It's not that Microsoft is going to specifically target Macromedia and Adobe," said Burton Group analyst Peter O'Kelly. Today, analysts expect the upcoming presentation environment in Windows - which includes an XML-based language called XAML...
Meanwhile, in PowerPoint, Microsoft said it is working to automate more of the graphics features from within the presentation program so workers can create documents that look good without much design effort.
The Aberdeen Group benchmark report Enterprise Service Bus and SOA Middleware surveyed more than 120 IT and business professionals and found that 90 per cent are adopting or have already adopted SOA technologies.
Rumours of a Google 'PowerPoint killer' have been circulating for months. Asked by author and blogger John Battelle if Google's enhanced Docs & Spreadsheets would compete with Microsoft Office, Schmidt said: "We don't think so.
In addition to threatening two pillars of the Microsoft Office hegemony, it's now going after PowerPoint. When asked if Google's enhanced Docs & Spreadsheets would compete with Microsoft Office, Schmidt played it cool: "We don't think so.
That first SOA service for in-pool betting has primarily been "a DIY effort" but the Tote also used the Sonic Enterprise Service Bus product from Progress Software to develop functionality that can be built once and then reused across all its...