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O3SIS and Open-Xchange to Deliver Mobile Open Source Collaboration Technology

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:00:00 EDT

Open-Xchange announced an agreement with O3SIS. The companies expect to release in the third quarter software that will enable Internet Service Providers (ISPs), telcos and web hosting companies to offer their customers a mobile extension of the Open-Xchange Hosting Edition.

Open Source News: Aster Data Systems and Pentaho Establish Partnership

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:45:00 EDT

Aster Data Systems announced a strategic partnership with Pentaho that combines product integration, certification, and services. The two companies will also partner on joint sales and marketing efforts. Aster will provide its Aster nCluster analytic database to work in conjunction with Pentaho open source business intelligence (BI) products, to enable customers to collect and analyze large volumes of data for deep analysis and reporting.

XAware Enhances Open Source Data Integration Software

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:45:00 EDT

XAware announced the general availability of XAware 5.1, the open source data integration solution for creating and managing composite data services for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. The product enhancements included in this release have been greatly influenced by the rapidly growing XAware community, which has downloaded more than 150,000 copies of the solution in the five months since its general release. XAware has also been listed as one of the top 100 projects on Sourceforge.net, an Open Source software development web site, hosting more than 100,000 projects and with over 1,000,000 registered users.

Commercial Packages vs Open Source: Which is Better Long-term?

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:30:00 EDT

MySQL is one of the positive examples of open source. However, I find that far too many people go for open source due to short term advantages (e.g., it is free), without adequate consideration of the full cost/benefit considerations and the long term implications. To begin with, to a certain extent you get what you pay for. If the package is free, then the support and service is going to be limited as there is no funding for it. Not many people would buy a commercial package with no guaranteed support, so likewise they should carefully consider this for open source.

Sun's MySQL Enterprise Helps LinkedIn Scale Its Web Systems

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT

As a leader in our field, we are committed to providing the best service to our users, and a web experience that meets members expectations and that starts with IT,” said Jean-Luc Vaillant, Chief Technology Officer, LinkedIn. “The combination of Sun and MySQL means quicker access to the latest innovation in an open and reliable environment and this saves me time and money.”

Emulex LightPulse 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs Certified for VMware Virtualization Environments

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Emulex announced that its LightPulse family of 8Gb/s host bus adapters (HBAs) are now certified for use with the VMware ESX and ESXi hypervisors. Emulex 8Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs deliver the I/O bandwidth and scalability necessary to support an increase in the number of applications running on the VMware platform, while enabling a seamless transition to next-generation SAN technology.

Black Duck Software Partners with E-Soft to Expand Open Source Presence in Taiwan

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Black Duck Software announced the addition of a new partner in Taiwan, E-Soft Technologies, further expanding the company's substantial presence in East Asia. Taiwanese companies increasingly utilize open source software to cut development costs and accelerate time-to-market of software. Black Duck products and solutions help software organizations realize these benefits while managing licensing, security and other risks and issues associated with unmanaged open source code. E-Soft will promote Black Duck products and offer other Black Duck services to help organizations manage the use of software assets governed by open source licenses.

NetApp and LeaseWeb to Launch Storage Virtualization Platform

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:00:00 EDT

Hosting provider LeaseWeb has decided to use a FAS 3040HA mid-range platform by NetApp so that it will be able to offer its customers a complete storage-on-demand (SOD) solution. The platform will allow LeaseWeb to offer managed back-up and disaster recovery services.

Extended Validation SSL Certificates

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Extended Validation (EV) is a new standard in SSL certificates. This guide explains the needs which drove the development of this standard and how it addresses contemporary security challenges. It also delves into the integration of EV certificates into new high security browsers such as Microsoft's IE7.

Automating Website Testing Using Open Source Tools

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:30:00 EDT

In today's competitive world, the most important presence for a corporation is their website. It not only acts as a face for the company but also as an interface enabling its clients, users, and prospects to communicate with the company. As websites are accessible to users via thin clients such as web browsers, the quality and reliability of a website are paramount to its success.

Open Solutions Alliance Announces Survey Results

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:30:00 EDT

In the first annual survey of its membership and other open source software and services companies, the Open Solutions Alliance found much optimism despite a murky economy with 83 percent of participants saying they would see a year-over-year increase in revenue in 2008 of open source related software and services.

Fortisphere to Support VMware VMsafe Virtualization Technology

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:45:00 EDT

Fortisphere announced that it plans to support VMware VMsafe technology, expanding the market reach of its Virtual Essentials software suite, which provides customers with greater levels of visibility and control over their VMware virtualized environments. VMware VMsafe technology helps vendors combat the challenges of compliance, management and security in ways previously not possible in physical environments.

Sun Microsystems Announces Sun OpenSSO Express

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:30:00 EDT

Sun Microsystems announced the availability of Sun OpenSSO Express, a new offering that provides enterprise support and indemnification for the technologies available in the OpenSSO project. OpenSSO is an open source, identity management project, providing highly scalable, high-performance single sign-on, access management, federation, and secure web services capabilities.

Sun Microsystems Unveils Enterprise AMP Stack for Solaris and Linux

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:30:00 EDT

Sun Microsystems announced the availability of the Sun Web Stack, a fully supported and integrated enterprise-quality AMP (Apache/MySQL/Perl or PHP) stack for Solaris and Linux operating systems. The Web Stack software includes the open source, standards-based software most commonly used for Web-tier application development and services.

BRU Server from TOLIS Group Certified to Support Parallels Virtualization Software

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:00 EDT

TOLIS Group announced a partnership with Parallels. TOLIS' BRU Server network backup solution has been successfully tested for compatibility with Parallels Server for Mac virtualization software. TOLIS Group is the developer of the ultra-reliable BRU brand of data backup and restore solutions and is a Parallels Technology Partner. BRU Server is now listed in the Parallels Certified Products Catalog.

KID Delivers Apatar Open Source Data Integration to South Africa

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:00 EDT

Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID) has concluded a system integrator partnership agreement with U.S.-headquartered Apatar to distribute its open source data integration suite in South Africa. KID will use, consult, train, and offer support services for the Apatar integration package that offers a single interface into all integration projects across Mac OS, Windows, and Linux using an open source architecture and modular applications that deliver flexible deployment options.

SnapLogic Announces SugarCRM Solution Pack

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:15:00 EDT

SnapLogic announced the SugarCRM Solution Pack, an extension to the SnapLogic open source data integration framework. SnapLogic enables enterprises to integrate data on both sides of the enterprise firewall and to create custom integration solutions, including application integrations, enterprise mashups, and rich Internet applications (RIAs). The SugarCRM Solution Pack enables integration of SugarCRM with other SaaS applications, behind-the-firewall enterprise applications, Web sites, and other data sources. The Solution Pack supports both standard SugarCRM deployments, as well as Sugar On-Demand implementations. SnapLogic also announced that it has joined SugarCRM's SugarExchange program.

WSO2 Extends SOA Governance With Identity Solution 1.5

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDT

WSO2 announced that it has extended its support for service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance through enhanced authentication. Version 1.5 of the WSO2 Identity Solution for strong Web authentication based on open standards and open source is now generally available and adds support for OpenID, a feature for decentralizing single sign-on. Additionally, WSO2 has joined the OpenID Foundation and is a founding member of the Information Card Foundation, which was launched June 23, 2008.

Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems Unveil Next-Generation SPARC Enterprise Virtualization Servers

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:45:00 EDT

Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems announced an enhanced line of SPARC Enterprise servers - M4000, M5000, M8000 and M9000 - that delivers a highly scalable, enterprise-class virtualization and consolidation platform with up to 80 percent better performance on commercial applications and 2x better performance on HPC workloads and using 44 percent less energy per core. Based on the quad-core SPARC64 processor and the Solaris Operating System (OS), the new SPARC Enterprise servers are ideal platforms for high-availability, mission-critical enterprise applications including large-scale databases, BIDW, ERP and CRM. The new processor is also available as an option for seamless upgrades in existing SPARC Enterprise servers.

iPhone Office: 100 Ways to Turn Your Device into the Ultimate Productivity Tool

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT

The iPhone is a fun little gadget and great for staying connected, but did you realize that it has incredible potential as a productivity tool? That's right, the iPhone has the power to supercharge everything from your e-mail to your parking space. Read on to see how it can be done.

Citrix Unveils Project Kensho for Creation of Hypervisor-Independent Virtualization Application Workloads

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EDT

Citrix Systems announced 'Project Kensho,' which will deliver Open Virtual Machine Format (OVF) tools that allow independent software vendors (ISVs) and enterprise IT managers to create hypervisor-independent, portable enterprise application workloads. These tools will allow application workloads to be imported and run across Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and VMware ESX virtual environments.

DeathWish Might Have Been a Better Name

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT

As predictable as the bet that night will follow day, Apple sued a little widely watched wannabe Mac cloner in Florida called Psystar that's been selling a $399 box called Open Computer for the last few months.

Juniper Networks Selects IBM For Virtualization Data Center Hosting Agreement

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT

IBM and Juniper Networks announced they have signed a five-year, data center hosting agreement with IBM to support Juniper's global operations. As part of the agreement, IBM will provide Juniper with a next-generation, global hosting environment to support its enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) application deployments worldwide. IBM will host Juniper's operations from its new energy efficient 'green' data center in Boulder, Colorado.

Using Virtualization to Secure Your Users' Desktops

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT

Currently most desktop productivity software including browsers, mail clients, Office suites, IM, and media players make direct connections to the Internet and/or run untrusted content. As a result, these applications, which are core to office productivity, are also the primary vector of infections from Internet-borne malicious software. This session will describe how desktop virtualization can be deployed within an organization to secure users' desktop applications against Internet-based threats and untrusted content.

IGEL Signs With Virtualization Specialist

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EDT

IGEL Technology, the world's third largest thin client vendor with its virtualization-oriented Universal Desktop range, recently announced a new distribution agreement with IQ Sys Ltd., the UK's leading Citrix distributor. In the past two years, IQ Sys has won five Citrix Distributor Awards including the categories 'Best Distributor', 'Best Market Development' and 'Fastest Growing.'

HP Takes Another Step in Virtualization with HP Proliant DL785

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:15:00 EDT

HP Middle East launched the first phase of the 'Alternative Thinking about Virtualization' Roadshow for the Middle East in Dubai. The roadshow begins in Dubai and will then follow through to Riyadh, Doha and Cairo between the 13th and 17th of July. The roadshow will focus on the key business implications around 'virtualization', focusing on energy efficiency and reduction as well as hardware and maintenance costs in the office environment.

Photon Announces New Drupal Training Center

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:45:00 EDT

Photon Infotech announced the opening of the Photon Drupal Training Center, a new facility that will leverage and expand Photon's experience and expertise with Drupal, an open-source PHP-driven Content Management System. With a goal of certifying 200 new Drupal experts a year, Photon will have the industry's largest and best trained army of Drupal consultants in the world.

Server and Storage Virtualization Company Adeara Achieves Emerald Status from Pillar Data Systems

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT

As part of Pillar Data's Emerald Partner Program initiative, Adeara has been elevated to the Emerald Partner Program. In order to participate, Adeara met specific requirements around sales and technical Pillar accreditations which have enhanced Adeara's overall storage go-to-market strategies. With over 7 installations now since striking a partnership with Pillar Data over 24 months ago, Adeara is in a position to offer its end-to-end storage solutions including consolidation, disaster recovery and backup solutions in a very cost-effective manner.

Optaros Creates Open Source User Interface Framework

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Optaros has launched DoCASU 1.0, a user interface framework for Alfresco deployments as an open source project. The project will drive open source adoption rates and help users assimilate Alfresco's enterprise content management systems. DoCASU 1.0 leverages the understanding gained from corporate user requirements and utilizes Rich Internet Application technologies such as the ExtJS AJAX framework.

INX Deploys Cisco's Unified Communications Solution for Springboard

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:30:00 EDT

INX announced that it has been selected to design and deploy a Cisco unified communications solution for Springboard Non-Profit Consumer Credit Management's national call center. As the consumer credit crisis deepens, Springboard has seen large increases in demand and call volume as more people seek assistance. To scale their national counseling call center, Springboard required a communications solution to meet their demand growth. INX's expertise and strong reputation as a professional services company were key in Springboard's decision to choose INX to design, supply and implement a solution that will enable Springboard to add new employees, the majority of which are additional financial counselors.

Samba Team Finally Delivers Samba 3.2

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:45:00 EDT

Five years after Samba 2.0 - with 31 dot releases intervening - the Samba team has finally delivered Samba 3.2, the latest FOSS file and print server suite for Microsoft Windows clients. Samba now has 90% of the file functionality and 95% of the printing functionality and 60% of the authentication functionality it needs to subsist but Microsoft, meanwhile, has pushed on to SMB 2 protocol and there Samba is 90% behind, according to Samba team leader Jeremy Allison.

Layered Technologies Launches Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:15:00 EDT

Layered Technologies announced their second major product release this June. Working in direct conjunction with Microsoft, Layered Technologies launched Hyper-V. Hyper-V, previously codenamed Viridian, is a hypervisor-based technology that is a key feature of Windows Server 2008, and allows virtualization of multiple operating systems (including Windows and Linux) all on the same server. It provides a scalable, reliable, and highly available virtualization platform.

SOAMatrix Software Nominated for SYS-CON's "SOA World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards"

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:00:00 EDT

SOALayers is a comprehensive SOA platform designed to assemble, manage and govern composite enterprise applications. It enables business process composition, integration, governance and policy management, and SOA infrastructure management. As a platform, SOALayers has a Studio to build composite applications and an enterprise service bus (ESB) for integration, mediation and loose coupling. Enterprise and inter-enterprise services are wired using a process server and a business rules engine for greater flexibility in adopting policy changes rapidly. Process automation is extended to human workflows to support requirements like reviewing, approving, escalating, and exception/error handling.

Apatar Launches Hosted Salesforce.com and QuickBooks Integration

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:30:00 EDT

Apatar launched Apatar On-Demand for Salesforce.com CRM and QuickBooks accounting software. Apatar On-Demand Edition is a hosted service that synchronizes order data between Salesforce.com CRM and desktop QuickBooks accounting software. It was designed for business users, so the process of setting up the integration link does not require technical skills.

Who Needs Sleeping Pills?

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Remember those Interoperability Principles Microsoft came up with back in, oh, February? Well, on Monday it posted polished-up 'Version 1.0' documentation on the protocols in Office 2007, SharePoint Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 following a preliminary release in April as well as 5,000 pages worth of new documentation on the binary formats in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Fortisphere Nominated for SYS-CON's "Virtualization Journal Readers' Choice Awards"

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:45:00 EDT

Virtual Foresight is a policy-based virtualization management product that delivers out-of-the box best practices for enforcing IT Operations and Security policies. Acting as a critical control point, Virtual Foresight ensures policy enforcement throughout the lifecycle of a virtual machine regardless of location or state.

Alchemy Plus Uses DataCore's SANmelody to Achieve Simplified SAN Storage Virtualization Management

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EDT

DataCore announced that Alchemy Plus is using DataCore's SANmelody solution to provide a hosted server virtualization farm environment for small businesses under a 'Pay as You Use' utility computing framework. Alchemy Plus' data center is located in Dingwall in the Scottish Highlands. David Massey, Chief Technology Officer at Alchemy Plus, noted, 'We wanted to bring the power and efficiencies of virtualization to smaller organizations that typically were only running a single server or a couple of servers at most. We knew in order to succeed that we would have to develop a model that was as cost effective as it was functionality rich, using the principles of utility computing ? a concept where the customer only pays for what is used.'

ApacheCon US 2008 to unite Open Source advocates, users and developers in New Orleans

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:15:00 EDT

ApacheCon US 2008, the official conference of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), will hold this year?s event in New Orleans on November 3-7, 2008. ApacheCon brings together users, developers, vendors, and speakers to discuss groundbreaking Open Source practices and issues, with updates of developments from The Apache Software Foundation (ASF). It offers educational presentations, hands-on training sessions, and networking opportunities.

Linspire Collapses into Xandros

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:15:00 EDT

Xandros acquired Linspire's Linux assets after Linspire changed its name to Digital Cornerstone. With the acquisition Xandros CEO Andy Typaldos has been telling the press, 'Xandros is already the third-largest Linux company in the world, and ... we may already be the largest private Linux company in the world.'

BroadRiver Chooses Egenera for New Hosted Virtualization Products and Services

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Egenera announced that BroadRiver Communications Corporation has chosen the Egenera BladeFrame system and Egenera vBlade software for its new hosted virtual server offering. BroadRiver combines the best of both worlds -- a full selection of products and services that can be customized to customer needs with prices for bundled services that are competitively priced. The customer's solution contains just the services they need, without having to pay a premium for not fitting into an inflexible 'package.' This flexibility enables BroadRiver to effectively provide customized solutions to many customers of different sizes, sectors and lines of business.

DataSynapse Nominated for SYS-CON's "Virtualization Journal Readers' Choice Awards"

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EDT

DataSynapse's GridServer is a service execution platform that dynamically scales enterprise application services based on performance and business requirements. GridServer provides a simplified approach to enabling business critical application components to execute across the entire available computing infrastructure -- the 'grid'.

AmberPoint Launches SOA Partner Program

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EDT

AmberPoint announced a new program to recruit and support leading systems integrators. The AmberPoint Systems Integrator Alliance Program provides the tools systems integrators need in order to implement reliable and manageable SOA-enabled systems with AmberPoint's runtime SOA governance solutions.

SECUDE Releases Central Management for Hardware- or Software-based Full Disk Encryption

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EDT

SECUDE announced the release of FinallySecure 9.1 with Centralized Management to its Data Protection portfolio. FinallySecure is a hybrid software - or hardware - based Full Disk Encryption. FinallySecure enables early adoption and migration to the upcoming wave of hardware-based FDE technologies such as Seagate Momentus Full Disk Encryption (FDE) disk drives.

VIRTERA Nominated for SYS-CON's "Virtualization Journal Readers' Choice Awards"

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EDT

VIRTERA is an independent Information Technology (IT) professional services and consulting firm delivering virtualization technology solutions and services to companies nationwide. VIRTERA's proven Virtual Operations Framework (VOF) methodology ensures successful and rapid adoption of virtualization technologies and an optimum return on organizations' IT investments. VIRTERA's team of certified IT architects and consultants develop, deploy and manage Virtual Infrastructure (VI) solutions designed to solve today's most challenging IT issues while its industry-unique vAssure Strategy group tests and analyzes virtualization trends across the entire virtual ecosystem.

Egenera Names Christine Crandell as Chief Marketing Officer

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:30:00 EDT

Egenera announced it has named Christine Crandell executive vice president and Chief Marketing Officer. A technology veteran with over two decades of marketing and strategy experience, Ms. Crandell will spearhead the company's efforts to build its high standing position in the fast growing global market of data center virtualization solutions.

Egenera Welcomes New Partners to Virtualization Alliance Program

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:30:00 EDT

Egenera announced three new members to the Egenera Assured Solution Alliances program: Axeda, Micron Technology and Transitive. The Egenera Assured Solution Alliances program leverages a technical assurance process designed to optimize the interoperability of third-party software solutions with Egenera virtualization solutions. The relationships forged between Egenera's support organization and each member's support team create highly integrated, seamless service standards for joint-customer engagements.

Tek-Tools Joins the VMware Virtualization Partner Program

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Tek-Tools announced that it has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. The VMware TAP program helps technology vendors integrate their products with VMware virtualization software and deliver timely, joint solutions to mutual customers.

Tek-Tools Enhances IT Resource Management Software to Deliver End-to-End Visibility of Virtualization IT Assets

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Tek-Tools Software announced the latest version of its Profiler Suite with enhancements to continue to support customer requirements for managing virtualized and physical IT assets - servers, storage, backup and applications - from a single console. Virtualization provides almost immediate improvements in resource utilization and flexibility. However, it also impacts the way in which every component of the IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, backups, and applications, must be managed. Over time, organizations find that the derived benefits of virtualization are offset by the complexity of managing a virtualized environment.

Invitrogen Standardizes on SUSE Linux Enterprise From Novell

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:45:00 EDT

Novell announced Invitrogen has selected SUSE Linux Enterprise as the core operating platform to standardize and virtualize the company's servers. A global provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, Invitrogen conducts business in more than 70 countries and offers 35,000 products and services. With the flexibility of SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell, the company will reduce server licensing costs, virtualize with support on the VMware platform and simplify migration from Windows and UNIX servers to Linux.

VMware and Inspur Announce OEM Agreement to Further Accelerate Adoption of Virtualization in China

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:45:00 EDT

VMware and Inspur announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement to further accelerate the adoption of VMware virtualization in China. Inspur is selling, distributing and supporting VMware's datacenter virtualization and management suite, VMware Infrastructure, on Inspur server systems. The two companies will collaborate on market development, product sales, professional training and customer acquisition as well as technical services. The relationship enables both companies to develop virtualization solutions that effectively meet China's market demands, leveraging the performance and scalability of Inspur servers with VMware virtualization to reduce capital and operating expenses, improve business continuity, strengthen security and reduce energy consumption.