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AOL launches business IM
AOL has released its new AIM Pro instant messaging application. The free program targets business users by offering integration with Microsoft Outlook and one-click access to the WebEx Communications online conferencing tool. It also has enhanced security features. The AIM Pro launch illustrates the increased level of competition in the enterprise instant messaging space.Enterprises have had a rocky relationship with instant messaging. Users often install the applications without the IT department's authorisation, subjecting businesses to potential security and data retention issues.
Microsoft promises to play fair with Windows
Microsoft, which is operating under a 2002 antitrust ruling that found the company had abused its Windows monopoly, unveiled on Wednesday a set of principles the software giant promised to follow in the development of Vista and other future versions of the desktop operating system.
The so-called Windows Principles are divided in three general categories. In the first category, Microsoft promises to design and license Windows in a way that makes it easy to install non-Microsoft programs and to configure PCs to use non-Microsoft products instead of or in addition to Windows features.
In the second group of principles, Microsoft said it would design and license the platform to preserve the opportunities for developers to build and deploy products that directly compete with Microsoft software. Finally, the Redmond, Wash., company said it was committed to meet the interoperability needs of its customers and would do so in ways that enable companies to control and exchange data across diverse computer systems and applications.
Offshoring continues to grow
Offshore outsourcing is set to increase, according to a report released by a sourcing advisory firm TPI
The company's figures show that almost half of all outsourcing projects contain an offshoring element, compared to 28 percent last year.
India is still proving to be the big winner, with market share rising to 5.2 per cent of offshore contracts won this year from 3 percent in 2005.
TPI's managing director Duncan Aitchison says contrary to speculation about rising levels of dissatisfaction with offshore outsourcing, the data it has gathered predicts further growth in the value of work being moved offshore.
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AOL has released its new AIM Pro instant messaging application. The free program targets business users by offering integration with Microsoft Outlook and one-click access to the WebEx Communications online conferencing tool. It also has enhanced security features. The AIM Pro launch illustrates the increased level of competition in the enterprise instant messaging space.Enterprises have had a rocky relationship with instant messaging. Users often install the applications without the IT department's authorisation, subjecting businesses to potential security and data retention issues.
Microsoft promises to play fair with Windows
Microsoft, which is operating under a 2002 antitrust ruling that found the company had abused its Windows monopoly, unveiled on Wednesday a set of principles the software giant promised to follow in the development of Vista and other future versions of the desktop operating system.
The so-called Windows Principles are divided in three general categories. In the first category, Microsoft promises to design and license Windows in a way that makes it easy to install non-Microsoft programs and to configure PCs to use non-Microsoft products instead of or in addition to Windows features.
In the second group of principles, Microsoft said it would design and license the platform to preserve the opportunities for developers to build and deploy products that directly compete with Microsoft software. Finally, the Redmond, Wash., company said it was committed to meet the interoperability needs of its customers and would do so in ways that enable companies to control and exchange data across diverse computer systems and applications.
Offshoring continues to grow
Offshore outsourcing is set to increase, according to a report released by a sourcing advisory firm TPI
The company's figures show that almost half of all outsourcing projects contain an offshoring element, compared to 28 percent last year.
India is still proving to be the big winner, with market share rising to 5.2 per cent of offshore contracts won this year from 3 percent in 2005.
TPI's managing director Duncan Aitchison says contrary to speculation about rising levels of dissatisfaction with offshore outsourcing, the data it has gathered predicts further growth in the value of work being moved offshore.
want more news about software it visit at http://www.itnews.com.au/
