This post was written by Jeff Johnston
Microsoft has published technical documents describing how it built support for the rival Open Document Format within Office 2007. In addition, Microsoft has also given away notes on how it supported its own format, Office Open XML (OOXML). This information could be helpful for third-party software firms trying to build applications that work with Office 2007. Despite Microsoft’s long-standing argument that customers benefit from the tight integration between Office 2007, SharePoint and other Microsoft applications, the company was sincere about promoting interoperability with other formats and applications.
Nintex ( www.nintex.com), which is a leading global innovator of software products that extend Microsoft technology, has announced the commercial availability of Nintex Reporting 2008. Designed to provide insight on demand, the Nintex Reporting 2008 software collects and analyzes SharePoint site structure, content and usage data for adoption monitoring, capacity planning, and a variety of other governance applications.