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Intel throws hat in the Web 2.0 ring
What do the world's most popular provider of web search, the world's most popular provider of desktop operating systems and the world's most popular provider of PC microchips have in common? They're all eying the Web 2.0 space. Google is moving toward a full Office 2.0 suite , Microsoft has tipped their hat …
VC: Open-source support, data warehousing, hosted apps
The two-week VC total is $129.9 million.
Open email options increase at LinuxWorld
Scalix, Open-Xchange, Zimbra and others are battling to be the best open-source business email server. At the LinuxWorld show, Scalix said its Scalix 11 server gets a preview version this month, Open-Xchange said its Server 5 is now a certified SpikeSource component, and Zimbra said it's planning a new email-based content system simply called Documents. Also, IBM announced a Linux version of its Sametime messaging and collaboration suite.
For more on email:
- read this CRN …
Open the door for open-source acquisitions
It's a positive development that significant open source software companies could be prime acquisition targets, says Dave Rosenberg, an analyst at Open Source Development Labs. Among them are SugarCRM, MySQL, JasperSoft (business intelligence) and even Novell (the Suse Linux distribution). Rosenberg didn't mention specialty firms like Digium (Asterisk PC-PBX) or SpikeSource (open-source support), but those could also be good targets. (Who else? …
Novell pledges support for NetWare 6.5
Novell customers who use NetWare 6.5 will be supported through at least 2015, CEO Jack Messman said at his company's annual conference. Yet the company is still on a new products tear. The GroupWise Mobile Server is in beta tests, and the Open Workgroup Suite and Suse Linux Enterprise 10 are now available, he said. Novell's also partnering with SpikeSource on a LAMP stack.
For more on NetWare:
- read this eWeek …
Open source: Put up or shut up
Open-source software will either rise or fall, but it won't stay put. Battering rams don't just come to a halt; they either bust on through or recoil at a surprisingly strong wall. So we might see an open-source software company acquire a traditional company, and that will be as important as when dot-com AOL acquired bricks-and-mortar Time Warner (yes, it's falling apart now, but I digress.) Or similarly, we might see a closed-source company exit a market segment because of open-source's …
SPOTLIGHT: Red Hat wants to be your help desk
Red Hat early next year plans to enter the software assurance market, where it will compete against companies like SpikeSource to certify application bundles so customers don't have to. They'll begin with inexpensive but limited bundles. Article
SpikeSource serves made-to-order Linux
It's always good to have choices, but in IT that can cause slow deployments and compatibility nightmares. To help in the open-source world, support specialist SpikeSource will now sell custom-designed software stacks. More importantly, the stacks are custom-tested, giving you some assurance that they'll actually work in your particular data center.
For more about the options:
- check out this InfoWorld …
