<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest News from ENTERPRISE OPEN SOURCE MAGAZINE</title><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/</link><description>Latest News from ENTERPRISE OPEN SOURCE MAGAZINE</description><copyright>Copyright 2008 SYS-CON Media Inc.</copyright><generator>ENTERPRISE OPEN SOURCE MAGAZINE</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:16:00 EST</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest News from ENTERPRISE OPEN SOURCE MAGAZINE</title><url>http://res.sys-con.com/section/71/eos-mag-logo-145(1).gif</url><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>ShoZu Adds Eight New Destinations to Mobile Social Media Service</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563024.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563024.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563024_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[ShoZu announced that it has expanded its mobile social media service to Photobucket, Dailymotion, Friendster, Twitter and four additional Web 2.0 and Mobile 2.0 communities. With these eight new integrations, ShoZu now enables mobile users to interact with their choice of 36 social networks from a single screen on their handsets - reducing the time, effort and money required to upload images, update social profiles and check friends' latest posts from the phone.]]></description></item><item><title>AJAX World - Xceed Launches Microsoft Silverlight 2 Control</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563181.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563181.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563181_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Xceed launched Xceed Upload for Silverlight, the commercial offering in support of Microsoft's promising new Silverlight technology. The product is available now for purchase or as a fully functional 45-day trial on Xceed's website. Xceed Upload for Silverlight lets developers add upload capabilities to any Silverlight 2 Beta 1 application. All upload operations are asynchronous; as a result, the Web page hosting the Silverlight application remains perfectly responsive and usable throughout the transfer.]]></description></item><item><title>AJAX World - Sun Talks Up its Late-to-the-Party AIR-Silverlight Rival</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563105.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563105.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563105_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[At Java One this week Sun has been selling its year-old-but-still-upcoming - and definitely late-to-the-party - Adobe AIR- and Microsoft Silverlight-competitive JavaFX Rich Client environment as a potential revenue-generator capable of putting ads on mobile applications and JavaFX Script, its newfangled high-performance GUI declarative scripting language, as the way to build consumer next-generation RIAs for desktops, mobiles, TV and other consumer devices.]]></description></item><item><title>Insight Venture Partners And Updata Partners Invest $30M In Storage Virtualization Company</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563066.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563066.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563066_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[DataCore announced that it has accepted a $30M equity investment from Insight Venture Partners and Updata Partners. Insight Venture Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on the global software and Internet industries. Updata Partners is an information technology-focused venture capital firm whose general partners have been active as investors and operators in the IT industry for more than two decades.]]></description></item><item><title>New Synchronization Features in eValid Support AJAX Application Testing</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563026.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563026.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/563026_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Software Research has announced the availability of major new specialized commands in its Patented eValid Website Test & Analysis Suite. eValid has introduced a set of AJAX Playback Synchronization on DOM Element commands that provide direct control of test script playback synchronization by interaction with the current DOM of an AJAX page. This new eValid capability allows testers to address AJAX applications -- which by nature are 'asynchronous' -- in a reliable way. Once the playback synchronization is determined, eValid test scripts play back reliably, independent of how long the internal AJAX operations require.]]></description></item><item><title>Red Hat Launches JBoss Operations Network 2.0</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560953.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560953.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560953_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Red Hat announced the release of JBoss Operations Network (ON) 2.0, an integrated middleware management platform that simplifies application development, testing, deployment and monitoring. The release of JBoss ON 2.0 represents continued momentum for the Enterprise Acceleration initiative announced earlier this year, which is aimed at fostering adoption of JBoss Enterprise Middleware by increasing its capabilities for large-scale enterprise use. Available in modular format, JBoss ON 2.0 provides organizations with an end-to-end application management solution to coordinate the many stages of the application lifecycle and improve operational efficiency through a single integrated tool.]]></description></item><item><title>Sun Microsystems Announces Technology Preview of Open Source Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/561944.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/561944.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/561944_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems and the GlassFish community announced the availability of the technology preview release of the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server version 3 and new Sun GlassFish Communications Server. Sun also announced a new GlassFish Partner initiative designed to provide developers, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and System Integrators (SIs) with access to a large number of frameworks and applications running on the GlassFish application server.]]></description></item><item><title>Companies Go Green With VMware Virtualization</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560217.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560217.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560217_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[VMware announced that its virtualization solutions are saving customers tons in costs and CO2 emissions. Using VMware virtualization, customers can consolidate 10 or more physical machines onto a single server and reduce power consumption and cost by 80-90 percent. VMware customers that have moved from a 1:1 application to server ratio to 60:1 or higher have achieved millions of dollars in capital and operational savings.]]></description></item><item><title>Virtualization Company 3Leaf to Use Virage Logic&apos;s Memory Controller</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560353.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560353.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 15:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560353_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Virage Logic announced the selection of its Intelli Double Data Rate (DDR) Memory Controller interface solution by 3Leaf Systems, a provider of next-generation server virtualization solutions for enterprise data centers, to deliver a silicon proven, high-performance DDR memory controller IP solution. By providing an all digital memory controller solution, and achieving maximum data throughput efficiency, Virage Logic's Intelli DDR solution allowed 3Leaf Systems to reach performance levels only achieved by mainframes. Virage Logic's ability to deliver 800Mbps with low latency and high-efficiency made the Intelli DDR solution a clear choice for the right combination of high-performance, low-power, and low-cost.]]></description></item><item><title>IBM, Microsoft &amp; Google Eras of Computing</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560856.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560856.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560856_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[By now it is conventional wisdom to say that there was an IBM Era of computing, then a Microsoft Era, and now we are in the Google Era. In this post, I will explain why Microsoft was not the 'next IBM' and why Google is not the 'next Microsoft' - there are significant qualitative differences among them, quite apart from their status as the dominant, era-defining players. Understanding that qualitative difference is crucial for third party vendors, like Zoho, to thrive. I was reminded of this because of the IBM/Google partnership unveiled last week. As an aside, I have coined a kind of Moore s Law on these computing eras.]]></description></item><item><title>Sun Microsystems and OpenSolaris Introduce OpenSolaris OS</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560780.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560780.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/560780_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems and the global OpenSolaris community announced the availability of the OpenSolaris Operating System (OS). According to the company, OpenSolaris, based on Sun's Solaris kernel and created through community collaboration, offers the combination of innovation, platform stability and support to meet business and development needs. It combines the foundation of Solaris technologies and tools with desktop features and applications developed by open source communities such as GNOME, Mozilla and the Free Software Foundation.]]></description></item><item><title>NetApp StoreVault Serves Up Virtualization Storage Environment For Breckenridge Group</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558918.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558918.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558918_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[NetApp announced that the Breckenridge Group (BGI) created a more efficient and effective storage environment with the recent implementation of the StoreVault S500 storage solution. BGI is a management firm specializing in the development, operations, and ongoing support of various restaurant and hotel locations throughout the western United States. BGI's IT environment consisted of 150 workstations and 250 PC-based point of sales (POS) terminals in the field along with 80 workstations, 14 physical servers, and 16 virtual servers that were located in the company's main office. With more than 4TB of direct-attached storage (DAS), the tasks of archiving, accessing, and backing up data were cumbersome.]]></description></item><item><title>Trubiquity Launches TRUcore SOA</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/559109.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/559109.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/559109_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Trubiquity (formerly Autoweb) has launched its new software-as-a-service (SaaS) architecture. Trubiquity's new software architecture, named TRUcore, improves communications among global business teams, from an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) level down through a company's global supply chain. The new architecture also streamlines customers' internal business processes and offers better coordination, data management and process execution between a company's business units and its global supply chain partners.]]></description></item><item><title>Fortisphere Launches Partner Program to Expand Delivery of Virtualization Solutions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558879.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558879.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558879_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Fortisphere announced the Fortisphere Partner Program. Created for the company's resellers, system integrators and OEM partners, the Fortisphere Partner Program will provide customers with a comprehensive ecosystem of solution partners focused on delivering best-in-class, policy-based management solutions for virtual environments.]]></description></item><item><title>RedPrairie Introduces New E²e Business Process SOA Platform</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/559108.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/559108.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/559108_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[RedPrairie announced a new E²e Business Process Platform to orchestrate cross-application business processes. Built on SOA standards and web services technologies, the new platform enables a common point of integration for all RedPrairie and third-party applications.]]></description></item><item><title>Raiffeisen and UNIQA Implement Software AG&apos;s webMethods BPMS to Extend SOA Implementation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/559002.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/559002.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/559002_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Software AG announced that the Raiffeisen Banking Group and the UNIQA Insurance Group have implemented webMethods BPMS from Software AG to support their corporate growth strategies. The companies have sought to grow their partnership to capitalize on the expansion of the European Union as well as liberalization of the European financial services markets. As a result, UNIQA has grown throughout Central and Eastern Europe, with the company now serving twenty international markets, including fourteen in partnership with Raiffeisen. Software AG's full-feature process design, execution, monitoring and management solution is being used to better serve this expanded customer base, to help integrate new acquisitions and near-shore operations, and to keep pace with a changing regulatory landscape.]]></description></item><item><title>Cross-Platform Virtualization Software Company Sponsors Digital60 Day</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558773.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558773.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558773_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Transitive announced its sponsorship of Digital60 Day, an event hosted by the University of Manchester in the UK to mark the 60th anniversary of the successful running of a program on a digital computer. As with the first digital computer (nicknamed the 'Baby' by its inventors), the innovative technology behind Transitive's successful cross-platform virtualization solutions was pioneered at the University of Manchester. Transitive was founded in 2000 as a spin-off from the university, to commercialize the results of a promising research project. Transitive's development team is based in Manchester, and includes many graduates from the university's School of Computer Science.]]></description></item><item><title>AmberPoint Extends SOA Governance</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/559000.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/559000.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/559000_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[AmberPoint announced that it has extended the reach of its runtime SOA governance software across a broad set of additional platforms. These capabilities, which result from enhancements to the company's architecture for distributed SOA governance, extend AmberPoint's visibility and control across the wide range of components used in today's SOA environments.]]></description></item><item><title>Ermestel Partners With Scalent Systems to Introduce Infrastructure Virtualization in Spain</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558770.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558770.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558770_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Ermestel and Scalent Systems announced an agreement where Ermestel will integrate Scalent Virtual Operating Environment (V/OE) software into the IT environments of its customers. This partnership enables Ermestel to broaden its technology solution portfolio and confirm its position as one of Spain's top integration companies specializing in the virtualization of data centers. The future of managing IT systems is in virtualization technologies -- and is expanding as a business strategy for Global 2000 companies -- which is a sweet spot for infrastructure virtualization because it enables a more adaptive and dynamic IT infrastructure.]]></description></item><item><title>Virtualization - VIA Tries Open Source</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558170.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558170.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558170_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[VIA is setting up a Linux Portal, still in beta, to get open source driver developed. It will initially focus on graphics drivers for its CN896 digital media IGP chipset for the latest Ubuntu distribution. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, says it will work to get the drivers built into Ubuntu.]]></description></item><item><title>Sun CEO: &quot;Sun Continues to Lead the Open Source Innovation Revolution&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/557960.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/557960.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 05:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/557960_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA['The world is moving to open source innovation, and Sun continues to lead that revolution,' said Jonathan Schwartz yesterday, as Sun reported yesterday its Q3 fiscal 2008 results. 'We continue to invest in the future created by open alternatives to proprietary technologies, best exemplified by the acquisition of MySQL,' Schwartz added.]]></description></item><item><title>Additions to My Computer Book Shelf</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558040.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558040.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/558040_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Many young programmers don't read books anymore.  They google. They argue, 'When I need to find a solution it's just a click away. Why bother purchasing books that are outdated by the time of printing?  Real programmers learn by doing - trial and errors'. I do not agree with this.]]></description></item><item><title>Open-Source Middleware Communities Merge CORBA Component Model Efforts Under PrismTech&apos;s OpenFusion CCM</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/556958.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/556958.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/556958_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[PrismTech announced that the two open-source middleware communities are merging their CORBA Component Model (CCM) initiatives, underpinning the company's OpenFusion CCM offering. The Distributed Object Computing (DOC) Group and the OW2 Consortium - with support and contribution from PrismTech - are combining their efforts to advance the development and deployment of CCM technology.]]></description></item><item><title>There&apos;s Power in a Common Customer View</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/557471.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/557471.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/557471_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Last summer, a group of technical experts from various open source companies came together under the banner of the Open Solutions Alliance, rolled out an enterprise-class application, and demonstrated the power of collaboration with the launch of the Common Customer View project, an interoperability project that integrates data from diverse front-office, back-office, and planning applications.]]></description></item><item><title>nextanalytics 3.0 Shakes Up BI with MySQL Open Source Model</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/556230.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/556230.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/556230_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Veteran Business Intelligence (BI) entrepreneur Ward Yaternick has released his latest business analytics product, nextanalytics 3.0, with industry-disruptive pricing, top-tier product functionality, and easy online distribution. nextanalytics 3.0 emulates MySQL's strategy, offering business analytics capabilities. Yaternick has spent nearly 20 years in the BI industry, including key development roles at Cognos, OLAP@Work, and Business Objects. In 2003, Yaternick founded Ottawa-based nextanalytics with the mandate to deliver innovations in business analytics.]]></description></item><item><title>Sun Microsystems Extends Open Storage Platform with New Services and Tools in OpenSolaris Operating System</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/556487.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/556487.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/556487_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems announced the addition of developer tools and expanded professional service capabilities to help developers better leverage the growing open source communities that are fast changing the economics of the storage IT landscape. Over 3,000 members and 30+ projects within an active and growing OpenSolaris storage community demonstrate a groundswell within the storage industry for developers and enterprise companies to use open source alternatives to expensive proprietary storage offerings.]]></description></item><item><title>Aras Brings Enterprise Open Source to the PLM Market in EMEA</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/553693.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/553693.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/553693_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Aras announced expanded operations throughout Europe, Middle East, and Africa [EMEA] and opened an EMEA headquarters office in Solothurn Switzerland to meet the growing demand for the Aras Innovator enterprise software solutions. As part of the expansion, Aras plans to add sales and support operations and extend the partner network across the region to provide local geographical representation.]]></description></item><item><title>SOA World - SnapLogic Data Integration Project Goes Commercial</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/552120.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/552120.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/552120_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[SnapLogic, the open source start-up that been fostering the eponymous data integration project for the past year, is going commercial with the widgetry, claiming that the stuff can do what proprietary software from TIBCO and Infomatica can't and make it easy to tap and use the data trapped in practically impenetrable data warehouses. Guess they ought to know - cause one of SnapLogic's founders, Gaurav Dhillon, was the founder and CEO of Informatica before embarking on this new adventure.]]></description></item><item><title>Open Source &amp; Commercial Software: Both Are Crucial</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/492719.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/492719.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/492719_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Is software development a science or an art? The software industry treats it as a science. It uses processes like MRDs, PRDs, and functional specs to convert customer needs into software that solves their problems. Various roles like product managers, engineering managers, project managers, architects, and programmers work together to drive the process like an efficient machine.]]></description></item><item><title>Word Documents Generated By the Current Version of Office 2007 Don&apos;t Conform to ISO/IEC 29500</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/552122.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/552122.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/552122_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Word documents generated by the current version of Office 2007 don't conform to ISO/IEC 29500, the OOXML file format draft standard Microsoft moved heaven and earth to get ISO to accept. At least that's what Alex Brown, the guy in change of the ISO group that's supposed to maintain OOXML.]]></description></item><item><title>Which of These Six Open Source Companies Will Be the Next Red Hat?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/529607.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/529607.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/529607_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[In the world of open source software Red Hat's crossed over from exciting leader to respectable elder statesman. The action is among the new batch of up-and-coming open source software companies who are not yet venture backed but are developing interesting technologies and services. Here are some of the companies that may well be the new open source superstars.]]></description></item><item><title>Ingres Executives Named to Open Source Boards</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/549075.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/549075.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/549075_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Ingres announced the appointments of Emma McGrattan, senior vice president of engineering at Ingres, to the Eclipse Foundation's board of directors, and Deb Woods, vice president of product management at Ingres, to the board of directors of the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA). McGrattan and Woods are known figures in the open source community, with the promotion of open source solutions at the heart of what they do each day. The growing adoption of the open source business model worldwide has led to the expansion of open source organizations promoting interoperability such as the OSA and open development platforms like Eclipse.]]></description></item><item><title>Open Source Census Starts</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/546645.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/546645.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/546645_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[OpenLogic and friends are going to try to plum the depths of open source adoption in the enterprise by asking the enterprise to take part in a voluntary self-administered Open Source Census. The global multi-year exercise kicked off on Wednesday when the www.osscensus.org went live. The census takers figure the results should surprise just about everybody and that when companies realize how dependent they already are on open source the floodgates will open wider.]]></description></item><item><title>Sun Microsystems Introduces MySQL Workbench</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/548069.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/548069.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/548069_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems announced the availability of MySQL Workbench, a new visual database design tool that integrates data modeling, physical database design, database creation, change management and documentation capabilities into a single, seamless environment for MySQL developers and DBAs. MySQL Workbench is available for download in two versions: an open source Community Edition and a (US) commercial Standard Edition. Both are available now for Microsoft Windows, with future cross-platform support for Linux and Macintosh OS X under development.]]></description></item><item><title>MySQL 5.1 Delayed for Bug Spray</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/546760.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/546760.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/546760_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[At the first MySQL user conference since it spent a billion dollars acquiring the open source database, Sun said this week that a near-final release candidate of MySQL 5.1 could be downloaded at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads. It's supposed to be generally available in June, two months later than anticipated. It's trying to avoid a bug-ridden premature release like MySQL 5.0.]]></description></item><item><title>OSA Announces New Board Members</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/547402.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/547402.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/547402_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), a nonprofit, vendor-neutral consortium dedicated to driving interoperability and adoption of comprehensive open solutions, announced the results of its first annual board of director elections. The OSA, which celebrated its one-year anniversary in February, filled three vacant board positions by electing Deb Woods, vice president of product marketing at Ingres; Josep Mitjà, chief operating officer at Openbravo; and Anthony Gold, vice president and general manager for the Open Source Business at Unisys. They join existing board members Michael Harvey, EVP and CMO at Concursive, and Dominic Sartorio, OSA President and Senior Director of Product Management at SpikeSource.]]></description></item><item><title>Viewpoint: Time for Open Source Software Vendors to Think Beyond Free</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/519843.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/519843.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/519843_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Of the many sins that Silicon Valley practices, none are more dangerous or prevalent than the sin of smugness. Savio Rodrigues has a good posting making the point that Microsoft is learning from and adapting to the open-source movement, while the open-source movement is so enamored with 'free' that they are not paying enough attention to the total cost of ownership from a customer's perspective.]]></description></item><item><title>Exadel dVision Certified for MySQL Enterprise 5.0</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/546883.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/546883.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/546883_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Exadel announced Exadel dVision, the company's Rich Internet Application for on-demand access to enterprise data stored across multiple data sources, has been certified for MySQL Enterprise 5.0. As a MySQL Enterprise Certified Partner, Exadel's new enhanced support for the MySQL open source database software provides full integration between dVision and MySQL Enterprise.]]></description></item><item><title>Eliminating the &apos;Software Tax&apos; by Using ODF</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/498422.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/498422.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/498422_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Just as we have become dependent on oil as an energy resource, we have also become dependent on a single vendor solution for saving our digital history - in the form of our word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet documents. Last year, it was estimated that more than 90 percent of the office productivity suite market was controlled by one vendor, and, historically, because of this dominance, consumers, businesses small and large, and governments have been left with few viable options.]]></description></item><item><title>Sun Executive Says Company Not Suffering from Open Source Malaise Stifling Novell</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/543881.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/543881.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/543881_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Novell is the company stuck in an open source malaise, not Sun Microsystems, at least according to Simon Phipps, chief open source officer for Sun. While talking with IT Business Edge, Phipps responded to comments Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian made regarding the future of Sun and OpenSolaris during a recent Linux Foundation podcast. Phipps said that Hovsepian quoted inaccurate download numbers for OpenSolaris while criticizing Sun's open source strategy.]]></description></item><item><title>A DWR Data Store for Dojo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/522907.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/522907.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/522907_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The Dojo data API is a set of interfaces that data providers can implement so Dojo widgets and other application components can access external data. In DOJO-speak data providers that implement these interfaces are called data stores. A number of widgets supplied by the toolkit are capable of accessing data from these data stores. By presenting data as generic items with attributes they hide the underlying complexity of both the structure and access mechanism from consumers of the data.]]></description></item><item><title>Apatar Open Source Data Integration Improves the Quality of Customer Data with StrikeIron US Address Verification</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/540234.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/540234.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/540234_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Apatar announced the release of its new StrikeIron US Address Verification connector for the Apatar Open Source Data Integration toolset. Using StrikeIron?s US Address Verification Web service, the new feature relies on United States Postal Service-certified technology to verify, correct, and enhance any address in the United States with live data. It cleans customer data before it gets into CRM/ERP systems, databases, flat files, and RSS feeds by correcting extracted addresses, adding ZIP+4 data, specifying congressional districts, carrier routes, etc.]]></description></item><item><title>Software Partnership Leverages Open Source BI as Reporting and Analytics Standard</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/537252.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/537252.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/537252_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[JasperSoft announced that Cincom Systems has selected the JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite to power all Cincom BI applications. Cincom will standardize on JasperSoft as its business intelligence platform across its software offerings, extending the value of BI and reporting to all Cincom customers.]]></description></item><item><title>Intalio and NTT Data Intramart Automate Risk Management with BPM</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/538163.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/538163.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/538163_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Intalio announced an agreement with NTT Data Intramart to integrate Intalio products into Intra-mart, its Web platform. In conjunction with this integration, NTT Data Intramart will also add two new applications to the Intra-mart Web platform, a Risk and Control Matrix (RCM) and a Form Relation Editor (FRE).]]></description></item><item><title>SCO Reorganizes its Reorganization Plan</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/536587.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/536587.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/536587_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[One of SCO's many critics, Al Petrosky, who was at the short 20-minute hearing, reminded us to tell you that Stephen Norris, the co-founder of the Carlyle Group and more recently Norris Capital Partners, the billionaire facilitator behind the deal, is himself a lawyer - and besides all the legal talent he can buy - should be able to appraise SCO's case himself.]]></description></item><item><title>SpikeSource Goes To Work for Intel</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/535380.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/535380.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/535380_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[It looks like Kim Polese's SpikeSource operation has gotten a new lease on life. At least it's gotten another $10 million, this infusion coming from Intel, which is evidently trying to protect its initial investment back in 2005. Anyway the open source software verification company is now going to do software testing and validation for Intel?s Software Partner Program as what Intel calls its Certified Solutions program.]]></description></item><item><title>Open Source Investing Appears To Be Making a Comeback</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/535315.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/535315.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/535315_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The last quarter was the single best quarter in history for open source companies raising venture capital according to the 451 Group. The amount hit $203.75 million, up from $100.4 million year-over-year and after a really nasty downturn in the fourth quarter of '07. The previous record of $193.7 million was set in 4Q06. The Q1 investment went into 20 start-ups, with the average size deal being worth roughly $12 million.]]></description></item><item><title>NetBeans 6.1 IDE Beta Supports Open Source Scripting Technologies</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/528638.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/528638.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/528638_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems and the NetBeans community announced the availability of NetBeans 6.1 integrated development environment (IDE) Beta. NetBeans 6.1 Beta adds a rich set of features for JavaScript technology development, a key component for delivering AJAX web applications and tighter integration of MySQL database functionality.]]></description></item><item><title>SaaS - The Right Business Model for Open Source?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/531617.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/531617.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/531617_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[What does Software as a Service (SaaS) have to do with open source? Not much, you might think. SaaS, as you probably know, is a delivery - and business - model for software that has been proving quite disruptive to the traditional software business - just as the open source model has been. The two combined may turn out to be even more so.]]></description></item><item><title>JasperSoft Says It&apos;s Working with Microsoft</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/529160.htm</guid><link>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/529160.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/529160_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[JasperSoft, the open source business intelligence venture - which just last week was rattling off a bunch of numbers contending that it's 'the world's most widely deployed BI suite' - said from the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco the other day that it's 'working with Microsoft on a series of initiatives to optimize its suite on Windows Server 2008 and other key Microsoft technologies.']]></description></item></channel></rss>