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- 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
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- 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
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- Unicomp Combines Intel Architecture With Open Source Software to Provide a Cost-Effective, Powerful, and Flexible IT Solution
- AStra MOtor III ASMO needed to increase its production capacity by 2.5 times to meet strong market demand, but upgrading its existing server infrastructure to manage the additional requirements would prove costly. ASMO needed a cost-effective solution to handle the added data processing needs the higher production capacity demanded. The...
- Tags: Information Technology, Open-source Software, Intel Itanium 2, Intel Corp., Intel Architecture, Servers, Processors, Databases, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Dr. KN Modi Foundation Reaps the Benefits of Linux OS and Open Source Software Running on Intel Architecture
- KUKA Roboter is one of the world's largest robot manufacturers. A globally operating Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM with a large established installed customer base, KUKA Roboter required a highly stable platform for its next-generation PC-based controller. KUKA needed guaranteed component availability to support a product lifespan of up to seven...
- Tags: Operating System, Open-source Software, Benefit, Motherboard, Intel Corp., Intel Architecture, KUKA Roboter, Robots, Linux, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software
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- Unicomp Combines Intelarchitecture With Open Source Software to Provide a Cost-Effective, Powerful, and Flexible IT Solution
- Leading Armenian Information Technology IT provider, Unicomp, has embarked on a pioneering program to bring transformative IT solutions to the Armenian education, government, health and Small- and Medium-sized Business SMB markets. By using the combination of open source software and Intel-based platforms, Intel Premier Provider Unicomp is providing its customers...
- Tags: Software, Information Technology, Open-source Software, Intel Corp., Strategy, Smb/Sme, Government, Open Source, Management
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- Intel Platforms Running Open Source Software Help Indian Life Insurance Company Achieve More With Less
- As one of the fastest-growing private life insurance companies in India with a trained sales force of more than 100,000 agents, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited Bajaj Allianz operates thousands of desktop and notebook PCs. The company realized that continuing to deploy proprietary operating systems and software was becoming...
- Tags: Operating System, Open-source Software, Notebook Computer, Intel Corp., Notebooks, Help Desk, Desktops, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, It Operations, Software
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- Enhancing Linux/RTAI With Open Source Software Components
- Cleopatre is an open source and flexible real-time operating system, that supports many components, features and optional dynamics aspects. The Cleopatre components are classified in four groups: the scheduling components including static and dynamic schedulers, the synchronization components including priority inheritance and ceiling protocols, the aperiodic tasks servicing components (including...
- Tags: Software, Component, Open-source Software, Cleopatre
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- Development of Robot Controllers Based on PC Hardware and Open Source Software
- Researchers, developers and system integrators require more openness in control systems in order to design, develop and rapidly integrate functionalities to fulfill new application requirements. Even if several robot control vendors provide their products with customized development tools, low cost and not proprietary solutions should be preferred to face the...
- Tags: Software, LinuxDevices.com, PC, Open-source Software, Hardware, Robots, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management
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- Shipping Company Abandons Open Source Software for Integrated E-Mail and Operating System
- Leading Baltic shipping company Lisco Baltic Service, which has cargo and passengers ferry lines from Lithuania to Germany, Sweden and Russia, decided to update its ageing Open Source IT infrastructure. This was becoming increasingly difficult and expensive to manage and was no longer compatible with systems at parent company DFDS...
- Tags: Shipping Company, Operating System, Open-source Software, Microsoft Corp., Technology, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Hardware
- Case studies
- Open Source Software Development: A Case Study of FreeBSD
- A common claim is that open source software development produces higher quality software at lower cost than traditional commercial development. To validate such claims, researchers have conducted case studies of "successful" open source development projects. This case study of the FreeBSD project provides further understanding of open source development. This...
- Tags: FreeBSD, Open-source Software, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software
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- IBM may make DB2 open source, and Microsoft wants an open source census
- IBM may move DB2, its flagship database server, to an open source model. Meanwhile, Microsoft is co-sponsoring an open source "census." by Andy Moon
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Microsoft Corp., IBM DB2, IBM Corp., Open Source, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- How do I... Connect an Apple iPod to an Ubuntu Linux PC?
- It is indeed possible to connect an Apple iPod MP3 player to a personal computer running Ubuntu Linux. Jack Wallen shows you what open source software application you need and how to set it up.
- Tags: Ubuntu, Apple iPod, PC, Open-source Software, Apple Inc., Ubuntu Linux, Linux PC, Jack Wallen, Open Source, Digital Music, Digital Media, Linux, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2008-06-03
- Open-Source Software Kit and Community Portal Advance Web Accessibility
- Worldwide, many organizations are adopting Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 for collaboration and content management. To make Office SharePoint Server 2007 available to users with hearing, vision, and learning impairments, organizations need an efficient and affordable way to create SharePoint-based Web sites that meet accessibility standards. Although various vendors offer...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft SharePoint, Open-source Software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Portal, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-05-09
- Is open source the right model for your company's applications?
- Open-source software has matured over the past few years and has made a lot of inroads into virtually all types of businesses. Some of the most secure businesses are banks, as a result of them having what everyone wants most, which is namely money. Open-source software helps some...
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- Hourglass (zip)
- Hourglass allows you to track the time spent on various programming or other tasks, and provides reporting mechanisms for analyzing the use of your time. Hourglass is an easy to use, open source software solution to track the time you spend on any type of project. This version is the...
- Tags: Open-source Software, Mike Grant, Hourglass, Open Source
- Software downloads 2007-11-13
- GlassFish v2: Open for Business
- Open-source software is becoming a very attractive choice for a lot of companies and their in-house developers. That's because the community can freely acquire and upgrade the source code for open-source software. This usually means that the software improves at a much faster rate than does proprietary software, and the...
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Project GlassFish, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management
- White papers 2008-01-01
- HP launches tool to track open-source software at work
- HP has launched an open-source initiative called the FOSSology Project. FOSSology is a software tool for tracking and monitoring the use of both free and open-source software in an organization, and it stems from in-house work at HP. According to the official Web site: We...
- Tags: Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Open-source Software, Tool, FOSSology, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Open Source, Management, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- Turning profit with open source software: Possible?
- Recently, a slashdotter posed the question to slashdot readers: how could he make money with the open source software he created? The software, ironically enough, was a financial application and he really wanted it to live under the GPL. But how could he make a buck if anyone could have...
- Tags: Software, Developer, Open-source Software, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Instrumentation of Open-Source Software for Intrusion Detection
- A significant number of cyber assaults are attempted against open source internet support software written in C, C++, or Java. Examples of these software packages include the Apache web server, open source DHCP servers, and network share software such as Samba. These attacks attempt to take advantage of inadvertent flaws...
- Tags: Software, Intrusion Detection, Open-source Software, University Of Nebraska, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management
- White papers 2007-01-10
- Windows Administrator's Guide to Open Source Software
- TechRepublic's Windows Administrator's Guide to Open Source Software in the Enterprise takes a look at some of the most popular open source options available from a Windows administrator perspective. It presents field-tested recommendations for making open source program play nice in a Windows environment. This e-book...
- Tags: Software, Open-source Software, Windows Administrator, Open Source
- Download resources 2007-08-24
