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Info-Tech conducted a market evaluation of seven leading application integration middleware solutions. Use this tool to narrow the vendors to a shortlist of solutions that best satisfy the company's requirements, before sitting down with dealers...

Note

The application integration middleware landscape has evolved dramatically in recent years. Once a niche market, middleware deployments have become an essential strategy for competing in today's business environment. Modern middleware will see a...

Solution Set

In today's IT environment, organizations often have numerous applications communicating with each other chaotically. Middleware streamlines that communication process, providing maximum integration benefits.

Use of Microsoft Office Open XML (OOXML) file format, introduced with Office 2007, has lagged mostly due to file compatibility issues with Office 2003 and slow Office 2007 adoption rates. However, as Office 2007/2010 adoption increases over the...

Info-Tech surveys reveal that 33% of clients intend to upgrade to Office 2010 in the next 18 months. Use this research note to understand who should upgrade, who should wait and why, and then review best practices for upgrading to Office 2010.

(29-Jan-10) After a long litigation period, Microsoft has stopped selling copies of its Office and Word programs with a disputed custom XML editing functionality and has issued a patch that eliminates the feature for the programs currently being...

(23-Dec-09) For a tiny Toronto software manufacturer nestled in the city's grimy garment district, winning a $290 million court judgment against Microsoft is more than simply a long-awaited victory. "It's a battle cry for the entrepreneur and...

(23-Dec-09) Microsoft Corp. has lost an appeal against a small Toronto company in a patent fight that cost the world's biggest software maker $290 million (U.S.) and forced it to alter its ubiquitous MS Word program. The U.S. Court of Appeals...

(22-Dec-09) A U.S. federal appeals court upheld a ruling against Microsoft Corp. Tuesday, ordering the software giant to pay $290 million to Canadian software firm i4i Inc. in a long-running patent dispute. The court injunction will also...

With its recently updated System z, IBM continues to extend the mainframe capabilities to better support applications not normally associated with mainframes. The System z may be a consolidation option for mid-sized enterprises with Java, Linux,...

A recent Info-Tech study finds that, despite all the hype surrounding Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), adoption is limited. Internal integration at a trial and/or departmental level is the extent of most implementations. And, despite large...