http://www.opensource-it.com/news News about the use of Open Source in the Enterprise Mon, 04 May 2009 22:01:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ian Tree, chief architect at IT consultancy Hadleigh Marshall Netherlands b.v. has initiated an interesting movement: ask to IBM to transform the Notes/Domino product line into an Open Source, Community Development offering. Notes/Domino has been loosing traction in the past with the rise of Web technologies. Notes/Domino is still a cash ... http://www.opensource-it.com/news/2008/12/httpideajamnetideajampijnsf/ If your boss come in with a sentence like "Why don't we have a microblogging platform like Twitter" and that you want to go for an "on premices" solution, have a look at Laconica.  Still young, but full featured and pretty stable. http://www.opensource-it.com/news/2008/12/twitter-for-the-enterprise/ Open-Xchange has closed a Series B round of venture funding to the tune of $9 million. The round was led by German venture firm eCAPITAL Entrepreneurial Partners AG and joined by BayBG and existing Munich-based investor BayTech Venture Capital. Open-Xchange received a total of $8.8 million in a Series A financing ... http://www.opensource-it.com/news/2008/11/open-source-collaboration-software-maker-open-xchange-secures-9-million/ The version 3.0 of Open office is out. Some important new fetaures Mac OS X Support ODF 1.2 support Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters Solver Chart Enhancements Spreadsheet Collaboration Through Workbook Sharing 1024 Columns Per Calc Sheet (Instead of 256) Display of Multiple Writer Pages While Editing Enhanced XML support and updated XSLT based filters If Open office 3.0 is ... http://www.opensource-it.com/news/2008/10/openofficeorg-30-is-available-now/ Google Chrome I’ve been almost right on that one. Google will launch tomorrow its browser, code named Chrome. Early beta, as usual, but we all know that what Google calls a beta is something like a release 5 in some other IT regions. Yes. After years of rumors, the browser (and the ... http://www.opensource-it.com/news/2008/09/google-enters-the-browser-os-war-with-google-chrome/ Linux Foundation Logo The Linux Foundation is just publishing a guide to contribute to the Linux kernel the right way. If your enterprise is using Linux a lot and some of your people have some code to contribute, this is a must read. In any case, if you rely on Linux somewhere ... http://www.opensource-it.com/news/2008/08/contributing-to-the-linux-kernel-the-right-way/ http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/book/how-participate-linux-community http://www.opensource-it.com/news/2008/08/how-to-participate-in-the-linux-community/ http://www.opensource-it.com/news/2008/08/alfresco-creates-open-source-sharepoint-clone/ http://www.opensource-it.com/news/2008/08/saas-and-open-source/ This IDC study reports is very useful to understand  business characteristics of open source software vendors today, and inform their decisions about the implications of implementing a strategy that includes revenue from open source software in their businesses. Access to the report >> http://www.opensource-it.com/news/2008/07/oss-business-models/