Bigger Attachments

I just read that we can now have up to 25MB for each attachment in GMAIL. That is great! Occasionally I might have one that approaches 10MB ... and use to be a major problem when we used Microsoft Exchange. Life certainly has improved with Google!

Google Forms - New Features

New Forms improvements include:
– New Question types
– Form Editor improvements: new Section Headers, fixed-width editor, improved Scale question type (0-10), the ability to edit multiple forms at once.
– The new form HTML structure is better suited for skinning and Javascript applications
– The forms UI now appears localized when you are signed into Google Docs

Go ahead a give it a try. Below is an example of the end result

Congratulations LANSA

RAMP from LANSA Named 2009 IBM Beacon Award Finalist for

Outstanding Enterprise Application Solution by an ISV

The IBM Beacon Awards recognize the best solutions IBM Business Partners deliver across the industry and around the world. Winners of these distinguished awards -- extending across all hardware and operating platforms -- set the standard for business excellence, unique and innovative solutions, ingenuity and customer satisfaction. CONGRATULATIONS LANSA!

Google Apps Sync To Outlook

Below is a quck recap of this very important news:

"Over the last year, we've had a razor-sharp focus on making it as easy as possible for businesses to deploy Google Apps," Google engineer Eric Orth wrote in a posting at the firm's website.

"Today we're excited to remove another key barrier to enterprise adoption of Google Apps with Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook."

The move comes in the wake of Google enabling people to use its Gmail web-based email service offline and making software interoperable with Blackberry smart phones popular with business users.

Should we pay attention to iFusion.net from LANSA

One basic statement from LANSA always ring true in my ears, "It is the data!"  What that means is that you need to apply the same definition, business rules and regulations for your data regardless of developer, programming language, platform and database.  Most importantly, do it in one place--the LANSA Repository!

In the pure LANSA world  this has always been true.  However, the real world is that not everybody is going to use the LANSA RDML for their development all the time (even though I think they should).  They are going to leverage their existing skill set wherever possible.  

Now with iFusion.net from LANSA others languages are going to enjoy the joys of the LANSA Repository.  It will also eliminate some internal aggressive discussions that often occur within most shops on what tool to use.  No matter how often the underlying technology changes, there are no changes necessary to the business logic.  Therefore, the answer is YES...pay attention to iFusion.net.  Learn more by attending one of LANSA's webinars or visit http://www.ifusion.net/