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Are Document Management Systems Broken?.  Document management systems (DMS) typically promise to provide robust full-text searching across entire document collections in an organization. In larger firms, which arguably have the most to gain by leveraging the knowledge housed in their DMS, that promise hasn't been realized, at least in part due to an inability to… Continue reading Are Document Management Systems Broken?

PBX Software for VoIP Everywhere. Voiceglo, which makes a browser-based VoIP softphone called GloPhone, has announced software that will turn a wireless router into a virtual PBX system (Private Branch Exchange), reports WiFi Planet. The Voiceglo Internet PBX is a firmware upgrade. It can be installed on a home or small business router to give… Continue reading PBX Software for VoIP Everywhere

Exchange 5.5 Support Not Extended. “Microsoft late Tuesday posted its updated list of product support deadlines in the wake of the announcement of a new 10-year product support lifecycle. The list confirms that Windows NT 4.0 and Exchange Server 5.5 aren't grandfathered into the new program. [MS Exchange Blog]

Where the Jobs AreFrom the May 13 New York Times (reg. req.): “Over the last decade the biggest employment gains came in occupations that rely on people skills and emotional intelligence and among jobs that require imagination and creativity. ..trying to preserve existing jobs will prove futile–trade and technology will transform the economy whether we… Continue reading Where the Jobs Are

Questions about Longhorn, part 1: WinFS. Over the next few days I want to explore a series of questions about the “pillars” of Longhorn — WinFS, Avalon, and Indigo. Last fall, when this stuff was first announced, I reacted with an entry entitled Replace and Defend. I argued then that Longhorn reinvents quite a few… Continue reading Questions about Longhorn, part 1: WinFS

InfoWorld on Visual Studio 2005. InfoWorld has a very interesting article about Microsoft's forthcoming Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio Team products. The article starts out by pointing out that Microsoft has gone through some painful times lately with a trail of broken promises and slipped dates but goes on to say that both of these… Continue reading InfoWorld on Visual Studio 2005

Update: eSuite4X 2.8 – Web Developer's Edition. A combination of open source and commercial tools for developing database-driven web sites, eSuite4X adds an enhanced PHP Code Generator, interface improvements, a Preference Pane for configuring MySQL and Apache, and more. [MacInTouch]

The Killer Library App?. How to Make Money with Digital Lifestyle Aggregators – Part I “We call it digital lifestyle aggregation and it's based upon a number of assumptions – first and foremost being 'provide compelling experiences to your end-users.' That said – here's what you can do to deliver these oft sought after compelling… Continue reading The Killer Library App?

Desktop to Go. Keep Your Desktop in Your Pocket “If you’re really hardcore about traveling light, you might want to become the ultimate road warrior and dispense with your laptop or PDA altogether and get M-System’s Xkey 2.0, a USB key drive with a 32-bit processor inside it that lets you run programs right off… Continue reading Desktop to Go

New blogs come up. Lots of new stuff to look at. I'm having trouble keeping up with all the new information sources, aren't you? Tom Peters started a blog (yeah, that Tom, the guy who writes the famous marketing books). More accurately he turned his home page into a blog. Has an interesting question about… Continue reading New blogs come up