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News 2012

2012-03-19/20/22 - OpenHouse@Oracle
Meeting point for schools and ICT industry;
open house at Oracle for students and teachers




News 2011

2011-12-20 - Apache Software Foundation Open Letter to the Open Document Format Ecosystem


2011-12-07 - OpenFormat Nyhetsbrev/Newsletter nr 2/2011 (Swedish)
This edition is focusing on:

ScannerVision™
easy to use tool for automation of document management and processes

Asset Conversion Inspector™
easy to use tool for inventory and analysis of existing document assets
to support migration to OpenDocument Format

OpenDocument Format version 1.2
the recently approved OASIS standard for open document formats

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OSUR.EU highlights research reports from University of Skövde:
"2011-11-29: A standard is open when implemented in open source."

"2011-04-19: Swedish municipalities fail strategy for electronic document formats."

"2010-06-15: Swedish public organisations lack policies on how to maintain electronic documents,
and fail to understand the importance of open standards".



2011-10-05 - Announcement on OpenDocument Format:
ODF 1.2 Approved as an OASIS Standard


2011-09-14 & 2011-09-15 - OpenHouse@Oracle
Meeting point for schools and ICT industry;
open house at Oracle for students and teachers


2011-07-27 - NewFormat Appointed Reseller Nordic and Baltic Region by Indellient Inc., Ontario, Canada.
Offers ICT solutions based on open standards, and announces immediate availability of
Indellient Deskop Migration - Asset Conversion Inspector™ and Document Conversion Services™
Solutions for inventory and analysis of MS Office office documents before migration to IBM Lotus Symphony
- pre-migration analysis to secure that document information will easily convert into OpenDocument Formats to allow for permanent access
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2011-07-26 - NewFormat Appointed Reseller Nordic and Baltic Region by New Dynamic Solutions BVBA, Brussels, Belgium.
Offers leading document management solutions, and announces immediate availability of
ScannerVision™ - Document Management Automation
Capture - Process - Store - Distribute
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2011-06-13 - The Apache OpenOffice.org Incubator Proposal accepted by The Apache Software Foundation


2011-04-15 - Oracle announces intention to move
OpenOffice.org to a purely community-based open source project.
Stops selling its commercial versions;
i.e. Oracle Open Office & Oracle Cloud Office not available any more.


2011-04-4/5/6 - Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG)
EMEA Meeting and Workshops 2011,
British Library, London, UK



2011-03-11 & 2011-04-15 - OpenHouse@Oracle
Meeting point for schools and ICT industry;
open house at Oracle for students and teachers


2011-02-28 - NewFormat AB subcontractor to RedBridge AB
for The Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet)
IT framework contract on open source based software ("Öppna programvaror 2010")



2011-02-21 - Sun SPOT Rev8 Java Development Kit
Now available for orders


2011-02-10 - OpenFormat Nyhetsbrev/Newsletter nr 1/2011 (Swedish)
This edition is about three exiting solutions:
Oracle Open Office 3.3 and Oracle Cloud Office 1.0, Oracle Open Office Enterprise Integration,
and Oracle ODF Plugin for Microsoft Office
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News 2010

2010-12-15 - Open Your Office for the Cloud - Announcement of Oracle Cloud Office 1.0
Industry’s First Complete, Open Standards-Based Office Productivity Suite as
Elastic SaaS Architecture for Desktop/Laptop, Web and Mobile Users (Apple iOS/Google Android)
Oracle on top of Cloud Office Logo


2010-12-15 - Announcement of Oracle Open Office 3.3
Enables seamless integration into key enterprise applications,
including Oracle Business Intelligence and Oracle E-Business Suite,
and Oracle JDeveloper for development of Java-based SOA applications
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2010-10-05 - OpenFormat Nyhetsbrev/Newsletter nr 1/2010 (Swedish)
This edition is about the importance of open standards and open document formats
OpenDocument Format (ODF) and Portable Document Format/Archive (PDF/A-1)
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2010-09-29 - NewFormat chartered as Oracle partner for the education and research sector
Oracle Academy Program - Software, Training, Resources, and More


2010-09-23 - Oracle Open World 2010: Pre-announcement of upcoming Oracle Cloud Office
Oracle Open Office and Oracle Cloud Office Icon
Oracle Open Office and Oracle Cloud Office
Office Productivity....Anywhere....for the Desktop, Cloud/Web and Mobile
Integrates with Oracle Enterprise Applications


2010-07-01 - NewFormat chartered as Oracle partner for the public sector


2010-06-24 - NewFormat AB signs up with Oracle as Oracle Silver Partner
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2010-05-01 - OpenDocument Format (ODF) Turns Five
Look Back on the Journey to a Mature Open Standard


2010-03-31 - Oracle's Strategy Update for Oracle Open Office Oracle Open Office Icon
Promises office productivity….Anywhere….for the Desktop, Cloud/Web and Mobile


2010-02-20 - NewFormat AB signs up with Oracle as Oracle Remarketer Partner

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2010-01-27 - Oracle Completes Acquisition of Sun Microsystems
'StarOffice Software' and 'StarSuite Software' products are from now on named 'Oracle Open Office'
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2010-01-15 - NewFormat joins ODF Alliance
The Alliance is a group of organizations committed to promoting the use of open standards and OpenDocument Format

ODF Alliance Newsletter reports on the broad and world-wide acceptance for ODF,
and on successful deployments of ODF
The newsletter also reports on who the interests are that oppose and work against this OSI Standard




News 2009

2009-12-08 - NewFormat chartered as Authorized Sun Education Reseller (ASER)
We offer instructor-led training at the customer site or
self-paced online training including lab exercises, plus optional certification

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2009-06-13 - NewFormat chartered as Sun-partner for industry segment Education & Research


2009-04-03 - NewFormat acting as project leader for Sun Microsystems Inc. in
Ricoh Europe's Student Java Programming Contest
Ricoh & Java™ Developer Challenge - Innovating Technology


2009-03-16 - NewFormat AB signs up with Sun Microsystems as Channel Partner
to offer ICT solutions based on open standards

"We believe our customers now will be able to save 80% on their license costs compared to traditional closed solutions.",
says Kent Åberg, Founder & Managing Director, NewFormat AB

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Worth to Recognize

Welcome to a New World - The monopoly on document formats is gone - gone forever



Public Sector goes open standards - ODF & PDF/A-1

MS Office Document Formats vs OpenDocument Format - Picture


Analyze your MS Office documents in advance of migration to open document formats

Oracle Open Office Enterprise Edition - Professional Analyzer Wizard - Picture




Press/Media - Clips

2009-05-26: Cut from PC för Alla (IT Magazine, Sweden) - NewFormat on "Differences between StarOffice 9.x and OpenOffice.org 3.x ?"

Sun releases StarOffice 9 - In Worldwide Media:
2008-11-17: CIO.com
2008-11-19: Computerworld, NewZealand
2008-11-17: Infoworld.com
2008-11-18: TechWorld, Australia
2008-11-17: PCWorld.com
2008-11-18: PCWorld.com - Sun Offers Mac-native StarOffice 9 Suite


Press/Media/Pictures/Media Contact

Our media contact is: Kent Åberg, Founder & Managing Director, NewFormat AB

Kent is available by phone +46 (0)70 631 53 01
or by e-mail kent.aberg@newformat.se


Pictures:
Kent Åberg picture, low res

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