Recent Open Source Analysis
Aras updates its version of open source PLM on Microsoft
The company is out with a new, Microsoft Gold Certified PLM suite that is free and licensed under the Microsoft Community License. But is open source really right for PLM, let alone running on Microsoft?
MIS / Market Development, 15 May 2008
Jay Lyman Day Software names ex-Interwoven executive as new CEO
Along with strong Q1 results, Day Software has announced that the company's founder and longtime CEO will hand over the reins. Does this signal a new Day?
MIS / Market Development, 15 May 2008
Kathleen Reidy Verizon, Red Bend and others onboard LiMo for mobile Linux ride
MIS / Analyst Note, 14 May 2008
Jay Lyman SugarCRM brings app's mobile capabilities to parity with peers, beefs up reporting
The commercial open source CRM vendor is making moves designed to both attract new enterprise customers and appeal to its existing core SMB user base. At the same time, SugarCRM is looking to encourage more use of its software for non-CRM app development.
MIS / Market Development, 13 May 2008
China Martens Sun shines on a more 'social' Liferay in the portal market
In conjunction with the 5.0 release of its open source portal code, Liferay has announced a relationship with Sun Microsystems that will see the two sharing portal code moving forward.
MIS / Market Development, 9 May 2008
Kathleen Reidy Embarcadero embarks on a new path with CodeGear acquisition
The database tools vendor sees the acquisition of CodeGear's developer tools business as an opportunity to create hybrid products that boost the productivity of developers and database administrators alike. Will the market buy this rationale?
TDM / Deal Analysis, 7 May 2008
Vishwanath Venugopalan, Brenon Daly Sun spreads OpenSolaris light through community release, commercial support
The company is promoting and providing commercial support for its community operating system, OpenSolaris, but will this help it counter the charge of Linux, which continues to eat into Solaris' share of the market?
MIS / Market Development, 6 May 2008
Jay Lyman ScaleDB aims to take MySQL to new heights
Database startup ScaleDB is working on a new storage engine that will bring shared-disk clustering and advanced indexing techniques to Sun's MySQL database.
MIS / Impact Report, 5 May 2008
Matt Aslett Open source security play Untangle ties up Kaspersky OEM deal
Untangle and its open source approach to SMB security software just got a boost from AV player Kaspersky, but will it help Untangle mix it up with larger, established rivals in the space?
MIS / Market Development, 2 May 2008
Jay Lyman Novell plugs into Linux management with Microsoft, SUSE Linux appliances
Microsoft and Novell are working to expand their Linux systems management. Novell is also jumping on the Linux-based software appliance bandwagon with its SUSE Linux Enterprise software, but will its Linux offerings stand apart?
MIS / Market Development, 1 May 2008
Jay Lyman Licensing row eclipses Sun's first MySQL update
Sun Microsystems' recent announcement of the first update to its recently acquired MySQL open source database was overshadowed by a row with the user community about plans to limit some forthcoming features to paying customers.
MIS / Impact Report, 30 Apr 2008
Matt Aslett Black Duck takes Koders under its wing to enrich developer offerings
Software IP management vendor Black Duck makes its first acquisition to broaden its positioning as enterprises grow more comfortable with using open source software. What else does Black Duck have up its sleeve?
TDM / Deal Analysis, 28 Apr 2008
Vishwanath Venugopalan Terracotta adds cluster visualization with version 2.6
Java virtual machine clustering vendor Terracotta has added cluster monitoring and management capabilities with version 2.6 of its open source software.
MIS / Market Development, 28 Apr 2008
Matt Aslett Trolltech adds mobile capability to its Qt development platform
Linux tools vendor Trolltech, soon to be merged into Nokia, now has two platforms that 'do mobile.' Qtopia is specifically a mobile Linux device platform, but the company has now added Windows CE support to its core desktop development suite, Qt.
MIS / Market Development, 28 Apr 2008
Tony Rizzo Colosa offers commercial open source BPM alternative
From the insurance industry, by way of as unlikely a place as La Paz, Bolivia, comes Colosa, a commercial open source business process management software vendor.
MIS / Impact Report, 25 Apr 2008
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