open-source software
Tech spend to top $3.4tr
News Gartner managing VP Joanne Correia said in the report: "Cloud computing, web 2.0 and open source software are causing huge changes to the software market. Organisations are switching from company-owned hardware and software assets to per-use... [19 Aug 2008]
Google releases Android 1.0 SDK beta
News Google, which is leading the 34-company Open Handset Alliance to create the largely open-source Android software stack for mobile devices, had already released an "early look" SDK in November 2007. Google said: "Due to significant API changes in... [19 Aug 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Analysts fail on open source
Comment For open source software to achieve its full potential, people's perceptions must change. But their shortcomings are particularly evident in their coverage of open source software. Despite the excellence of much open source software, there is often... [18 Aug 2008]
Google Android to land next month?
News But TmoNews says it has a reliable source that says the Android device made by smart phone manufacturer HTC will go on sale through T-Mobile USA on 17 September. Google software and services like Gmail will be tightly integrated into the device. [13 Aug 2008]
IBM-Linux love-in targets Vista grumblers
News Local IT firms will brand the final product themselves, and will have the opportunity to directly supply their own applications and installation services, as well as developing new applications using Lotus Expeditor, based on the open-source... [07 Aug 2008]
Motorola, Panasonic welcome LiMo Platform
News These are interesting times for the LiMo Foundation, coming off market leader Symbian's decision to embrace an open-source model and the expected debut later this year of Google's Android software. There are now 21 phones in the world running the... [04 Aug 2008]
BT's Ribbit buy to take on Android?
News Ribbit provides what it terms 'an open platform' - not to be confused with an open-source platform - to developers, who can create internet-telephony applications and services around this. The company's multi-protocol softswitch, or software-based... [30 Jul 2008]
Yahoo!, HP, Intel meet in the cloud
News s commitment to cloud computing stems from its involvement in the Apache Hadoop project, an open-source project for large-scale data processing, similar to Google's proprietary MapReduce software. The open-source project will consist of data... [30 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch prompts open source adoption
News The sluggish economy is contributing to commercial open-source sales, but customers still rank interoperability with proprietary software and vendor viability among their top concerns, according to a survey from the Open Solutions Alliance. [29 Jul 2008]
BT embraces open source for business
News According to a statement this week, BT joined FossBazaar because it wants to help "accelerate the adoption of free and open-source software in business". BT said the extra investment in free and open-source software (Foss) ties into the company's... [25 Jul 2008]
Does open source pose a security risk?
News The security practices of open-source IT developers should lead enterprises to think twice before using open-source software, according to a new study. The study is likely to reopen the debate around the relative security of proprietary and open... [22 Jul 2008]
Is the UK an open source laggard?
News CIOs are split on the controversial issue of adopting more open source software in corporate IT. In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll, participants were asked whether they planned to increase the amount of open source software they use within... [21 Jul 2008]
Open-Xchange Server High Availability: High Availability Concept for OX - Example Configuration
White Paper Only free Open Source software is used in the examples. This paper describes how an Open-Xchange Server (OX Server) can be set up to achieve best possible high availability without the need to purchase any extra software. [18 Jul 2008]
UK trails in open source race
News UK businesses are lagging behind their European and US counterparts in adopting open source software. Nearly three-quarters (73 per cent) of UK businesses said they have no plans to adopt open source software within their organisation in the next... [14 Jul 2008]
Google open sources web 2.0 security
News Google has released as open source a web application assessment tool, Ratproxy, that is designed to root out potential security flaws. Separately, Google also released Browser Sync, a product designed for keeping multiple versions of Firefox... [14 Jul 2008]
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