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Red Hat: Open source benefits from U.S. unpopularity The unpopularity of the United States has IT users in foreign countries happy to use open-source software, Red Hat President/CEO Jim Whitehurst said at the InfoWorld Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Open source: What you should learn from the French A decade ago, European countries leapt out of the gate to take the lead in the radical open source movement -- none more so than France -- and left U.S. developers in the proverbial dust. Through policies and high-profile projects, the French Republic for years has be Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Open-source ERP grows up Can open-source software find a home in mission-critical systems? Based on momentum in the open-source ERP (enterprise resource planning ) market, it's starting to look that way, particularly for IT leaders at midmarket and smaller enterprises. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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The benefits of an open source SOA Service-oriented architectures are helping companies do everything from automate business processes to increase agility, but implementing the technology is not necessarily forthright.SOA requires the integration Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Beware open source violations lurking in your code IT organizations that feel safe from open source licensing violations might be wise to check their code, as open source components are rapidly seeping into applications by way of offshore and in-house developers taking open source shortcuts, as well as a growing popul Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft makes boldest move yet embracing open source In a major turnaround for Microsoft, the company Thursday promised "greater transparency" in its development and business practices, outlining a new strategy to provide more access to APIs and previously proprietary protocols for some of its major software products, i Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft hails open source outreach Microsoft continued to make its case on Tuesday that it is a friend to open source, listing a number of efforts it has undertaken in spaces ranging from Linux to virtualization and rich Internet application technology. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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IBM exec predicts the future of Linux, open source With LinuxWorld showcasing the popularity of the open source operating system, and with open source in general finding its legs in the enterprise, Bob Sutor, IBM's vice president of open source and standards, made a slate of predictions for Linux a Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Universities build open-source enterprise applications A group of U.S. universities is blazing a new path in open source software. The members are building a set of enterprise applications -- the big, important, mission-critical ones that have long been the exclusive domain of software companies like Oracle, SAP, and Mi Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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IBM says it has 'no plans' to open-source DB2 database IBM said Monday that it doesn't plan to open-source its DB2 database, despite a published report quoting a company executive in the U.K. saying that an open-source move might become necessary.Chris Livesey, IBM' Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Linux kernel builders hail open source drivers The Linux kernel development community is emphasizing the need for open source device drivers, in a statement released Monday.While the vast majority of device drivers have open source, there are a few holdouts, Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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A future so bright Tux needs shades Linux and Open Source: "To hear Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin tell it, the operating system war is over and Linux has won." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Open source developers set out software road map for 2020 A group of open source software advocates set out a road map for the software industry through 2020 at the Open World Forum conference in Paris on Tuesday.The authors of the report, "2020 FLOSS Roadmap" (PDF), m Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Red Hat, Hyperic start open source project Red Hat and Hyperic have formed an open source project for developing a core set of IT infrastructure management capabilities, the companies announced Thursday.Dubbed RHQ, the project's source code will be avail Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft open policy faces scrutiny Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, decided it was time to make peace.That's one reason, according to Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft's deputy general counsel and vice president of intellectual property and li Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Are open phones more vulnerable? The opening up of the mobile industry is great news for application developers but not so good for IT security professionals who want to sleep at night, executives from the security industry said Thursday.Mobile Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Dual License Model: Future of Open Source? The Open Source Advocate: "I have noticed a trend developing in the business models of successful open source companies. These companies are implementing a business model that is based on dual licensing their software..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Mozilla May Hold the Clues to the Future of Commercial Open Source The Open Road: "Much is rightly made about the quality of open-source software like JBoss and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. These, however, are arguably not the source of the quality of the businesses behind them. Their networks were/are..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Survey: Open source is entering the enterprise mainstream Open-source solutions used to be adopted quietly by company boffins who snuck in an Apache Web server or an open-source development tool suite under the philosophy "It's easier to get forgiveness than permission" (not to mention "It's easier to do it with open-source Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Open Source is Dead, Long Live Open Source 451 CAOS Theory: "A couple of articles have been published recently that point to a growing realisation/admission about the role that open source will play in the future of enterprise software." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |