Topics for this podcast: *Latest in enterprise Linux releases and developments *Squiz combining open source WCM roots with enterprise search *Open source attitudes, approaches differ by region *NoSQL, White House.gov demonstrate open source contribution iTunes or direct download (31:01, 8.7MB)

HP acquire Palm. Microsoft and HTC sign patent deal. And more.

There have been some interesting reports and findings recently regarding the opportunity and demand for open source software and its vendors among small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). First, a study from CompTIA indicates that SMBs are becoming more aggressive and willing to spend on IT provided it delivers cost savings and other efficiencies. In terms [...]

With its recent beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat is taking its most pronounced step away from the Xen hypervisor in favor of KVM, which it sees as a step forward for performance, flexibility and support, particularly for virtualization and cloud computing. It is interesting to watch how Red Hat and [...]

VMware and Salesforce.com launch VMforce. Red Hat provides Cloud Access. And more.

In my role as part of The 451 Group’s Information Management practice I have recently initiated coverage on the various “NoSQL” databases, which are providing a fresh challenge to conventional relational databases (clients can get a good introduction to our coverage here, while non-clients can also see some of my thinking aloud over at our [...]

The White House contributes to OSS. Growth for Pentaho and MuleSoft. And more.

Given The 451 Group’s presence in the UK, the CAOS (Commercial Adoption of Open Source) service is often asked to compare differing attitudes to open source adoption in Europe and North America. The recent survey of 1,700 open source software users, conducted as part of our recent CAOS report Climate Change: User Perspectives on the [...]

Talend raises $8m. Cisco leaves a TIP. And more.

Topics for this podcast: *The latest in VC funding for open source *VMware’s SpringSource buys cloud messenger Rabbit *Open source monitoring vendors’ key cloud partnershps *Oracle moves ahead, back on MySQL, OpenSolaris iTunes or direct download (25:38, 7MB)

Oracle outlines MySQL plans. Datameer launches with Series A funding. And more.

I caught some of the keynotes and discussion at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit today, and was particularly interested in the panel discussion on open source and cloud computing. While we are used to hearing and talking about how important open source software is to cloud computing (open source giving to cloud computing), moderator John [...]

600 new customers for SugarCRM. James Gosling leaves Oracle. And more.

We reported last week that VC funding for OSS-related vendors fell 37% in 2009 to $375.4m. We noted at the time that the decline was not actually as steep as I or others had predicted. Another reason we weren’t overly negative about the 2009 figure was that we knew the figures for the first quarter [...]

Perspectives on the IBM patent hoo-ha. Karmasphere lands funding. And more.

If the recent debate about open core licensing has proven one thing, it is that the issue of combining proprietary and open source code continues to be a controversial one. It ought to be simple: either the software meets the Open Source Definition or it does not. But it is not always easy to tell [...]

One of the first special reports I wrote for 451 Group was an analysis of the open source systems management vendors on the scene — GroundWork, Hyperic, Zenoss, OpenNMS Group, Nagios Enterprises and some others. These named ones are those that made it and while there was some reckoning in the market and there have [...]

The latest report from the 451 Group’s CAOS (commercial adoption of open source) practice is now available, presenting an analysis of venture capital funding for open source software-related vendors in 2009. Some of the key statistics are as follows: As you can see, VC funding for OSS-related vendors was down considerably in 2009, as predicted. [...]

Absolutely nothing about the iPad. Seriously – nothing at all.

Novell owns Unix copyrights. Red Hat updates RHEL. And more.