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Web 2.0: Apollo Lands among the new RIA Landscape

By Dick Weisinger

Adobe’s “Apollo is a cross-OS runtime that allows developers to leverage their existing web development skills (Flash, Flex, TML, AJAX) to build and deploy desktop Rich Internet Applications (RIA’s)”.  That’s how Adobe describes their new development platform. Over just the…

SMBs: Large Software Vendors Set Their Focus on Small

By Dick Weisinger

The Fortune 500. Large companies have long been the target for software companies. The contracts were big and so usually were the margins. But that’s no longer the thinking. Vendors have moved their focus to SMBs, companies with between 200…

Formtek: Orion Access 5.1 Available

By Dick Weisinger

Version 5.1 of Formtek | Orion 5 Access is available and now shipping. Formtek | Orion 5 Access, Version 5.1 provides: • Integration with the Java API that eliminates the use of CORBA • Improved Access server startup and Windows…

CAD: CAD Renderings within PDFs

By Dick Weisinger

There’s an incredible amount of innovation going that include announcements like Microsoft’s SilverLight, Sun’s JavaFX and Adobe’s Apollo and Flex2.  There’s even some excitement happening in the world of CAD, and Adobe is driving the change too. Adobe is calling…

SaaS: A new Generation of ISVs

By Dick Weisinger

The emergence of SOA and SaaS technologies has created a new breed of ISV on the IT landscape.  ISVs that can create composite applications consisting of aggregated services.  ISVs that can publish niche services and utilities for consumption by others. …