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Enterprise open-source census underway
News The project, announced in December, is based around a tool, OSS Discovery, that scans systems for known open-source projects and anonymously submits the data to an OpenLogic database. Enterprises often don't even know what open-source software is...
[April 18, 2008, 11:15]
Centeris brings Linux and Microsoft together
News A tool launched earlier this month may provide a solution for companies who want to roll out Linux but don't have systems managers trained in open source implementations. Likewise, launched recently by Seattle-based Centeris, allows companies to...
[January 31, 2006, 11:40]
Caldera loads Linux apps on UnixWare
News Linux distributor Caldera took a major step towards unifying the Linux and Unix operating systems on Monday when it unveiled Open Unix 8 -- its Linux/Unix hybrid. Open Unix 8 will allow Linux applications to run on the Unix kernel that Caldera is...
[March 27, 2001, 12:21]
Aperi project gains Eclipse approval
News Aperi — which is backed by Cisco Systems, IBM and Novell, among others — seeks to develop a standardised open source code for storage management systems according to specifications established by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA).
[September 11, 2006, 12:40]
Wind River acquires BSD's Unix
News In a major upheaval in the open-source software market, Wind River Systems has acquired Berkeley Software Design's version of Unix, merging the realms of proprietary and freely shared software. When selling its operating systems for use in non...
[April 5, 2001, 8:23]
Linux goes mission-critical for Danish government
News The Ministry of Finance in Denmark has implemented an open-source project to simplify data exchange between systems. Peter Henningsen, the data-exchange project manager at the Ministry of Finance, said the open-source combination was chosen over...
[September 23, 2004, 15:30]
'Your borders are porous', IT pros told
News Security professionals have been advised to accept that organisations' perimeters are now open, and to start designing future systems architecture to account of this. We have umpteen people managing our systems - contractors, who themselves sub...
[April 27, 2006, 16:50]
JBoss gets Nuked
News Nukes on JBoss is a Java-based version of the 'Nuke' family of open-source content management systems originally written in PHP. Aside from problems with scalability, the JBoss developers decided they needed a Java solution, and said they could...
[January 22, 2004, 12:00]
What if?
Talkback Even with a relatively limited vocabulary, an open systems, speaker-dependent approach would enable low-cost "appliance-side" devices (auto, TV, phone, music, etc.that would respond to a limited vocabulary transmitted via wireless (even infrared...
[February 16, 2007, 8:43]
Red Hat's Cox warns on open source security
News Speaking to delegates at London's LinuxWorld conference on Wednesday, he emphasised that considerable sums of money were being spent to try and hack into open source systems. People are being paid to work, breaking down software systems," Cox, who...
[October 26, 2006, 12:20]
Metrowerks drives Linux towards automotive industry
News Metrowerks, a provider of products for embedded developers, on Monday introduced Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), which will allow automotive companies to create navigation, hands-free phone and infotainment systems based on a customised version of...
[October 20, 2004, 12:35]
Open source application server gets Twisted
News The application server, which was made open source by Zope Corporation in 1998, is primarily used for building content management systems — it's the base of various open source CMS systems including Plone, Silva and Nuxeo CPS.
[January 10, 2006, 16:15]
Introducing Linux for Next Generation Mission Critical System Flexibility, Scalability and Robustness Are Key
White Papers Today, it is becoming more common to introduce open platforms as mission critical systems. Shiga bank is planning to replace their existing mission critical systems before Jan. Shiga bank is now planning to configure an open platform environment by...
[May 15, 2007, 1:00]
Greenpeace UK makes 'sensible' switch to Linux
News In a general update of its IT systems, environmental campaign group Greenpeace UK has chosen to run three of its four systems on Linux instead of Windows because the open source operating system was the "more sensible" option.
[March 26, 2004, 9:45]
Ingres: Cloud computing to fuel open-source boom
News Ingres, the second-largest open-source company, counts the likes of BAE Systems, Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa among its customers. He added that, because SaaS vendors need to invest in more hardware and software than traditional software vendors...
[December 8, 2008, 7:10]
Open Tech offers latest Mac 'clones'
News The difference, Open Tech claims, is that its offering will not directly violate Apple's licensing rules for OS X, since it will not pre-install OS X or include a copy with the systems, placing the burden on users to buy and install the software...
[July 29, 2008, 17:04]
What colour is my trilby? The ethics of hacking by hacks
Blog Comment Journalists were able to deduce/detect the open systems and log onto them? The people that should have been ejected were the BH "wanna-bees" with the open systems. At black hat events in the long-a-go It used to be that unsecured laptops and other...
[August 11, 2008, 9:27]
Open source threatens Java servers
News Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Open source has yet to significantly penetrate the entrenched positions of powerful companies such as BEA Systems, IBM and Oracle.
[February 14, 2003, 14:04]
StarOffice meets Star Wars
News In a significant win for open source desktop productivity suites, Sun Microsystems Monday announced that the US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) would implement up to 25,000 units of its StarOffice 5.2 software.
[June 26, 2001, 14:50]
Open-source .Net takes shape
News Builders of the Mono open-source development project released an update on Tuesday that will let programmers write Microsoft .Net applications for Linux and Unix operating systems. One independent software provider, OpenLink, is embedding Mono in...
[December 13, 2002, 7:49]
