Wednesday, October 09, 2002

Microsoft Infoworld, 10/9/02:  ITxpo: Ballmer to unveil plans for new Office app By Ed Scannell LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. -- During his keynote address on Wednesday at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo conference here, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to unveil plans for developing a new desktop application, code-named XDocs, that promises to streamline the cumbersome process of gathering and distributing data from multiple sources. Scheduled for delivery in mid-2003 and expected to be a member of the Office family, XDocs can be integrated with a large number of business processes because it can support user-defined XML schemas that can be integrated with XML Web services. By so doing, Microsoft hopes to provide users with another way to reuse corporate data and improve information flow. [more] Infoworld, 10/8/02:  Microsoft gives sneak peek at Jupiter, Greenwich technologies By Cathleen Moore ANAHEIM, CALIF. -- Sketching the rough details of its vision for a connected business environment around Web services, Microsoft revealed a new e-business server project, code-name Jupiter, and gave more details around its vision for real-time computing in the enterprise. Speaking here at the Microsoft Exchange Conference, Paul Flessner, senior vice president of the .Net Enterprise Server Group, extolled the value of a connected business, directly linking lower TCO and higher revenue and productivity with the ability to connect applications, systems, customers, and partners. [more] Mobile IDG News Service, 10/8/02:  MEC: Pocket PC phones invade the enterprise Matt Berger, IDG News ServiceSan Francisco Bureau In one of its most aggressive efforts yet to put Pocket PC phones in the hands of mobile workers, Microsoft Corp. and AT&T Wireless Group Inc. Tuesday unveiled a set of products and services for corporate customers. [more] Wall Street Journal, 10/9/02: Barrett Says Intel Will Soon Offer Wireless Networking for Laptops By DONNA FUSCALDO ORLANDO, Fla. -- Intel Corp. Chief Executive Craig Barrett said Tuesday that a wireless networking feature will be a standard in Intel-powered laptops early next year. Intel's 802.11 B/A dual wireless-networking feature will be found in laptops in the first quarter, with desktop computers shortly thereafter, Mr. Barrett said at Gartner's Symposium ITXPO. [more] IT Management CIO, 10/02:  Leadership Makes Technology Work BUSINESS HISTORY IS littered with great ideas that never crossed paths with great managers and as a result fizzled. Technologies are just so much R&D expense until they're deployed by those who have the vision to recognize the great ideas and the skill to implement them successfully. That's why half of the 20/20 Vision honorees were chosen—for their ability to recognize and shepherd great technology ideas through the organizational maze. In other words, they're great leaders. [more] 7:23:41 AM

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