Before service oriented architecture (SOA), distributed computing battles were often waged between Microsoft's DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) supporters and vendor-neutral CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) proponents. While these technologies don't generate much press these days, they continue to run many critical systems, particularly in large enterprises.IONA redefines its imageIONA Technologies, with headquarters in Waltham, Mass., and Dublin, made its name selling and supporting CORBA solutions with its Orbix offering. Now, the company is...

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On September 9, the Massachusetts Information Technology Division ends it review and public comment period for its Information Domain - Enterprise Technical Reference Model v.3.5 draft, a document that provides guidelines for data and data formats in the Commonwealth, including file formats for office productivity suites (these suites usually comprise word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation programs).What is causing a stir is the document's demand that in less than a year and a half, Commonwealth agencies...

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