'XML doesn't always mean open. You can hide a lot in a file format,' says James Governor, principal analyst at Redmonk. 'OpenDocument represents an opportunity to ensure truly open file formats for productivity applications,' he said in reference to the announceme...

XML has become the dominant vehicle for data exchange, but a growing awareness of critical performance issues has prevented widespread deployment of Web Services solutions. Not anymore. Tarari Inc., the award-winning acceleration company, announced today that it ...

Users, vendors, governments, and researchers from Europe and around the world will gather in Amsterdam on May 24 to examine and discuss advances in e-Business standards at the OASIS Open Standards Day. Sponsored by the international, not-for-profit consortium, O...

IBM has bolstered its Emerging Technologies Toolkit, available through IBM alphaWorks, by adding three new XML development tools to its collection of emerging technologies for developers and early adopters. The tools aim to help developers reduce the manual codin...

OpenLaszlo 3.0, known in previous versions as Laszlo Presentation Server (LPS), is aimed at developers creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). The new name reflects the company's move to an open-source licensing model.

Web services security pioneer Forum Systems on Monday announced plans to add virus protection to its flagship XML Firewall product. Forum Systems Inc., of Salt Lake City, will partner with Computer Associates International Inc. to integrate CA's eTrust anti-virus ...

Tokyo's Two Space Co., Ltd., has developed the Office Storage Hub, to provide the linking of corporate and office data created in Microsoft Office within a network environment. Official worldwide sales of Office Storage Hub will begin in May 2005. Microsoft Corpor...

Adobe has created a new public specification, IPTC Core Schema for XMP, designed to ensure the consistency of metadata.

Arbortext president says, 'XBRL has great potential to bring tremendous benefits to the financial community.'

The latest version of Reactivity's patent-pending XML operating system is designed to make using Web services easy and practical.

AOL, BEA Systems, Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, Computer Associates, Entrust, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Neustar, Nokia, Novell, Oracle, RSA Security, SAP, Sun Microsystems, and others advance standard for single sign-on.

It's unlikely that SQL and relational based applications will disappear in the future just because of the rising importance of the XQuery language, Jonathan Bruce told SYS-CON.TV (http://sys-con.tv). 'The relational model remains a highly optimized model for data ...

PEAK achieved strenuous Zebra certification by showing knowledge of in-depth training, dedicated XML/RFID integration resources, and technical proficiency.

Altova announced general availability of Altova software version 2005 release 3 (v2005r3), which features several significant enhancements to MapForce 2005, including expanded support for Electronic Data Integration (EDI) standards.

ePath Learning announced the release of ASAP Object Model (ASAP-OM) and ASAP Object Access (ASAP-OA), a high-level object model and a pattern-based, object query language for ePath Learning's ASAP product line.

Certification of webMethods Fabric will improve supply chain and distribution channels by increasing interoperability between software providers.

Stylus Studio continues advancing XML with Release 2 of Stylus Studio 6 Home Edition, the most reasonably priced XML IDE on the market.

OpenXava 1.0 has been released. This latest release includes greater tailored functionality, developed to create J2EE business applications rapidly and easily.

Stylus Studio is currently accepting entries for its new XQuery Innovator Awards. The awards will highlight the achievement of developers who have used XQuery to solve business problems. Applications are being accepted online until March 31, 2005.

New cross-platform EditiX 3.0 combines an easy to use XML editor and XSLT debugger designed to help Web programmers utilize the latest XML technologies.

XML development tool Stylus Studio was awarded CNET Download.com Editor's 5 star rating, their highest honor.

Stylus Studio and Sleepycat Software today announced the immediate availability of new integrated XQuery development tools which fully support XML development using Berkeley DB XML 2.0.

Orbeon, a systems integrator specializing in XML-based integration and Web applications, announced that it has joined the ObjectWeb consortium The company's flagship project, PresentationServer, is now hosted by ObjectWeb.

DataPower's XS40 XML Security Gateway has received Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) interoperability certification for the US Department of Defense (DOD) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).

Microsoft's first Office System Developer Conference suported the use of XML by developers of Office applications. Microsft said Office can be regarded as a platform in its own right.

The latest release of Stylus Studio XML Professional Edition includes new features designed to improve usability, along with full support for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)-to-XML mapping.

Altova creator of XMLSpy, MapForce, and other leading software development and data integration tools, today announced that Altova MapForce 2005 was named a finalist in the Best Database Management Product or Service category of the Software & Information Industry...

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published three new standards to help vendors improve Web services performance for customers: XML-binary Optimized Packaging, SOAP Message Transmission Optimization Mechanism, and Resource Representation SOAP Header Block.

The class is directed at people who want to understand how ontology-driven technologies can help them manage the meaning of their information. The course doesn't require any previous experience with Topic Maps or the Ontopia Knowledge Suite (OKS).

TrustyFiles is a small 1.6MB download. TrustyFiles provides security through an Internet connection blocklist to protect from invasive users and virus scanning support to reject infected files. TrustyFiles High Performance software is optimized for multiple net...

Itemfield, the leading provider of next-generation data transformation software for high-performance, mission-critical enterprise applications, announced the appointment of Dr. Jacob Ukelson as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Dr. Ukelson will oversee Itemf...

DataDirect is forecasting that 2005 will be a year in which a complete overhaul in the way software applications are built will occur.

IBM is planning on the continued adoption by enterprises of SOA and accompanying XML technology. To support external enterprise data stores, IBM is including XML support in DB2.

In an attempt to bring XML Web services to a larger audience, Sarvega and the Center for Advanced Defense Studies have created the Advanced XML Security Lab.

FOXSports.com is using Sarvega's XML accelerator to transmit dynamic content on MSN. Using the accelerator allows FOXSports to keep their existing infrastructure, while gaining the benefits Sarvega's product brings.

The Social Security Administration is launching a pilot program that uses XML-based technology to make the SSA more efficient. It has been estimated that by 2010, the number of disability claims will increase by nearly 50%, and the number of SSA employees will decrease.

A new CMS, for financial prospectus automation, is being introduced by Command Financial Press that uses IXIASOFT's native XML database, TEXTML Server.

Blast Radius is helping companies make better use of their corporate data by using the company's open source XML content management and creation tools. Various businesses employ the technology so they can work with and utilize mixed data types.

Justsystem, based in Japan, is previewing a technology that many say has the potential to bring seismic change in the way XML is used. With xfy, different XML documents can be joined together and used, without interoperability issues.

Pioneering content management company, Mark Logic, has partnered with Stylus Studio, in an effort to make building XML content-centric applications easier for its customers.