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Article | 7/07/2010 Can Oracle pull off Sun portals merger without a hitch?
Oracle is preparing to launch a major migration of portals that serve customers and technologies gained through its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
Article | 7/07/2010 New Postgres to add the polish
With the impending release of version 9.0 of the open-source Postgres database, due in mid-August, the developers behind the project are hoping that t...
Article | 5/07/2010 SkySQL joins ranks of MySQL support providers
MySQL users now have another choice for support besides Oracle, which acquired the open-source database through its purchase of Sun Microsystems.
Article | 5/07/2010 Unix Active Directory software gets faster
Likewise Software has released a new version of its open-source authentication software for allowing Linux, Apple Macintosh and commercial Unix-based ...
Article | 1/07/2010 Fedora gets new leader
The Fedora Project will be getting a new leader next month, as Jared Smith takes over the helm from current head Paul Frields, Frields announced Tuesd...
Article | 1/07/2010 Early version of MeeGo for phones released to developers
MeeGo, a Linux project combining Intel and Nokia software, released an early version of the mobile phone OS to developers on Wednesday.
Article | 29/06/2010 Apache upgrades Tomcat Web server
Apache Tomcat 7.0, the latest version of the popular open source Java Web server, is available Tuesday from the Apache Software Foundation.
Article | 30/06/2010 Cloudera preps Hadoop for the enterprise
Cloudera has unveiled a new set of Hadoop management tools, called Cloudera Enterprise, that the company will offer for an annual subscription fee, it...
Article | 26/06/2010 Red Hat CEO: VMware our biggest competitor
When it comes to enterprise open source software vendor Red Hat, one might assume its biggest competitors to be Oracle, Novell, Microsoft, or even IBM...
Article | 25/06/2010 Red Hat overhauls JBoss portal interface
Red Hat has released version 5.0 of its portal software, the JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform, the company announced Thursday at its Red Hat Summit in...
Article | 24/06/2010 Google Docs creates expectations CIOs can't meet, Red Hat CEO says
As chief executive of Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst spends much of his time traveling the world and talking to CIOs, and he constantly hears one thing: that...
Article | 24/06/2010 Facebook engineer: Going large requires thinking small
When managing a constantly expanding system with many moving parts, it is crucial to break the system into large numbers of small pieces and manage th...
Article | 24/06/2010 Red Hat launches hybrid cloud platform
Red Hat has launched a comprehensive package, called Red Hat Cloud Foundations, that will allow organizations to run applications in both public cloud...
Article | 23/06/2010 A 'fat-free' programming framework for the cloud
Researchers in the U.K. are developing a lean-and-mean programming framework called Mirage that is designed specifically to support applications runni...
Article | 18/06/2010 Mozilla intern touts tricks to give Firefox the illusion of speed
An interface designer interning at Mozilla has suggested that the company mimic gimmicks in Google's Chrome to make users think Firefox starts up fast...