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- Springsource buys Covalent in enterprise Java push
- Springsource buys Covalent in enterprise Java pushThis is first I've heard about JBOSS's..purchase not being good for Red Hat. Rhetoric from the competition or truth?Courting Sun?SpringSource has been consistent in their theory that support dollars follow committers. Covalent brings a number of well-known Apache committers to SpringSource, so this...
- Tags: Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, Java, SpringSource, Covalent Technologies
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- Springsource buys Covalent in enterprise Java push
- SpringSource announced today it has bought Covalent Technologies as part of its push in the enterprise Java space. "We have the ambition to be the dominant company in enterprise Java open source," SpringSourceCEO Rod Johnson told ZDNet. "You put our portfolios together you have the vast majority of what...
- Tags: Covalent Technologies, Sun Microsystems Inc., Springsource, Programming Languages, Java, Open Source, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- ConAgra Foods saves thousands using Covalent Technologies Enterprise Ready Server
- CovalentI had an opportunity to ask Matt Reagan, Sr. System and Network Administrator, ConAgra Foods, Inc., a few questions about how his organization is using tools from Covalent Technologies.Please tell me who you are and a bit about your organization?Matt is a Senior System and Network Administrator for ConAgra Foods....
- Tags: application virtualization
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- Covalent open source application virtualization
- Recently I had a chance to speak with two folks from Covalent Technologies, Mark Brewer, CEO, and Charlie Purdom, VP of Marketing. It was a wonderful chance to catch up with what the company is doing now. I've spoken with these gentleman over the years as the company searched for...
- Tags: application virtualization
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- JBoss takes Exadel tools to Eclipse open source
- JBoss.org and Red Hat this week took a significant step toward finalizing Red Hat Developer Studio with the introduction of the Exadel Eclipse plug-ins under open source.Tony Baer has a good write-up on this.Exadel contributed the plug-ins, along with Ajax4sf and RichFaces, to Red Hat last March with the goal...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA, Open Source, JBoss, IDEs, Enterprise Java, Eclipse, Developer Tools, Agile Development
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- Are Linux vendors predatory?
- Are Linux vendors predatory?Oops..."You can release code you wrote and seek to control it, through some version of a BSD license"One does not use a BSD style license to control code. A good license to control code is the MPL - witness all of the companies that use the...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Red Hat Inc., Covalent Technologies, predatory behavior, MPL, OpenOffice, StarOffice, software
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
- Are Linux vendors predatory?
- I want to continue our discussion about penguins as predators by talking about Covalent.(This limited edition ale was described as ""a bomber you can't refuse" by its producer, Boulder Brewing.)Covalent's business is supporting open source projects, then selling direct support of the same software to corporate clients. Covalent doesn't launch projects....
- Tags: business models, Development, General, Linux, Linux Desktop OS, Linux Server OS, management, support
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- Covalent veterans put Hyperic HQ under the GPL
- Covalent veterans put Hyperic HQ under the GPLHyperic AnnouncementThanks for the writeup, Dana. We're very excited to bring HQ technology to the open source world through the GPL. As I mentioned, watch for our announcement in the next few weeks when we'll launch our new website and offer up the...
- Tags: Web site development, OPEN SOURCE, Web technology, Hyperic, GPL, Covalent Technologies, Web site
- Discussion threads 2006-06-07
- Covalent veterans put Hyperic HQ under the GPL
- Former senior engineers at Covalent have announced an open source business for Hyperic HQ 2.7, their IT management product. The older 2.6 version is supported by Covalent and it supports PostgreSQL .CEO Javier Soltero said his team built the product at Covalent, then bought it from them as it concentrated...
- Tags: open source, Hyperic HQ, Covalent Technologies
- Blog posts 2006-06-07
- Covalent launches strike against JBoss with Geronimo
- Covalent launches strike against JBoss with GeronimoJBoss is LGPL, not GPLJBoss is not licensed under the GPL like Linux BTW, but under the LGPL Lesser GPL.I am surprised Mark Brewer propagates such inaccurate statements and I would encourage him to visit our LGPL FAQ (http://www.jboss.com/opensource/lgpl/faq). The LGPL is absolutely fine...
- Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Development tools, Middleware, LGPL, JBoss, Covalent Technologies, GPL-license
- Discussion threads 2006-01-24
- Covalent launches strike against JBoss with Geronimo
- Covalent has gone into direct competition with JBoss, announcing support for the Apache Geronimo application server.Covalent CEO Mark Brewer called to talk about it.He says enterprises who want an open source application server can now choose between a BSD-flavor license in Apache or a GPL license in JBoss. He admits...
- Tags: Mark Brewer, Geronimo, Covalent Technologies
- Blog posts 2006-01-24
- Covalent to support Apache Geronimo
- Covalent to support Apache GeronimoLooks like the Open Source model is alive and well.Notice they are paying a company with Geronimo developers for 3rd level support. Looks like you CAN make money developing for open source projects!
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Apache Geronimo, Covalent Technologies, Looks Like, Apache Software Foundation
- Discussion threads 2006-01-24
- How to make money from open source Apache
- Focus is the key to a successful open source enterprise, says Mark Brewer, CEO of Covalent. Covalent's focus is the Apache Web Server, and related tools. "You get everything you’d get from Microsoft. The build, bug fixes and security, twice yearly updates, indemnification, tech support," he said when he called...
- Tags: Covalent Technologies, Apache Software Foundation
- Blog posts 2005-11-17
- Covalent Technologies Transitions From Salesforce.com to SugarCRM to Bolster CRM Control
- Founded in 1998, Covalent Technologies supports the IT needs of some of the largest enterprises in the world. The need to be customer driven and manage customer interactions led Covalent to subscribe to salesforce.com Enterprise Edition, a hosted software application that provides sales management capability. Salesforce.com could not offer Covalent...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Covalent Technologies, SugarCRM, CRM, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales
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- Microsoft's 'conceptual touch designs'
- I've written from time to time about Apple and their rumoured tablet devices, applications for tablet PC's, multi-touch and Surface, and all those touchy-feely concepts we've been hearing about, but when do we get to actually see them? Microsoft has recently kicked forward their Software+Services, which for...
- Tags: Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- The elephant in the room: SOA and the economy
- We've all been distracted by events in the economy over the past few weeks, and let's face it, it makes for a very large elephant in the room when we talk about SOA. All debates about REST, SOAP, Java, .NET, JSON, ESBs, WOA won't mean a thing...
- Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- An interview with Scott Brinker
- It's clearly a week for publishing podcasts. As well as David Provost, whom I mentioned yesterday, I've also just released a podcast with ion interactive's Scott Brinker. Scott has been blogging for a while about the impact that semantic technologies might have upon his area of interest,...
- Tags: Scott Brinker, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- IBM considering financing IT project partners because of banking crisis
- I recently ran into Drew Clark, head of IBM's Venture Capital Group, based in Menlo Park, California. I asked him about the financial crisis and what IBM could do in response. "We would never make an equity investment but we are looking at financial help in projects where we partner...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Banking, Financing, IBM Corp., Financial Accounting, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Start-up looks to extend battery life
- Intel-backed ZPower's silver-zinc battery is set to make its debut with a large laptop manufacturer next year, promising batteries that are 95 percent recyclable and 40 percent longer life. Intel-backed start-up ZPower may be the first to introduce an alternative to the ubiquitous lithium-ion laptop...
- Tags: Battery, Intel-backed ZPower, Mercury, Battery Life, Engineering, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, batteries, laptops, ZPower, silver-zinc battery
- News items 2008-10-09
- Desktone "Desktops as a Service"
- I had the opportunity to chat with Desktone about their recent announcements. In the last little while they announced a pilot of virtual desktops as a service and partnerships with both Wyse and Microsoft. Here's what Desktone had to say in the desktop as a service announcement: Desktone,...
- Tags: Virtual Desktop, Desktone Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
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