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OpenOffice 3.0 Beta Adds Mac, Docx Support and More: Seems like just a month ago that Microsoft Office competitor OpenOffice.org trotted out version 2.4. Today the open-source office suite debuted its long-awaited 3.0 version albeit in beta form, adding native support for Mac OS X, import filters for Office 2007, an updated interface, and countless other tweaks and...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Rick Broida, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice 3.0 Beta, Apple Macintosh; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Limo Adds Mozilla, Verizon to Its Bandwagon: The LiMo Foundation, a consortium that is building an open software platform for handsets based on Linux, has added Mozilla and Verizon to its roster The full roster of partners added today includes: Infineon Technologies; Kvaleberg AS; Mozilla Corporation; Red Bend...; Tags: LiMo Foundation, Verizon Communications Inc., Mozilla Corp., Limo, UI, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Friendster Scales-Out With MySQL Network: Social Networking Site Handles Over One Billion Database Queries Per Day: Helping 17 million people stay in touch with their friends and make new connections with others is a big job. However, as the largest social networking site on the Web, Friendster is up to the task - even with 60 million page-views each day. To manage such a large (and...; Tags: Databases, MySQL AB, Friendster Inc., MySQL, social networking, scalability, database, network, job, Web; Case studies
Patni's 24x7 Technical Support Helps US Client Raise the Bar of Its Worldwide Customer Service: A global leader in Embedded Linux distribution, the client provides GNU/Linux-based open-source software solutions and offers a family of products. The client needed encompassing applications ranging from communications infrastructure to consumer electronics. A critical objective was to equip itself to offer 24x7 service contracts to its customers. Patni together with...; Tags: Outsourcing, UNIX, Patni Computer Systems Ltd., GNU/Linux, embedded Linux, cost reduction, customer service, open-source software, consumer electronics, electronics, leader, team, open source, Linux; Case studies
Crash Simulation Assignment With Leading Automotive Company: Prototype testing is a very costly affair, and simulations require costly high end machines. The challenge put forth by the client was to set up the MPP-Dyna cluster on Linux which works as efficiently as on UNIX and the need for an infrastructure planning for the cluster. Infosys helped the...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Infosys Technologies Ltd., cluster, Linux cluster, Linux, CPU, Unix; Case studies

Migration of Credited Analysis System of a Major Financial Institution: The client's requirement was to cut costs and still provide an exceptional performance, addition/up-gradation of existing Solaris boxes was costly and except for SUN no other choices existed and to remove dependency on ORBIX and migrate the C++ applications so that it runs on both Solaris and Linux. Infosys helped...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Sun Solaris, C++, cost savings, Linux, performance; Case studies
Embedding open source BI in Mission Critical Applications: Dos and Don'ts: If you're wondering if Open Source BI is ready for the enterprise, consider that savvy enterprises prefer Open Source BI for mission-critical business applications. But you need to evaluate carefully. Open Source BI provides great new opportunities, but there are still challenges and limitations. Download this white...; Tags: JasperSoft, open source, business intelligence, business application, IDE, analysis, server; White papers
open source Intranets: Open source platforms continue to advance and evolve and they're starting to appear more often as solutions for enterprise intranets. One of the leader's in the open source intranet space is Plone - a collaborative content management system that is regarded as one of the better open source enterprise intranet...; Tags: Plone, Intranet, open source, content management, content management system, Wiki, search engine, leader; White papers
PLM Solutions Help Launch Revolutionary Jet: Eclipse Aviation is doing something very unusual. The company is creating a sixplace, twin-turbofan jet aircraft that will cost less than most used turboprops. The revolutionary Eclipse 500 aircraft, available in early 2006, will sell for $1 million, approximately one-quarter the cost of similar small jets. It is also designed...; Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Java development tools, UGS Corp., jet, aircraft, Eclipse; Case studies
Mars, Buffet Could Soon Bid For Wrigleys: Mars Inc and billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc were close to a deal to acquire the Wm Wrigley Jr Company for more than $US22 billion ($A23.58 billion), a deal that could transform the confectionary industry, newspapers reported on Monday.The deal could be announced as early as Monday,...; Tags: Newspaper, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Web Site Development, Investment, Financial Accounting, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Finance, Internet, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, AP; News items 2008-04-28
Spikesource Mines Rich Vein in Opensource Software: As corporations start adopting open-source applications, it's creating some new niches for companies to mine. One such company is Spikesource, a Redwood City, Calif., startup with backing from Kleiner Perkins VCs and strong alliances with established giants like Intel and Microsoft. Spikesource's niche is automated platforms for...; Tags: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Microsoft Corp., Open-source Application, Spikesource, Open Source, Kevin Kelleher; Blog posts 2008-04-08
Replace Pricey Microsoft Office with Free OpenOffice 2.4: Before you spend hundreds of dollars on the latest version of Microsoft Office, consider a less-expensive alternative: OpenOffice, which offers business-caliber word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, and drawing. Because it's open-source software, it doesn't cost a penny. The latest version, 2.4, adds a host of minor fixes...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Rick Broida, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2008-03-27
Encrypt Your Thumb-Drive Data with TrueCrypt: Thumb drives are great for transporting data, but did you ever stop to think about what would happen if the drive got lost or stolen? If it contains sensitive information, you could have a serious problem on your hands. Enter TrueCrypt, an open-source encryption utility that password-protects the data on...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, beginner, Rick Broida, TrueCrypt; Blog posts 2008-03-19
IBM Releases Beta 4 of Free Lotus Symphony Suite: Remember Lotus Symphony, the free office suite introduced by IBM last September? It's like a kinder, gentler version of OpenOffice (meaning it's nicer-looking and more user-friendly than the popular open-source suite). IBM just took the wraps off a new beta, bringing a host of new features and bug fixes to...; Tags: Microsoft Office, OPEN SOURCE, Rick Broida, IBM Corp., Symphony; Blog posts 2008-02-05
Eclipse Design Template: This is a template for eclipse design template.; Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.; Tools & templates 2007-12-01
DocSyncer Unveils Public Beta: A few days back, David posted the tantalizing news about DocSyncer, which syncs your Microsoft Office documents with Google Docs. Alas, the service was in private beta testing at the time, meaning you had to request an invitation. As of today, however, DocSyncer has reached public beta status, meaning anyone...; Tags: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Kinda, Rick Broida, DocSyncer; Blog posts 2007-12-19
Great Open-Source Alternatives: Open-source software has a lot going for it. It's free, it's constantly being improved upon, and it doesn't rely on proprietary formatting. (Did I mention it's free?) Unfortunately, it can also be confusing to figure out which programs are worthwhile and which ones you need to be a programmer to...; Tags: Web browsers, David Goldenberg, open source; Blog posts 2007-11-26
Sun and NetApp's IP War: Clogging the Blogosphere: Its war between Sun Microsystems and Network Appliance, and the blogosphere is the battleground -- for now. Here's the breakdown of events: *Sun accused NetApp of infringing on its patent copyrights and demanded $36 million. *NetApp denied doing so, and then filed a law suit against...; Tags: Storage, Lori Deschene, blogosphere, IP, NetApp, Dave Hitz, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source; Blog posts 2007-10-25
Email Snowballed via DHS in a Day: 2.2 Million: It started with one email from a businessman in North Carolina who wanted to alert the news list owner of his change of address. From there, it snowballed to 2.2. million messages to people at all levels of government and private security. Here's how...; Tags: Jonathan Haeber, e-mail, open source, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Blog posts 2007-10-08
Why the Product Review Process Scares Vendors: In a perfect world, product reviewers would buy the new products they're reviewing ... and test them completely independent of any interaction with or coercion by the respective vendors. But most publications don't have the budget to independently acquire the products they review, and therefore rely on the vendors...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Travis Van, reviewer, product review, Matt Sarrel, information technology; Blog posts 2007-10-02