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What Are Topic Maps?

by Lars Marius Garshol – Many years ago, I started looking into SGML and XML as a way to make information more manageable and findable, which was something I had been working on for a long time. It took me several years to discover that, although SGML and XML helped, they did not actually solve the

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Oracle’s baby touts online CRM

NetLedger is expected to reveal its first low-end CRM system. NetLedger is the recently established, Larry Ellison backed, company – the firm that touts Oracle’s Small Business Suite. The product is interesting too. It’s kind of standard fare, with a twist. It’s another ASP that looks good.

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Portal Vision

By Philip J. Gill – In theory, corporate portals have always been a good idea. Consolidate all of the content and functionality that an employee needs to do his or her job effectively into a single online window, and worker productivity will go up, says conventional wisdom. But until recently, corpo

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SQL Server Boss Gives a Sneak Peek

With Microsoft Corp. coming off a major security push and moving headlong into its next major SQL Server release, code-named Yukon, eWEEK Senior Writer Matt Hicks recently sat down with the company’s SQL Server Vice President Gordon Mangione at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., offices. Mangione offered b