Making The Most Of Open-Source Forensics Tools
Network forensic solutions come in many different shapes, sizes, and price ranges, but in the end they all have the same goal: recording activity on the network. As IT budgets tighten with the economy, it might be time for your organization to take a closer look at a do-it-yourself approach to forensics that leverages free [...]
Open source and the shrinking waterhole
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Matt Asay nods approvingly at a recent study saying more CIOs plan to invest in Red Hat and JBOSS technology.
Well and good. Just don’t break out the champagne.
Open source may be doing well with a shrinking waterhole but that does not necessarily mean it is doing well.
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Can Google build open source communities
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While the Googlers want to talk today about improvements to GMail for mobile, there remains a serious concern for you to discuss this weekend.
Is Google really good at being part of an open source community?
There are three types of mobile source projects:
1. One-company projects. 2. Multiple-company projects. [...]
Microsoft ready for an open-source skoolin’
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Sam Ramji wants more input from the open-source community, hoping to make Microsoft more responsive to their needs.
The director of the open-source development lab at Microsoft has told a Linux Foundation event he’s trying to educate Microsoft and slowly change its ways. The only way he can do that, Ramji said, is [...]
Linux spending set to boom by 21 percent in 2009
Most vendors are already preparing for a tough Christmas.
Those selling Linux-based solutions, however, can expect to spread plenty of holiday cheer, according to a new report from IDC, “The Opportunity for Linux in a New Economy.”
Even as Red Hat recently talked up its impressive quarterly results, it’s important to recognize that not all of [...]
Presidential commitment to open source still unclear
The President’s announcement of a coordinated system of Electronic Medical Records for both soldiers and veterans could be a big win for open source.
As ZDNet Healthcare reported early this week the military and VA records will transfer under NHIN-CONNECT.
Presidential commitment to open source still unclear | Open Source | ZDNet.com
Vodafone: Embracing Open Source with Open Arms
Vodafone never put much stock in open innovation, or tapping outsiders for ideas. It didn’t need to. The company, after all, had grown into the world’s biggest wireless telecom operator on its own. But with such interlopers as Google and Nokia starting to tromp on its turf, Vodafone became a convert. “We were a bit [...]
Where Next for Sun Microsystems?
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Sun Microsystems share price has plummeted this week following the breakdown of IBM’s takeover talks. The board rejected an offer of $9.40 per share and terminated their agreement to negotiate exclusively with IBM.
Sun has been looking for a buyer for several months. The company has struggled for a few years [...]
Did Sun’s total package kill the IBM deal?
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It’s ironic but fitting that executive bonuses, a subject that’s ignited popular anger against the very companies in Sun Microsystems’ core customer base on Wall St, helped kill Sun’s future.
It’s been reported that a disagreement between IBM and Sun over post-acquisition packages for both chief executive officer Jonathan Schwartz and chairman and co-founder [...]
The Making Of Open Source: Checking In On The Symbian ‘Movement’
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Last week, I spent a lot of time with the folks from Symbian, the mobile operating system that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) paid $410 million for, only to turn around and donate the assets to an open-source foundation. What I wanted to know was how the employees—who were once programmed to make profits and [...]