Software Development

Jean Paoli on XML in Office 11

Enabling users to use XML properly

News Briefs

Stretching middleware

Comprehensive Oracle9iAS release delivers useful enterprise integration functions while remaining cost-conscious

Price of performance

What is lost when server application frameworks focus on run-time speed?

Integrated biz suite

NetSuite 8.0 combines front- and back-office apps, ease of use, and customizability

Sharpened clause

Tough times mean tough tactics, as one software purchaser found when he tried to cancel a maintenance agreement

Fix it sooner, not later

CTOs must communicate the high cost of making changes at the end of a project cycle

Switching Offices

Microsoft is giving organizations reasons to move from Office to the OpenOffice.org suite

Law and order

Marrying the spirit to the letter of the law produces a victory for Microsoft consumers, if not for competitors

Delivering the goods — digitally

Going totally digital has yet to arrive despite pundit promises, but some CTOs are changing the way they move products