TechRepublic Resources
- Are potential legal liabilities holding back Linux adoption?
- How likely is it that Linux adopters will face legal challenges due to patent infringement cases? Mark Vernon follows up on recent legal issues concerning Linux adoption in the financial services industry. I recently wrote an article about the adoption of Linux in the financial services industry....
- Tags: Open Source Risk Management, Linux, UNIX, Mark Vernon, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Insurance, Financial Planning, patent, Mark Webbink, Financial Service IT Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Red Hat Inc., Financial Service, SCO Group Inc., Software
- Technical articles 2005-09-20
- IBM pledges no patent attacks against Linux
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- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, tech giant, Linux, IBM Corp., patent
- Technical articles 2004-08-05
- Group: Linux potentially infringes 283 patents
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- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Open Source Risk Management, Dan Ravicher, patent
- Technical articles 2004-08-02
- Start-up launches Linux legal protection
- By Stephen Shankland ...
- Tags: Open Source Risk Management, SCO Group Inc., Linux, Unix
- Technical articles 2004-04-19
Additional Resources
- Benchmark Results: Scalability of Alfresco Content Management System in a Unisys ES7000/one Enterprise Server Environment
- Alfresco is the leading Open Source alternative for enterprise content management. It couples the innovation of Open Source with the stability of a true enterprise-class platform. The Open Source model allows Alfresco to use best-of-breed Open Source technologies and contributions from the Open Source community to get higher quality software...
- Tags: Unisys Corp., Environment, Scalability, Alfresco, Open Source
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Your Open Source Strategy
- Enterprises are intrigued by open source software -- but stymied by myths of cost, support, and risk. Smart firms will master these myths to get the open software stack they want. Large companies are running open source software. Why? Because they believe open source does the job at a lower...
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Forrester Research Inc., Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management
- White papers 2003-09-01
- Building a Comprehensive IT Risk Management Program
- The need for effective IT risk management has become significantly more important as organizations have become more dependent on their IT systems for their livelihood and success. While many organizations feel they have a solid grasp on their IT risk concerns, too often their IT risk management efforts have serious...
- Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Indemnification Becomes Open Source’s Nightmare and Microsoft’s Blessing
- Download this free Yankee Group Report to read about software license indemnification and how it can help your company mitigate the threat of lawsuits related to intellectual property rights, copyright infringement, theft of trade secrets, or patent infringement. Discover why organizations using free, open source software are at far greater...
- Tags: Software, Indemnification, Software License, Microsoft Corp., Asset Management, Intellectual Property, Open Source, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Research & Development
- White papers 2005-04-01
- Project management software review: Open Workbench
- Microsoft Project many be the benchmark in project management software, but you can find effective open source and shareware alternatives. This Business Tech Review profiles Niku's Open Workbench project management application. This open source successor to Niku's Project Workbench offers a robust project planning and management package, but one that's...
- Tags: Shareware, Open Source, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Download resources 2005-04-15
- Taking Control of IT Risk
- Risk, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Not only do different parts of the enterprise maintain different views and definitions of risk — within the IT department a fragmented approach to defining and managing risk exists. IT risk is more than IT security and includes project risk,...
- Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Management
- Research reports 2006-02-01
- Project management software review: GanttPV
- Microsoft Project many be the benchmark in project management software, but you can find effective open source and shareware alternatives. This Business Tech Review profiles the GanttPV open source project management application. This open source application has yet to reach its 1.0 release. As the review points out, GanttPV holds...
- Tags: Shareware, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Open Source, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Download resources 2005-04-15
- The Costs and Risks of Open Source
- Open source, including Linux, is being deployed by a majority of companies in 2004, yet we question whether customers are adequately prepared to deal with the costs and risks of managing these environments. The allure of free software is accelerating the deployment of open source platforms, but open source is...
- Tags: Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2004-04-12
- Open Source Software's Expanding Role in the Enterprise: Companies Adopt Open Source as Standard
- Open source has emerged as one of the more important IT trends in this young century. The application of open source methodologies has grown significantly in scope, as has its usage, over a relatively short period of time. In the study discussed in this paper, more than half the companies...
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Open Source
- White papers 2007-03-01
- Open Source Security Myths Dispelled
- Is it risky to trust mission-critical infrastructure to open source software? Why should we pay an open source vendor when open source is supposed to be free? Will a shift to open source add complexity to our IT infrastructure? These questions all arise from open source myths...
- Tags: Open Source
- White papers 2007-09-25
- Security Risk Management (Level 200)
- Risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, and implementation of security countermeasures all must be taken into account when establishing security for your network. The Security Risk Management Guide, designed my Microsoft, can help your organization establish ongoing process of security risk management. This webcast takes a qualitative approach to risk management, tying...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Security
- Webcasts
- Risk-Assessment Strategies
- Risk management enables sound judgment when taking risks, and affords a level of contingency planning should a risk become a reality. Understanding the risks to company assets is the starting point of a risk-management process. Once you understand the risks to your business, you'll be able to make sound decisions...
- Tags: CMP Media, Risk Management, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Services, Security, Finance, Management
- White papers 2000-10-30
- Taking the plunge into open source
- Software companies jump on the open source bandwagonA small company called Aras is adopting an open-source model for its product lifecycle management application that's built with Microsoft technologies. More software companies are deciding that the risks associated with converting to open source--such as lower license revenue and shared intellectual property--offer...
- Tags: daemon, feedback, networking, news, open source, software, Sonja Thompson
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
- TechNet Webcast: Security Risk Management (Part 1 of 3): Concepts and Prerequisites (Level 300)
- This webcast introduces the concepts of Security Risk Management and illustrates the differences between risk assessment and risk management. The webcast compares the similarities and differences of the requirements of Risk Assessment and Risk Management.
- Tags: Risk Assessment, Webcast, Risk Management, Microsoft TechNet, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Financial Planning, Digital Media, Security, Financial Services, Management, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Risk Shield Pocket Edition (exe)
- Risk Shield offers a Windows Mobile solution for users who wish to start enterprise risk management with some basic risk assessments. This solution offers user access to a pre-defined risk matrix. A pocket version of the Risk Shield's Risk Register module. Single risk dimension in assessing risk impacts.
- Tags: Solution, Risk Shield, Enterprise Risk Management, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Strategy, Business Security, Business Operations, Software, Management
- Software downloads 2006-05-29
- TechNet Webcast: Security Risk Management (Level 200)
- Risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, and implementation of security countermeasures all must be taken into account when establishing security for the network. The Security Risk Management Guide, designed my Microsoft, can help the organization establish ongoing process of security risk management. The presenter of this webcast explains a qualitative approach to...
- Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Security
- Webcasts
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