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Article | 3/11/2011 VMware out, Twitter in at Java oversight committee
VMware is no longer a member of the Java Community Process SE/EE Executive Committee, but Twitter has joined, according to election results finalized ...
Article | 2/11/2011 Sybase IQ 15.4 features 'Big Data' theme, support for Hadoop, MapReduce
Sybase is hoping its IQ analytic database can make its mark in the burgeoning "Big Data" market with an array of new features, including native integr...
Article | 1/11/2011 HortonWorks hones a Hadoop distribution
Yahoo spinoff company Hortonworks has released a preview edition of what will be a fully open source distribution of the Apache Hadoop data analysis p...
Article | 1/11/2011 Canonical to expand Ubuntu for smartphones, tablets
Canonical plans to expand its Ubuntu Linux distribution so it could be used on smartphones, tablets and other touch interface consumer electronics, sa...
Article | 27/10/2011 Black Duck refines code search
Black Duck Software has revamped its software code engine so that it indexes more quickly and filters the results, the company announced Wednesday.
Article | 27/10/2011 Oracle-Google trial won't start until next year
The intellectual property lawsuit between Oracle and Google over the Android mobile OS won't go to trial until next year, according to a ruling made W...
Article | 26/10/2011 Suse working on private OpenStack cloud
Attachmate's Suse division has announced plans to offer software based on the OpenStack platform for enterprises to build private clouds.
Article | 18/10/2011 Sun was close to licensing Java patents to Google for $28M
Google and Sun Microsystems' discussions to co-develop Android ultimately broke down because of disagreements over control of the platform, Google wro...
Article | 15/10/2011 Apache asserts OpenOffice stewardship
Despite the growing momentum of the LibreOffice fork of OpenOffice, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is urging the community of volunteer develope...
Article | 13/10/2011 Mozilla sets its site on mobile standardization
After helping pave the way for platform independent websites and applications, the Mozilla Foundation has set a new, and ambitious, task for itself to...
Article | 11/10/2011 Nginx gets commercial backing
Nginx, an increasingly popular open source Web server software program, has gotten some commercial backing.
Article | 5/10/2011 Red Hat buys cloud storage vendor Gluster
Red Hat is acquiring privately owned storage vendor Gluster for approximately US$136 million in cash to boost its cloud offerings, it said on Tuesday.
Article | 4/10/2011 MySQL hits new development milestone
Oracle is making the open-source MySQL database more stable and feature-rich through a shift in development philosophy, MySQL Vice President of Engine...
Article | 4/10/2011 Oracle rolls out 'Big Data' appliance
Oracle unveiled the Big Data Appliance, the newest addition to its line of products that combine software and hardware, during the OpenWorld conferenc...
Article | 1/10/2011 Oracle rigs MySQL for NoSQL-like access
Speculation has been <a href="http://maxschireson.com/2011/09/29/oracle-does-nosql/">running rampant</a> that Oracle may introduce its own NoSQL datab...