Kidaro delivers an end-to-end desktop computing solution for enterprise desktops and laptops. The Kidaro platform leverages innovative virtualization technology to enable enhanced security, manageability, and mobility without disrupting existing desktop capabilities and infrastructure. More info

Now let's consider the most-seen AJAX powered mashup: modifications of map sites, adding real estate pictures and locations to a map, for example. This sort of thing would be made a lot easier and accessible if the real estate agents published an RSS-like feed of properties, along with their GPS coordinates and prices. Even in this limited scope the possibilities are endless, a burger chain could publish the locations of its restaurants, or news bulletins could come attached with markers. Planes, trains, and - well, possibly - automobiles could be tracked and tacked onto maps. Want to see where the roadworks are on your journey? Just import the official highway's feed of roadworks into any mapping site or software of your choosing. More info

The idea then came up again with the push to integrated software in the early 80s. Mitch Kapor and Lotus were selling the idea of an all-in-one package, Symphony, which was a word processor, database, spreadsheet, graphics and communication program, with a macro language tying it all together. Bill Gates proposed a different approach, let each app stand alone and share its data with other apps through a common scripting language. This idea was so good that I started a company in 1988, UserLand Software, to create such a scripting language for the Mac, which then had a rich user interface and a totally underdeveloped scripting interface. Today, the Macintosh has a rich tradition of interapplication communication, made possible by this simple idea that every app should have an API. More info

Web 2.0 is one of the hottest things on the consumer Web, but where does it fit in the enterprise? What's the business value and how can developers use new Web 2.0 mashups to bring value to the line-of-business users? In this session Rod Smith discusses what IBM is doing in the Web 2.0 space, demonstrates a mashup maker being developed by his team, and shares lessons he's learned from joint Web 2.0 development projects with companies such as American Express, Dunn & Bradstreet, and Dow Jones. More info

Years of customer experience with commercial Web services applications have made clear the need for a modular approach for describing required and optional extensions used by a service. Without this capability, it can be costly to rewrite an entire service whenever application needs change. According to an announcement today by WC3, Web Services Policy 1.5 can reduce this cost. 'It connects the core Web services standards -- SOAP 1.2, WSDL 2.0, and XML Schema -- to a growing set of extensions that reflect industry needs and experience.' More info

Office Open XML (has not been ratified as a standard by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). An official ISO announcement is expected shortly. It was a close call: 74% of ISO countries voted to support Open XML as a standard. But for a standard to be ratified, you need 75%. France voted against, Hungary abstained. More info