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CIO March 15, 2003 Christopher Koch |
Making Open Source Pay -- A Developer's Dilemma Even the companies that have managed to successfully sell themselves as service and support providers for open source have struggled to find a winning business model. |
CIO March 1, 2004 Malcolm Wheatley |
The Myths of Open Source - Open Source It isn't all about cheap: Companies keep finding good reasons to take advantage of open-source software like Linux. |
CIO November 15, 2005 Galen Gruman |
Open Source Moves Up CRM and business intelligence from open source? The first industrial-grade applications in these areas are now emerging. And CIOs will soon need to decide how to approach these fresh options in their enterprise software catalog. |
CIO January 1, 2003 Christopher Koch |
Linux Scales New Heights In a commodity market, the cheapest producer always wins. The question for CIOs in 2003 is, Which pieces of the corporate software architecture will become commodities, ripe for replacement by open source? |
The Motley Fool March 13, 2007 Tom Taulli |
Sourcefire's Smokin' Debut The open-source security software company wows Wall Street. Despite its solid reputation and improving numbers, Sourcefire has its drawbacks. Investors, take note. |
CIO November 2, 2011 Maria (Trombly) Korolov |
Vendors Releasing Same Software on Parallel Tracks Dual software releases - one open-source and one commercial - can mean savings and security for buyers. |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 Tom Taulli |
Sourcefire Warms Up to M&A The company's latest acquisition looks spot-on, but it'll need at least a year to get new products on the market. In the meantime, the company must still compete with fierce rivals like IBM, Cisco, and Symantec. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek March 13, 2006 Sarah Lacy |
Open Season On Open Source? Aggressive acquisitions by Oracle and others could co-opt the open source movement. |
CIO May 25, 2011 Chris Kanaracus |
Five Things You Need to Know About MySQL MySQL may already be in your enterprise. Here are the basics on the open-source database. |
CIO April 15, 2003 Dylan Tweney |
Build It Free Open-source development tools offer low-cost, high-quality options. |
CIO July 1, 2003 John Parkinson |
The End of Idealism The grassroots development model has matured, but open source may now be facing its worst growing pains. |
CIO March 15, 2003 Christopher Koch |
Your Opensource Plan Once a toy for geeks, open source is slowly but surely filtering into the enterprise and transforming the way software is designed, sold and supported. And any CIO without an open-source strategy in 2003 will be paying too much for IT in 2004. |
CIO October 15, 2001 Meridith Levinson |
Let's Stop Wasting $78 Billion a Year Analysts estimate that American businesses end up spending billions for software that doesn't do what it's supposed to. Some CIOs are tired of playing the sap and are beginning to take action... |
CFO January 1, 2009 Marshall Krantz |
An Open Secret Open-source software is quietly gaining ground well beyond the data center. |
The Motley Fool September 3, 2009 Tim Beyers |
Europe to Larry Ellison: It's On, Maybe EU regulators open an antitrust investigation of Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems. |
CIO October 15, 2000 James Barron |
Something For Nothing - Interview: Eric Von Hippel & Karim Lakhani Using free and readily available open-source software can help unleash innovation in your company... |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Even Cisco Isn't Too Big To Lose Free software can be big business. The open-source supporters just defeated another big-name challenger. |
Fast Company November 1999 William C. Taylor |
Inspired by Work What's most intriguing about "open-source" software isn't what it does -- it's how it gets created. Eric S. Raymond, open-source evangelist, explains why and how these programmers do their work -- and what that means for the rest of us. |
The Motley Fool May 30, 2006 Tom Taulli |
Oracle: A Tenuous Top Dog Open-source software threatens the robust and growing database market. Investors, take note. |
Bio-IT World December 15, 2003 Henry & Vertinsky |
The Hidden Costs of 'Free' Software Open-source software may be gaining ground in academic and government circles, but biotech users need to be aware of licensing pitfalls. |
BusinessWeek April 10, 2006 |
The Bad Boy of Open Source Marc Fleury talks about why he's vilified in certain software circles, and whether he's really putting JBoss on the block. |
CIO September 1, 2005 Carrie Mathews |
Tomorrow's Forecast: Blue Skies and Open Source With increasing attention on the possibilities of open source, CIOs have many questions regarding its capabilities, viability and cost to the organization. |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2005 Alyce Lomax |
IBM Opens Up Big Blue pays lip service to the open-source movement. |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Time to Short Open Source? There's still room to swim in the open-source pool if you know where to dive. For investors, that means avoiding hot new IPOs that slap an open-source sticker across a prospectus. |
Linux Journal April 2000 Brian R. Marshall |
The Generation Gap An examination of the issues involved with the use of open-source software components in closed-source applications. |
CIO June 15, 2005 Bernard Golden |
The ROI of Open Source Savvy organizations consider both commercial and open-source options for projects, and choose the right product for the given situation. Then make sure you evaluate using the proper time horizon. |
CIO January 14, 2009 Cindy Waxer |
Collaborating Beyond the Firewall Web 2.0 tools can help IT leaders reach beyond their corporate firewalls for cost-free advice and best practices from external sources. Here's what you need to know. |
CIO December 16, 2009 Wittow & Pearlman |
How Using Open-Source Software Can Affect Your Company's Value Understanding and complying with open-source licensing requirements is critical to preserving your company's value during an IPO or acquisition |
Salon.com May 14, 1999 Andrew Leonard |
How much do I hear for this perl script? How much do I hear for this perl script?: New O'Reilly venture creates an auction scheme for open-source software projects. |
The Motley Fool November 15, 2006 Tom Taulli |
Sun Sips More Java Java has been a great success story for Sun. But to push things forward, the company has made it open-source. Is it enough to make a difference? Investors, take note. |
InternetNews January 12, 2004 Clint Boulton |
MySQL Eyes Enterprise with 5.0 Alpha The new database version will help MySQL compete more effectively with powerhouse players such as Microsoft, IBM and Oracle. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2005 David Kushner |
Open-Source Media RealNetworks is about to find out if its open-source gambit is going to pay off, as the first wave of Helix-powered hardware reaches the market. |
PC Magazine June 1, 2009 John C. Dvorak |
Whither MySQL, Whither LAMP? One whopping killer of an RDBMS has emerged from this BSD pack: PostgrSQL. |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2010 Tim Beyers |
This Stock Loves the Recession Cash-crunched governments are finally giving open source a go. Red Hat and other open source software could benefit. |
InternetNews August 17, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Sourcefire Takes ClamAV Sourcefire, the company behind leading open source intrusion detection system Snort, is acquiring the open source antivirus project ClamAV. |
Salon.com March 6, 2001 Ed Frauenheim |
Crafting the free-software future At VA Linux's SourceForge, thousands of programmers are collaborating for both love and money... |
CIO July 1, 2004 Philip Willan |
Italians Debate Open-Source Bias in IT Buys A law that encouraged government IT managers to use open-source software sounded like a good idea to officials in Italy's central Tuscany region. There's just one problem: EU free market rules. |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2006 Tom Taulli |
Previewing 2007: Oracle Though it's had a grand 2006 thus far, Oracle stock has hit a rough patch recently, down about 13% since November. But could this price dip be an opportunity for investors in 2007? Let's take a look. |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2006 Jack Uldrich |
IBM Opens the Open-Source Floodgates Expanding open source could give Big Blue new products, profits, and customers. |
CIO March 15, 2003 Christopher Koch |
Showdown at the 6.0 Corral In a 2001 CIO survey, 85 percent of the respondents said they weren't going to sign up for Microsoft's new subscription plan. Our latest survey shows that more than half have stuck to their guns. That's because a new factor has entered the equation: choice. Now CIOs have it. |
Salon.com September 22, 2000 Andrew Leonard |
License to be good In the free-software world, people obey the rules because they believe in them. In the music industry, the rip-off is a way of life. |
Linux Journal September 2001 Lawrence Rosen |
Geek Law: A Question of Licenses The definitive answer to that oft-asked question: Which open-source license should I use for my software? |
CIO November 1, 2005 China Martens |
Thumbs Up for that Open-Source App A university, a startup and Intel are pushing for a standard model to rate open-source software. the objective? To provide users with a better sense of whether the more than 100,000 open-source projects available today are fit for their particular purpose. |
Linux Journal January 1, 2007 Glyn Moody |
An Interview with Marten Mickos of MySQL MySQL has become a household word and a profitable business. |
InternetNews October 20, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
Snort's Intrusion System Blows a Hole US-CERT issued an advisory this week warning that the open source Snort intrusion detection system had a highly critical buffer overflow vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. |
Salon.com November 1, 2001 Michael J. Hammel |
Linux goes to the movies Who says free software is passe? Hollywood's special-effects industry can't get enough of the operating system built by hackers, for hackers... |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2008 Tim Beyers |
Fool Blog: Cloud Computing Is Inevitable Silly name, yes. Stupid idea? No, not so much. It connects people in ways closed desktop systems never have. |
CIO January 28, 2010 |
Download Smarter Ways for Vendors to Reach CIOs A best-practices field guide and public teleconference exploring the problems of, and solutions for, IT vendors cold-contacting CIOs to win new business. |
The Motley Fool May 13, 2005 Tim Beyers |
Firefox's New Beau IBM embraces the upstart open-source browser. Maybe you should consider investing in open source, too. |
Salon.com March 6, 2002 Damien Cave |
Stop. Pay toll. Download. Backers of a next-generation multimedia compression technology want to charge a controversial fee -- but instead their plan is fanning interest in free, open-source alternatives... |