>>I hear XML is 'the' new thing... I think CC came across some interesting information about XML, perhaps if I ask nicely he'll help us out in understanding the technology<<
LOL - Denise, ask and ye shall receive . . .
Well it looks like NSI is on their way and following their "RoadMap" closely. With this Press Release, I believe that their journey is well underway.
From what I make of from this announcement, I believe that NSI has now greatly sped up their time to market.
This agreement with WEBB:NASDAQ provides them access to their XML expertise. In my opinion, this expertise, combined with Web's business model and contacts could make for a very interesting future.
By the way, after the PR came out, I went to look for more information on what XML is all about. I came across the following article, and I highlighted some key points. Unfortunately, I do not have a link to it. I found it in an old Business Week Magazine I had.
Here are some of the more interesting excerpts from the June 14th, 1999 Business Week article entitled . . .
A "Rosetta Stone" for the Web?
The XML lingo could make it easier to find and use data.
- . . . A powerful technology.
- Called XML
- . . . it's a new and clever way to tag electronic information with identifying codes
- XML employs far more precise tags to define and format electronic information
- . . . searches would be more accurate and almost instantaneous, and business partners could link operations without all the crashes and fat consulting fees E-business now entails.
- "XML could turn the Web into one giant database"
- . . . a Boston-based standards group called OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards)
- . . . efficient targeting, multiplied by billions of searches a year, would greatly ease the current strain on Web servers.
- . . . the XML language is designed for flexibility. Groups with shared interests - from footwear to ice-cream manufacturing - can create their own dialects
- The technology's greatest impact however, will be in E-Business.
- While EDI works, it usually requires that partners link up over the same private network.
- XML changes all that
- Marie Wieck, director of XML at IBM's software group. "XML will do for data what Java does for applications."
I highly recommend reading the full article. It answered many questions I had, and it provides me with a deeper understanding of NSI's published Roadmap.
I see this as good news, and I look forward to more in the future.
Crazy Canuk |
