Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- Best small business IT strategy: Smashup
- Best small business IT strategy: SmashupSeaside & PierHmmm. Have you looked at Pier a wiki that acts like a CMS built on Seaside a Smalltalk web server framework that acts like a native application?http://www.seaside.sthttp://smallwiki.unibe.ch/smallwiki/pier/Open Source Fusion by SQLFusion is doing thatHave you taken a look at Open Source Fusion:[u]http://www.opensourcefusion.com[/u] by...
- Tags: Web servers, Wiki, Content management, Enterprise software, Seaside & Pier, Open Source Fusion, SQLFusion, open source, small business
- Discussion threads 2006-03-08
- Larry Ellison's open source Fusion
- Larry Ellison's open source FusionI agreeI agree and that's what's great about opensource projects is the gpl.. People can take code and fork it and keep improving it the way they want.. That's what people don't understand about open source projects.. It's a lot of work to build a sand...
- Tags: open source fusion, open source, Larry Ellison
- Discussion threads 2006-02-13
Additional Resources
- OpenOffice 3 launch timed perfectly but will Sun, IBM exploit opportunity?
- Sun and IBM could not have asked for better timing for the launch of OpenOffice 3, a major upgrade of the open source office suite. Both vendors are preparing to ship commercial offerings of StarOffice and Symphony based on the new OO 3 release and have a...
- Tags: Desktop, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Training, IBM Corp., Symphony 1.2, Conversion Tool, OpenOffice, StarOffice, Open Source, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Economics of open source remains an academic challenge
- Explain the economics of open source, especially as it relates to international trade. Give us charts, graphs, and especially models. We like models. Then just wait for the phone call from Scandinavia. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Theory, Economist, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Does the credit crunch represent a silver lining for open source?
- If my email inbox is anything to go by, the credit crunch could be just what open source has been waiting for. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Software, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Facebook: Is there a Moore's Law for sharing?
- Love it or hate it, that new look to Facebook - the one that everyone has been up in arms over - stems from our increasingly comfortable attitude about sharing tidbits of information about our personal lives. Admit it. The old site was getting cluttered with all of those shared...
- Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- The candidates on tech
- Wired has the obligatory candidates-on-tech piece today. They look at five key tech issues – broadband, H1B, green tech, net neutrality and spectrum – although TechPresident notes the list is not comprehensive and conceivably is biased towards Obama. Here's the breakdown. Broadband. McCain: D....
- Tags: Industry, Broadband, John McCain, Net Neutrality, Spectrum, Obama, H-1B, Telecommunications, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Growing open standards pressure on healthcare
- The devil here is in the details, but we do have the ingredients of an agreement, in the form of Internet standards, XML technologies, and such standards as HL7. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Standard, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Open source protectionism?
- I just caught a rather interesting piece by fellow blogger Dana Blankenhorn on the subject of the "value and values" found in open source ecosystems. Near the end, he references an article on InfoWorld which questions whether it is wise to "protect" open source development by mandating its use at...
- Tags: Open Source, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Debate around 'partial disclosure' heats up
- There are many ways of telling the world about a security vulnerability. A vulnerability can be announced without telling the vendor, it can be announced after giving the vendor a period of time to fix the issue, or it may just be circulated amongst the underground without ever coming...
- Tags: Disclosure, Researcher, Vulnerability, Security, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Enterprise web 2.0 costs set to plunge
- Good news for credit crunch squeezed CIOs: the price of enterprise web 2.0 tools is set to plummet, according to a new report from Forrester. Good news for credit crunch squeezed CIOs: the price of enterprise web 2.0 tools is set to plummet. According to a new...
- Tags: Software, Web, CIO, Tool, Web 2.0, Productivity, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Marketing, Management, Forrester, budget, Jo Best, Silicon.com
- News items 2008-10-13
- Value, value and values in an open source world
- There is a distinct difference in the attitude of open source players, advocates and users. It comes down to a five-letter word, value. Or its plural, values. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Value, Cogswell Cogs, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Step-on scanner lets air passengers keep shoes on
- Magshoe has introduced a step-on scanner that spares airline travelers the nuisance of having to remove their shoes so they can be X-rayed for hidden weapons. LOD, Israel--Israel has introduced a step-on scanner that spares airline travelers the nuisance of having to remove their shoes so they can be...
- Tags: Shoe, Israel, Magshoe, Scanners, Hardware, Peripherals, Reuters, scanner, security, air travel
- News items 2008-10-13
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Tim Bray on surviving the tough times
- Image via WikipediaTim Bray, director of web technologies at Sun Microsystems gave what I believe to be the most practical advice I've heard so far for those in startups looking forward. Speaking at FOWA, Tim's blunt view is that we are headed for tough times but that should not blind...
- Tags: Personal Technology, Tim Bray, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-11
- Purported aluminum MacBook leak video
- Unlike previous blurry pictures of the new MacBooks, there's a new video of Tuesday's upcoming MacBook revision. It's very clear in spots and, if real, provides new angles at the unannounced machine. The video ("New Aluminum MacBook Ver. 1") clocks in at about 2 minutes and takes...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Video, Aluminum, Power Button, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-11
- My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services
- Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...
- Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?Very good insights. The synchronization problem is VERY important. It iskey for offline access and also just to speed up the applications when online.But, we still need an efficient high level language with special sandboxing. Or can JavaScript get good enough? Though, we do...
- Tags: Java, synchronization problem, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Open source is about belief in code
- Open source is about belief in codeAnd there is the power that cannot be overcome ]:)[B][/B]wow you hit it just where it neededyou so right when you explain that even of a open source company goes belly-up its code will survive .......that so true with this code will...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- On the Linux laptop the bundle is all
- On the Linux laptop the bundle is allI don´t like teenagersI don´t like teenagers or stories about teenagers. But I will say yours seems dumber than most.The bundle is all only if the package is badA properly packaged Linux system should make installing programs child's play. Though I own an...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, distro, Linux laptop, Linux, Xandros, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
White Papers and Webcasts
