ecosystem news from FierceCIO

A group of six major vendors have announced the creation of a patent alliance to ensure that companies are able to access WiMAX technologies at predictable costs. Called the Open Patent Read more...

For those of you who are as sick and tired of the sycophantic coverage of Apple's iPhone, I have good news: There is only one such mention in today's missive and it's at the end. Read more...

Today, it's entirely possible to take a hybrid approach to email messaging that allows you to choose the best from both the open standards community and your legacy proprietary systems technology. Read more...

Take this one with a grain of salt, folks. A Microsoft-sponsored study conducted by analyst group IDC claims that Windows Vista will generate $9.5 billion for businesses and industries in New York Read more...

For Microsoft's new security chief, IT security is all about establishing a trust ecosystem--which would flip security strategies over from a defensive position to a proactive approach. As he Read more...

There's a new Linux advocacy group up and running. This time a few big mobile phone makers are launching a group to support an "open Linux-based software platform." The group hopes to create a Read more...

IBM is setting out to build an "innovation ecosystem" and isn't wasting any time fostering collaboration with partners. It's going to make its research and development centers and staff available Read more...