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	LibreOffice vs. OpenOffice.org: Showdown for best open source office suite With the release of a new version of LibreOffice this month, it's a good time to look at the two major open source office suites, LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org, to see what advantages each offers, and which is a better bet for end users. Read More WEBCAST: Cymphonix Gain Complete Control Over Internet Bound Traffic The Cymphonix Network Composer is the only network appliance that provides comprehensive clarity into all internet bound network traffic and simply powerful tools to manage that traffic with a holistic approach. Learn More Today! In this Issue 10 essential MySQL tools for admins An open source Gorilla in the mists Google's VP8 getting help from an unlikely Ssurce Twitter to open source streaming data analyzer Can you be open source and not open source? Microsoft adds Hadoop support to SQL Server, data warehouse Fedora 16 to skip btrfs by default Apple ditches MySQL in favor of PostgreSQL Pillars of Python: Six Python Web frameworks compared Xen developers conference showcases the future of virtualization and the cloud WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Importance of Permanent Link Testing This white paper is the joint effort of 2 industry leaders of high speed infrastructure cabling and testing, Panduit and Fluke Networks. This technical paper provides a thorough analysis and review of different testing techniques and their associated benefits for high speed permanent links. Learn More Today! 10 essential MySQL tools for admins The MySQL community is a hotbed of free, open source tools to enhance the performance and health of your MySQL systems. Read More An open source Gorilla in the mists Back in April I wrote about a Colorado based company called Gorilla Logic. They develop Rich Internet Applications and Mobile Apps. Driven partially at least by their own needs, they have also developed a suite of automated testing tools for iPhone, iPad, Adobe Air and Flex. Read More WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point ADCs Take Over Where Load Balancers Leave Off Application Delivery Controllers understand applications and optimize server performance - offloading compute-intensive tasks that prevent servers from quickly delivering applications. Learn how ADCs have taken over where load balancers left off. Read now! Google's VP8 getting help from an unlikely Ssurce Google received support this week for its embattled WebM video format from an unlikely source. Skype announced that it has adopted VP8 the codec in WebM as its default solution for video conferencing for both one on one and group video calls. Read More Twitter to open source streaming data analyzer Expanding the field of complex event process software with another offering, Twitter will release as open source its software for analyzing live large-scale data streams, called Storm. Read More Can you be open source and not open source? Are there rules for open source projects/companies? Read More WHITE PAPER: Xsigo Systems Building a Faster VDI Infrastructure at Less Cost This note summarizes the cost and performance challenges of the VDI infrastructure, and the solutions offered by new fabric-based solutions. Learn why next-gen cloud architectures increase overall VDI performance while reducing complexity. Read now. Microsoft adds Hadoop support to SQL Server, data warehouse Microsoft is responding to the "Big Data" movement by adding support for the open-source Hadoop framework for large-scale data processing to its SQL Server database and Parallel Data Warehouse platform. Read More Fedora 16 to skip btrfs by default One of the main features planned for Fedora 16 was a switch to btrfs by default. However, as the first alpha for F16 approaches, it looks like it will be another cycle before the filesystem gets its day in the Sun. Read More Apple ditches MySQL in favor of PostgreSQL In addition to the new Mac OSX Lion desktop OS shipping recently, Apple also updated their server software to Lion as well. In an unannounced change Apple has swapped out the built in MySQL database installed in previous OS X server versions and replaced it with PostgreSQL in Lion. This turn of events of course has the PostgreSQL community all a twitter. Read More Pillars of Python: Six Python Web frameworks compared CubicWeb, Django, Pyramid, Web.py, Web2py, and Zope 2 give Python-savvy Web application developers powerful and diverse options Read More Xen developers conference showcases the future of virtualization and the cloud One of my favorite sayings is, "Open source software is as much about people as it is about technology." This week in Santa Clara, CA over one hundred people active in the open source Xen hypervisor community – largely developers and power users – gathered to discuss the state of the popular open source hypervisor. Read More
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