November
Sub-archives
Nov 13, 2009
Migrating to an open source solution
Sheela Foam has doubled its system performance, slashed costs, and reduced processing time by 25% by implementing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, writes Nivedan Prakash read more...
Open-source software summit opens in City
A leading Free and Open Source Software event, the GNOME Asia Summit, will be held in HCM City’s Quang Trung Software Park from November 20-22. read more...
Nov 12, 2009
10 Open Source Projects Changing Medicine
Public and private team to tackle costly, closed, siloed health care, one project at a time. read more...
Microsoft´s open-source CMS Platform is (re)born
The guesses (by me and others) look like they were on target. The “Orchard Project,” which is getting its debut on November 11 at Tech Ed Europe is, indeed, the successor to the Microsoft Oxite content-management system (CMS). read more...
Nov 11, 2009
Open source tries to save the world
A new company, People Power, is launching into the crowded home energy monitoring business. Home energy monitoring is the tip of the spear in terms of cutting energy costs. Give people an idea of how much their appliances are costing, and when, then give them the power to adjust their energy use, and you not only save the planet, and save people real money, but create a nice business for yourself. read more...
Enterprises saving $26 million per project with open source
A Black Duck analysis shows the average enterprise software project is 22% open source, saving an average of $26 million on each project. read more...
Nov 10, 2009
Open Source You Can Use, November Edition
In this edition: two ways to browse the web, and one great way to find everything scattered across all your storage media. Read on. read more...
DOD Says Yes To More Open Source
Open source in the government and military isn't a new thing; governance is one of open source's biggest target markets, so to speak. It's still all the more heartening to hear the Department of Defense come out strongly in favor of open source, and to recommend using more of it whenever possible. read more...
Nov 09, 2009
Could Microsoft switch to Linux?
You'd expect, as my friend Preston Gralla did, that when someone says "proprietary software is eventually going to be doomed," and that Microsoft's future might best be served in releasing its own version of Linux, that he'd be a Linux fan. read more...
Google Provides Closure: Releases Open Source JavaScript Optimizer
JavaScript programmers, rejoice! It's been a good week for open source from big companies. Earlier this week Yahoo! released its Traffic Server it acquired from Inktomi, and now Google has unleashed Closure Tools. These are part of the toolset that Google uses to create JavaScript-heavy applications like Google Docs, Gmail, and Google Maps. read more...
Nov 06, 2009
Microsoft's Not So Secret New Open Source CMS
Microsoft has a secret, although it's not completely secret. They are getting ready to offer a new open source content management application code named Orchard. read more...
Open data movement looks to cultivate ecology for civic applications
In the fall of 2008, Washington, DC’s technology office developed a data catalog that contained a bevy of municipal data, open to the public. The catalog featured real-time crime feeds, school test scores, and poverty indicators, among other measures. read more...
Nov 05, 2009
Italian Region Tuscany Uses Open Source Software For GIS Application For Healthcare, Law and Other Purposes
The administration of the Tuscany region in Italy this month published a new version of Sagadb, an open source Geographic Information System (GIS) application. read more...
Yahoo open-sources app for speeding up websites
Betting that the benefits of the move will outweigh the risks, Yahoo has released the source code underlying in-house software called Traffic Server that can speed up website operations. read more...
Nov 04, 2009
Ditch Microsoft, Save £269m Says Hungarian Open Source Group
Despite a struggling economy and public debt, the Hungarian government continues to spend millions on Microsoft licences when cheaper alternatives exist, say open source groups read more...
World’s Largest Open Source Content Management Software Company Names New CEO PDF
eZ Systems, the world´s largest open source content management software company, announced today that former IBM and BEA executive Christoph Rau will join the company as CEO, effective immediately. read more...
Nov 03, 2009
SpringSource Increases Support of the Apache Software Foundation and ApacheCon US 2009
Leading Provider of Apache Tomcat-Based tc Server Runtime Congratulates Apache Software Foundation on Its 10th Anniversary and Sponsors New Apache Tomcat Track at Conference. read more...
Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 is now available for download
The Mozilla community is proud to release Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 for download. This beta version of the next version of Firefox is built on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine, containing many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers, and users. read more...
Nov 02, 2009
What should open source do in a car?
C|NET’s own Antuan Goodwin revealed yesterday Ford is looking to build an open source platform for its Sync services, its in-vehicle informatics interface. (Picture from C|NET.) read more...
French Government Chooses Mozilla To Replace IBM and Microsoft For 130,000 Desktop PC's
The French Government's public finance department will switch 130,000 desktop PC's to Mozilla's email and calendar applications. Mozilla's Thunderbird email service, Lightning Calendar and an open-source groupware will replace IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft Office. read more...
