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Hot new open source ISVs, projects make the grade at OSBC

Hot new open source ISVs, projects make the grade at OSBCEnglish pleaseWhen something/someone gets notice it is told to quit what this writer means is "got noticed".Please can we have these items in English not some 3rd grader's perception of the languageRE: Hot new open source ISVs, projects make the...

Tags: ISV, open source, open source ISV

Discussion threads 2008-03-28

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DOJ probes IBM's mainframe business

M/F competitionThere use to be plug compatible m/f from Amdahl and Fujitsu. When IBM switched from bi-polar to CMOS technology, the competition was unable to make the same switch. They have left the field.A few years ago, there was a small manufacturer of a PC server capable of...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, IBM Corp., mainframe, U.S. Department of Justice, M/F

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

OpenSource World/NGDC/CloudWorld Experiences

I've been running from meeting to meeting at IDG World Expo's OpenSource World/Next Generation Datacenter/CloudWorld Conference at the Moscone Center in the heart of beautiful San Francisco (see OpenSource World/NGDC/CloudWorld.) Here are my initial impressions of the event: The event is significantly smaller than any I...

Tags: IDG World Expo, Event, Vendor Area, Data Centers, Channel Management, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-08-12

SpringSource, VMware, and the death of the independent software vendor

Larry Dignan writes that VMware's purchase of SpringSource (formerly Interface21) has "sparked a fair amount of head scratching among analysts". It's mystifying developers as well. Purchases like this call into question the whole nature of the "independent software vendor", or ISV. Compare this with Google's recent purchase...

Tags: Developer, On2 Technologies, ISV, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Making clouds a move forward

Making clouds a move forwardWindows Azure Is NOT VaporI was able to get a simple data-backed ASP.NET Web forms app installed and running in a Windows Azure instance in less than 15 minutes after testing it with the local (on-premises) Development Storage and Fabric facilities. See http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/azure-storage-services-test-harness.html for more details.As...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, cloud computing, Manufacturing, Data Ownership, Pie-In-The-Sky, Windows Azure

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

Yes, vendors are vital to open source

Fellow ZDNet blogger Dana Blankenhorn asks the question, "Are vendors vital to open source?" No, not at all. Unless you want steady improvements to the software, timely security fixes, ISV and hardware support, and distribution methods that allow users to actually download or receive FOSS on physical media. Then they...

Tags: Vendor, F/OSS, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2008-10-23

Zmanda launches open source backup, recovery solutions for Windows

Open source backup and recovery independent software developer ISV Zmanda formally announced two new products tailored for Windows users. Zmanda, of Sunnyvale, Calif. announced Zmanda Recovery Manager Enterprise Version 3.0 for MySQL and Zmanda Internet Backup ZIB. ZRM 3.0 is the first Windows edition...

Tags: MySQL, Recovery Solution, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Android: It's not about Sex, Excitement, or Cool

This week, Google and T-Mobile launched the G1 "Dream", the first of the Android devices to hit the market. The initial reaction by some of my colleagues and industry peers was whether or not it had enough sex appeal,  excitement or the coolness factor to be...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple Inc., 3G, E-mail, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-26

Google and Sirius XM: Build my "Dream" Handheld

The current rumor-mongering seems to indicate that HTC's "Dream" will soon be making landfall in the US. Based on the initially leaked specs of this device, it still sounds like it doesn't do what I really would want it to do in order to replace by Blackberry 8820. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Handheld, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Video, Sirius, Android, Mesh Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Networking, Marketing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-24

Ounce Labs finds 2 security vulnerabilities in Spring framework

Code inspector Ounce Labs has identified two vulnerabilities in the open source Spring framework that exposes their enterprise applications to would-be hackers and hijackers. The two issues, ModelView Injection and Data Submission to Non-Editable Fields, affect only the MVC module of the Spring framework, which is used to...

Tags: Vulnerability, XSS, Framework, Ounce Labs, Spring, Security, Operational Planning, Databases, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Nokia's open source Symbian is no match or threat to Linux mobile, Linux Foundation claims

Nokia's plan to open source the Symbian mobile OS platform is no threat to mobile Linux, maintains the executive director of the Linux Foundation. Jim Zemlin maintains that mobile Linux will continue to evolve and flourish in spite of Nokia's plans and the formation of the Symbian...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Symbian Inc., Jim Zemlin, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Debut of Hyper-V, departure of Gates usher in new era for Microsoft

Given the importance of virtualization to the future of the operating system, it seems fitting that Hyper-V shipped on the the same day Bill Gates exited the Windows company. It is truly a new era for Microsoft.  Who could have envisioned five years ago that a Microsoft platform would openly...

Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft Corp., XenSource Inc., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Ubuntu's corporate ready 8.04 is released but is three a crowd in Linux market?

Ubuntu's corporate ready 8.04 is released but is three a crowd in Linux market?Choice is the under-pin of capitalismSo the choice stops any one of these companies getting too Microsoftish.As far as support goes, if somebody cannot readily hop between an apt or rpm based system then they shouldn't be...

Tags: Operating systems, Directory services, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Mac Server, Ubuntu, Linux, Xandros, server, Astrum Inc., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-04-24

Why OS X costs twice as much as Windows

Why OS X costs twice as much as WindowsMore Closed??Nearly half of OSX is all open source. Freely available for download, including the code. The *ONLY* proprietary part is the GUI that lies on top, and a few key underpinnings such as Core technologies (CoreGraphics, CoreVideo, etc). Now when you...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

Microsoft partners with open source JasperSoft, Sourcesense

Microsoft and JasperSoft are working together to ensure that Jasper's business intelligence software suite runs well on the latest editions of Windows and SQL Server. At the Open Source Business Conference at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Microsoft told ZDNet that the open source BI software...

Tags: JasperSoft, Partnership, ISV, Apache Software Foundation, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-03-25

SaaS and the global virtual stack

When people argue that SaaS is just another deployment option for software, they really are missing the bigger picture. It's as hopeless as a carriage-builder in the early 20th century saying that using motors instead of horses is just another locomotion option for carriages. It ignores the wider revolution that's...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Stack, Enterprise, Service Aggregation, Application Composition, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-02-27

LiveStation: Another Microsoft Silverlight touch point

LiveStation: Another Microsoft Silverlight touch pointWhy?I mean there are what, a couple hundred ways to get video and music on a PC? Sounds like a solution looking for a problem.RE: LiveStation: Another Microsoft Silverlight touch pointdid you mean OEM or ISV Mary Jo?I did a video interview and demo...

Tags: Corporate communications, .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., LiveStation

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

Updated: Red Hat launches JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform, 3 new open source projects

Red Hat announced a fully integrated SOA platform combining JBoss middleware and Red Hat Enterprise Linux and launched three new open source projects. Due by the end of February, the JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform is a subscription-based offering that incorporates the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss Enterprise...

Tags: Red Hat Inc., SOA, JBoss, Open Source Project, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Middleware, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Web Services, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-02-14

Monetizing+free+software+is+important%2C+but...

Monetizing+free+software+is+important%2C+but...Microsoft has MSN...... which already shows a commitment to content. Yahoo! may not be a very successful software company, but under Mr. Semel it did do content well.If Microsoft moves its content assets to its Yahoo subsidiary and provides software in return, then the company has gained.Search, content, and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., software, open source, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

SaaS hoster OpSource buys billing partner

Specialist SaaS hoster OpSource today has announced the acquisition of SaaS billing vendor LeCayla Technologies. OpSource has a number of partners that offer services to its customers, some of them integrated into its real-time service bus â€" including Aria Systems, another billing vendor â€" but this is the first time...

Tags: Web, Acquisition, Software-as-a-service, Billing, Partnership, Aria Systems Inc., OpSource, LeCayla Technologies, Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Structures, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-02-11