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NewsHow Microsoft learned to accept open source
When Steve Ballmer compared Linux to a "malignant cancer" a few years back, the company's stance on open source was well-known, but things have changed. In an easy read at Wired magazine, Cade Metz Read more...
State Street deploys more Linux, open source
Boston-based financial services firm State Street Corp. spends up to one-fourth of its operating budget on IT, and yet the price of hardware is outpacing its need for data center gear, reports Jon Read more...
Russia directs agencies to migrate to open source
Russian government agencies have been ordered to move their computer infrastructure to Linux from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows by 2015, reports eWeek's Fahmida Y. Rashid. An order signed by Prime Read more...
Chrome extension will enable secure Google searches
Worried about the information you are leaking via unencrypted web searches but too absent-minded to remember typing the correct link to invoke your SSL search engine of choice? Well, Google (NASDAQ: Read more...
25 open-source releases coming this year
It's a good year to be in the market for open-source technology. This week's ComputerWorld.com surveyed what's out there and found plenty of cool new items coming onto the market from browsers and Read more...
IT execs turn to Linux to save money
A new study has found that the need for cost-cutting has prompted CIOs to consider using Linux. The survey, conducted by IDC and sponsored by Novell, found that more than three quarters of IT Read more...
The future belongs to Linux
The future belongs to Linux, if one is to believe the words of Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin. Well, and Microsoft Windows as well, though certainly not Unix or Solaris. What caught Read more...
Linux Foundation: The future is Linux
At the Linux Foundation, the future of Solaris, or should I say lack thereof, is clear. Executive Director Jim Zemlin is adamant that "the future is Linux and Microsoft Windows...is not Unix or Read more...
Sun releases second version of xVM VirtualBox
The second version of xVM's VirtualBox desktop virtualization software has been released. VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware that is targeted for server, desktop and Read more...
Red Hat 's new CEO eyes the cloud
Former chief operating officer of Delta Airlines, now chief executive over at Red Hat wastes no words to convey his beliefs: "The clouds will all run Linux." In an interview with CNET News.com, Read more...
| Press ReleasesTeamViewer® Launches Version 7 for LinuxNew features allow Linux users remote support for Mac OS, PC and Linux systems TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TeamViewer, one of the world’s most popular providers of remote control and online Read more >> Dustin Kirkland Joins Gazzang as Chief ArchitectOpen Source Industry Expert Will Extend Innovation Agenda for Cloud-Based Security Service AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gazzang, Inc., the company securing data and applications in the cloud, Read more >> Karmasphere Announces Quick-Start Hadoop Virtual Appliance for Developing Analytics on IBM InfoSphere BigInsightsFree Virtual Appliance Helps IBM Customers Get Started with Big Data Analytics on Hadoop CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Karmasphere™, a Big Data Intelligence company, today announced its new Read more >> The University of York Extends IT Support beyond the Classroom with BomgarBomgar’s Remote Support Solution Enables More Efficient, Multi-Platform Support JACKSON, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bomgar, the worldwide leader in secure, appliance-based remote support solutions Read more >> Bacula Systems Releases Linux Bare Metal Restore FeatureEnterprise-class, Open Source Network Backup and Restore Solution Receives Further Enhancements to Bring High-Value, Low-TCO Opportunity to IT DepartmentsYVERDON-LES-BAINS, Switzerland, October 19, Read more >> |
