Enterprise software giant SAP is making a renewed push to build ties to the developer community, but that enthusiasm isn't likely to extend to making the source code for any of its core components available.
IT managers must work quickly to develop procurement policies for open source products as they become an increasingly central element of enterprise infrastructure systems.
Federal government officials have quashed speculation that the use of open source software might be mandated for Australian government departments and agencies, despite growing interest in open source products within government bodies.
In the wake of the ongoing SCO lawsuit, open source developers must take steps to ensure they don't become the victims of further legal action.
While government departments remain concerned about the implications of using open source, successful projects have overcome that concern by simply demonstrating better value for money.
The ever-decreasing cost of storage might look like a useful development for the cash-strapped IT manager, but in fact the falling bucks per gigabyte figure can carry a hidden sting in the tail.
Google's plans for greener datacentres are being promoted with great fervour, but its calls for greater environmental accountability have some definite limitations.
In the 21st century, if we don't like our political leaders, we endlessly whine about them on blogs. In the Czech Republic, historically a simpler solution was frequently used: throw the offending individuals out the window. Storage managers can learn something from this.
Intel's announcements at its 2007 Developer Forum in San Francisco centred around the availability of its Penryn processors later this year and future plans for its Nehalem microarchitecture, but CEO Paul Otellini also used the opening keynote to show off some cool prototypes and other fancy equipment.
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