EC rebuffs Microsoft over open-source report
The European Commission has resisted efforts by Microsoft to make it abandon its report into open-source software, it was revealed this week. But the Commission was swayed into allowing a 10-day…
IBM Offers Free Sales Help For Open Source Developers
In an effort to bolster use of its open source middleware and license-free database software, IBM on Wednesday said it will provide free sales and marketing support to developers who create…
Cisco going open source with NAC client
As it develops the next generation of network security infrastructure, Cisco Systems Inc. is planning to cease development on its network admission control (NAC) client, the Cisco Trust Agent (CTA…
EMC to push VMware public, but still keep control
EMC said Wednesday it plans to sell 10 percent of VMware stock this summer in an initial public offering, but added it has no plans to spin off the virtualization company.
"VMware is one of…
IBM pumps up Linux virtual mainframe machines
Organizations running Linux in virtual machines on the mainframe will soon be able to throw more workloads onto the system thanks to an update to the z/VM operating system that now scales across…
Richard Stallman on "World Domination 201"
The "World Domination 201" made an impact on some parts of the Free Software community, including myself as I found myself in agreement. However, as I believe in Free Software and hence tend to…
Liferay-CIGNEX Form Open Source Services Partnership
Liferay, provider of the world’s leading enterprise-class, open source portal and content management system announced a new partnership with CIGNEX Technologies, a top ten open source consulting…
Red Hat updates its Red Hat Certificate System product
Red Hat today announced the worldwide availability of Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 from the RSA conference in San Francisco. A complete public key infrastructure (PKI) solution, Red Hat…
Half of Top Enterprise Open Source Projects Don’t Offer Enterprise Grade Support
OpenLogic, Inc., a leading provider of software, stacks and support that enable enterprises to easily deploy and manage customized open source environments, today announced the results of a…
Open source networking opens its doors to businesses
It's difficult to know exactly how excited to get about open source networking projects. It's exciting 'cos its free (at least the software is, even if the support isn't). It's not so exciting…