Latest network applications news.
U.S. troops swap combat ideas on new Web site, 08/28/07: Troopideas.com is not exactly “MySpace for war fighters,” but it’s a Web site that invites frontline troops to post their ideas for improving the combat experience. Engineers and developers then use Web 2.0 techniques such as mashups and wikis to turn those ideas into reality.
Podcast: SOA vs. Web 2.0 — Which is best for the enterprise?, 08/27/07: While both rely on XML, a cultural clash has developed. The pro-SOA side tends to dismiss Web 2.0 technologies as light-weight “toys” not suitable for the “real” work needed by enterprises. The Web 2.0 side often considers SOA to be full of “bloated” standards and pretty architectural drawings but is skeptical about how much “real” work SOAs will ever do. John Michelsen, founder and chief architect for iTKO, a company that makes testing software for SOAs, discusses which one is best for the enterprise and how to get both of them to work together. (15:01)
New Yahoo Mail exits beta, rolls out improvements, 08/27/07: Yahoo will close an almost two-year public test for its new version of Yahoo Mail on Monday with several new enhancements, as the Sunnyvale, Calif., Internet giant boosts this Webmail service that is key to both its usage and advertising growth.
The Blogosphere rages over OOXML standards vote: As the deadline approaches for the ISO vote on acceptance/rejection of Open Office XML as a standard, anyone and everyone involved in the process is blogging about it. Opinions range from gloating to indignation at the process, the spec and Microsoft’s controversial role.
Podcast: A trio of technology for disaster recovery, 08/20/07: Silver Peak Systems’ Craig Stouffer tells how virtualization, WAN optimization and data deduplication are coming together in next-generation disaster recovery plans.
Improve iSight – get iGlasses, 08/28/07: Ecamm Networks has released iGlasses 2.0, a plug-in that lets Mac users adjust and manipulate iSight and other Web camera settings from within popular video applications.
