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Microsoft Gets Closer to Open Document Standard
ST GALLEN, Switzerland (Reuters) – Microsoft said on Wednesday that starting some time next year it will make it easier for users of an open-source rival to work with Microsoft Office. Without adding any special software to Office, users will be able to open documents sent to them in the open source Open Document Format…
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Microsoft Urges U.K. Partners to Sign Up for Office Live
Microsoft is urging partners in the United Kingdom to sign up for its Office Live Designer and Developer Community, hoping that the promise of nearly 1 million potential small business customers will add to its Office Live Small Business partner base. Microsoft’s Tim Kimber, director of product marketing, Office Live, says about 250 Office…
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Cisco Veterans Unveil Network Security Startup
In 2006, five security, systems and networking experts with a combined 40-plus years of experience at Cisco Systems formed a network security startup and took aim at the access management market. Now, two years later, that startup—Rohati Systems—has stepped out of the shadows with a high-speed appliance that relies on user entitlements to control access…
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Citrix Builds Out Its Delivery Center
Citrix Systems is looking to combine its traditional application delivery technology with its recently developed virtualization offerings into a new way to deliver applications to a fleet of corporate desktops, whether in the main office or at a remote site. At the company’s Synergy user conference, which starts May 20 in Houston, Citrix will offer…
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Sybase iPhone Software Ready Soon
Sybase Inc plans to soon start selling software that lets businesses securely distribute e-mail to the iPhone, which could help the popular device gain use among business clients. The program for Apple Inc’s iPhone will be released before the end of this year, John Chen said on Monday at the Reuters Global Technology, Media and…