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- Open-source bonuses for the big guys
- At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, panelists discuss benefits that huge companies like Google and Facebook could get from embracing open source, such as third-party developers integrating their products into new application versions and easier connectivity with emerging technologies. Panelists include Ron Yekutiel, CEO of Kaltura; Kim Polese, CEO...
- Tags: CEO, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management, Stanford, Always On, open source, saas, software as a service, Facebook, Google
- Videos 2009-07-30
- Software as a service: the cultural influence
- At the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford University, technology executives discuss perceptions of risk and control with software as a service, and how those feelings are changing in countries that have different software legacies. Panelists include moderator Michael Barker of Revolution Partners, Vance Checketts of Mozy, Russ Daniels of Hewlett-Packard, Drew...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, saas, cloud computing, stanford, software as a service
- Videos 2008-07-29
- Dear Zonbu, think server
- Zonbu is billing itself as a cheap client, a PC replacement, the true $100 laptop.But what if you called it a server?Its $12.95/month service charge is designed to pay for online updates, including security updates and backup services. If you have a home network, two kids each with a PC,...
- Tags: Database Management, business models, Applications, General, Hardware, Implementations, LANs and WANs, Linux, Linux Desktop OS, Linux Server OS, management, marketing, mass market, Network Administration, Software as a Service, Strategy, support, wireless
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- Is Zonbu the next revolution?
- Zonbu right, a start-up from French entrepreneurs Gregoire Gentil Twingo and Alain Rossmann (EO, OpenWave), combines a cellphone business model with open source software to deliver a complete Linux-based PC for as little as $99 and $12.95/month.The box is pre-loaded with a host of open source freeware -- Linux, Firefox, OpenOffice, Skype,...
- Tags: Software as a Service, Linux Desktop OS, Hardware, General, Strategy, Linux, business models, mass market
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- Psst. Want to know everything on your network?
- Having divested their proprietary wireless security tool, the folks at Network Chemistry are using the open source process to develop a universal network scanning and reporting system.What CTO Chris Waters calls Project Wishbone is based on RogueScanner, a scanning tool originally created to find viruses and other rogue programs.Now the GPL...
- Tags: support, Strategy, Software as a Service, Infrastructure, Hardware, GPL, General, business models, Applications
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- How far can open source CRM get?
- News that CentricCRM is getting a capital infusion from Intel Capital leads again to the inevitable question, how far can open source get in the CRM market?It's a tough road. Customer Relationship Management is more than mission-critical. The title describes your business right there.So there are big bucks involved, as...
- Tags: Database Management, Applications, Development, Enterprise Policy, Infrastructure, management, Oracle, Software as a Service, Strategy
- Blog posts 2007-06-14
- Black Duck world tour hits issue turbulence
- Since celebrating the third anniversary of his flagship protexIP last month Black Duck Software CEO Doug Levin has been on the road a lot.He moderated an OSBC panel with Microsoft just as Novell was preparing to release details of its deal with the company. Then he flew to Russia where...
- Tags: Strategy, Software as a Service, Microsoft, GPL, Events, Enterprise Policy, Development, business models
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- Open source and the attention economy
- With the continued growth of the open source economy we in the media find our job is to pay attention.This is not what's best for our financial health. I have found that most stories I write about small open source start-ups go unread and unremarked upon.On the other hand, all...
- Tags: Applications, Events, General, marketing, Microsoft, Software as a Service, VOIP
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
- How Google Apps grows
- Taken in isolation Google Apps is not that much. Its a Microsoft Office clone, delivered online, which you can rent instead of buy.But by placing it online, and through the miracle of open source, it can quickly become much more.Etelos is among those hoping to piggyback on Google Apps. A...
- Tags: Software as a Service, mass market, Internet, marketing, Google, General, business models, Applications, Development
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Children of GPL
- In all the hubbub over GPL Version 3, a lot of you may not know this is just one license that the Free Software Foundation manages. (The image stood at the top of Georg Greve's Brave Gnu World columns from 1999-2004.)They also manage the LGPL, or the Lesser GPL. A...
- Tags: Software as a Service, Legal, General, FOSS, Software Licensing, GPL
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- Adaptive Planning seeks profit in free hosted version
- So free and open source software isnt good enough for your business? You want it hosted free, too? You got it. Adaptive Planning, an open source Business Performance Management company, is now offering free hosting.Adaptive Planning Express carries a GPL 2.0 license. CEO William Soward said the aim is to...
- Tags: GPL, General, business models, Applications, Strategy, Software as a Service, resellers, marketing
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- The Germans are coming, with open source and SaaS
- A German Web host hopes to use the GPL to take over the U.S. market.1&1 Internet has grown mainly through acquisitions into Europe's largest Web hosting company. Not everyone likes it but it is also growing in the U.S. with a new center in Lenaxa, Kansas. The story is an agreement...
- Tags: Strategy, business models, Software as a Service, General, Applications, Linux
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
Additional Resources
- SnapLogic snaps together different data flows and cuts integration costs
- II recently had a chance to catch up with one of my favorite Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs Gauruv Dhillon. When I first met Mr Dhillon he was CEO of Informatica, one of the top software companies in Silicon Valley. These days he is founder,...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Developer, Consultant, Snap, SnapLogic, Cloud Computing, Web Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- XP/VS Terminal Server 1.0.356 (Windows)
- Turn Windows XP, Vista, Small Business Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 into a full-blown terminal server. Adding Thinstuff's XP/VS Terminal Server software to a Windows workstation enables you to establish an unlimited number of RDP connections to it. This turns your Windows workstation into a complete Terminal Server and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Terminal Server, Thinstuff, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-11-08
- ServersCheck Monitoring Software 8.0.2 (Windows)
- ServersCheck Monitoring Software is an application for monitoring, reporting and alerting on the availability of systems, networks and applications. It includes real-time HTML reports, graphs and Service Level details. Round-the-clock monitoring with alerting via e-mail, network message or SMS. The built-in Web server enables to administrate ServersCheck through a Web...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, ServersCheck, ServersCheck Monitoring Software, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Tools & Techniques, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Management
- Software downloads 2009-11-07
- High-risk flaw dings Google Chrome
- no NoScript..No Google Chromethis is one of the reasons i don't want to get near this browser. Till Google wakes up and builds an add-on support for Adblock and NoScript, then and only then i might give it a try.Chrome wont even give me the Option to manually disable Scripting....
- Tags: Scripting languages, Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., JavaScript, NoScript, Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda
- Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...
- Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- 10 ways to evaluate your IT management software
- Does your helpdesk work for you or do you work for your helpdesk? Saar Bitner of SysAid Technologies tells how to manage you IT management software. Commentary - Choosing the right IT management software solution is a strategic decision that requires the careful planning and consideration of every IT...
- Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Software Solution, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, IT management, software, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-05
- Walmart unveils 15.6" HP Pavilion G60 laptop for $298
- hmmfor once, i agree with you. why are they still making the celeron...? shouldn't the atom replace that?Intel Celeron?is Inhel still making this 10 year old crap?surplus maybe? ntnti feel 298 is bad for celron processor..but still good option for ppl who r new to these creepy labtops..RE: Walmart unveils...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, HP Pavilion, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., laptop computer, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?
- I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
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