Planned 'census' to help firms track open-source software
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Open-source backers plan to launch a "census" project next year that would allow companies -- using a tool devised by OpenLogic -- to figure out how extensively they use open-source software.
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A California-based start-up says the open-source business model makes sense for network monitoring, a services-intensive area.
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A group of industry veterans are aiming to become the &quot;Dell of the software industry&quot; by creating a company dedicated to supporting Open Source software.
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Company looks to juice its application server business with a version tuned for smaller organizations.
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(InfoWorld) - Separate reports from The 451 Group and Evans Data this week confirm what seems obvious: open-source software is impacting commercial software companies and continues to gain adoption worldwide. In a report entitled, "Going Open -- Software Vendors in Transition," The 451 Group found that open-source software is increasingly placing pressure on business models of proprietary software vendors. These companies now are looking to open source as a way to grow distribution, improve customer participation, and respond to competition. The trend of proprietary vendors going "open" has had companies either shifting away from licensing fees as a basis for customer usage or releasing some code via an open-source license. Open source is changing the relationship between software vendors and customers, The 451 Group said. Smaller vendors and startups can more effectively compete for enterprise customers by providing code and a community for ensured long-term viability. While services are often considered the most likely path for software vendors looking to generate revenues from open source, almost half of 31 vendors interacted with for the study indicated the greatest revenue opportunity was in commercial licensing. Meanwhile, Evans Data, in its just-released 2007 Emerging Markets Development Survey, found that developers worldwide are increasingly using open-source code. In a survey covering developers in regions such as Brazil, Russia, Eastern Europe, India, and China, 69 percent of respondents said they are using open-source software, which is up from 59 percent six months ago. The Eclipse open-source platform has had high adoption in countries like India and Brazil. Linux development has increased in many emerging markets as well. In the area of Web development, 36 percent of developers in emerging markets are using AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML). The figure was 21 percent six months ago. While open source is growing in popularity in these markets, all is not lost for commercial software. Forty-seven percent of Indian developers expect to be upgrading to Windows Vista as a primary or secondary host operating system next year. In the security area, 87 percent of Chinese respondents experienced at least one security breach at their company in 2006.
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As companies ramp up open-source deployments, expertise is in high demand and short supply. The costs of developing talent can add up.
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Private no more, the open-source database will find new customers.
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InfoWorld - Enterprises are opening up to open source alternatives to commercial software, panelists said at the SDForum conference &#8220;Open Source Entering the Mainstream,&#8221; held in Santa Clara, Calif., last week.
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The goal is to convince more government agencies and private companies to use more open-source software.
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Still in stealth mode, a company looks to use open source to make it easier to build social applications on the Web.
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The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux in the enterprise, today announced the creation of a Open Source Software Licensing &amp; Legal education track at its upcoming Enterprise Linux
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They are curious about the growing number of open source database products on the market, but some SQL Server DBAs say they remain doubtful that companies will adopt it for the long haul.
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Updated OS includes software applications designed for business users.
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Marten Mickos knows the role open source software can play in business and personal computing.
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Open-source database to jump from beta testing to production within three months.
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Compuware Corp. plans to unveil a set of dashboards that can better measure whether development projects are meeting the requirements of users.
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InfoWorld - Educational institutions will increase spending on open-source software and services over the next few years, but that doesn't mean proprietary software will be left in the dark, according to a new report covering 14 countries.