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Steve Sloan on BizTalk Server 2006 R2

Community
SOA
Topics
WS Standards,
EAI,
Office Business Applications,
Business Process Management,
SOA Platforms,
.NET Framework

InfoQ talked to Steve Sloan, Senior Product Manager, about the BizTalk Server 2006 R2 in the context of SOA.

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UNO, OpenOffice, and MonoDevelop

Community
.NET
Topics
Office Business Applications

Microsoft Office developers have long bragged about their ability to control pretty much anything in Office via COM automation. But unbeknownst to most, OpenOffice developers have a few tricks up their sleeve.

Office Open XML SDK to be Released Soon

Community
.NET
Topics
Office Business Applications

Microsoft has announced that it will release the OOXML SDK despite the fact that ISO did not approve OOXML as an open standard last September.

Buzzword – RIA Word Processor: Built Using Adobe Flex / AIR

Community
Architecture,
Java
Topics
Web 2.0,
Rich Internet Apps,
Rich Client / Desktop,
Office Business Applications,
Acquisitions

Adobe recently acquired Virtual Ubiquity, the creators of Buzzword - a web based word processor. InfoQ.com connected with David Coletta and Tad Staley of Adobe Systems to learn more about the product, the challenges and benefits of using Adobe Flex for its development, and what the future holds for the product.

Reporting tool Ruport releases version 1.2

Community
Ruby
Topics
Office Business Applications,
Scripting

Ruport, the Ruby reporting tool, was just released in version 1.2. Meanwhile, the Ruport Book effort is coming along as well.

OpenXML Spreadsheet Formulas Called into Question

Community
.NET
Topics
Office Business Applications

Rob Weir has called the spreadsheet formulas into question. Lost in the posturing and grandstanding are some serious holes in the specification.

The Microsoft OBA Framework

Community
.NET
Topics
Office Business Applications,
Enterprise Architecture

Microsoft has been touting a new way to build composite applications using the acronym, “OBA”. The intended sweet spot for OBA is within the Lines of Business within the greater Enterprise cloud. The OBA framework capitalizes on the large number of Microsoft Office licenses that have been sold world-wide.