UK Govt goes big on open source. DotNetNuke acquires Active Modules. And more.

At first glance there doesn’t seem to be a way to search Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace app store by license, but out of interest, here’s a chart showing the applications on Microsoft’s CodePlex code hosting site, by license. Make of it what you will.

Topics for this podcast: *Infobright lights up machine-denerated data analytics *CouchOne and Membase merge to form Couchbase *DataStax adds onto Apache Cassandra-centered efforts *Eucalyptus Systems grows enterprise partners, users *The four pillars of openness iTunes or direct download (24:51, 4.3MB)

Next Thursday, February 24 (at 10am PT), I’ll be taking part in a webinar with Pero Subasic, Chief Architect, AOL to discuss the use cases for NoSQL database and Hadoop.

Much ado about open source licenses and Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace. And more.

Given our coverage regarding the impact of open source software on cloud computing, development and IT admin trends such as devops and the drivers of open source from the perspective of open source software users and customers, there’s no question open source software is the driving force of openness in today’s enterprise IT. Still, there [...]

Kaltura raises $20m. ForgeRocks acquires ApexIdentity. And more.

Nuxeo contributes its Core to Eclipse. Nokia bets its future on Windows Phone. And more.

We’re seeing yet more signs of IT and software sales channels opening up to open source. The latest deal, whereby Canonical will make Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) on Dell blade servers available to public users through government middleman Autonomic Resources, reinforces the idea that system integrators (SIs), VARs, service providers and others are quickly and [...]

One of the central arguments of our recent Control and Community report on open source business strategies was that many so-called open source vendors are failing to enjoy the full benefits of the open source development model by attempting to control their associated projects. Specifically, we wrote: “there is a clear trend back toward community-led [...]

NoSQL vendors merge to form Couchbase. Funding for Basho and EnterpriseDB. And more

See our Too Much Information blog for our immediate reaction to the merger of open source database vendors CouchOne and Membase, as well as some interesting news related to Riak developer Basho Technologies.

The DOJ asks for more detail on Novell/CPTN deal. OpenStack releases Bexar. and more.

Hudson developers vote for Jenkins. SugarCRM turns cash flow positive. And more.