NewsForge: Irish College Gives Open Workflow Software Good Grades

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 26, 2006

“The Republic of Ireland is investing almost a billion pounds in
technology research in 2006 to make Dublin a ‘technology research
magnet.’ The Knowledge and Data Engineering Group (KDEG) at Trinity
College in Dublin is right in the middle of the activity. KDEG is
focusing on pervasive and adaptive systems, ubiquitous computing,
and smart space management. When KDEG was having trouble with
systematic workflow and document collaboration, it turned to a
Linux-based solution that allowed Windows and Linux users to
seamlessly share and edit documents.

“KDEG needed to streamline its workflow and implement
cross-platform compatibility, since the group comprises a mix of
OpenOffice.org and Word users…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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