After announcing a partnership some two years back, Sun and Google have finally made some moves with Sun announcing that its StarOffice software suite is now being offered as part of Google’s software download service.
A survey by PineApp of 400 organisations in the UK has found that whilst 97% have anti-spam solutions, half were unable to effectively deal with the growing problem of image based spam.
The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has hit out at the IT talent shortage, stating talent is alive and kicking in taxi drivers and the over-50 employee market.
After several months in development, Sun has released the its Open Document Format (ODF) plug-in for Microsoft Office, enabling the ODF standard to be read and written by Microsoft’s software, plus be used as the default format.
Google’s run of acquisitions is continuing this week, with the search juggernaut picking up on-demand communications security and compliance provider Postini. Telcos and VOiP providers beware.