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Yahoo building cloud-serving engine for internal use, plans to use open source

Yahoo intends to release the code that the company is currently developing as part of its internal cloud-serving engine. Todd Papaioannou, Yahoo's vice president of cloud architecture described

Q&A: A supercomputing compound's management strategy

The National Institute for Computational Sciences, a joint project between the Oak Ridge National Lab and the University of Tennessee, provides computing resources to researchers nationwide. The

Open source use rises in enterprise but still presents challenges

Use of open source software in the enterprise is on the rise, according to a four-year survey by Zenoss Inc. Of 950 respondents at the annual USENIX Large Installation System Administration

Linux the first operating system to support USB 3.0

Remember our report on the first USB 3.0 controller from NEC late last month? Well, it looks like a Linux developer at Intel's Open Source Technology Center has completed the driver support for USB

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

Tech solutions for small and mid-size firms

Small and mid-size businesses must make smart investments to stay competitive, but like every enterprise, they will face tightening IT budgets in 2009. There are cost-effective, state-of-the art

Gartner looks into its IT crystal ball

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

Open-source can be risky business

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

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

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

Open source flexibility key to E-tailer's success

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