Before you begin deploying applications based on the .NET framework, you need to decide how your organisation will manage common application settings.

Application semantics ride on top of platforms and languages. Even in an all-Java environment, XML creates common ground on which to wrestle with those semantics.

The basic idea is that when an XML application sitting behind a network connection needs to repetitively process many incoming XML documents, the application can actually reuse memory buffers ...

Security is the biggest obstacle to deploying XML Web services. Traditional network firewalls won't do the job. You need the authentication and access control of an XML application firewall.

The new XML- based file format, coupled with Silverlight, has allowed us to make documents viewable directly through users web browsers. Having an internationally documented standard such as Office ...

Persistent opposition by the New Zealand Open Source Society to an XML-related patent application filed by Microsoft in the country has resulted in the software giant withdrawing the same. NZOSS ...