Cornering the office
Office 11 beta’s collaboration and XML features almost justify the upgrade WHEN IT COMES to planned obsolescence, Detroit could learn a few things from Redmond, Wash. When Microsoft Office 11 ships in 2003, it will mark the fifth release in…
Sun targets customer needs
CTO for Software John Fowler talks about N1, the WS-I, and getting at the core of customers’ problems SUN HAS STRUGGLED of late to find its focus during the economic downturn, but John Fowler, Sun’s CTO for Software, sees opportunity…
Workflow drives IBM’s vision
Director of Marketing Scott Hebner talks about the Web services infrastructure and standards process AS IBM’S DIRECTOR of marketing for WebSphere software, Scott Hebner sees workflow as a key to developing Web services and Big Blue’s strategy for making integration…
Stuff your kids hope you’re cool enough to buy them
Low-cost suggestion for holiday shopping Writing about e-commerce all the time, my staff and I run across phenomenal little devices that have become available on the Web for incredibly low prices. Now that the holiday season is upon us, I’ve…
Office cliques: Management bears a lot of responsibility
Groups are natural, but not when they impede the business Everybody has an opinion. After I raised the issue several weeks ago of office cliques and their effect on performance and morale, a lot of people wrote in to give…
Multimodal user interfaces
Visual or audio alerts can trigger different responses I’ve just returned from a small conference devoted to the subject of social software. The invitees were an eclectic bunch: developers of community Web sites and multiplayer games, interaction and user-interface designers,…
Contivo polishes up data modeling product
DATA INTEGRATION COMPANY Contivo on Monday rolled out a new version of its modeling product aimed at cutting implementation costs associated with data mapping and transformation across disparate applications. Contivo EIM 3.7 sports a new Enterprise Vocabulary Management feature that…
Macromedia boosts multimedia authoring
MACROMEDIA ON MONDAY is announcing Director MX, a multimedia authoring environment for building high-end, interactive content and applications for deployment on CD/DVD-ROM, kiosks, and the Web via the Macromedia ShockWave Player. Slated to ship in December, Director MX features integration…
History and innovation
Disruptive technologies have always made some managers uncomfortable, so take lessons from the past MANAGEMENTSPEAK: We don’t have an organization chart. We’re a startup. TRANSLATION: We have no idea who’s supposed to do what, when, or to whom. — This…
A CTO gives thanks
Despite the bad economy, many have perservered, and deserve recognition for doing more with less THANKSGIVING IS upon us, and I’m already counting my blessings despite a tough year for IT. Although 2002 has been a difficult year, there are…
