Open Source News

Jitterbit has announced its relationship with Infowelders, a certified salesforce.com implementation partner. The partnership between Jitterbit and Infowelders is designed to provide customers valuable implementation resources in tackling integrations between salesforce.com and ... (more)

Infobright has announced availability of its new open source data warehouse software, Infobright Community Edition (ICE). This enterprise-class, self-managing solution is an alternative to high-cost, high-maintenance data warehouse products. Infobright is also launching www.info... (more)

Bluenog announced the availability of Bluenog ICE 4.0, the integrated suite of content management (ECM or CMS), portal, and business intelligence (BI) software. Bluenog ICE is an “Integrated Collaborative Environment” that leverages Web 2.0 technologies. The suite’s tight integra... (more)

Alfresco Software announced the availability of the first Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification draft implementation. As a contributing member of the draft technical specification, Alfresco is able to offer a draft implementation of CMIS for developers... (more)

The Linux Foundation announced that Black Duck Software has joined as a Foundation member. Black Duck provides solutions for software development teams and legal counsel to manage the hybrid software development process, which involves the assembly of internal software, open sour... (more)

Alfresco Software announced that Adobe has implemented Alfresco’s document sharing and collaboration capabilities as part of the file sharing features in Acrobat.com. Adobe chose Alfresco as its content repository for its clustered high-availability, security, and highly capable ... (more)

Open Systems has announced that TRAVERSE v10.5 has been certified to run on Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 database server. SQL Server 2008 promises a dynamic platform for business-critical applications and enterprise-class data management, and is available in seven editions, rangin... (more)

Jitterbit has announced the availability of Jitterbit 2.0 Enterprise, which includes new capabilities, scalability and management tools. With this new release, organizations have the ability to solve integration challenges between legacy, enterprise, and on-demand applications an... (more)

Microsoft is set to launch a developer program aimed at local companies creating applications using the open-source model. Microsoft recently announced it will open an open-source "interoperability" lab in the Asia Pacific. The lab, to be located at the National Computer Center, ... (more)

Grid.org, the online community for open-source cluster and grid software, announced that their open source cluster software stack, UniCluster, has exceeded 5,000 downloads by the HPC community. Grid.org, launched in November 2007, was developed to provide a single aggregation po... (more)

Open-Xchange announced an agreement with O3SIS. The companies expect to release in the third quarter software that will enable Internet Service Providers (ISPs), telcos and web hosting companies to offer their customers a mobile extension of the Open-Xchange Hosting Edition. O3S... (more)

Aster Data Systems announced a strategic partnership with Pentaho that combines product integration, certification, and services. The two companies will also partner on joint sales and marketing efforts. Aster will provide its Aster nCluster analytic database to work in conjunct... (more)

XAware announced the general availability of XAware 5.1, the open source data integration solution for creating and managing composite data services for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. The produc... (more)

As a leader in our field, we are committed to providing the best service to our users, and a web experience that meets members expectations and that starts with IT,” said Jean-Luc Vaillant (pictured), Chief Technology Officer, LinkedIn. “The combination of Sun and MySQL means qui... (more)

Black Duck Software announced the addition of a new partner in Taiwan, E-Soft Technologies, further expanding the company’s substantial presence in East Asia. Taiwanese companies increasingly utilize open source software to cut development costs and accelerate time-to-marke... (more)

In 2005, Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems quipped that open source software was "free like a puppy is free." Just as you can pick out a puppy from the pound without paying expensive breeder fees, you can download and use open source software without buying a single license. But ... (more)

Extended Validation (EV) is a new standard in SSL certificates. This guide explains the needs which drove the development of this standard and how it addresses contemporary security challenges. It also delves into the integration of EV certificates into new high security browsers... (more)

OrecX announced the formal debut of its Oreka Total Recording (TR) software solution for customer service management professionals, leveraging the power of open source in bolstering efficient call-center operation. Oreka TR allows organizations to comply with regulatory requiremen... (more)

Black Duck Software announced a substantial expansion to the volume of open source software managed in the Koders.com code search engine. Koders.com now contains 15 percent more code through the addition of C and C++ code governed by open source and other licenses. The addition w... (more)

In the first annual survey of its membership and other open source software and services companies, the Open Solutions Alliance found much optimism despite a murky economy with 83 percent of participants saying they would see a year-over-year increase in revenue in 2008 of open s... (more)