Recent Open Source Analysis
Red Hat challenges 'virtualization only' players with $107m Qumranet buy
Pitching itself head-to-head with Microsoft, Red Hat says the integration of OS and hypervisor is essential and requires ownership of both. Qumranet gives it access to both hypervisor and desktop virtualization technology.
TDM / Deal Analysis, 4 Sep 2008
John Abbott Fonality dials up $12m funding for open source telephony and communications
MIS / Analyst Note, 4 Sep 2008
Jay Lyman Google looks to polish the Web experience with Chrome
By releasing its own fresh take on the Web browser, Google is looking to own the client-side experience for its services. But what else about Google's ambitions does this release reveal?
MIS / Market Development, 2 Sep 2008
Vishwanath Venugopalan Continuent hopes Tungsten will light the way to database scale-out
Database clustering vendor Continuent has launched Tungsten, a new open source project that is designed to enable the horizontal scaling of low-cost database management systems.
MIS / Market Development, 29 Aug 2008
Matt Aslett Oracle puts together pieces, partner program to extend its enterprise Linux
The company set out to challenge Red Hat by supporting its own Linux version through Oracle Unbreakable Linux, but even with moderate growth, it hasn't broken Red Hat by a long shot.
MIS / Market Development, 22 Aug 2008
Jay Lyman Microsoft takes on $100m SUSE Linux tab to expand Novell partnership
Microsoft's partnership with SUSE Linux vendor Novell caused quite a stir and surprise when announced nearly two years ago, but now the industry and the two vendors all seem focused on the benefits of interoperability.
MIS / Market Development, 21 Aug 2008
Jay Lyman Pingtel gets bounced around again, this time to Nortel
Pingtel, which subsidizes the second-largest open source software based on SIP, was sold to Nortel by Bluesocket, the wireless LAN vendor that bought Pingtel in 2007.
TDM / Deal Analysis, 21 Aug 2008
Steve Steinke SnapLogic hones focus on SaaS integration, heads into the cloud
Having adopted a broad-brush focus, the open source startup has now concentrated its gaze on SaaS-related integration projects only. We take a look at recent offerings to support this new strategy.
MIS / Market Development, 20 Aug 2008
Krishna Roy Buoyed by new funding, Openbravo hopes to net more ERP plaudits
The midmarket ERP vendor gained key validation for its commercial open source approach via a $12m series B investment. Not only does Openbravo now have money on hand to fund expansion, but it also has access to more advisers on how best to proceed.
MIS / Impact Report, 15 Aug 2008
China Martens Zmanda steps up enterprise assault with new Oracle support
The open source backup software specialist has made positive strides into the enterprise market recently with support for Exchange and SQL Server. However, new Oracle support has the potential to take it to the next level in its quest for growth.
MIS / Market Development, 13 Aug 2008
Simon Robinson SourceForge still searching for fuller return on open source software repository
Can the longtime open source brand move beyond media and e-commerce by leveraging its open source software communities?
MIS / Impact Report, 12 Aug 2008
Jay Lyman Alfresco beefs up efforts to be the open source alternative to SharePoint
The company has been positioning itself this way for a while, but it's adding more technical weight to this claim with the latest rev of its open source ECM software.
MIS / Market Development, 31 Jul 2008
Kathleen Reidy MindTouch refines open source business model, updates application wiki
The still-tiny startup is settling in as a provider of open source. The latest product rev also includes some business model 'enhancements.'
MIS / Market Development, 31 Jul 2008
Kathleen Reidy In the shade of lowered expectations and share price, who will capture Sun?
Sun seemed to have turned things around, but it reinforced skepticism with lowered margin expectations, which sank its share price. Will this create an opening for another player to buy the venerable tech company?
TDM / Target IQ, 31 Jul 2008
Jay Lyman Will Red Hat have to buy to meet aggressive growth targets?
The open source operating system and middleware vendor wants 50% of both markets by 2015. It may need to add to its portfolio if it is to convince enough new customers to convert.
TDM / Acquirer IQ, 30 Jul 2008
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