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Linux Mint 13 rallies behind Gnome

With the new version of Linux Mint, released Wednesday, the developers behind the open source Linux distribution have put all energies behind Gnome, offering two versions of the desktop interface.

By Joab Jackson | 24 May, 2012 16:52

Tags: Linux, operating systems, open source, software

IDC: Explosive growth expected for Hadoop, MapReduce-related revenues

The market for software related to the Hadoop and MapReduce programming frameworks for large-scale data analysis will jump from $US77 million in 2011 to $US812.8 million in 2016, a compound annual growth rate of 60.2 per cent, according to a new report released by analyst firm IDC.

By Chris Kanaracus | 08 May, 2012 05:33

Tags: software, open source, middleware, IDC, data warehousing, business intelligence, applications

Linux Torvalds shortlisted for 2012 Millennium Technology Prize

The Technology Academy Finland has shortlisted Linus Torvalds for its 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, worth over €1 million (US$1.3 million).

By Peter Sayer | 20 April, 2012 00:47

Tags: linus torvalds, Linux, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software, Technology Academy Finland

Puppet equipped to be OpenStack interface

Puppet Labs has equipped its namesake open-source configuration management software with the ability to control OpenStack cloud deployments, the company plans to announce on Tuesday.

By Joab Jackson | 17 April, 2012 23:07

Tags: cloud computing, Infrastructure services, internet, open source, Puppet Labs, software

Eaton touts open-source SDK as a boon to power management

UPS supplier Eaton has released a new open-source software development kit aimed at providing better accessibility and flexibility to users of its power management products.

By Jon Gold | 06 April, 2012 04:40

Tags: eaton, EMC, open source, sdk, software, ups, VMware

OpenStack Essex release is most stable yet, supporters say

The latest version of the cloud operating system OpenStack, known as Essex, will be released on Thursday, and supporters say that its stability should encourage larger deployments.

By Nancy Gohring | 04 April, 2012 23:01

Tags: cloud computing, Infrastructure services, internet, open source, OpenStack, Piston Cloud, rackspace, RightScale, software

Citrix takes CloudStack to Apache, abandons OpenStack

Citrix has abandoned its Olympus OpenStack distribution and will focus instead on its open-source CloudStack operating system, which it has contributed as a project under the Apache Software Foundation.

By Nancy Gohring | 03 April, 2012 22:07

Tags: Apache Software Foundation, Citrix Systems, cloud computing, Infrastructure services, internet, open source, OpenStack, software

Yahoo serves Mojito for Web app development

Yahoo on Monday released an open-source Web application framework called Mojito that aims to make it faster for developers to write apps that can run on all major device platforms, including smartphones, PCs, iOS and Android.

By Cameron Scott | 03 April, 2012 01:08

Tags: mobile, mobile applications, open source, software, Yahoo

Puppet Enterprise gets a data library

Puppet Labs has added a data library to the enterprise version of its open-source IT automation software, allowing administrators to more easily reuse operational data in their own scripts and programs.

By Joab Jackson | 29 March, 2012 00:08

Tags: application development, Development tools, open source, Puppet Labs, software

Interest in HTML5 growing among mobile developers

Mobile developers will increasingly use HTML5 in their applications during 2012, but fragmentation will make their life more difficult, according to a joint survey from IDC and cross-platform development vendor Appcelerator.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 March, 2012 00:46

Tags: Android, Android OS, Appcelerator, application development, applications, Blackberry, BlackBerry OS, consumer electronics, IDC, iOS, iPhone, mobile, mobile applications, Mobile OSes, smartphones, software, Telecommunication, Windows Phone

Linux 3.3 released, integrates Android code

Version 3.3 of the Linux kernel, now available after a short delay, includes kernel code from Android as well as an upgrade of networking features and support for an additional processing architecture.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 20 March, 2012 01:33

Tags: Freeware / shareware, Linux, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software

No unified stack soon for big data

Despite the growing interest in big data platforms, it may be some time before organizations will be able to deploy a standardized big data software stack, concluded a panel of speakers Wednesday during a virtual panel hosted by GigaOm.

By Joab Jackson | 16 March, 2012 05:04

Tags: applications, business intelligence, canonical, data management, data mining, Linux, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software

Linux Professional Institute seeks trainers and students

The Linux Professional Institute hopes to recruit more Linux trainers and students through two initiatives launched at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, on Tuesday.

By Peter Sayer | 07 March, 2012 04:25

Tags: cebit, International Telecommunication Union, Linux, Linux Professional Institute, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software

HP cuts staff as webOS transitions to open-source

Hewlett-Packard has cut 275 jobs in its webOS group, as part of its strategy to turn the operating system over to the open-source community, a source said Tuesday.

By John Ribeiro | 29 February, 2012 14:54

Tags: business issues, hewlett-packard, open source, operating systems, Palm, personnel, restructuring, software

Suse Enterprise Linux updated for new Dell, HP servers

Suse has updated its enterprise Linux distribution, using a recent version of the Linux kernel to support the advanced management capabilities in freshly released servers from Hewlett-Packard and Dell.

By Joab Jackson | 29 February, 2012 01:03

Tags: Attachmate, Linux, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software

Ubuntu Android add-on designed to replace PCs

Canonical has unveiled software that will give Android smartphones the ability to run full desktop computer sessions on computer monitors and television sets.

By Joab Jackson | 22 February, 2012 05:29

Tags: Android, canonical, consumer electronics, Linux, MWC, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, smartphones, software, ubuntu

Apache Web server gets high performance upgrade

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has celebrated the 17th anniversary of the release of the Apache HTTP Server by launching a new version of the popular open source Web server software.

By Joab Jackson | 22 February, 2012 03:39

Tags: Apache Software Foundation, open source, software

Linux skills in demand, wages up

If you work as a Linux developer or system administrator, your pay should be increasing -- and so should your job offers -- according to a new survey of hiring managers.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 17 February, 2012 01:46

Tags: App Development, careers, Dice, it management, Linux, Linux and Unix, Management and Careers, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software

Rackspace soon to partner with developers of private OpenStack distros

Rackspace expects to soon announce commercial private OpenStack distributions that it will support as part of its Rackspace Cloud: Private Edition set of services.

By Nancy Gohring | 16 February, 2012 06:23

Tags: cloud computing, internet, open source, rackspace, software

Weave open-source data visualization offers power, flexibility

When two Boston-area organizations rolled out an interactive data visualization website last month, it represented one of the largest public uses yet for the open-source project Weave -- and more are on the way.

By Sharon Machlis | 09 February, 2012 03:03

Tags: open source, software

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