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Welcome to OrangeCrate
Welcome to OrangeCrate, the Mystery Man's Chronicles
I do appreciate your readership and opinions. I truly appreciate those of you who undertake the effort to differ with reason and intellect and understand the true dynamics of the making sound arguments.
I am spending a bit more time taking care of myself these days.
. I have not had the luxury of doing so lately, but it is beginning to be of significantly greater importance to me. There needs to be a definite work/life balance, and that limit has been exceeded. Time will tell the outcome.
In the meantime, I have lots to do still in my own life. I wish all of you the best and hope you find something useful here. I do try to write when I can. Happy hacking all. |
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 | OPENLOGIC LIBRARY INCLUDES 400 CERTIFIED OPEN SOURCE PACKAGES |
 sharonpr writes "... ADDS OPEN SOURCE COMPARISONS
New Functionality Also Added to OpenLogic Exchange Enterprise Edition
BROOMFIELD, Colo. May, 2008—OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced that the number of certified open source packages available in the OpenLogic Certified Library surpassed 400. In addition, OpenLogic broadened functionality of OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX) Enterprise Edition, the industry’s first Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for comprehensive sourcing and governance of open source in the enterprise.
OpenLogic Expands Certified Library, Adds Open Source Comparison Matrix
OpenLogic’s Certified Library is a collection of certified and indemnified open source packages that are supported by OpenLogic, as well as through the OpenLogic Expert Community. The OpenLogic Certified Library is freely available through the OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX) at olex.openlogic.com. "
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Posted by talkc01 on Saturday, May 03 @ 14:28:24 PDT (93 reads)
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| Plat'Home Introduces "Tough Love," Small, Low-Cost Linux Server |
 sharonpr writes "Compact OpenMicroServer already used by thousands of businesses in Asia and tested by Shimizu Corporation, a Top 5 Japanese Contractor, in high-technology disaster prevention systems
SAN JOSE, Calif.—April 21, 2008— Plat'Home, Japan’s Linux technology pioneer, today announced its OpenMicroServerTM, a small, tough, easy-to-use, easy-to-configure solution for growing companies, is available to North American customers. Plat’Home’s OpenMicroServer has been built and tested to provide high reliability for customers who do not have much extra room, and are likely to largely ignore the machine for weeks and months after initial installation.
The MicroServer series, of which the OpenMicroServer is the most recent model, has been deployed widely in Japan and Asia since 2001. It is a core technology in the experimental disaster prevention system of Shimizu Corporation’s Safety and Security Center. Shimizu Corporation has over US $14 billion in annual revenue and is widely recognized as one of the top 5 contractors in Japan.
"Japan is situated on the Pacific "Rim of Fire," so it is important to take into consideration how technology handles earthquakes and other natural events. We needed a server that could handle extreme conditions but was not as expensive as specialized hardware," said Hideo Kobayashi, lead researcher of the Shimizu Institute of Technology Incubation Center. "Plat’Home’s OpenMicroServer allows us to build safer systems for our customers.""
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Posted by talkc01 on Monday, April 21 @ 08:33:32 PDT (207 reads)
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| Radically Simple Backup |
 Zmanda Recovery Manager makes it incredibly easy to backup and restore MySQL databases
A small ISV is creating an enormous impact on the database
market with its open source backup and recovery software. Zmanda, based
in Sunnyvale, California, is the maker of Zmanda Recovery Manager
(ZRM), an open source solution that provides a simple, reliable, and
comprehensive backup and recovery mechanism for MySQL, the world's most
popular open source database.
With ZRM, MySQL database administrators (DBAs) can manage
mission-critical, high-volume transaction processing environments with
confidence. They can backup all MySQL servers running on Linux,
Windows, Solaris, and Mac OS X, and they can take advantage of the
Zmanda Management Console (ZMC), a set of graphical tools that control
backup and recovery across all MySQL servers from a centralized Web
console.
By making it radically simple to backup and restore MySQL
databases, ZRM enhances the appeal of Sun's offering, MySQL Enterprise.
And our partnership with Sun benefits everyone. MySQL Enterprise is
fast becoming the DBMS of choice for the datacenter and with ZRM, DBAs
get fast, high-quality access to powerful backup and recovery software
for MySQL. -- Ann Ruckstuhl, VP Sales and Marketing, Zmanda.
That's why Zmanda is among the most successful ISVs, with a
growth rate that is nothing short of spectacular. This year the
company's backup and recovery products are used in more than 500,000
active installations worldwide. From '06 to '07 its subscriber base
increased 900%. The company now has customers in 23 countries, and its
subscriber list includes up-and-coming Web 2.0 startups, SaaS
providers, Fortune 500 enterprises, and everything in between.
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Posted by talkc01 on Monday, April 21 @ 08:31:35 PDT (170 reads)
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| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition Released |
 Integrates the Latest Stable Applications with Long Term Support
LONDON, April 21, 2008 - Canonical Ltd. announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition for free download on Thursday 24 April. In related news, Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition.
Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) provides a stable platform for software and hardware vendors, developers and users. With three years of support and maintenance on the desktop, 8.04 LTS is a great choice for large-scale deployment. A substantial and growing ecosystem of free and commercial software built for Ubuntu provides a rich set of choices for desktop users. This is the eighth desktop release of Ubuntu. Ubuntu's track record in delivering - on a precise schedule every six months - a commercial operating system that is free, stable, secure and fully supported, remains unique.
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition is a very significant release as it will take Ubuntu squarely into the business environment," said Jane Silber, COO of Canonical Ltd. "Our business and home users have told us that they want a longer support cycle to make Ubuntu a better deployment option. We have responded to that and added a commitment to much broader software and hardware support that we and our partners are excited to deliver. With enhanced commercial support through Landscape, combined with our always excellent community support, expect to see 8.04 LTS drive Ubuntu into new arenas."
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Posted by talkc01 on Monday, April 21 @ 07:22:39 PDT (237 reads)
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| Latest Server Release Expands Ubuntu Enterprise Profile |
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition Combines Advanced Functionality With Five Years of Maintenance and Support
LONDON, April 21, 2008 - Canonical Ltd. announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition for free download on Thursday 24 April. In related news, Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition.
Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Server Edition adds new features to enhance the performance, stability and security of this fully supported general platform. The LTS release sees further expansion of the commercial ecosystem of software, hardware and services vendors supporting Ubuntu Server.
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Posted by talkc01 on Monday, April 21 @ 07:15:22 PDT (161 reads)
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| Zenoss Closes Record Quarter , Opens New Development Center in Austin, Texas |
 sharonpr writes "Open Source Vendor Establishes Presence in Systems Management Hotbed
Austin,TX & Annapolis,MD - April 21, 2008 -- Zenoss Inc., a leading provider of open source network and systems management software, propelled by explosive customer growth has expanded their operations to Austin, Texas through the addition of a new software development center. The Austin development team collectively comprises over fifty years of experience bringing enterprise-class systems management software to market. The Zenoss Austin office will be located in the same building where management software innovator Tivoli was started and since acquired by IBM. Austin was chosen for its wealth of talent and access to expertise in a market segment estimated by Gartner Research to grow to $18.1 billion dollars by 2012.
"Over the years Austin has built up an IT management talent pool that's showing its muscle once again as evidenced by Zenoss’ new Austin office and Solarwinds' filing for an IPO," noted Austin-based IT analyst Michael Coté of RedMonk. "The developers, architects, management, and marketers here have spent years building up the skills required to grow and maintain IT management companies. Because IT management solutions address unique and challenging problems for the companies that use them, it can be difficult to find personnel with the specialized skills to develop, scale and support them. Luckily, Austin has managed to hold onto the talented people that can deliver on those needs to the benefit of numerous IT management companies, big and small, new and old.""
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Posted by talkc01 on Monday, April 21 @ 07:08:48 PDT (142 reads)
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| MindTouch Reports Outstanding Growth, Increased Momentum |
sharonpr writes "MindTouch primed to accelerate market expansion as it achieves segment leading customer growth and market successes
Santa Clara and San Diego, CA, April 16, 2008 - MindTouch, the company behind the most sophisticated wiki available today is delivering the most full-featured application platform. MindTouch Deki Wiki, which empowers everyday users to create real-time reports and integrate systems quickly, while preserving IT governance, has set major new benchmarks for company growth in the most recent calendar quarter ending March 31. This quarter was MindTouch's largest ever with respect to sales, revenue, and enterprise deployments – and is the fifth consecutive quarter of increasing sales. MindTouch is showcasing Deki Wiki this week at the MySQL Conference and Expo in the DotOrg Pavilion, which is located in the Expo Hall.
Impressive Corporate Growth
In less than two years, MindTouch has gained mass global adoption in several enterprise market segments from media publishers, software, CE, online businesses, research/education institutions to U.S. government agencies and armed forces. With strong global partners and established commercial integrators in more than six countries MindTouch achieved significant increases in key corporate performance measures, including number of new clients added, enterprise deployments, resellers, and consumer downloads. Some of the impressive growth benchmarks include:
• Resellers in Germany, Spain, Sweden, Poland and Japan, - 400 percent increase
• Over 200,000 active installs - 100 percent increase
• Installs on all major Linux distributions – 600 percent increase
• More than 3,000 registered members at the developer community - 30 percent increase
• Translated into 16 languages - 500 percent increase"
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Posted by talkc01 on Monday, April 21 @ 07:07:49 PDT (159 reads)
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| SugarCRM Manages End-to-End SaaS Offering with Zenoss |
 sharonpr writes "Market Leading ISV Manages Networks, Servers and Applications with Open Source IT Management Solution
ANNAPOLIS, MD, April 16, 2008 – Zenoss Inc., a leading provider of commercial open source network, systems and applications management software, today announced that SugarCRM, the world’s leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, has deployed Zenoss for Service Providers to monitor and manage its end-to-end Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering, including networks, servers and end-user application performance through synthetic transactions.
"We evaluated the leading IT management solutions in the market and concluded that Zenoss offered the best combination of functionality, price and flexibility," said Lila Tretikov, CIO of SugarCRM. "With Zenoss, we’re able to monitor and manage our entire hosted service offering through a single solution. Because it is commercial open source, it’s much more affordable than proprietary solutions and gives us the control to develop specific value-added capabilities for our customers.""
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Posted by talkc01 on Monday, April 21 @ 07:06:18 PDT (149 reads)
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| GLOBAL OPEN SOURCE CENSUS LAUNCHES |
sharonpr writes "OpenLogic, IDC, Open Source Organizations and Others Sponsor Industry- Wide, Collaborative Initiative
BROOMFIELD, Colo. April 16, 2008— The Open Source Census, a new
global, collaborative project to collect and share quantitative data
on the use of open source software, today announced its founding
sponsors and launched the Census. With this announcement, companies
and individuals are now able to anonymously submit data on their use
of open source though The Open Source Census web site:
www.osscensus.org. Participants in The Open Source Census will also
gain access to reports that benchmark their open source usage.
The Open Source Census is a project established by OpenLogic and a
wide range of sponsors – including IDC; CollabNet; Holme, Roberts &
Owen LLP; Navica; Olliance Group; Open Solutions Alliance; Open Source
Business Foundation; O’Reilly Media; and Unisys - to provide improved
data on how open source software is used in the enterprise. The Open
Source Census also has enlisted advisors from the open source
development community, including Jim Jagielski, Chairman of the Apache
Foundation and Tony Wasserman, Director, Software Management Program
at Carnegie Melon West."
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Posted by talkc01 on Monday, April 21 @ 07:05:15 PDT (133 reads)
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| The Little 3 of Open Source Systems Management? |
Socialize writes " Last year open source analyst Michael Coté of Redmonk coined the term Little Four to describe four up-and-coming open source management vendors and as a foil to the Big Four of systems management.
In the open source space, the 4 names that come up each time — usually from people I’m talking with even before I say anything — are: Zenoss, Hyperic, GroundWorks, and openQRM.
This week Qlusters/openQRM announced they would no longer be developing their open source project openQRM and leaving it to the community at large. I guess that leaves the remainder of the band of four to be labeled the "Little 3". This isn't all that surprising. The Qlusters team that originally launched openQRM is gone. Ofer Shoshan is no longer CEO, Qlusters CTO whurley went to BMC, Fred Gallagher went to open source database maker Ingres, and former Red Hat sales exec Don Langley has moved on. So I suspect that the mindset and commitment to further the project has departed with them.
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Posted by talkc01 on Sunday, April 13 @ 22:39:25 PDT (202 reads)
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| SaaSWizard Lets VARs Provide Enterprise-Class Custom Programs Fast |
 sharonpr writes "Launch of Reseller Program Means Business Niche Solutions Can Be Built
In Just Hours, With No Programming
REDWOOD CITY, CA – (April 10, 2008) -- SaaSWizard, Inc., the leading provider of powerful, affordable, and easily deployed 100% web-based business process automation (BPA) solutions for organizations of all sizes, today announced the launch of its SaaSWizard Reseller Program. The program will allow VARs to compete and win against large competitors by giving them the ability to apply their unique depth of understanding of customer needs to develop customized enterprise solutions extremely rapidly and without the need for programming.
“Many of our business partners have deep expertise in their business sector, but not the technical staff traditionally required to develop and support a custom application. However, with SaaSWizard’s development and deployment platforms, they can now actively participate in the growing SaaS market by delivering unique applications for their customers with no programming,” said Colin Earl, CEO of SaaS Wizard."
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Posted by talkc01 on Sunday, April 13 @ 22:38:45 PDT (161 reads)
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| Linux Foundation’s Annual Collaboration Summit Kicks Off |
 sharonpr writes "Linux and open source leaders work together on next steps for the operating system
Austin, Texas – April 8, 2008 — The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today will kick off its annual Collaboration Summit. The brightest minds in the Linux server, desktop and mobile communities, among others, will gather at the UT Super Computing Center in Austin, Texas to determine how to advance the operating system in the year ahead.
Keynotes and panels will address some of the following topics:
What are the technology trends and the economics driving the Linux desktop in new low cost PC’s? Find out directly from AMD, Asus, Dell, Everex, HP, Intel, Lenovo, TI, and more.
What is the “M” commitment to the “L” in LAMP after the Sun acquisition of MySQL? Find out from Marten Mikos, SVP, Database Group, Sun Microsystems.
When am I going to get my hands on a Linux phone? Find out from Google’s OHA, the LiMo Foundation, OpenMoko, and others. This is the first time Google’s OHA and the LiMo Foundation are sharing a stage.
Where is Red Hat headed? Find out from the CTO of Red Hat Brian Stephens."
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Posted by talkc01 on Sunday, April 13 @ 22:37:58 PDT (122 reads)
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| Engine Yard Kicks Off Hackfest Series for Ruby Developers |
 sharonpr writes "
Over 100 developers participated in inaugural Hackfest during MountainWest RubyConf; more expected at upcoming events in New York and Toronto
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (April 4, 2008) – Engine Yard, provider of the leading Ruby and Rails deployment platform, today announced a series of Hackfests, informal community events open to Ruby developers, where sharing, learning, and hacking rule. The inaugural Hackfest was a resounding success with participation from over 100 top Ruby and Rails developers. Two more Engine Yard Hackfests are planned for the coming months.
The first event was held this past weekend alongside MountainWest RubyConf 2008 in Salt Lake City, Ut., where Engine Yard’s Ezra Zygmuntowicz and Evan Phoenix shared the opening keynote. After the conference, folks generally look to talk tech, shoot the breeze, and hack. They split off into small groups, grab dinner, and eventually end up in various hotel rooms, awake into the wee hours."
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Posted by talkc01 on Sunday, April 13 @ 22:37:26 PDT (96 reads)
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| Open-Xchange Joins Eclipse Foundation |
 sharonpr writes "Membership Broadens Developer and User Community for Java-based Collaboration Suite
TARRYTOWN, NY, March 27, 2008 – Open-Xchange Inc., the leading independent open source alternative to Microsoft Exchange, today announced that it has joined the Eclipse Foundation as a new member.
"Open-Xchange is the only independent, open source collaboration software project and product and as such, we are committed to embracing a fully open development framework that is cross platform and that embraces industry standards," said Rafael Laguna, CEO, Open-Xchange. "Today, we are inviting the Eclipse community to fully participate in the evolution of our open communication platform and by doing so, offering contributors and industry partners long-term security to continue independent development." "
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Posted by talkc01 on Sunday, April 13 @ 22:36:33 PDT (106 reads)
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| Leading SaaS Infrastructure Provider Deploys Zenoss |
sharonpr writes "OpSource Drives Costs out of Business and Simultaneously Improves SLA Performance
ANNAPOLIS, MD, March 26, 2008 – Zenoss Inc., a leading provider of open source network and systems management software, today announced that OpSource, a SaaS delivery company, has deployed Zenoss for Service Providers. OpSource replaced its incumbent IT management solution with Zenoss for its cost advantages, ease of use and the quality of its services team.
OpSource provides the operational infrastructure and application services that enable companies to offer Web applications on-demand and software as a service. Faced with the mandate to drive greater efficiencies into its business through more effective automation, OpSource recognized that its current IT management solution lacked the comprehensive functionality it required. Therefore, the company evaluated alternative IT management products from BMC and Zenoss. After a thorough analysis, the company selected Zenoss.
"Our legacy IT management solution wasn’t designed specifically to support service providers interested in going deep into IT Process Automation," said Ryan Henley, Director, Operational Process and Systems at OpSource. "It could not integrate with other applications via standards-based API's and would not provide access to the stored monitoring data. Zenoss was more powerful out of the box, much less expensive and the personalized service we’ve received from the company has been fantastic. We are seeing integration benefits whose effects will be felt both internally and externally with our customers.""
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Posted by talkc01 on Sunday, April 13 @ 20:52:36 PDT (136 reads)
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| KnowledgeTreeLive Available |
sharonpr writes "New Service Provides Easy, Affordable and Secure Document Management Capabilities for Teams, Departments and Small and Medium Businesses
KnowledgeTreeLive Software as a Service Leverages Open Source, the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and rPath Virtual Appliances
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, March 20, 2008 – Small and medium businesses now have an easy and cost effective way to manage their documents with the general availability of KnowledgeTreeLive - a software as a service solution (SaaS) that utilizes open source and cloud computing to deliver a flexible and secure document management system.
Built on top of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud™ (Amazon EC2) and the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and delivered as a virtual appliance using rPath Linux Software Appliances, KnowledgeTreeLive provides customers with immediate access to KnowledgeTree’s powerful features without requiring any investment in their own infrastructure. It is the latest offering from KnowledgeTree - the fast-growing provider of Open Source document management software. "
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Posted by talkc01 on Sunday, March 23 @ 17:49:50 PDT (348 reads)
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| JasperSoft Announces Significant Updates to its BI Suite Community Edition |
 sharonpr writes "
Enhancements improve user experience and developer productivity while delivering new integration capabilities
SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH, 2008 — JasperSoft Corporation, the market leader in open source business intelligence (BI), today announced extensive enhancements to its JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite Community Edition, including the new JasperReports Flash Exporter and JasperAnalysis OLAP Workbench. The enhancements also include improved integration between JasperSoft’s market-leading graphical reporting building tool (called iReport) and Jasper Server, support for new portal integration standards, and more. These upgrades extend JasperSoft’s ability to address the needs of its complete community by providing the best open source BI functionality available today. The JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite community edition can be downloaded by going to http://www.jaspersoft.com/downloads.html.
“The new functionality we’re announcing today reflects advancements provided by our incredibly active community of BI customers, developers and partners. With more than 80,000 production deployments worldwide, JasperSoft supports the most widely used BI software in the world,” said Brian Gentile, chief executive officer, JasperSoft. “These significant advancements in open source business intelligence capabilities demonstrate our commitment to meeting the needs of customers across communities and geographies.”
Industry analysts consistently rate business intelligence software as a top priority for organizations in the year ahead. With tightening IT budgets, business intelligence is the critical enabler of improved decisions and processes that optimize business performance. With rapid consolidation of traditional commercial BI vendors, organizations are increasingly looking to modern open source alternatives. JasperSoft’s Community Edition updates include important features that meet the needs of this growing global market."
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Posted by talkc01 on Sunday, March 23 @ 17:49:16 PDT (359 reads)
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| JasperSoft is Most Widely-Deployed Business Intelligence Software in the World |
sharonpr writes "
More than 80,000 production deployments worldwide make JasperSoft the most widely used business intelligence software; New Community Vibrancy Index™ drives active community stewardship
SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 18, 2008 — JasperSoft Corporation, the market leader in open source business intelligence (BI), today announced major company milestones that demonstrate its position as the world’s most widely-deployed business intelligence software suite. The company reports more than 80,000 deployments worldwide and boasts the largest open source BI community with more than 65,000 registered developers cooperating on more than 300 Jasper-related projects.
Working with its partners, JasperSoft has extended its reach into key segments of the open source and SaaS markets through distribution and technology partnerships with companies such as Ingres, MySQL, salesforce.com and Sun Microsystems. The company’s success has been enabled by rapid, innovative enhancements to the product family, which have been recognized by the industry with several major awards in the past year.
“No other business intelligence solution is used by as many organizations or is embedded in as many applications as the JasperSoft Business Intelligence Suite,” said Brian Gentile, chief executive officer of JasperSoft. “And, we see adoption of JasperSoft products growing at an expanding rate, which we credit to the innovation of the open source community and to an increasing demand for choice and flexibility in the rapidly consolidating BI industry.”"
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Posted by talkc01 on Sunday, March 23 @ 17:48:28 PDT (312 reads)
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| Funambol Helps New AGPLv3 Open Source License Gain Formal OSI Approval |
sharonpr writes "Leader in mobile open source adopts and helps ratify new license that closes ASP loophole
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March, 2008 – Funambol, the leading provider of Mobile 2.0 messaging software powered by open source, today announced that the AGPLv3 has received formal approval by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Funambol led the process of the license’s approval by the OSI after adopting AGPLv3 in November. It was the first company to adopt the license, which closes the “ASP loophole”.
The AGPLv3 was released by the Free Software Foundation last June as an addition to the GNU General Public License, which is the world’s most popular free license and accounts for almost three quarters of all licensing of free software packages. Unlike GPLv3, the AGPLv3 license enforces copyleft when software is distributed as a service (SaaS), which is a fundamental requirement when considering how consumers and enterprises purchase and use software today."
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Posted by talkc01 on Sunday, March 23 @ 17:47:32 PDT (369 reads)
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| The Linux Foundation Reveals Speaker Line-up for 2nd Annual Collaboration Summit |
sharonpr writes "Kernel developers, leading market research firm and companies such as Dell, HP, IBM, MySQL, and Oracle will debate growth opportunities for the platform
SAN FRANCISCO – March, 2008 — The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced the speakers for its 2nd Annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit.
The Summit, heralded as the only place where Linux kernel developers, distribution and system vendors, ISVs, and end users meet face-to-face and collaborate, takes place April 8 – 10, 2008 at the UT Super Computing Center in Austin, TX.
The Collaboration Summit is designed to accelerate collaboration and problem solving in the Linux community by bringing key stakeholders together in a neutral setting. While there are a variety of industry and developer conferences, the LF Collaboration Summit is the only one to combine participation from developers, users, vendors, ISVs, attorneys and C-level executives to tackle the most pressing issues facing Linux.
To apply for registration, please visit: https://www.linux-foundation.org/events/collaboration. "
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