Recent Open Source Analysis
2008 review – Mobility
In 2008, the iPhone, WiMax, femtocells and 'tweener' devices were among the standout issues in enterprise mobility. We examine these and other topics in our annual review of the market.
MIS / Reviews / Previews, 3 Dec 2008
Chris Hazelton, Gilad Nass Talend details recent and future open source integration, data-quality deliverables
What's inside the latest release of the commercial open source integration startup's flagship offering, dubbed Talend Open Studio, what's in the pipeline and how is its business faring?
MIS / Market Development, 3 Dec 2008
Krishna Roy BitRock builds open source package and installation business without venture funding
Like most in the industry right now, BitRock is proceeding cautiously. This means running off of angel funding and foregoing VC investment, but can the bootstrapped company continue to grow without it?
MIS / Market Development, 2 Dec 2008
Jay Lyman WaveMaker rides a wave of application development outside IT
Enterprise mashup adoption may be slower than we expected, but does that affect WaveMaker at all?
MIS / Market Development, 2 Dec 2008
Vishwanath Venugopalan 2008 review – Information management
E-discovery, cloud and in-memory databases, Web content management getting social, and a changing search landscape were among the standout issues in information management in 2008. We examine these and other issues in our annual review of the market.
MIS / Reviews / Previews, 2 Dec 2008
Nick Patience, Matt Aslett, Kathleen Reidy, Anne Nielsen, Katey Wood Sun adds Query Analyzer to MySQL Enterprise database subscription
With MySQL 5.1 due any day, Sun has announced an update to its MySQL Enterprise subscription service, adding a query-analysis service to help find database bottlenecks and improve performance.
MIS / Market Development, 1 Dec 2008
Matt Aslett Putting Oracle's open source moves in perspective
Oracle is viewed with skepticism by some in the open source world, but it has done much over the years to improve the enterprise credentials of Linux, among other things. Is the skepticism misplaced?
MIS / Impact Report, 25 Nov 2008
Matt Aslett QNX drives automotive, industrial embedded use with Neutrino RTOS update
The company is among those targeting the hot area of embedded software, but is it really better-off focusing on automotive, industrial control and other RTOS markets rather than mobile devices?
MIS / Market Development, 24 Nov 2008
Jay Lyman Ingres goes back to its roots with Database 9.2
The open source database management company may not go public this year as planned, but it continues to update its core product portfolio, returning to the naming convention of the underlying code base with Ingres Database 9.2.
MIS / Market Development, 21 Nov 2008
Matt Aslett Growing Zenoss integrates open source systems management with VMware
Zenoss' latest open source systems management software has enhanced monitoring of VMware environments and scaled-up support for Windows, but will the vendor really be able to benefit from the down economy?
MIS / Market Development, 20 Nov 2008
Jay Lyman A new Day? New execs show off new apps
The company is well known in WCM circles for its technical prowess – particularly its work with content-related Java specs – but sales and marketing haven't always kept up. Is that about to change?
MIS / Impact Report, 20 Nov 2008
Kathleen Reidy, Anne Nielsen Open source ECM play Nuxeo takes €2m series A
MIS / Analyst Note, 20 Nov 2008
Kathleen Reidy Hyperic closes in on clouds with HQ 4.0 open source systems management
Hyperic has bolstered its HQ open source systems management and monitoring software for virtualization and cloud computing, but how will customers proceed in these emerging areas?
MIS / Market Development, 18 Nov 2008
Jay Lyman Sun's FISHworks Unified Storage System hatches
The vendor's new Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems are entering the market a bit later than expected. Does Sun's latest gambit offer any glimmer of hope in a market where it has consistently failed to deliver?
MIS / Impact Report, 14 Nov 2008
Henry Baltazar Cittio touts business case for converting from management platforms to WatchTower
Without sacrificing the technical features and enhancements of its WatchTower network, systems and application monitoring product, Cittio provides tools for conversion that address business strategy, financial factors and ongoing support.
MIS / Market Development, 14 Nov 2008
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