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SAP gets deeper into XBRL with software acquisition

SAP said Thursday it is acquiring software for handling XBRL (extensible business reporting language) requirements from German vendor Cundus. Terms of the deal, which is expected to be completed this year, were not disclosed.

By Chris Kanaracus | 17 December, 2010 06:53

Tags: applications, business issues, CIO role, cundus, EDGAR Online, enterprise resource planning, IBM, it management, oracle, regulatory compliance, sap, software

SBR gets open source tool, AUSkey coming to Linux

National Linux advocacy body Linux Australia has added its support for the federal government's Standard Business Reporting initiative by planning an open source SBR integration project, meanwhile work begins at the ATO on AUSkey for Linux.

By Rodney Gedda | 09 July, 2010 10:18

Tags: ATO, Auskey, Department of Treasury, government, Linux, linux.conf.au. Linux Australia, open source, pki, SBR

Patent office upholds i4i patent in Microsoft dispute

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office confirmed a patent held by i4i that has been at the heart of a dispute with Microsoft.

By Nancy Gohring | 12 May, 2010 05:21

Tags: i4i, legal, Microsoft, patents

Reduce SOA complexity with GIntegrator

A new open source project aims to be a lightweight and simple solution for enterprise application integration and SOA.

By Rodney Gedda | 11 May, 2010 13:17

Tags: GIntegrator, groovy, Java, open source, soa

Need desktop access over the Web? Try some Guacamole

A new open source project dubbed Guacamole allows users to access a desktop remotely through a Web browser, potentially streamlining the requirements for client support and administration.

By Rodney Gedda | 04 May, 2010 10:15

Tags: desktop linux, Guacamole, html 5, Java, Linux, open source, remote displays, virtual desktops, VNC, XML

Oracle loses XML co-inventor to Google

One ex-Sun Microsystems employee who will not be cashing an Oracle paycheck is XML co-inventor Tim Bray, who has opted instead to work for the Google.

By Joab Jackson | 16 March, 2010 06:53

Tags: Android, Google, oracle, Tim Bray, XML

OOXML not suitable for Norwegian government, says study

Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI).

By Leif Martin Kirknes | 09 February, 2010 06:09

Tags: government, Norway, odf, ooxml, XML

Danish parliament sets rules for open document formats

The Danish Parliament has decided on a set of rules to which open document formats must adhere if they are to be used by state authorities after April 1, 2011, Denmark's Liberal Party said on Friday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 February, 2010 05:23

Tags: Denmark, government, odf, ooxml

JSON data interchange format gets standards blessing

An up-and-coming lightweight data interchange format for Web applications, considered by a growing number of people to be an alternative to XML, has gotten a boost from the standards body Ecma.

By Joab Jackson | 11 December, 2009 08:55

Tags: data integration, javascript, JSON, XML

Microsoft stabbed i4i in the back with Word, developer claims

Microsoft marketed Canadian developer i4i's XML software to potential customers at the same time it planned to drive the small firm out of business by infringing its patent, according to court documents filed yesterday with an appeals court.

By Gregg Keizer | 10 September, 2009 06:49

Tags: i4i, Microsoft, microsoft word, patents

Google to gather SVG boosters

Emphasizing its support of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and the so-called Open Web, Google will help host the SVG Open 2009 conference in October, pitching it as the "premier forum" for SVG designers, developers, and implementers.

By Paul Krill | 26 August, 2009 05:48

Tags: Google, svg

Microsoft planned to bury XML developer, says federal judge

Microsoft knew of the patent held by i4i as early as 2001, but instead set out to make the Canadian developer's software "obsolete" by adding a feature to Word, according to court documents.

By Gregg Keizer | 18 August, 2009 07:34

Tags: i4i, legal, Microsoft, microsoft office, patents, XML

Jury orders Microsoft to pay $200 million in patent dispute

A jury in Texas has ordered Microsoft to pay a Toronto software company US$200 million for patent infringement involving several of its software products, Microsoft confirmed Thursday.

By Elizabeth Montalbano | 22 May, 2009 02:26

Tags: lawsuits, legal, Microsoft, patents, XML

Microsoft-led forum yields tools for OOXML interoperability

A German organization plans to build a tool to help developers test whether software they're developing can support documents compatible with the latest version of the Open Office XML (OOXML) standard.

By Elizabeth Montalbano | 19 May, 2009 03:46

Tags: Microsoft, ooxml, XML

NAB targets customer service with voice recognition

The National Australia Bank is seeking to streamline is customer experience by using speech recognition at its main telephony customer service point.

By Rodney Gedda | 05 May, 2009 14:34

Tags: callcentres.net, ID theft, NAB, speech recognition, vecommerce, voice biometrics, VoiceXML

Office 2007 SP2 supports ODF

As expected, Microsoft on Tuesday began letting users of Office 2007 download Service Pack 2, marking a milestone in the company's document format battles with governments and other vendors.

By Nancy Gohring | 29 April, 2009 05:01

Tags: Microsoft, microsoft office, odf, Office 2007, ooxml, openoffice

Firefox patches zero-day, hacking contest bugs

Just days after a hacker released code that could be used to attack the Firefox browser, Mozilla developers have a fix.

By Robert McMillan | 30 March, 2009 07:59

Tags: bugs, firefox, malware, mozilla firefox, xsl, zero day exploit

IBM data council to push XBRL as standard for risk reporting

IBM's Data Governance Council, a group of 50 large financial companies and other organizations worldwide, on Monday announced an initiative aimed at persuading the industry to adopt XBRL (extensible business reporting language) as a standard for risk reporting.

By Chris Kanaracus | 16 December, 2008 07:29

Tags: xbrl

ISO publishes Office Open XML specification

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published the specification for a Microsoft-created file format that caused bitter debate during its path to become an international standard.

By Jeremy Kirk | 20 November, 2008 07:37

Tags: iso, Office Open XML

Sun, IBM launch ODF tools initiative

Sun Microsystems and IBM Wednesday announced the Open Document Format Toolkit Union, an open-source project aimed at making it easier for developers to use ODF.

By Chris Kanaracus | 06 November, 2008 08:11

Tags: odf, Open Document Format Toolkit Union, Symphony

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