Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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Android in Court | Red Hat's KVM virtualization proves itself in IBM's cloud

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Need for Open Source Developers Continues to Increase
Amy Vernon: Demand for developers and coders with open source skills continues to rise, economy be damned. According to the Technology Demand and Supply Q4 2009 report, Linux has become one of the only skill sets for which there was a growth in demand for two consecutive quarters. Read More


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Networking Redefined
Consolidation, virtualization, green Initiatives, cloud computing, etc., the state of the data center has never been more in flux. Is it time for a network overhaul built on the concepts of open, virtual switching, unified fabrics and bandwiths of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and beyond? Read this Network World Executive Guide to learn more. . Read now.

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Challenges of Log Management for UNIX and Linux Systems
In this new Quest Software white paper, learn the value of monitoring and audit trails, and see how a third-party log management solution helps your business stay safe AND in compliance. Read More

Android in Court
Mark Murphy: While everyone focuses on the patent infringement suit Apple filed against HTC, there are many smaller skirmishes happening in all of software development, and the Android ecosystem is far from immune. Read More

Red Hat's KVM virtualization proves itself in IBM's cloud
Open Source Subnet blog: IBM has surprised the industry by choosing Red Hat's KVM server virtualization technology to run in IBM's new cloud-for-rent (by which IBM hopes to take on the likes Amazon EC2). Read More

How a Couple of ex-Microsoft Guys Built An Open Source Powerhouse
Alan Shimel: Two ex-Microsofties have leveraged the open source model to catapult to the top of the heap in the collaboration space in just a few short years. Read More


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Google's Open-Source TV: Coming soon to a set near you
Amy Vernon: Google may do for Internet television viewing what it did for the search engine market: Make it easy and open enough that anyone can use it. Read More

How Open Source Led the Blogging Revolution
Alan Shimel: WordPress, the open source blogging platform has clearly established itself as the leader of the blogging revolution. Read More

The Google giant begins to topple
Kaila Colbin: Last week, Facebook hit a major milestone: the site officially received more traffic than Google, thanks to the activities of its more than 400 million users. Read More


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Selecting the Right Reporting Technology
Today, dynamic reports have emerged as the most visual, widely used and impactful part of enterprise applications. In order to increase the usability and value of applications, ISVs must embed a technology into their products to add rich, interactive, Web 2.0 reporting and analytics to attract and retain customers. Learn more!

Is this the year the proprietary CMS dies?
Amy Vernon: To listen to folks at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival, the proprietary Content Management System is on its deathbed. And it may well be not too much of a stretch to believe that's the case. Read More

Will Open Source Video Finally Kill Adobe Flash?
Alan Shimel: All the buzz is that HTML5 will signal the death knell for Adobe Flash. Many would say good riddance, especially Apple's Steve Jobs. Read More

Microsoft guy tells open source conference it's 'really changing'
Robert Mullins: Doing his best impersonation of a fox in the chicken coop who means no harm to the chickens, Microsoft's Stuart McKee spoke at an open source conference in San Francisco today delivering a message of peace. Read More

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