Daniel Ingitaraj (DPE, Singapore)

Building Bridges - Linux and Windows Interoperability: On the Metal and On the Wire

Why Build Bridges? I would say it is safe to think that Microsoft is going to continue shipping Windows, and Red Hat and Novell will continue shipping Linux. With companies like Wall Mart, Southwest Airlines, City of Los Angeles ( Ref: Microsoft and Novell Read More...

Interoperability by Design - Connecting people, data and diverse systems.

(Products, Community, Access & Standards) I. Products: Novell extending to Windows management: An Internetnews.com article reports how Novell, a well-known Linux vendor and Microsoft partner, has ambitions to become a Windows management vendor. Recently Read More...

OPEN XML Getting Adoption

It is great to see the momentum behind ECMA OPEN XML. What is impressive with this list below is the number of applications on other platforms besides Windows. The Latest news was iPHONE using OPEN XML for reading documents and Neo Office suite for Mac. Read More...

Interoperability by Design - Part II (Connecting People, Connecting Data and Connecting Diverse Systems)

Here’s where we used to be when it came to interoperability. 1980 was the best of times and it was the worst of times. It was the best of times in that, as long as you stayed with the products of a single vendor, you could be reasonably certain that everything Read More...

Interoperability by Design - Part I (Connecting People, Connecting Data and Connecting Diverse Systems)

I have been talking about Interoperability last few months and have to say in summary - for 4 people I have met, I have discovered 5 different definitions and views about Interoperability. So pause for a moment if SOA and Web 2.0 have multiple definitions Read More...

Surprise, Microsoft Listed as Most Secure OS

An interesting article came to my attention, thanks to catchy headline!. The article by By Andy Patrizio for www.internetnews.com was based on the Security Threat report by Symantec. Read on ... Microsoft is frequently dinged for having insecure products, Read More...

Vista Sidebar Gadgets - Made in Singapore

For all of the people in Singapore ( I guess there are 4.5 Million of us in the city) some local Singapore Gadgets have gone live at the Singapore Gadgets Site. Some of the Gadgets you will see there are : LTA Road Monitoring Gadget Virtual Map Gadget Read More...