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Friday
10Oct
Pentagon is preparing guidelines for open-source adoption
October 10, 2008 By Matt Asay (CNET Blogs)
Given the widespread adoption of open-source software within the US federal government, including the US Department of Defense, it's perhaps not surprising that the regulation-heavy federal government is finally getting around to issuing guidelines for open-source adoption within the US Department of Defense...
Thursday
09Oct
Microsoft releases Hyper-V Server 2008
October 9, 2008 By David Marshall (InfoWorld)
Last week, Microsoft announced that it had shipped its Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 virtualization platform to market. And it is now readily available for download.
So what's new and different? Didn't they already release Hyper-V? This platform is slightly different from the version found in Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 operating system.
Thursday
09Oct
Red Hat: It's the value, stupid
October 9, 2008 By Matt Asay (CNET Blogs)
First off, while it wasn't a joy fest for Red Hat today at the NYSE, I was surprised to learn that CIOs are still upbeat, at least as far as Red Hat is concerned. Cormier told me, "I had so many people say to me today, 'Wow! I get it.'"
What is "it"?
"It," as each executive told me in turn, is value. When I asked whether enterprises buy Red Hat technologies primarily because of open source, Cormier responded, "No. It's the value. It's completely value. The fact that it's open source helps, but it's really value."
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Open Source Red Hat Thursday
09Oct
Open source and software protectionism?
October 9, 2008 By Savio Rodrigues (InfoWorld)
Are emerging countries displaying a form of protectionism by supporting local use of open source? Or is this a small price to pay for a more vibrant software market of the future?
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Open Source Government Wednesday
08Oct
SaaS: Is it really cloud computing?
October 8, 2008 By Derrick Harris (On-Demand Enterprise)
Here are some quick thoughts on a couple of yesterday's cloud computing announcements. What these show us are two distinct trends: (1) cloud computing is becoming increasingly viable; and (2) the word "cloud" to describe SaaS is creeping dangerously close to lethal levels.
Wednesday
08Oct
Has open source won--or has it lost?
October 8, 2008 By Gordon Haff (CNET)
Assessing the open-source scorecard is complicated. A complete "state of open source" would fill many pages. But here are a few things that have struck me over the past year or two.
Large swaths of open source have become mainstream--to the point of invisibility. Jay Lyman summed this up well in the context of the last LinuxWorld. We've also seen large vendors, such as Hewlett-Packard and IBM, generally de-emphasizing Linux and open source as businesses in their own right.
Just to be clear, invisible is absolutely not the same thing as irrelevant. However, some open-source fans who feel the need to ally themselves with a highly visible movement taking on "the enemy" find this shift troubling.
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Open Source Wednesday
08Oct
Red Hat looks to mainstream markets for growth
October 8, 2008 By Elizabeth Montalbano (ComputerWorld)
At a Red Hat analyst event in New York, which was available via webcast, Whitehurst said that although Red Hat does well with "companies that use technology for competitive advantage," mainstream companies that don't care about being on the leading edge of technology adoption are still largely an untapped market for the vendor.
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Red Hat Tuesday
07Oct
Red Hat to adopt Qumranet desktop virtualization products
October 7, 2008 By Charles Babcock (InformationWeek)
Many observers of virtualization in the data center believe that the next step will be to virtualize desktops on central servers as well. If that day is coming, Red Hat wants to offer the option of virtualizing desktops from a Linux server as well as Windows Servers.
The KVM engine may offer some efficiencies in running virtual machines that Citrix XenServer and VMware's ESX Server lack, Red Hat said.
Tagged Red Hat Virtualization
Red Hat Virtualization Tuesday
07Oct
Mono 2.0 is out!
October 7, 2008 By Miguel de Icaza (Web log)
Today we released Mono 2.0 to the world. This of course would not be possible without the open source contributors that worked tirelessly on Mono sending patches, fixing bugs, helping the community, answering questions, creating test cases and supporting us all these years.
Mono 2.0 is both a runtime for application and a kit for developers for writing applications with C# and other ECMA CLI languages for a wide spectrum of uses.
Tuesday
07Oct
Microsoft business intelligence solutions resonate with enterprises
October 7, 2008 By Imperial Valley News
Decisions need to be strictly data-driven - nowhere more so than in one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, which relies on smart, informed decision-making to bring lifesaving vaccines and medication to billions worldwide.
Accordingly, New Jersey-based Merck & Co., Inc., decided four years ago to roll out business intelligence (BI) capabilities in its Merck Research Laboratories division to ensure that the company’s people always had the best, most strategic information with which to make business decisions.