Category Archives: Standards

ODF Implementation Notes for Office 2007 Published

Posted on December 16, 2008 by oliver

My friend and colleague Doug Mahugh appears on Microsoft’s presspass site this morning. He is announcing the publication of our implementation notes for ODF 1.1 in Office 2007. I’m sure he will blog about the details later today. In the … Continue reading →

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WSRP publishing from SharePoint

Posted on December 16, 2008 by oliver

I almost missed this, it turns out the SharePoint team have released a toolkit that allows you to publish lists and libraries through WSRP. We were already able to consume WSRP in SharePoint, but until now have not been able … Continue reading →

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IPv6 Roundup, Monday 8/12/08

Posted on December 8, 2008 by oliver

China expected to lead the world’s first commercial use of IPv6 – People’s Daily Online China is expected to be the first commercial user of IPv6 technology. Zhang Xiaoqiang, vice minister of the National Reform and Development Commission … IPv6 … Continue reading →

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Where did IPv5 go?

Posted on December 3, 2008 by oliver

I’ve been meaning to look this up for a while, but never quite got around to it. Most of today has been spent writing an article for a local newspaper on how we might drive IPv6 adoption in the region. … Continue reading →

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IPv6 Roundup, Monday 1/12/08

Posted on December 1, 2008 by oliver

IPv6 in the Enterprise: Why You Should Care – Network World As the IPv6 user community grows, you are going to see an increase in the number of people attempting to access your public-facing services such as web and … … Continue reading →

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Would you sell your IP address?

Posted on November 25, 2008 by oliver

There were several really interesting topics discussed at last weeks IPv6 Summit in Canberra, when I can find the time I’ll write up a little more detail on some of the ideas that I think could really drive breakthroughs in … Continue reading →

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IPv6 Roundup, Monday 24/11/08

Posted on November 24, 2008 by oliver

Here is this weeks round up on IPv6 related things that have landed in my inbox. IPv4 Countdown vs. State of IPv6 – By Arun Viswanathan So given the predictions about end of IPv4 and the rate of adoption of … Continue reading →

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IS29500:2008 (Open XML) published by ISO

Posted on November 19, 2008 by oliver

The press release just appeared on their site; ISO/IEC 29500 is a standard for word-processing documents, presentations and spreadsheets that is intended to be implemented by multiple applications on multiple platforms. One of its objectives is to ensure the long-term … Continue reading →

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IPv6 Roundup, Monday 17/11/08

Posted on November 17, 2008 by oliver

Examining IPv6 on today’s Internet – Linux Magazine Is the world ready for the next generation Internet Protocol? We take a look at Linux with IPv6. 800 Chinese Days – By bruce Each nation’s government is taking a different approach … Continue reading →

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IPv6 Roundup, Wednesday 12/11/08

Posted on November 12, 2008 by oliver

A couple of days late, but here it is… there is great content out there, but we still need to see much more substance around the how and why for IPv6! ICANN meeting: Egyptian host demands independence for network … … Continue reading →

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