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Cut To The Chase
Talkback Vendor consortia seek to mask their application-platform-vendor specific proposals with the ISO/IEC cloak of interoperability. Unable to argue the fundamentals of an interoperability framework, ISO is swamped by the minutia of fully documenting...
[March 3, 2008, 18:57]
ODF And OOXML Are Standards In Name Only
Talkback Neither specify a minimum set of features that must be supported and both allow vendor- and application-specific extensions. Indeed, because both ODF and OOXML allow vendor-specific extensions, one might observe that neither is an open format.
[February 29, 2008, 1:24]
Extensions Are Bugs, Not Features
Talkback A standard that allows vendor-specific extensions to be conformant is a standard in name only. Both ODF and OOXML violate the law governing international standards because they allow vendors to claim conformance despite vendor-specific extensions.
[February 29, 2008, 17:28]
Open Source Awareness Growing In Scotland
Talkback Additionally, formats not tied into a specific vendor or platform are independent of the product cycle. Use of open formats would lessen the grip of any single vendor and make it possible for departments to choose which software actually meets...
[August 26, 2005, 12:16]
Microsoft Takes Swipe At Linux Vendors' Legal Story
News It claims that Microsoft offers better indemnification than any Linux vendor and has highlighted specific problems with the indemnification policy of each vendor, although it has not yet divulged the specific details of its own policy.
[November 5, 2004, 13:28]
Australian Universities Call On IT Industry For Aid
News Professor Paul Bailes, head of the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland (UQ) agrees that more industry participation is vital to address the skills shortage — but doesn't see vendor-specific...
[August 22, 2007, 9:15]
Not 1,500 Extensions
Talkback The world needs vendor-neutral formats, not winning application-specific formats. It is big vendor resistance to interoperability and maneuvering to gain a competitive advantage by manipulating file formats and seeking the ISO/IEC stamp of approval...
[March 1, 2008, 1:33]
ISO Credibility
Talkback OASIS vendors actually re wrote the OASIS IPR rules governing all specifications work to accommodate specific web services vendor needs! Limiting interop and enabling a larger space for vendor specific innovative features in this context is...
[March 3, 2008, 18:13]
BluePrint For Benchmarking Success
White Papers If the benchmark is not well-defined, it is a waste of time for both the customer and the computer vendor. It discusses how the customer can be successful at benchmarking any vendor’s hardware and software.
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
User Group Or Fan Club?
Leader Indeed, the fact that a user group is specific to one vendor or service provider presupposes that moving to another vendor or service provider is not really a viable option. It's a paradox common among vendor or service provider-specific use groups.
[March 8, 2005, 12:30]
Verbal Fisticuffs Break Out At JavaOne
News One reason for this is that each of the most popular J2EE-based application server offerings include a package of vendor-specific extensions offering specific functionality not found in the J2EE specification.
[June 12, 2003, 13:32]
J2EE Vs .Net: Making That Vital Development Decision
News So you see, the choice isn't really down to two options -- J2EE or .Net -- but comes down to three: .Net, J2EE-generic or J2EE-vendor specific. In theory at least, this vendor participation in a standard leads to vendor independence.
[June 13, 2002, 15:45]
Consider These Options For Web Certifications
News There are so many platform- or vendor-specific certification choices that it's difficult to try and recommend such credentials on any basis other than what tools, platforms, or programming languages you are likely to encounter on the job.
[February 14, 2003, 11:58]
Lineo Responds To Microsoft Attack
News With regard to the statement that developers must either "build.or opt for a specific vendor's costly toolset," Lineo's board support packages, which include a ported, tested and validated Linux kernel and operating system services combined with...
[December 17, 2001, 14:53]
Trend Micro Joins The Crowd In The Cloud
News Security vendor Trend Micro is joining the rush towards providing online security services. Trend Micro joins the current vendor movement towards offering or acquiring for online security services, which includes McAfee, Symantec, Microsoft and...
[July 31, 2007, 13:21]
Thinking Of Ditching IE? Think Again
Talkback Excuse me but you have to be absolutely bongers to still believe that the entire world will dance to the tunes of you or whatever vendor nowedays. Something that works with whatever browser (from whatever vendor on whatever platform) that respects...
[October 18, 2005, 21:44]
Phone Phishing Attack Hits US
News IT managers have been warned to alert their staff to the attack, which uses social engineering techniques to try to trick users to the phishing site, according to security vendor Websense. The attack began on Thursday in the US, and according to...
[June 23, 2006, 17:05]
Out With The Old, Bring In The New -- Firewalls?
News Jean-Marc Loingtier, CEO of AKheron, a network security vendor of application firewalls, says XML-application firewalls are sometimes viewed as orthogonal to traditional security products -- like a "convoluted proxy" that speaks, or parses, XML...
[January 28, 2003, 10:47]
Lock Down Your SAN
News Keep in mind that the methods I've discussed vary in their implementation according to which SAN vendor your organisation uses. If you're not a storage guru, ask your vendor to explain SAN security in-depth for its products.
[June 23, 2005, 13:40]
Certifications Are Essential For All IT Security Staffers
News General vs.vendor-specific certifications McNulty said it is much more important to have mastered the fundamental principles of information security than to have specific knowledge of the security-related settings of a vendor-specific operating...
[March 21, 2003, 11:24]
