Data Management Articles

Microsoft Says Users Drove PDF Feature in Office: In an interview with PDFzone, Microsoft says Office's PDF support was a long time in the making, a response to customer demand.

Forms Follow Function, but XML Doesn't, Necessarily: Large-scale, feature-rich implementations of XML forms from Adobe, IBM, and Microsoft might be an answer in search of a problem.

Metro's Real Target: Control of Document Standards: While touted as a PDF killer, Microsoft's new document workflow format doesn't attempt to match the Adobe-centric standard in portability and embedding of fonts.

Sidebar: How WAFS Vendors Cache In: Vendors that claim to offer wide-area file services technology...

Health Care's Sore Need for Standards: John Halamka wonders why he can use his ATM card in a Japanese post office though his electronic medical records can't be sent across the street back home in Boston.