Industry News

FatWire Launches New Releases of Personalization and Analytics Products

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:45:00 EDT

FatWire Software, a web experience management (WEM) provider, has announced new releases of FatWire Engage 7.5 for personalization and FatWire Analytics 2.5 for web content optimization. In conjunction with the FatWire Content Server web content management platform, FatWire Engage and FatWire Analytics deliver targeted and optimized web content with a scale and sophistication that exceeds the needs of the largest global businesses. http://tinyurl.com/m2mswc

Novell Denies It’s for Sale

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Novell Friday told the SEC it wasn’t thinking of shopping itself after JP Morgan analyst John DiFucci said that Novell’s CFO Dana Russell “entertained the possibility of breaking out some parts or of selling the entire company to maximize shareholder value given the current depressed valuation levels.”

Red Hat Numbers Up in Crummy Economy

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Red Hat’s revenues were up 11.4% to $174.4 million in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31. Subscription revenue was $148.8 million, up 14% year-over-year. It earned $18.5 million, or 10 cents a share, up 7%. Its non-GAAP income for the quarter was $28.7 million, or 15 cents a share, a penny better than expected.

Talend Moves to Near Real-Time

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:30:00 EDT

Talend, the open source data integration ISV, has got a new near real-time data integration platform called Integration Suite RTX that offers seamless information synchronization across information systems and is supposed to bolster productivity, reduce costs, and improve customer service.

Bluenog to Contribute Back to Open Source Projects

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:15:00 EDT

Following on the heels of the release of Bluenog's award-winning flagship commercial product, Bluenog ICE 4.5, the company plans to contribute back the enhancements it made to numerous open source projects during its development phase.

Bluenog Releases ICE 4.5 to Enterprise 2.0 Community

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Bluenog has announced the availability of Bluenog ICE 4.5, the only Enterprise 2.0 application development platform built on pre-integrated open source collaboration, content management, presentation and reporting projects. ICE 4.5 is the new release of Bluenog's award winning flagship commercial product. Its Integrated Collaborative Environment of content management, portal, and business intelligence software now includes an Enterprise Wiki, secure group calendaring features and enhanced centralized administration.

Jitterbit 3.0 Betas

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:30:00 EDT

Jitterbit, the open source house that has taken on large-scale enterprise-grade data and application integration – problems like connecting on-premise and cloud applications and data – is pushing on to Jitterbit 3.0, a major release of its solution. The new version, when it gets here – it’s in beta right now – although some beta sites are reportedly already in production – will support high-volume transactions, expand connectivity options, and add new management tools and features for multi-user environments.

ParaScale & Alfresco Partner to Deliver Content-as-a-Service in the Cloud

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:45:00 EDT

ParaScale and Alfresco Software have announced a cloud-based integrated ECM solution co-locating Alfresco Content Management and ParaScale Cloud Storage software on the same hardware. Unlike traditional ECM architectures, the combined solution enables organizations to store and access content without adding management overhead or cost; offers simple configuration and setup; and ensures high-performance and easy scale-out.

Opera Turns its Browser into a Server

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:45:00 EDT

Opera Software, the nettlesome little Norwegian browser company responsible for Microsoft's current antitrust miseries with the European Commission, says it's "reinvented the web." Actually it's more a stab at reinventing the browser to make it more of the platform Netscape threatened it would be and hence heighten Opera's lowly 0.7% market share on computers.

Roxtec, EASi and Tacamor Excel on the Sugar Open Cloud

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:18:00 EDT

SugarCRM has announced that Roxtec, EASi and Tacamor are among the many companies worldwide who are running their customer-facing operations on the Sugar Open Cloud, SugarCRM’s global on-demand computing platform.

China Ripped Off U.S. Code for Its ‘Censorware’

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:30:00 EDT

Solid Oak Software claims the Green Dam “censorware” that the Chinese government has ordered pre-installed on every PC sold in China starting July 1 contains programming code and proprietary encryption techniques from its anti-pornography CyberSitter package. In fact, it thinks that Green Dam is largely its code.

Why Novell Kisses Microsoft’s Ring Every So Often

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:00:00 EDT

Microsoft and Novell decided to revisit their eyebrow-raising pact the other day, the one that was signed in November of 2006 to the outrage of the FOSS mob, and let it be known – na-na-na-na-na – that it produced upwards of 100 new customers in the past six months, double the rate of the first two years of their relationship.

Novell Reportedly Planning Free Apps Store

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Novell means to create an open source apps store chockablock with free software that can be uploaded in a click, according to PC Pro. The British publication talked to Novell’s VP of business development Holger Dryoff. Apparently it’s aimed mostly at the netbook market where Novell plans to have a SUSE edition of the open source Moblin operating system near and dear to Intel’s heart. Presumably Novell figures the borrowed scheme will advance Moblin’s fortunes against Microsoft.

Fedora 11 Out

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:15:00 EDT

The latest version of Red Hat’s free open source operating system, Fedora 11, is out. It’s supposed to include substantial improvements in virtualization, such as an upgraded interactive console, a redesigned virtual machine guest creation wizard and better security with SELinux support for guests. And there are desktop improvements such as automatic font and content handler installation using PackageKit, better fingerprint reader support, and an updated input method system for supporting international language users. It should boot faster and support more ATI cards.

SYS-CON White Paper: Open Source Middleware Reference Architecture

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:15:00 EDT

As open source development expands and deepens its innovative capabilities, JBoss Enterprise Middleware, by Red Hat, continues to deliver enterprise-class alternatives to expensive, cumbersome proprietary solutions at additional levels of the software stack. These go beyond the application server to middleware for application integration, data integration, development tools, business rules management, even management and monitoring tools.

Yahoo Sends Its Version of Hadoop into the Wild

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:45:00 EDT

At the Hadoop Summit in California Wednesday Yahoo released the source code to its version of Hadoop, its Google-inspired distributed file system and parallel execution environment for sifting through Brobdingnagian-size data sets, for anyone to use. It’s not, however, commercializing it or supporting it. It’s leaving that to the likes of Cloudera and Amazon.

Cloud Computing Expo: Cloudera One Ups Amazon

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:45:00 EDT

Cloudera, the Hadoop start-up with the glitterati backers that’s going mano a mano with Amazon over who’s gonna have the dominant commercial Hadoop implementation, is now going Amazon one better and supporting Amazon’s Elastic Block Store (EBS) storage, something Amazon’s S3-bound Elastic MapReduce doesn’t do – at least not yet.

Cloudera Pushes Hadoop to New Level with Support for Amazon EBS

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Cloudera, the commercial Hadoop company, has announced that the Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop now supports running Hadoop on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) clusters with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) backed storage. Typically, Hadoop clusters on Amazon EC2 use local disks or Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3). The Cloudera Distribution for Hadoop directly integrates the Hadoop File System with Amazon EBS.

Fedora 11 Improves Key Virtualization Components

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:00:00 EDT

The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration project, announced the availability of Fedora 11, the latest version of its free open source operating system. The community's eleventh release includes the broadest feature set to date, spotlights developments in software management and sound, improves key virtualization components and introduces Fedora Community, a portal project beta.

Open Source Is No "Get-Rich-Quick Scheme" But If You Get It Right...

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:00 EDT

Money is being made with Open Source. Some make spectacular money by exploiting Open Source (Google, Apple) and some things wouldn't even exist without it (Internet, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing) - so it really boils down to finding the right business model.

SYS-CON White Paper: Building HPC Clusters in the Cloud

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EDT

In this white paper from Univa UD, find out how Pathwork Diagnostics leveraged UniCloud to meet peak processing needs – saving on CAPEX and OPEX while increasing the capacity to innovate.

Russian, Korean & Malaysian Cloud Researchers Join Open Cirrus

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:45:00 EDT

The Russian Academy of Sciences, South Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, and MIMOS, a strategic R&D organization under Malaysia’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation are joining the HP-Intel-Yahoo open source cloud computing research test bed, Open Cirrus.

Acer to Sell Android Netbook

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:45:00 EDT

Acer could be the first of the big PC vendors to peddle an Android netbook. It means to start selling such a device in Q3. It has not said what the widget will cost or what portion of its output will be dedicated to the Google OS. The company is also supposed to be putting Moblin, the Intel Linux gone to the Linux Foundation, on nettops, laptops and desktops.

Hadoop Start-up Cloudera Raises $6m

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Cloudera, the eight-month-old commercial Hadoop start-up that raised a $5 million first round last year, has gotten a $6 million B round it says it doesn’t need, led by Greylock with Accel Partners, an existing backer, kicking in. Greylock gets a board seat.

Using Actuate OEM Solutions to Enable Business Users to Build Reports

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:30:00 EDT

This white paper explains how the Actuate platform enables IT, business users and consumers to work together to continuously evolve reports by sharing report designs and engaging in iterative report development, as well as how to empower users to easily create and modify their own interactive reports. By creating highly usable and scalable reports, OEMs can drive the market's adoption of their application, while reducing the burden on IT staff and OEM professional service organizations.

Gartner Predicts 2009: The Evolving Open Source Software Model

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:45:00 EDT

The influence of open source continues to expand across software markets. As open source becomes increasing ubiquitous, new patterns are emerging that will have a profound effect on adopter IT strategies and on the model itself. This white paper from Actuate will look at how open source is evolving the software industry in numerous ways.

Test Drive e.Spreadsheet Report Designer

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:45:00 EDT

e.Spreadsheet Report Designer from Actuate is a free, easy-to-use report writing tool for creating authentic Excel files and reports that retain formulas, formatting, live charts and data connections.

Try BIRT Report Designer Today to Design Rich Interactive Content

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:15:00 EDT

BIRT Report Designers are easy to use visual report development tools that offer programmatic control, extensibility and a component-based model for reuse.

SYS-CON White Paper: Actuate on the Open Source Foundation

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EDT

With the advent of Web 2.0 and Rich Internet Application technologies, the Internet is becoming increasingly interactive. Popular web sites such as amazon.com, google.com and ebay.com have set user expectations that web content be very graphical, customizable and highly interactive. Download this White Paper by Actuate to see how this is important to you.

SYS-CON White Paper: Secure Critical Information in Excel

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used tools for reporting, analysis and "what if" scenarios, with over 250 million users worldwide. This paper will discuss the steps involved in understanding the requirements for an automated solution. It will also introduce a solution for automating the generation and secure distribution of spreadsheet reports.

SYS-CON White Paper: TowerGroup 2009 Predictions

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:15:00 EDT

This report provides critical tips for building a long-term customer retention strategies and maintaining growth in a tough economic environment.

SYS-CON White Paper: Actuate’s Rich Information Deployment Platform

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:05:00 EDT

The majority of information delivery approaches fail to meet two core requirements of success, scaling while adding features and adapting to changing requirements. Learn about an Enterprise Reporting Application Platform that meets the business reporting and analysis needs of any user in an organization, any partner and any customer outside the firewall, within the context of a business-specific application experience. To learn more download this White Paper by Actuate now!

In Argentina, J2ME Embedded Database Helps Workers Connect via Smartphone

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:49:00 EDT

In a major upgrade to its software as a service (SaaS) that connects companies with their field workforces, Argentina's Movimiento ATM has integrated the Perst Lite Java embedded database from McObject® in client software for roaming employees' BlackBerry, Nokia and other popular smartphones.

Sun Releases GlassFish Enhancements

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:15:00 EDT

Sun Microsystems has announced several technology updates to the Sun GlassFish Portfolio, the most complete, open source, high-performance Web application platform. The GlassFish Portfolio is comprised of leading open source technologies, including OpenESB, OpenMQ, Liferay Portal, Sun GlassFish Web Stack and GlassFish – the industry's most downloaded application server. Additionally, Sun announced early access of GlassFish v3 containing a full preview of the forthcoming Java Platform Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE 6) specification. To purchase the Sun GlassFish Portfolio, visit: http://www.sun.com/glassfish.

Sun Achieves Major Milestone with New Release of OpenSolaris

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Sun Microsystems has announced the latest release of the OpenSolaris 2009.06 operating system, delivering industry leading features in networking, storage and virtualization, along with significant performance enhancements and developer productivity updates. Central to the new release is the inclusion of Project Crossbow, a networking technology development.

Red Hat Drives Future Use of Java for the Enterprise

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Red Hat has announced the JBoss Open Choice application platform strategy which aims to provide a single environment for deploying a variety of programming models with a common platform, making it easier to develop and deploy applications. The JBoss Open Choice strategy represents Red Hat's response to the expanding and rapidly changing landscape of Java for the enterprise, which is marked by more variety and more choice of programming and deployment models than ever before.

SYS-CON White Paper: Putting the Green in Green IT

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:15:00 EDT

This white paper from Univa UD discusses how distributed computing delivers dramatic cost savings, as well as Green IT benefits, by leveraging existing resources and curbing data center growth.

Bluenog Launches Higher Education Initiative

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:30:00 EDT

Bluenog, an enterprise software and solutions company, announced today it will deliver offerings specifically designed to meet the unique needs of the higher education sector. The company will extend Bluenog ICE(TM), its integrated suite of content management, portal development and business intelligence software, to interface with key educational support systems such as Sungard Banner, Resource25, Sakai, Moodle and Blackboard.

Xandros Creates Enhanced User Experience for Netbook Users with Moblin V2

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:00:00 EDT

Xandros today announced it is developing software products based on the recently released Moblin Version 2 project for Intel® Atom(TM) processor-based platforms. The new version of Moblin will enable Xandros to provide customizations with advanced Internet, media, social networking and graphics capabilities for the ASUS Eee PC. A turnkey Xandros software solution employing new Moblin v2 technologies will be demonstrated for the first time at the Intel booth at Computex, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2-6, 2009.

SYS-CON White Paper: Velociti Partners Customer Survey

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:45:00 EDT

JBoss' expert technical support services are clearly acknowledged by its client base as well as the comprehensive nature by which their service is unsurpassed. Every category that was evaluated resulted in JBoss rating higher than the competition. More important, JBoss' performance has yielded unprecedented customer loyalty as evidenced by its favorable quantitative loyalty rating.