 craze with the release of the latest version of its open source content-management software.
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