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Brocade gears up for Fiber Channel over Ethernet
News Company will introduce FCoE connectivity by year-end for customers to test, some three years before the technology is expected to be part of storage infrastructure.
Tags: Storage, Network standards/protocols, Fiber, Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Japan, Environment, networking company, storage networking, network, data center
Xen.org to build open standards cloud platform
News Xen Cloud Platform will form part of wider initiative aimed at bridging private clouds with public cloud services such as those offered by Amazon and Rackspace.
Tags: Cloud computing, Security, Virtualization, Xen, Novell Inc., Hypervisor, Xen.org, Cloud computing, network, Rackspace
Openness unlocking Web's power
Insight perspective Accessibility and open standards have helped build the Web and remain central to its development, says Opera executive.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Standards, Open source, Apple Inc., Patent, Web Browser, Video, Standards
The latest from Facebook: 'Open Stream API'
News The social-networking giant will let developers tap into and tinker with the Twitter-like flow of user content that Facebook calls the "stream".
Tags: Web 2.0, Interfaces, buses, I/O, MySpace, Twitter, Photo-sharing, Developer, contact management, API, social networking, Facebook
Google adds open standard to gadget mashups
News The Web giant is now using the OAuth open authentication standard in its mini-apps for the desktop and the iGoogle Web page.
Tags: Web sites, Security, Authentication and encryption, Google Inc., API, Books, mashup, bank, Web Site, open standard
UK standards body taken to court over OOXML
News The U.K. Unix & Open Systems Users Group has launched a High Court challenge against the decision by the British Standards Institution to approve Microsoft's nascent document format.
Tags: Standards, Office suites, Office Open XML, Open Source, Standards Body, decision-making, Microsoft Office, industry, desktop, technical committee
Facebook hires an open source advocate
News Prominent open standards advocate David Recordon will join Facebook as senior open programs manager.
Tags: Web 2.0, LiveJournal, Facebook, job, founder, blog, open standard, Web 2.0, board
UK government open source guidelines ignored, says Ingres
News Software tenders that have taken place since the government published its open source policy in February have ignored those guidelines, according to database firm Ingres.
Tags: Open source, Open-source Database, Chief Information Officer, Open-source Software, Ingres, proprietary software, open standard, Open source, incentive, ZDNet Asia
Tech companies submit crypto standard to Oasis
News Seven technology companies have developed a specification that the group hopes will improve encryption-key management interoperability.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Business ethics, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Security, Specification, Seagate Technology LLC, Encryption, Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Storage
Google social-tech evangelist leaving company
News Kevin Marks, one of Google's leading public voices on social-networking standards and technology is leaving the company.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Apple Inc., Google OpenSocial, Google Inc., social networking, TechCrunch, network, blog
OpenID comes to Facebook, at last
News The universal log-in standard hadn't come to Facebook sooner because of security and user experience concerns, a post on the social network's blog explains.
Tags: Web 2.0, Open source, Security, Digital Identity, Facebook Connect, Facebook, network, workplace, blog, Google Gmail
Mobile industry needs open standards
News Two major players issue call for industry to develop mobile ecosystem based on open standards, to ensure growth and cope with new market entrants.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Business applications, Standards, Qualcomm Inc., Mobile, PC Company, Open Source, API, Mobility, Nokia Corp.
Microsoft's file format perestroika
News Company agrees to publish documentation letting developers know how it will implement ODF and Open XML within Microsoft Office.
Tags: Open source, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, project manager, Microsoft Office 2007, software, News.com, European Commission
Office 2007 adds Open Document support
News Microsoft is releasing the second service pack for Office 2007, adding various stability and performance updates along with support for Open Document Format and PDF files.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Service Pack, performance, Microsoft Office 2007, product manager, Microsoft Office, managing director, open standard
Firms will adopt hybrid software cloud
News correction Most businesses will deploy mix of open source and proprietary software on cloud platform due to complexity of business apps, says Red Hat executive.
Tags: Open source, Cloud computing, Cloud, Red Hat Inc., Open-source Software, International Data Corp., Developer, Interoperability, Cloud computing, PaaS
