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Despite lack of marketing resources, more businesses are discovering and deploying open-source software in their back offices. Support has improved, capable tools quickly become the standard by which commercial products are measured.

The article discusses the scalability enhancement that COM+ will bring to the Windows 2000 platform. (Sean Gallagher and Steve Gillmor / InformationWeek)

Pioneers are testing Microsoft's new architecture, even as components are being released. By Don Kiely.

Interest in decades-old language grows as developers use it for Web applications and services, where one piece of software talks to others without knowing much about the other system, a concept originated in Smalltalk. [InformationWeek]

Startup called Clear Methods has produced Water XML programming language, and a run-time environment for its code, called Steam Engine, being offered as part of 'pure Web-services platform.' [InformationWeek]

White papers, case studies, webcasts and product literature includes the latest research materials to help with your firewall appliance needs.

An overview of the W3C's new P3P protocol for implementing consumer privacy preferences. Includes discussion on Microsoft, I.E. 6 and online privacy for consumers.

A look at the emerging technologies and management of corporate privacy policies. The spawning of a new software and services sector.

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