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Integrating Data in the Information System: An Open Source Approach by Talend
overall information system. This white paper describes how Open Source helps solving the interoperability challenge. Today, many organizations are deploying new systems - RDBMS, business applications such as CRM or ERP, data warehouses, etc. Any new technology deployment in an enterprise information system...
Why Migrate to SharePoint? The Case for Consolidating Your Ever-Growing Data by Quest Software
This white paper discusses why Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is an excellent platform on which to consolidate your data. As technology grew more ubiquitous across the enterprise beginning in the 1990s, many platforms emerged to store data. These included file shares, Exchange public folders, and Lotus Notes applications, as well as early...
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IBM cranks up open-source bid
IBM is pumping up its open-source initiatives with the announcement of its open source "zone" as part of its new developerWorks Web site... More...
Sep 29, 1999
Perens: IT pros must lobby for open-source
Open-source pioneer and evangelist Bruce Perens urges IT managers to lobby for the protection of open-source software from the infringing threat of software patents and legal liability... More...
Aug 27, 2003
Apache offers Open Source XML tool
The Apache Software Foundation, the open source development group behind the popular Apache Web server, is branching out into offering free, open source code eXtensible Markup Language tools... More...
Nov 9, 1999
Open source picks some new fights
Open-source infrastructure software is expanding. Now two open-source projects have launched efforts to assemble "stacks" of software applications that offer an open-source equivalent to commercial software from Microsoft, Oracle, BEA Systems and others... More...
Nov 23, 2004
Open-Xchange to battle Domino, Exchange
Open-Xchange, the open source e-mail and calendaring server platform, is now available in beta, thanks in large part to contributions from the open source community. Beta version 0.7.3, which is compatible with open source messaging clients Evolution and KDE Kontact, could lead up to a version that can compete with Domino and Exchange... More...
Oct 7, 2004
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Special Report: How much is that SOA in the window?, part 1 by Colleen Frye, News Writer

The confluence of two major movements in the software industry—service-oriented architecture and open source software—is promising to cause a fundamental change in how vendors make money on technology, and how customers spend money on technology. The traditional money trail, where customers... More...

Mar 30, 2006
Desktop apps ripe turf for open source by Jack Loftus, News Writer

Two recently released reports have reinforced what open source advocates have known for years: Open source has positioned itself as a strong and fundamental commercial force.

Both reports identified office suite applications space -- desktop software... More...

Oct 4, 2004
Sun exec says Java ME release will push Java-Linux meld by MiMi Yeh, Assistant Editor

Sun Microsystems Inc. said this week that it will provide an open source Java under an OSI-approved license.

Sun said it planned to release its implementation of Java ME by the end of this year. It has already set up a Java community Web site to receive feedback.

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Aug 17, 2006