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Ellison: Oracle Hearts MySQL September 23, 2009 
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison can be a wellspring of newsworthy comments. Little wonder, then, that for close to an hour on Tuesday, IT journalists were rapt as he ruminated on the subjects of the day in an interview with Sun Microsystems' Ed Zander at the Churchill Club in Silicon Valley.
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EnterpriseDB Smooths Way for Oracle App Migration June 16, 2009 
EnterpriseDB, which has commercialized the PostgreSQL open source database, announced on Tuesday the fifth version of its Postgres Plus Advanced Server. This latest version of EnterpriseDB's relational database management system is designed to let users easily migrate more Oracle applications in order to cut costs.
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Does Oracle's Sun Deal Mean Dark Clouds for Big Blue? April 21, 2009 
If it goes through without a hitch, Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems, announced Monday, could fill significant gaps in the database vendor's offerings. In addition to getting technologies in hot areas such as virtualization and cloud computing, Oracle will get access to patents that could prove to be cash cows.
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Mac Enterprise Apps and the Evolution of Open Source April 21, 2009 
It's no secret that Apple has dominated the headlines in computing over the last several years, earning new devotees through consumer-aimed offerings like the iPod, iTunes and the iPhone. Whether purposeful or not, gradually or suddenly, Macs have now roared into the business world.
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Open Source and the Cloud: Pay Dirt or Parasite? April 20, 2009 
The productivity and perils of open source software has been a topic pretty much beaten to death. Yet the landscape in IT, as always, is shifting -- because of the recession and because of a white-hot interest in cloud computing. It's time again, then, to look at the pluses and minuses of open source software models in the context of tight IT budgets and the advent of cloud-based services for enterprises.
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Cleaning Out the Closet: What to Do With Those Worn-Out Legacy Systems March 04, 2009 
Many large enterprises still run critical applications on legacy Linux and Unix platforms. Much like the fabled Energizer Bunny, these old computing OSes keep going and going and going. Some of these are not even in production any more. Upgrading these systems is no simple matter, partly because the organizations using them cannot simply turn off servers containing customer or financial data.
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HP, Sun Buddy Up to Offer Solaris on ProLiant Servers February 26, 2009 
Rivals Sun Microsystems and HP have inked a new multiyear agreement that enables HP to sell and support Sun's Solaris operating system on HP ProLiant server and blade system computers. The new deal's intent is to increase demand for Solaris on both HP ProLiant servers and server blades in new markets.
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Laying the GroundWork for Better Systems Monitoring October 10, 2008 
Founded in 1998, EZ Prints is an Atlanta-based provider of digital image fulfillment technology for retailers, portals, ISPs, digital content owners and professional photo services. About 500 online and offline retailers in the U.S. and Europe, including six of the top 10 online photo sites, use EZ Prints' technology platform to offer services that allow consumers and businesses to personalize digital content.
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Cray Intros Supercomputer Value Meal for $25K September 17, 2008 
Supercomputer maker has introduced the CX1, a small and low-cost supercomputer running Microsoft's new HPC Server 2008. The system is scheduled for official release Sept. 22. Aimed at users across a range of markets, including financial services, aerospace, automotive, petroleum, life sciences, government, academia and digital media, the systems are priced from $25,000 to more than $60,000.
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IBM's Homeward Bound Linux PC Push August 05, 2008 
IBM fired the opening salvo at this year's LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, and to the surprise of no one, it was aimed squarely at Microsoft. Sure, it was the low-hanging fruit -- Microsoft's an easy target. It's kind of like taking pot shots at John McCain at an Obama fund-raiser. But here, the ammunition was more notable than the target.
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Yahoo, HP, Intel Give Ivory Towers a Stairway to the Cloud July 30, 2008 
Yahoo, HP and Intel are collaborating on an ambitious research endeavor called "Cloud Computing Test Bed" -- designed to support cloud computing research and education at universities. Users will be able to develop and test software, data center management, and hardware associated with cloud computing on this large-scale grid.
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MuleSource Whips Galaxy Enterprise SOA Software Into Shape June 30, 2008 
MuleSource, a provider of open source service oriented architecture infrastructure software, on Monday announced the release of Mule Galaxy Enterprise, a solution for storing and managing SOA artifacts with enterprise-class features.
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Will Iona's Open Source Strategy Survive Progress Acquisition? June 25, 2008 
Call it a Route 128 SOA date. Progress Software is buying Iona Technologies for a little more than $100 million in actual value, broadening Progress' service oriented architecture portfolio significantly and catapulting Progress into the open source software infrastructure arena.
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Voting 2.0, Part 2: The Open Source Proposition May 30, 2008 
Even as the presidential elections draw ever nearer, debate rages about the technologies used to enable the voting process. It's too late for any large systematic changes to be implemented for this year, said Matthew Zimmerman, senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Via Open Sources Blueprints for Mini Notebook May 28, 2008 
Chipmaker Via Technologies took the wrapper of its OpenBook Mini-Note reference design Tuesday, making the blueprint for its latest ultra mobile PC available to anyone who wants to manufacture low-cost computers based on Via's line of low-power processors. The open source, computer-assisted design files are available for free under the Creative Commons Share Alike Attribution license.
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IBM Fuels New Blue Biz Initiative With Linux May 07, 2008 
IBM plans to launch an initiative that centers on a Linux-based platform and a Web-based marketplace tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. Set for later this year, the rollout will provide users with a range of products and services from independent software vendors. It will also allow them to tap into IBM's computing horsepower.
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