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Gartner looks into its IT crystal ball

February 4, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Gartner looked into its crystal ball for this year and found plenty of changes coming in IT. The world is changing pretty fast and this will mean smaller tools to do the job and new directions for... Read more...

Open-source can be risky business

May 8, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

For CIOs, the governance of open source can be very tricky. Governance of open-source technology is critical; without knowing how it was obtained and how it's being used, companies can get sued... Read more...

C&L: Why CIOs Aren't Embracing Open Source

January 16, 2007 — 8:01pm ET
Depending on what you read, open source is either the end-all-be-all or the worst thing an enterprise can embrace. It's an interesting dynamic, given the increasing pressure on IT to deliver more... Read more...

Open source flexibility key to E-tailer's success

November 21, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Becoming a leading E-tailer is no mean feat given the competitiveness in every industry today. But as one shoe seller's story relates, success can be achieved if you keep the technology simple and... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: What "free" really means in open source speak

August 20, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The debate over what's free, what shouldn't be free and how open source technology should be shared is a topic that's getting hotter by the minute, as various experts and noted techies are taking... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Cheap cost is just one open source benefit

August 16, 2006 — 8:01pm ET
While reducing cost is a big lure for using open source technology, a panel of CIOs believe that there are greater benefits that can be achieved and that more organizations should consider using... Read more...

Microsoft outlines open source strategy

May 11, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Most recently it was Novell sprouting off about how open source was the future. Now it seems Microsoft is seeing the Linux light as well. CEO Steve Ballmer told a Silicon Valley gathering that his... Read more...

Case Study: Open source pushes retailer into big leagues

May 8, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Being small can have its good points. Smaller tech teams and businesses are often more nimble, more proactive and quicker to respond to both customer and operations issues. That's where... Read more...

Bugs could halt Linux kernel development

May 7, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

While recent statistics clearly show that open source technology is gaining respectability and adoption in enterprises, it seems to be getting buggier of late, according to the Linux kernel... Read more...

Oracle increasingly interested in Linux

April 17, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Oracle's leader knows his company is missing a key software stack element--Linux--and says it would make a great deal of sense to pull it into the mix, just as Microsoft has. The vendor has taken... Read more...

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