25 free open source projects IT pros will love

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	25 free open source projects IT pros will love We asked SourceForge's new community manager and longtime open source coder, Rich Bowen, to sniff out a few of the cool, lesser-known SourceForge projects he thinks IT folks will love. Here are his picks, along with a few of our own. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Three Steps to Effective Cloud Planning & Design Before you build your cloud, there are many considerations. Are there security requirements? Compliance rules? Will you use public cloud resources as well? Learn more about how to plan a cloud effectively – from defining requirements to identifying the costs - in this compelling white paper from BMC Software. Learn More! In this Issue Crazy popular Google I/O conference stretched to 3 days, moved to June Open source CMS continues to dominate Protocol deal to bring compatible Microsoft apps to iOS, Android CeBIT open source 2012 call for projects Protect and audit your Web server with Apache's ModSecurity Open source tools for worship The role of FOSS foundations OpenSSL expert tips and tricks: Test and benchmark servers Google Maps app for Android adds indoor floorplans WHITE PAPER: Oracle BPM SOA and Web 2.0: Business Transformation or Train Wreck? The challenges faced by today's government agencies and commercial operations are many and varied. Fortunately for them, the convergence of a trio of technologies and business practices—business process management (BPM), service-oriented architecture (SOA), and Web 2.0—is providing a solution. Learn more. Crazy popular Google I/O conference stretched to 3 days, moved to June Google has announced that its increasingly popular Google I/O conference, which this year sold out in 59 minutes, will be stretched from two days to three and moved from May to June in 2012. Read More Open source CMS continues to dominate It is that time of year again. No, not the holiday season, but time for water&stone's annual report on the state of the open source CMS market. Read More Protocol deal to bring compatible Microsoft apps to iOS, Android Microsoft said on Tuesday it will license the protocols for many of its enterprise systems to a company that will develop compatible applications for non-Microsoft mobile operating systems, including Google's Android and Apple's iOS. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Why Managing VMs is So Complex Because virtual servers coexist with nonvirtualized ones, it effectively doubles the tools and efforts relevant to data center administration. Discover how a unified, out-of-band approach that aggregates management tools into a single, consolidated platform, renders the virtual and physical layers transparent from an IT management perspective. Read now! CeBIT open source 2012 call for projects CeBIT 2012 will take place March 6-10 in Hannover, Germany. Open source projects are invited to apply for free exhibit space, and non-commercial projects will have special consideration. The deadline for applications is December 18, 2011. Read More Protect and audit your Web server with Apache's ModSecurity ModSecurity is a free, open source Apache module that acts as web application firewall (WAF). Its rich features, strong community, and optional commercial support make it a must for any production Apache web server that serves non-static content and requires auditing. Read More Open source tools for worship On Thanksgiving, my daughter and I joined my parents for our usual dinner together. This year, the minister of my father's small church and her sister ate with us, too. Over dinner, my father told me that he'd finally installed Ubuntu on his computer at home. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel The Best Way to Build a Cloud Implementing a private cloud can be complex and daunting. HP's solution, CloudSystem Matrix, helps you build a turnkey private cloud environment to deliver the benefits of the cloud to your business users. Read now to find out how the HP CloudSystem Matrix can enable you to move quickly to a private cloud model Learn more The role of FOSS foundations There's an excellent discussion begun over the past few days on the value of foundations in the free and open source software (FOSS) world. It includes people calling into question the Apache Software Foundation's role, defending it, and discussing the broader role of FOSS foundations. Read More OpenSSL expert tips and tricks: Test and benchmark servers OpenSSL, the open source toolkit for implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols, is an everyday essential for most Linux admins responsible for secure networking. But OpenSSL includes a wealth of features that even grizzled veterans may not be familiar with. Read More Google Maps app for Android adds indoor floorplans Disoriented at Minneapolis' Mall of America? Confused at Tokyo's Narita airport? Can't find the bathrooms at your local Ikea store? The Google Maps application for Android phones and tablets may offer some help. Read More
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