Red Hat is looking to fill gaps in its increasingly burgeoning portfolio of software goodies by declaring it may soon get into the BI game. The company’s JBoss CTO Mark Little told journalists at a press event in London this morning that plans were afoot to develop software for that market.
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Windows 7 leads the way to record quarter for Microsoft
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At the close of trading Thursday, Microsoft announced the results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2010, which ended December 31, 2009. Revenue of $19.02 billion, a 14 percent increase from the same period of the prior year, set a new a record for the company.
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Red Hat Exchange: Dead or Alive?
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Launched in 2007, Red Hat Exchange sounded promising. But over time, Red Hat gradually rethought the online marketplace. Visit the original site now (http://rhx.redhat.com) and Red Hat Exchange seems non-responsive. Does it still exist? Here are thoughts from The VAR Guy.
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Ubuntu: It's time to tackle the marketing machine, open source style
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Ubuntu. Ah Ubuntu. My old friend. That operating system that, despite being one of the best (if not THE best) desktop operating systems available, still can not gain any traction. But that can change. In the newest release of the Ubuntu Software Center you will find an “iTunes-like” music service.
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Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier Leaving Novell/openSUSE
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January 31st will be my last day with Novell. I've given it a great deal of thought, and decided that it's time to move on.
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Open-source alive and thriving
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New York University anthropologist Gabriella Coleman says the open-source software movement has emerged relatively unscathed from the economic downturn.
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opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM Version 1.4 Release Candidate Available
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The Release Candidate for opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM Version 1.4 is now available for download from sourceforge.net
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Ingres CEO Analyzes Oracle-MySQL Combination
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Shortly after the European Union approved Oracle’s takeover of Sun Microsystems (and MySQL), I interviewed Ingres President and CEO Roger Burkhardt about his views on the Oracle-MySQL combo. Here are his thoughts.
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How Red Hat Routed the Recession
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While the recession has battered many U.S. software companies, Red Hat — which has staked its future on open-source Linux software, virtualization and cloud computing — has flourished.
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Google is changing and it will affect your site
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Google are never one to rest on their laurels, and the past few months have seen a lot of changes to Google’s search pages that you might have easily missed.
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Sun CEO Issues Memo in Wake of Oracle Acquisition Greenlight
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After the European Commission approved Oracle’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun, it only took a few hours for an internal memo to go out from Jonathan Schwartz, Sun’s CEO, announcing that he is resigning. discussing the impact that change in control will have on Sun.
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IT Spending to Grow Nearly 5% This Year
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Analyst Gartner released a report that says IT spending globally will grow this year a total of nearly 5% over 2009 and reach $3.4 trillion.
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Ellison Shares Oracle-Sun-MySQL Vision on Jan. 27
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is pretty darn confident the European Union will soon approve Oracle’s takeover of Sun Microsystems and MySQL. Still skeptical? Ellison is planning a big announcement on January 27. Here are the details.
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'Microsoft-free' virtual desktop startup gets $4m funding
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A start-up teaming up with IBM to build "Microsoft-free" virtual desktops and deliver them through a cloud computing model has secured $4 million in first-round venture financing.
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Rattled Red Hat battles support impostors
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Red Hat is rattled. Sure, it remains the world's biggest Linux company by revenue market share. But it's beginning to feel that it's under pressure - and that it must respond. That pressure is coming not from Microsoft, but from fellow Linux vendors.
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