Google vs. Microsoft in Court
Google and Microsoft have ended up in court over the Government’s decision to adopt Microsoft’s BPOS at the Dept of Interior without letting Google bid for some of the action. As a result, Google is heading to court.
Information Collaboration
Who would have ever guessed the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) would become a role model for information sharing? However, a service-oriented architecture effort within the U.S. Department of Defense's intelligence community is helping the DoD better share information as well as modernize systems.
UPS, First DAMMY Award Recipient
Developer of solutions for digital media management, ViewCast Corporation, announced that UPS's Communications Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, powered by ViewCast Media Platform Digital Asset Management software, was the recent recipient of a 2010 DAMMY Award in the category of Best Storage, Archive and/or Preservation Solution.
XBRL US Gets New CEO
The national consortium for XML business reporting standards, XBRL US, has announced that Campbell Pryde, the current Chief Standards Officer and head of development, has been named President and CEO.
Snug Without An Ontology
With a slogan like “Snug Productivity Software”, Tabi Software’s SlipBox application supports the work of the note-taker and not surprisingly attempts to do it distraction-free. SlipBox is based on traditional slip-boxes – loose collections of paper slips in a box – and manages the notes in a way similar to human memory.