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Adobe releases PDF file format to AIIM / ISO

By Dick Weisinger

  Adobe’s PDF (Portable Document Format) standard was first released in 1993 and has become one of the most widely used file formats for exchanging electronic documents.  Today Adobe announced that PDF version 1.7 is being turned over to AIIM, the…

Email: Enterprise RSS Targets email Clutter

By Dick Weisinger

While push technologies of the ’90s failed to take hold, ten years later another technology with similar benefits is gathering steam and is even making in-roads into the enterprise.  It is RSS — Really Simple Syndication. Technically RSS is not…

Technology: Enterprise Software Consolidation Likely to Continue in 2008

By Dick Weisinger

2007 proved to be another year of consolidation. In the area of Business Intelligence, SAP acquired Business Objects, IBM bought Cognos, and Oracle got Hyperion. There were also at least 20 security-related companies that were purchased, including Verizon’s purchase of…

CAD: Digital Natives to drive next-generation Visualization and Design Tools?

By Dick Weisinger

Consumer technologies are driving what is happening in enterprise IT.  Gartner analysts have identified a trend where ‘digital natives’, workers with high levels of exposure to sophisticated consumer technologies, demand and expect comparable technologies to be available from their workplace IT.  These high-tech…

Web Technology: Is AJAX due for a Shake-Up?

By Dick Weisinger

One component often associated with Web2.0 is AJAX.  AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) has been a lead technology in enabling browser-based applications to become more dynamic and interactive, trying to rival the experience of native applications. Many of the ‘2.0 initiatives’, like Content…