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May 18, 2009

Open Source Middleware Reference Architecture Whitepaper

Open source software has proven its value in companies of all sizes. As large enterprises have become increasingly comfortable with the open source model, exemplified by the Red Hat® Enterprise Linux operating system, they have also begun adopting open source middleware for developing and deploying mission-critical applications. read more...

Open source CMS product range 'expanding'

Businesses now have more options than ever before when it comes to open source content management systems (CMS), new research has suggested. read more...

May 14, 2009

Perception System maintains variety of Open Source Technology

Perception System is a complete IT solution provider mainly in business of software development, multimedia and web solutions. The company has maintained a phenomenal growth over the years. To know more, visit www.perceptionsystem.com, a Global provider of professional IT Services. read more...

Apache Stonehenge: Open Source and Microsoft Technologies Interoperability

The Apache Stonehenge project is evolving toward what Microsoft referred to as the first key milestone. read more...

May 13, 2009

CMS Watch Finds "Third Wave" of European Web CMS Vendors Hitting North America

A "third wave" of European-based Web Content Management (CMS) vendors is hitting North American shores, offering buyers a greater variety of longstanding solutions, particularly in the areas of .NET support and open source platforms, according to research released today by independent evaluation firm, CMS Watch. read more...

Up to 24 percent of software purchases now open source

Open source has become big business, suggests an article in the Investors Business Daily, but it has done so by becoming more like the proprietary-software world it purports to leave behind. read more...

May 12, 2009

Sun Establishes First Open Source Standard for Storage Encryption

Solutions-Customers Can Now Consolidate Sun Crypto-Key Management System and Key Manager Solutions Across Multiple Vendors to Avoid Additional Licensing Fees and More Easily Manage All Encrypted Keys. read more...

Open source viewed as aid to Philippines e-health goals

Emphasizing on how electronic health records (EHRs) can give healthcare in the Philippines its much-needed shot in the arm, several speakers of the first Philippine eHealth and Telemedicine conference and exhibition highlighted the efficacy of Free Open Source Solutions (FoSS) in bolstering the delivery and organization of this critical digital medical information. read more...

May 11, 2009

Are open source electronic health records the future?

Though West Virginia may not be in the top national rankings when it comes to overall health, wealth and education, it is leading the way in electronic health record (EHR) open source adoption. read more...

Zenoss Announces Core 2.4 Open Source Network Monitoring

Zenoss Inc., a provider of commercial open source network and systems management solutions, has announced the general availability of the latest version of its open source network monitoring tool, Zenoss Core 2.4. This release includes new features, better documentation and a host of bug fixes. read more...

May 08, 2009

Microsoft goes open source

Well a bit of it - While Microsoft's official line is that open source is a bit like syphilis, the way you get it is nice but you will wish you hadn't, it seems that its Kumo search team are using it anyway. read more...

Open Office 3.1 hits Malta, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea

The rest of us can download it too - The latest version of the open source alternative to Microsoft's Office suite has been released. read more...

May 07, 2009

Open Source and Cloud: A Curse or Blessing During Recession? BriefingsDirect Analysts Weigh In.

The productivity and perils of open source software has been a topic pretty much beaten to death. Yet the landscape in IT, as always, is shifting -- because of the recession and because of a white hot interest in cloud computing. read more...

Develop Next Generation Mobile Applications And Services: Open Source Middleware On Its Way

The MUSIC Consortium announces the interim release of the MUSIC platform (v 0.3.0), which would be of use for the development of mobile application software and services. read more...

May 06, 2009

Strategic Hires at OpenGeo Expand Management, User Support Capabilities

OpenGeo is a world leader in developing and supporting open source geospatial software, offering clients the most complete and compelling package of open source web-based geospatial tools available. read more...

How to be a free software business trainer

The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa and the Germany-based InWent project have launched a programme to develop trainers in East and Southern Africa capable of teaching others to build free software-based businesses. read more...

May 05, 2009

Open Source: Wide Open Spaces

From coding to agency models to online video, where there's a will, there's a wiki. The sun rises in the east, the earth revolves around the sun, and an open source solution arrives when the business it serves has become fat and lazy. read more...

Invitation to Open Grid-Aware Building Collaborative Workshop

The Internet has set the standard for information delivery and connectivity. We need this same approach for the building automation industry. read more...

May 04, 2009

Open Source Automation

SERCOS International (SI) has announced it will provide an open source software driver library for the SERCOS lll real-time Ethernet communication system master implementation. read more...

Ten top Linux and open-source developer tools

inux may be a great development environment, but you still need the right tools to exploit it to the full, says Jack Wallen. read more...