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Open source CRM firm targets Oracle customers
News The previous edition of SugarCRM, Sugar Professional, could only be used with the open source MySQL database. SugarCRM claims that more than 250 companies have purchased Sugar Professional since it launched last September, and that the open source...
[August 17, 2005, 17:00]
Novell beefs up desktop Linux challenge to Windows
News Novell plans to release in early November a new version of its open-source operating system for desktops. Open-source software makers like Novell and Red Hat have been beefing up their consumer offerings, in a bid to challenge Microsoft's Windows...
[October 7, 2004, 9:40]
SuSE Linux gets desktop search
News SuSE Linux Professional 9.3 will include Beagle, an open source desktop search tool that makes it easier for users to find various types of files, including documents, emails, IM conversations and code.
[March 7, 2005, 16:25]
JBoss and MySQL try cooperation
News JBoss calls this business model "professional open source. We're starting to see larger customers making more strategic decisions around utilising professional open source," said Bob Bickel, vice president of strategy and corporate development at...
[January 21, 2004, 13:20]
Open source reshaping the services market
News The former CEO of professional services outfit Viant -- which flourished briefly, then crashed during the dot-com bust of the late 1990s -- last month launched a company called Optaros, which will provide IT consulting for open source software.
[January 10, 2005, 18:15]
Penguins: Name Your Price
News In August, David Taylor, SCO's VP of professional services, launched the SCO Linux and open source professional service team. Its open-source moves, such as buying StarOffice, are a matter of public record.
[November 29, 1999, 17:14]
Code exchanges: We got that open-source feelin'
News That might sound like another feel-good story from the open-source community, but the application in question is Dreamweaver, the leading professional Web authoring package and one of the main products from Macromedia, a 100 percent proprietary...
[June 14, 2004, 10:30]
Business intelligence goes open source
News The company's latest products, Pentaho BI Suite Professional Edition and Pentaho Reporting Server Professional Edition, are extensions to the Pentaho BI open-source project software. On the heels of open-source databases come business-intelligence...
[April 24, 2006, 8:55]
'Critical' open source initiative to crack public sector
News Other projects included in the initiative are a portal for government agencies to find information on open source suppliers, and a professional accreditation scheme for open source consultants. Various organisations are involved in the Open Source...
[April 5, 2005, 17:10]
Accenture buys Symbian services unit
News This agreement allows the Symbian professional services team to realis its full potential in the supply of independent services to the open-source ecosystem," Nokia device chief Peter Ropke said in the company's announcement on Friday.
[July 20, 2009, 15:27]
Open Source is the freedom of Choice, not necessarily the cheaper option.
Blog This is the value add that Open Source can bring to the table. He asked me if I use Open Source Software because it is cheaper than the alternatives. At the end of the day, whether a product is Open Source or proprietary, any business needs to...
[September 21, 2009, 10:06]
Bring the tangible benefits of Linux to your organisation
News In the following interview, Janet describes some of the more tangible benefits of Linux and open source software and addresses the breadth of professional-grade application software available to the information technology professional.
[June 23, 2005, 11:10]
Red Hat releases Linux 7.3
News Red Hat Linux version 7.3 adds to the company's current open-source operating system offerings with new features that include personal firewall configuration, and installation and video-conferencing software.
[May 7, 2002, 10:57]
MySQL database to get a revamp
News MySQL AB plans to make major changes to its namesake open-source database technology by year's end, including support for SSL and nested queries. The GPL allows open-source programs to be changed by users, but those changes aren't official and can...
[October 10, 2001, 14:08]
Lies or ignorance?
Talkback I am a big Open Source fan. What really bothers me is that you post this article, acting as if our open source apps are as good as the products that Adobe has invested millions of dollars and years and years of development time into.
[April 30, 2007, 9:11]
New Linux distributions hit the shelves
News Linux, a Unix-like operating system, is developed on the open-source model. Other software includes the Nautilus file manager and the Mozilla Web browser, the open-source version of AOL Time Warner's Netscape browser.
[October 25, 2001, 16:39]
SuSE looks to buffer Linux 'changeability'
News SuSE, the German Linux distributor, is increasingly trying to insulate its corporate customers from what many see as a core trait of open-source software: its changeability. For all your GNU/Linux and open source news, from the latest kernel...
[April 29, 2002, 7:31]
IBM details Eclipse tools
News The tools will be built using the Eclipse open-source programming application. IBM's Rational division has made a significant investment in the Eclipse open-source software. IBM is designing a range of tools aimed at professional Java developers as...
[July 20, 2004, 14:10]
Microsoft plays browser games
News Apple in January launched its own browser, based on the open-source KHTML development project, and analysts at the time attributed the move to Apple's desire to maximise its independence from Microsoft and IE.
[June 4, 2003, 14:47]
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
Downloads Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) is a professional open-source tool for the development of Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore highly suitable for Internet distribution.
[December 22, 2008, 10:25]
