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The original open source niche remains just that

Groundwork Open Source is an example of a well-run enterprise open source company. The big news, however, is the closing of a new $5 million round of financing led by Canaan Partners. Cool. Congratulations. Uh, $5 million? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: GroundWork Open Source, Canaan Partners, Open Source, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Yeah, I needed to fly to San Francisco to see this...

From the GroundWork  "Open Source Idol"  Contest at LinuxWorld Expo. Oy Vey. Although, I have to admit that the girl wearing the Beastie outfit is very cute. On second thought, maybe I should have gone this year. See all of GroundWork Open Source's videos here. by Jason...

Tags: groundwork open source, jason perlow, corporate communications, open source, marketing

Blog posts 2008-08-08

GroundWork launches enterprise edition, version 5.2 upgrade

GroundWork Open Source is moving higher up the food chain. To that end, the company launched at the start of the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco its first enterprise edition and a significant upgrade of its networking monitoring platform that is more scalable and extensible. ...

Tags: Enterprise Edition, Open Source, Monitoring, GroundWork Open Source, GroundWork Monitor 5.2, GroundWork Monitor Enterprise, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-03-25

Additional Resources

Windows 7 in action: smarter search

As much as I love to bash Vista.....Vista's search engine at least to me is pretty impressive.While I still like Windows 7 more, I think Vista was the one that laid the groundwork for this feature. I wouldn't really call Windows 7 any smarter for searching, but I am...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, killer feature, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing [video=346621] Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows XP, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-10-02

GroundWork Monitor 6.0 offers new view into virtual data center

GroundWork is a leading open source systems and network provider and recently enhanced its platform with JBoss and Microsoft System Center support. That's not all.  GroundWork Monitor 6.0, which shipped on September 2, offers a new "Seurat" view designed to allow administrators to access the status and...

Tags: Virtual Data Center, Performance, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., JBoss, GroundWork, Data Center Virtualization, Virtualization, Performance Management, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Centers, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-01

News to know: Microsoft; Google; Dell; Robo-pills; Android;

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: A close-up look at the new Office Web Apps Gallery: Office Web Apps Technical Preview ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Smart Phones, Federal Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Obama upholds Bush laptop search policy - with new safeguards

Never mindI was going to put something here, but I felt that I would simply be attacked for pointing out that Bush and Obama are more alike than they are dissimilar with regards to personal freedoms.It might just be possible...... that after Obama was sworn in he was shown classified...

Tags: Obama, Bush, new safeguard, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Tailoring Web technology to a bespoke dress shirt business

It's not easy to mix up the monotony of putting on a shirt and a tie every day for work, but what if the shirt was made-to-order, with details of your own choosing? Fashion startup ShirtsMyWay allows you to spruce up your tired work uniform and customize...

Tags: Web Technology, Web, Women, Denmark, Gender And Diversity, AJAX, Human Resources, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Are open source developers too dominant? Ubuntu, Firefox prove yes

Are open source developers too dominant? Ubuntu, Firefox prove yesGetting excited about a browser or an OS???? Why?Those should be just mature very reliable tools. The excitment should be in the things they allow you to do without getting in your way. I bet that at one time you were...

Tags: Web browsers, open source, Ubuntu, Mozilla Firefox, open-source developer, punk, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

Why did Amazon downplay the most important part of Kindle 2?

Amid all of the hullaballoo about Amazon's Kindle 2--the cheesy Stephen King novella, a thinner design and software improvements--the most important feature was reduced to 51 words in a press release. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos glossed over this feature in probably fewer words. That feature is called...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-10

JavaFX Q&A

To learn more about the technical aspects of today's launch of JavaFX including its support in NetBeans and Eclipse I spoke in depth with Eric Klein, VP of Java Marketing at Sun, and Octavian Tanase, Senior Director of the Java Platform Group. For a more business oriented perspective see the...

Tags: Developer, Application, Mobile, Ed, Eric, FX, JavaFX Script, Q., FX Common, Flex, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-12-04

openQRM goes solo after Qlusters dumps open source strategy

openQRM is looking for a new sponsor following its separation from Qlusters earlier this month. On April 9, on the release of openQRM 3.5, Qlusters announced it decided to donate the open source data center management provisioning and monitoring project to the community on SourceForge. The project, which will continue to be...

Tags: Strategy, openQRM, Qlusters, Open Source, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-15

News to know: Linux galore; Black Hat Europe; Vista reliability; Google and censorship

Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft partners with open source Jaspersoft, Sourcesense Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud and mobile sectors Red Hat CEO: We haven't done a good enough job as an industry leader, or project leader ...

Tags: Black Hat, Google Inc., Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Semantic Web, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-26

Putting together a portable office - MKII

Putting together a portable office - MKII"Most Popular" isn't always "Best"I know a lot of people who "live" off of their thumb drives. I do it quite a bit myself.After much experimentation, though, I've concluded that a little extra effort is well-rewarded regarding portable software.Take a look at Italian-based WinPenPack....

Tags: portable office, MKII

Discussion threads 2008-03-17

Is open source recession proof?

Is open source recession proof?Keep in mind that you still have collegesand there are people all around the world working on many of the open source projects. If the drive dries up here in the US then there are people in Asia and Europe that can and if needed, pick...

Tags: open source, OSS, job, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-01-14

Rich Internet application predictions for 2008

2007 was a great year for rich Internet applications. The combination of Microsoft and Adobe in the space took it to the next level. More bloggers started talking about it and the definition of what an RIA even started to expand with things like AIR and Prism bringing RIAs to...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., AJAX, Microsoft Silverlight, Rich Internet Application, Apple Inc., AIR, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-01-10

The top Enterprise Web 2.0 stories of 2007

Over the last year, we have witnessed the continuation of the steady movement of the mostly consumer-driven Web 2.0 phenomenon into the workplace that began as a trickle in 2006. Blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, social networking, end-user mashups, and even prediction markets saw their largest entry yet into businesses...

Tags: Web, Mobile, Platform, Idea, Business, SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Enterprise, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Marketing, Internet, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2007-12-27

Pure play open source Microsoft ISV details transformation from proprietary world

One Boston-area enterprise application software vendor detailed its transformation from a proprietary company into a purely open source ISV â€" at Microsoft’s local headquarters last night. Aras Corp, of Andover, Mass, decided last January to begin offering its commercially established multi-platform product lifecycle management PLM...

Tags: Aras Corp., Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-11-30

The open source start-up dream still lives at Nagios

Ethan Galstad right has a dream, to turn Nagios.Org, the open source network monitoring project he runs in St. Paul, Minn., into Nagios Enterprises, a profitable open source software company. The dream has been transforming coders into entrepreneurs for several years, and Galstad does not come to...

Tags: Ethan Galstad, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-11-18