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- 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
- Economist: Open source works best when half-closed
- [Found via Futurismic] The Economist takes a look at the successes and failures of the open source movement, and comes to this conclusion: "The most important thing holding back the open-source model, apparently, is itself." The article levels two basic indictments at open source: ...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, SourceForge, Open Source, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-03-21
- Evaluating Open Source Software for Your Business
- This paper looks at the strange world of open source IT decision making that can get in the way of good decisions. The exuberant IT manager sees open source like found money or a snow day; if it's free and good, why bother with the evaluation? Let's just use it....
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Pathfinder Development, Open Source
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Open Source Strategies for Software Developers
- The benefits associated with open source software can be realized as long as there is a plan to mitigate any risks that are part of using open source products. The ubiquity of open source software is increasing. Whether used as a small tool for software development, or as the core...
- Tags: Software, Developer, Open-source Software, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management
- White papers
- Open source .NET development: Co-mingling open source and the .NET platform
- Imagine the power of running code created by Microsoft development tools on a Linux machine or including an open source component in a proprietary product. Chapter 2 of Open Source .NET Development, by Brian Nantz, will give you a high-level overview of the numerous large .NET/open source projects currently in...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, Addison-Wesley, Open Source, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters 2004-11-23
- Open source .NET development: Co-mingling open source and the .NET platform
- Imagine the power of running code created by Microsoft development tools on a Linux machine or including an open source component in a proprietary product. Chapter 2 of Open Source .NET Development, by Brian Nantz, will give you a high-level overview of the numerous large .NET/open source projects currently in...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, development tool, Linux, open source, Open-Source .NET Development, tool
- Download resources 2004-11-23
- New open source standards defined
- open source standardIt is a good developement. We need to have a standard for all open source software. All open source communities should come together and form a international association. Define the standard.smanwww.browsetoknow.blogspot.com
- Tags: s-man, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- Building an Open-Source WAN Router
- While open source has penetrated just about every niche of the IT landscape, open-source routing has been slow to take off. This is ironic, since open-source routing stacks have been available since the earliest days of the Internet. In spite of the relative availability of open-source networking components, closed-source products...
- Tags: Vyatta, Open Source
- White papers 2007-08-30
- Open Source Applications in the Enterprise
- Is open source ready for primetime? This webcast explores how Commercial Open Source is challenging and changing the enterprise software market. Through the webcast, the viewer will understand how open source technologies are being leveraged by companies both large and small.
- Tags: Webcast, SugarCRM, Open Source
- Webcasts
- Success with semester's work done in Linux/Open Source
- And so, it is done: an entire semester's work completely written and submitted through open source software. Four submissions written in Star Office, all email in Thunderbird, papers uploaded to the class Yahoo group through Mozilla Firebird. Not one document lost, not one email missed, no viral issues, no text...
- Tags: intj-astral@...
- Discussion threads 2006-12-02
- 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
- High Quality and Open Source Software Practices
- Surveys suggest that, according to various metrics, the quality and dependability of today's open source software is roughly on par with commercial and government developed software. What are the prospects for advancing to much higher levels of quality in open source software? More specifically, what attributes must be possessed by...
- Tags: Software, Quality, Open-source Software, Open Source
- White papers
- Economics of Open Source: The Motives and Methods Behind the Free Software That Is Challenging Market Leaders
- Open Source Software OSS is starting to be known as a viable alternative to traditional commercial software. OSS is being used in almost all fields. This paper aspires to explain the current surge of open source software through economic analysis and to provide insight to the recent success of the...
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Leader, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management
- White papers 2005-06-03
- Creating and Managing an Open Source Project, Part 1
- The growing popularity of open source software benefits everyone. From simple utility classes to full-blown IDEs, it is hard to find a Java developer that is not using some open source piece nowadays, even though he/she may not be aware of it. By feeling open source has done a lot...
- Tags: Open Source
- White papers 2005-07-28
- 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
- Open Source for the Enterprise: Support Models for Open Source
- Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists have noticed that the number of people who can benefit from open source is far larger than the number of people who have the skills to do so. While this paper argues that the best way to take advantage of open source is to embark on...
- Tags: O'Reilly Media Inc., Open Source
- Book chapters 2005-08-05
- Live Webcast: Open or Closed? Why you need a strategy for open source in your organization
- Tough economic times call for a new approach to software development and demand that you find a better, faster, and more affordable way to develop new applications. Open source is the answer - much faster time to value, all the benefits of an on-demand business model, and speed of innovation....
- Tags: Strategy, Webcast, Ingres, Open Source
- Webcasts 2007-06-17
- 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
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