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	Investment in open source software will only go up from here This year could be of critical importance to the open source software industry, with a recent survey showing a majority of businesses and organizations in the U.S. and United Kingdom expecting to increase investment in it this year. A survey by Accenture also showed that nearly 40 percent of those queried also planned to migrate critical operations to open source systems in the next 12 months. Read... Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Your Solaris Alternative With the improved price, performance, and reliability of industry standard x86_64 servers, buying SPARC hardware has become less compelling. Red Hat® Enterprise Linux has emerged as the OS of choice with its open, industry-standard architecture. Read More Now In this Issue The recent history of governments vs. the Internet Surprise! SAP is now big into open source Today Linux Foundation steps up to enable industry open source adoption New tool from OpenAjax Alliance helps make sites more accessible Convirture delivers enterprise grade management for Linux virtualization Extreme CRM Makeover, Open Source Edition - Episode 3, It ain't just for sales people Open source, the demo-meritocracy Google Wave code could live on in future open source projects Contribute or Be Shamed Free Software Foundation's Women's Caucus is looking for an intern GPL Has Some Bite Behind It 11 Free Linux Apps Your Business Needs Now WHITE PAPER: Novell Efficiently Delivering Enterprise-Class File-Based Storage IDC: Read about the exponential growth in file-based storage. Learn how having intelligence on data stored can help storage managers make smarter decisions about data storage, protection, archiving, retention, and disposition. Read Now. The recent history of governments vs. the Internet RIM-UAE dust up only the latest example of countries fighting access Read More Surprise! SAP is now big into open source The announcement of SAP as a Black Duck customer and (omagosh!) a user of open source brought some surprised reactions from the press, including my dear editor Julie Bort. Read More Today Linux Foundation steps up to enable industry open source adoption Today the Linux Foundation launched its Open Compliance Program. This bold new initiative promises to increase adoption of open source and help companies comply with open source licenses. It combines some efforts already in place with several exciting, newly unveiled elements-more about those below. Read More New tool from OpenAjax Alliance helps make sites more accessible One group that's been left behind somewhat in Web 2.0 has been people with disabilities. To help bridge that gap, the OpenAjax Alliance announced a new open source technology to help software developers make it easier for them to interact on the Internet. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Manage Complexity, Cost and Compliance To outsource or not to outsource IT security—that is the question for enterprises as they face increasingly complex cyber threats. Managed security services can help organizations alleviate the cost and complexity of proactively securing the IT infrastructure. Read Now. Convirture delivers enterprise grade management for Linux virtualization Has the dearth of management tools held you back from deploying virtualization on a Linux platform? Now there is an enterprise version of the open source management software ConVirt that actually exceeds the base feature set of VMWare's vCenter. ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise might be just the tool you need to help Linux flourish in your virtualized data center. Read More Extreme CRM Makeover, Open Source Edition - Episode 3, It ain't just for sales people In the first episode of this story we looked at American Bancard, the company who would be receiving the Extreme CRM Makeover. American Bancard was currently using a home grown CRM solution and was very close to signing with Saleforce.com for a new CRM. Read More Open source, the demo-meritocracy Is open source more democratic or meritocratic? You could make a convincing case for either one but, like a lot of things in life, it's probably somewhere in between. Consider open source's characteristics. Read More Google Wave code could live on in future open source projects Google's failed collaboration tool attracted a small group of dedicated followers who hope it will live on in some way. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Data Protection and Your Customers Many retailers are creating dynamic, immersive experiences that make shopping more convenient and enjoyable. But these interactions also create the potential for a security breach. Find out what's required for Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and the steps you should take to safeguard your customer's data—and trust. Read Now. Contribute or Be Shamed I came across an article titled "Does Ubuntu Contribute its Share to Free Software Projects? and thought I would share the issue with my readers to see what your thoughts on contribution expectations are when considering open source projects. Read More Free Software Foundation's Women's Caucus is looking for an intern It's been pretty well documented that women are a distinct minority in the open source/free software community. Read More GPL Has Some Bite Behind It For many years there was a question about how the court system would view the provisions of the GPL license in regard to the use of open source software. Frankly many cases were settled prior to a decision being rendered in order to lessen the possibility of an adverse ruling. 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