InfoWorld.com articles from March 2008

InfoWorld.com archives from March 2008

Making the iPhone work for business; Execs and users are clamoring for you to biz-enable their iPhones. Here’s how to say "yes" in a rational way.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Galen Gruman With the release of Apple’s iPhone SDK fast approaching, speculation abounds surrounding Apple's plans for a business-friendly iPhone play. Will the consumer-focused company introduce enterprise-class...

Cobra language goes to open source; .Net-based programming language also gains a Subversion-based repository.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill As planned, the Cobra language was made available via open source late last week, the developer of the language said this week. In addition to offering the language as open source, Cobra author Charles Esterbrook has...

Nexaweb offers way to move apps from desktop to Web; New tool helps developers reengineer and redeploy existing apps for Internet provisioning.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill With its Nexaweb Advance product and service offering made today, Nexaweb Technologies is looking to provide an easy way to move desktop applications to the Web. Nexaweb Advance attempts to overcome manual processes...

Scripting language set for semantic Web; TopQuadrant looks to simplify data-oriented apps development with its visual scripting language.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Scripting language technology, which has been the domain of rich Internet application development, will be applied to the concept of the semantic Web by TopQuadrant on Monday. The company is introducing SparqlMotion,...

Zend PHP to run on Windows Server 2008; Move provides parity between Linux and Windows Server for the popular Web language.
March 3, 2008... PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) tools company Zend Technologies is announcing this week that its Zend Core product will run on the Windows Server 2008 platform, providing parity between Windows Server and Linux in running PHP. Zend Core is...

Sun hires two key Python developers; Move is part of an effort to expand Java's reach.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Sun Microsystems is looking to bolster its stance in the Python programming realm with the hiring of two prominent developers in this space. The company today is announcing the hiring of Ted Leung, long-time Python...

Agile progress report shows adoption has hit a wall; IBM official talks about the strengths and weaknesses of software development; CodeGear officials tout upcoming Ruby IDE.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Agile software development processes appear more effective than traditional approaches, but agile seems to have hit a wall as far as growth, according to an IBM official's keynote presentation Monday afternoon at the SD...

Product review: Inside open source AJAX toolkits; Dojo, Ext, Google Web Toolkit, jQuery, MooTools, Prototype, and Yahoo User Interface perform amazing tricks with JavaScript; we explore what makes each tick to help you determine which one to pick.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Peter Wayner Which is the best open source JavaScript framework? It depends, of course. The open source projects that began as an effort to smooth over the differences between browsers are now large and varied enough to make the...

Microsoft's ribbon interface draws frowns, smiles; The Office Fluent UI changes the desktop paradigm -- and opinion is mixed as to whether that's a good thing.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft's Office 2007, and to a lesser extent Vista, is bringing a radical change to the desktop user interface. The Office Fluent UI feature -- the ribbon interface -- introduced in Office 2007 is Microsoft's attempt...

IBM promotes agile development; Company is probably one of the largest practitioners of the development practice, executive stresses.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill IBM again touted agile software development methods on Tuesday at the SD West Conference 2008 in Santa Clara, Calif., with an official saying the company itself probably has one of the world's largest adoptions of agile....

TopCoder, AOL forge app dev partnership; AOL looks to build Web and mobile apps with the TopCoder Enterprise Software Development platform.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill TopCoder said Tuesday that AOL has reached an agreement to use the TopCoder Enterprise Software Development platform and associated services, including 1,100 reusable software components. Already an ad hoc user of...

Microsoft releases Silverlight 2 beta; Company's Mix08 conference covers multimedia capabilities, along with debut of Internet Explorer 8 browser beta.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Moving forward with next-generation software in two critical realms, Microsoft released Wednesday initial public beta versions of its Silverlight 2 multimedia presentation technology and the Internet Explorer 8 browser....

How to make the (new) iPhone work at work; Apple's new SDK and iPhone updates should make it even easier to add the popular device to your enterprise. Here's what you need to know.
March 6, 2008... Byline: Galen Gruman With the release of Apple's iPhone SDK now come and gone, and the enhanced IT-oriented capabilities planned for the next major iPhone software update in June, it's clear that the iPhone are going to be corporate...

Data-leak security proves to be too hard to use; Data-loss-prevention tools are a great idea to keep secrets from leaking out, users say, but they're too difficult to actually use.
March 6, 2008... Byline: Matt Hines Data-loss-prevention technologies promise organizations the chance to stop sensitive information from falling into the wrong hands. But the process of creating the rules necessary to use the systems' enforcement...

Microsoft cited for open efforts, eyes Eclipse; Panelists debate open source, patent issues at the MIX08 event, where Microsoft also mentioned plans to collaborate with Eclipse Foundation projects.(Discussion)
March 6, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft received plaudits and criticism for its openness efforts at the MIX08 event Thursday with a Microsoft official also citing an overture toward the Eclipse Foundation for open-source tooling. During a panel...

iPhone SDK exceeds developer expectations; Apple also bolsters the iPhone's enterprise chops with ActiveSync, remote data wiping and better VPN support.
March 6, 2008... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Apple's iPhone SDK offers far more than many developers expected, according to developers that InfoWorld spoke with after the long-awaited SDK unveiled today. "It looks like this is what everybody wanted," said...

You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz; Match your weekly tech news wits against our snarky quiz master.
March 7, 2008... Byline: Dan Tynan Microsoft leaps forward (and falls on its keister), Nine Inch Nails goes viral, and Wikipedia gets sexy. How's that for a weird week? Think you've got the inside scoop on all things tech? Pit your knowledge against our...

AccuRev, Electric Cloud software build partnership detailed; AccuRev, Electric Cloud seek to boost app development productivity by combining automated capabilities with process-enabled software configuration management.
March 7, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill AccuRev and Electric Cloud announced a partnership this week to boost software development productivity by combining automated build, test, and deployment capabilities from Electric Cloud with process-enabled software...

Sun: We'll put Java on the iPhone; Sun readies virtual machine to make Java apps run on Apple's mobile platform.
March 7, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Sun Microsystems is developing a Java Virtual Machine for Apple's iPhone and plans to release the JVM some time after June, enabling Java applications to run on the popular mobile device. The JVM is to be based on...

Answer key: You don't know tech; The facts behind this week’s top 10 tech questions.
March 7, 2008... Byline: Dan Tynan Now that you know how you scored, you probably want to know why. Check out the answers below for the gory details. And be sure to return next year for another news quiz, ripped straight from the tech headlines. ...

Product review: Brocade's big, fat datacenter fabric; The Brocade DCX Backbone pulls together diverse, datacenter networks with hundreds of ports and dizzying hardware specs, but the best part is the granular fabric management enabled by the Fabric OS.
March 7, 2008... Byline: Mario Apicella At 230 pounds, the Brocade DCX Backbone would be on the lighter end of middle linebackers in the NFL, but it's well-built to fill the middle of a storage network. Unveiled in late January, the DCX represents the...

The 7 dirtiest jobs in IT; Somebody's got to do them -- and hopefully that somebody isn't you.
March 10, 2008... Byline: Dan Tynan Working in IT isn't always pretty. After all, we can't all work on the cutting-edge technologies all the time. Some of us have to get dirty -- in some cases, literally. Unfortunately, dirty jobs -- whether you're...

How great IT security leaders succeed; Forrester identifies some surprising attributes that make for the best-performing CISOs.
March 10, 2008... Byline: Matt Hines As the threat of attack, both external and internal, continues to take root and as data-handling regulations continue to proliferate, the role of a chief information security officer appears to be growing more complex by...

Microsoft, Sun expand their collaboration; A Sun/Microsoft Interoperability Center for Sun Fire x64 systems has been opened, and Sun Infrastructure Solution for Exchange Server 2007 is now available.
March 10, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Sun and Microsoft announced two "milestones" Monday in their ongoing alliance, including the official opening of a Sun/Microsoft Interoperability Center on Microsoft's Redmond, Wash. campus. The center is intended...

Serena extends Creative Commons license to mashups; The move will have the company license pre-built Business Mashups in hopes of spurring adoption of a forthcoming commercially hosted service.
March 10, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Serena Software is licensing its Business Mashups software under Creative Commons licenses and encourages other software companies to do the same, Serena said on Monday. Under the program, Serena will license 13...

Silverlight's link to Microsoft developer skills touted; Observers cite benefits of platform, saying its accommodation of .Net development skills helps it compare favorably to Adobe Flash.
March 10, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Silverlight, Microsoft's cross-browser plug-in technology for rich multimedia experiences, is making the rounds as an alternative to Adobe Systems's rival Flash platform. Early observers and users of Silverlight at the...

The 7 dirtiest jobs in IT; Somebody's got to do them -- and hopefully that somebody isn't you.
March 10, 2008... Byline: Dan Tynan Working in IT isn't always pretty. After all, we can't all work on the cutting-edge technologies all the time. Some of us have to get dirty -- in some cases, literally. Unfortunately, dirty jobs -- whether you're...

Product review: RedSeal Security Risk Manager; RedSeal SRM gathers far-flung network configuration data to help identify, measure, and manage large-network risks.
March 10, 2008... Byline: Steve Hultquist Just this week while I was on-site in Illinois, an IT services company serving a client of mine asked for my help. They needed to know where to put their efforts in securing information. Their customers are varied,...

Adobe ColdFusion warming to 64-bit OSes; Additional 64-bit support will be offered for both the Windows and Linux platforms before a full-scale update, called 'Centaur,' is released in 2009.
March 11, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Adobe Systems plans to update its ColdFusion 8 technology within the next month with additional 64-bit platform support before launching a full-scale upgrade codenamed "Centaur" in 2009. ColdFusion is a server...

Microsoft, Nortel announce new UC solutions; The new products all integrate with Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 to offer unified communications.
March 11, 2008... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz Microsoft and Nortel continued their partnership in the unified communications space on Tuesday with the announcement of four new joint UC solutions. Nortel Converged Office will combine Nortel’s...

Linux Foundation: We'd love to work with Microsoft; In an interview, Jim Zemlin, the Linux Foundation's executive director, talks about desire to interoperate and discusses the desktop outlook for Linux.
March 12, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Jim Zemlin is the executive director of the Linux Foundation. Formerly executive director of the Free Standards Group, Zemlin also has served as vice president of marketing for Covalent Technologies, providing products...

Microsoft delivers first update for Mac Office 2008; The update fixes more than two dozen problems, though some users have reported having trouble getting their machines to recognize the update.
March 12, 2008... Byline: Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Microsoft patched the latest version of Office for Mac Tuesday to fix more than two dozen problems, including a security snafu revealed just days after the suite launched in mid-January. Some users,...

Aptana releases Ruby on Rails tool; Company also working on AJAX server.
March 12, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Aptana is announcing the availability Wednesday of RadRails 1.0 for Aptana Studio, providing an Eclipse-based IDE for Ruby on Rails. A development plug-in for Aptana Studio, RadRails 1.0 features IDE capabilities of...

IBM moves on secure mashups; Big Blue promotes interoperability with donation of SMash technology to OpenAjax Alliance.
March 12, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill IBM is unveiling technology to secure mashups Thursday and is donating it to the OpenAjax Alliance, an organization promoting AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) interoperability. Through IBM's SMash (secure...

What the U.S. is missing by ignoring IPv6; Foreign firms and the feds are seeing better performance and security -- plus a range of mobile and collaboration apps beginning to emerge.
March 12, 2008... Byline: Matt Hines There are just 100 days left for federal agencies to change over from IPv4 — the version 4 of the Internet Protocol that everyone uses — to the IPv6 version. In the fast-approaching future where everything...

Virtualization's secret security threats; Virtualization can be both a blessing and a curse, serving up improved security while at the same time hiding dangers.
March 13, 2008... Byline: Galen Gruman Almost any IT department worth its salt is deploying virtualization technology today to reduce power usage, make server and OS deployments more flexible, and better use storage and systems resources. But as...

Google exec praises, criticizes Apple iPhone; Apple device has application limits, Google's group manager for mobile platforms stresses.
March 13, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill While lauding Apple's iPhone as being innovative in the mobile space, a Google official Thursday later cited disadvantages of the device, which is expected to compete with upcoming Google-backed Android phones. [...

Security futurists shun perimeter, anti-virus systems; Speakers at Source Boston 2008 conference contend that enterprise should look to outsourcing and grid computing to protect against increasingly sophisticated hacker attacks.(Conference notes)
March 13, 2008... Byline: Matt Hines Outsourcing, grid computing, and hacker professionalism are trends that cannot be stopped, and the sum total of those factors will have a dramatic effect on the way businesses attempt to protect their IT system in the...

You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz; Match your weekly tech news wits against our snarky quiz master.
March 14, 2008... Byline: Dan Tynan It's been all Spitzer all the time here at InfoWorld's Quiz Central this week. Still, we managed to note a few nongubernatorial items, including the Beatles, the iPhone's SDK, and Linux PCs. Are you willing to match wits...

Microsoft OOXML SDK renews standards debate; Are adherents on both sides making the wrong arguments?
March 14, 2008... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz With the non-decision from the ISO standards body last month on whether to adopt Microsoft OOXML (Open Office XML) file format as an industry standard and Microsoft's decision to release the OOXML SDK next month,...

Straight talk for security pros; At the Source Boston 2008 conference, security professionals debated the best way to communicate security needs and handle upstream problems that may emerge.(Conference news)
March 14, 2008... Byline: Matt Hines Communicating the importance of security risk and the need for related investment to those less familiar is no easy task, but industry experts agree there are a few techniques that you can follow as a CSO, CISO, or...

Sun's plan for Java on iPhone could hit roadblock; iPhone SDK agreement conditions could prevent use of a Java Virtual Machine on the handheld.
March 14, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Acknowledging that conditions of Apple's iPhone SDK agreement may impede Sun's plan to put a JVM (Java Virtual Machine) on the iPhone, a Sun official held out an olive branch this week to Apple. The JVM would enable...

Zend PHP framework upgraded; Zend Framework 1.5 will feature support for Nirvanix, OpenID and InfoCard, Ubuntu Linux, and YouTube.
March 14, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Zend Technologies plans to announce availability of the open source Zend Framework 1.5 for building PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) applications next week. With this release, Zend Framework is to be made available in a...

Answer key: You don't know tech; The facts behind this week’s top 10 tech questions.
March 14, 2008... Byline: Dan Tynan Now that you know how you scored, you probably want to know why. Check out the answers below for the gory details. And be sure to return next year for another news quiz, ripped straight from the tech headlines. ...

100,000 customers tell Microsoft to save XP; Executive Editor Galen Gruman explains the real intent of InfoWorld's Save Windows XP campaign and the stakes involved for business and home users. Will Microsoft listen to 100,000 customers?
March 17, 2008... Byline: Galen Gruman Windows Vista was supposed to be a shot in the arm for Microsoft, which had gone five years without a new desktop operating system. It hasn't worked out that way. Instead, Vista sales have been slower than XP's (when...

The top 10 security land mines; Companies can actually worsen their risks by failing to take these commonsense approaches to security.(Company rankings)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Matt Hines Many companies spend a small fortune and deploy a small army to secure themselves from the many security threats lurking these days. But all those efforts can come to naught when making any of these common mistakes. The...

Building your IT security team; At the CSO Perspectives conference, security execs outlined their process for hiring, promoting, and training employees to maintain a desired level of corporate protection.(Conference news)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Matt Hines Good help is hard to find, and in the world of IT security, there's little question that finding the right people to defend your operations and corporate reputation is a cornerstone to achieving success. Getting the...

SpringSource offers SpringSource Tool Suite for Java; Company also joins Eclipse Foundation for open source tooling and development of Eclipse ecosystem.
March 17, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill SpringSource, keeper of the Spring Framework, is announcing Monday the planned April release of the personal edition of SpringSource Tool Suite, a toolset intended to reduce complexity of enterprise Java development. ...

Tips to avoid SOA implementation problems; SOA is all the rage because of its promises of increased agility and business alignment if done right, but a misstep can lead to failure.
March 17, 2008... Byline: Chris Howard, CIO.com SOA cannot be purchased and drop-shipped into an IT shop with magical overnight results. Implemented wisely, SOA can be a transformative force in the organization, but that transformation can be a lengthy...

Death match: Windows Vista versus XP; Does Vista have what it takes to knock XP off the enterprise desktop? Not by our scorecard. Point by point and blow by blow, we offer 10 reasons enterprises can skip Windows Vista and stick with XP.
March 17, 2008... Byline: Randall C. Kennedy So there you are, signing the "Save XP" petition, shaking your fist in triumph as you stick it to "the man." It's a liberating feeling. You've found the courage to buck the trend and jump off the Wintel upgrade...

Weird, wild, wonderful Windows "Workstation" 2008; For the self-reliant, a third Windows desktop option emerges: Build your own "Frankenvista" on Windows Server 2008.
March 17, 2008... Byline: Randall C. Kennedy Sometimes, deciding which IT course to follow can feel like a U.S. presidential election cycle: You never have more than two options, and neither one seems quite right. You find yourself wishing there was a...

Product review: WSO2 Mashup Server takes first steps; Open source, Apache Axis2-based mashup server will please developers and developer communities, but skinny 1.0 feature set limits enterprise deployment options.
March 17, 2008... Byline: Steven NA*A[+ or -]ez Mashups -- or composite applications -- promise the ability to easily create useful new applications from existing services and Web applications. By combining data from multiple sources across the Web, and...

A step closer to the integrated cloud; Internet-provisioned apps can save money but don't integrate well; ZoHo is the first to try to change that.
March 18, 2008... Byline: Ephraim Schwartz If there's any suspicion that cloud computing is just about building "best of breed" stand-alone application silos on the Web, the recent move by ZoHo may show that cloud computing is finally moving to a more...

Adobe offers rights management server; The Adobe Flash Media Rights Management Server software is intend for media companies that want to protect their Flash video assets.
March 18, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Adobe Systems is announcing availability Wednesday of Adobe Flash Media Rights Management Server software, a content protection product to help safeguard video content created for Adobe Flash technology. Intended for...

Oracle: EclipseLink links JCP, Eclipse; Sun opts for Eclipse-backed technology but still won’t join the Eclipse Foundation.
March 18, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill The Oracle-led Eclipse Persistence Services Project (EclipseLink) is serving to unite the disparate worlds of the JCP (Java Community Process) and the Eclipse Foundation, an Oracle executive said Tuesday. Sun, which...

Scaring users into IT security; In order to get all employees to do their part in maintaining IT security, sometimes the best strategy is to simply tell them about the attacks and vulnerabilities that companies deal with.
March 18, 2008... Byline: Matt Hines There's nothing like telling a good horror story to encourage your employees -- from senior executives to rank-and-file workers -- to do their part in improving IT security. Cisco Chief Security Officer John Stewart...

Eclipse planning an upgrade; The upgrade to the Eclipse development platform will feature web enablement and less complexity.
March 19, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill A planned upgrade to the Eclipse software development platform, called Eclipse 4.0, is expected to feature Web enablement and less complexity. Due in two years, Eclipse 4.0, or e4, was the subject of a presentation...

Microsoft working with Eclipse on Vista, ID links; Executive from software giant stresses company's open-source efforts, including using Eclipse technology to build Java apps for Vista.
March 19, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Microsoft's much-anticipated revelations about collaborations with the Eclipse Foundation Wednesday did not include joining the open-source tools foundation. But the two organizations are working together to enable use...

OSGi successes cited for Android; Technologist stress that still more needs to be done to get Eclipse's Equinox, Apache Felix, and Concierge OSGi implementations accommodated on Android.
March 19, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill OSGi runtime software, which serves as a critical cog in the Eclipse Foundation's open source tools platform, has been enabled to run with the Android SDK for mobile applications. But proponents still could use...

Microsoft, IBM brainstorm enhancements to IDEs; Technologists at EclipseCon stress that IDEs of the future should be more connected and make developers smarter.
March 20, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill What will IDEs look like in four years? According to technologists at IBM and Microsoft, IDEs will have to accommodate trends such as more screen "real estate" and more pixels on the desktop. At an EclipseCon 2008...

Unified threat management rebounds; After stumbling out of the gate, unified threat management concepts and devices are starting to catch on with some enterprise IT shops.
March 20, 2008... Byline: Matt Hines The concept of UTM (unified threat management) and the devices that fit into the product segment are at long last finding a home in some enterprise IT environments. Roughly five years after analysts first coined the...

Test Center Guide to the Vista and XP Service Packs; Windows Vista SP1 has arrived, and XP SP3 is soon to follow; here's the quick lowdown.
March 20, 2008... Byline: Randall C. Kennedy As you read this, Microsoft is getting set to deliver the final bits of what has become an increasingly controversial patch cycle. Windows Vista Service Pack 1, which went "gold" a few weeks back, was finally...

Roundtable: The state of open source; 11 leaders from the open source and vendor communities discuss the current open source climate and outline the challenges and opportunities ahead.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Any endeavor rooted in community is bound to spark passionate debate. After all, without contention, how else to determine the best way forward? Since its emergence, open source has embodied this spirit. Part...

Plastic SCM 2.0 set for parallel development projects; Platform backs Mono implementation of .Microsoft's Net Framework, can be integrated with the MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server databases.
March 24, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill Codice Software on Monday introduced Plastic SCM 2.0, a software configuration management system that the company said streamlines how applications are assembled. Plastic SCM can manage parallel development, where...

CollabNet offers on-demand project management; CollabNet OnDemand service is intended for smaller development teams.
March 24, 2008... Byline: Paul Krill CollabNet Monday is announcing CollabNet OnDemand, which provides online access to the company’s integrated project management and collaboration platform for distributed software development. Intended for...

Open source roundtable: Matt Asay; The Alfresco VP of business development invites proprietary software stalwarts to the growing open source table.(Interview)(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder As Open Source Business Conference content chair and vice president of business development at open source enterprise content management vendor Alfresco, Matt Asay is well-versed in the challenges open source projects...

The state of open source: Andy Astor; The EnterpriseDB CEO sees harmony between developers and capitalists as essential to moving open source forward.
March 24, 2008... As CEO of EnterpriseDB, Andy Astor endeavors to raise the profile of the PostgresQL open source database to the level of prominence he believes it deserves. But when it comes to capitalizing on an open source project's potential, there is much...

Open source roundtable: Chris DiBona; Google's open source programs manager stresses a developer-first approach to open source success.(Interview)(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Chris DiBona is a key advocate of open source development at Google, where he spearheads the Google Summer of Code and oversees license compliance. A former editor of Slashdot, DiBona is no stranger to the passions of...

Open source roundtable: Bruce Perens; Open source leader views software patenting as the No. 1 impediment to innovation.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Bruce Perens, a longtime leader in the open source movement, is rarely remiss in speaking his mind on open source matters. InfoWorld had the opportunity to speak with the creator of the Open Source Definition as...

The state of open source: Issues and opportunities; Roundtable: 11 leaders from the open source and vendor communities discuss the current open source climate and outline the challenges and opportunities ahead.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Question No. 1: What do you see as the most pressing challenges and opportunities for open source given the current tech climate? Bruce Perens Creator of the Open Source Definition Co-founder of the Open Source...

The state of open source: Evolving trends; Roundtable: 11 leaders from the open source and vendor communities discuss the current open source climate and outline the challenges and opportunities ahead.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Question No. 2: Where do you see open source heading in the next five years, especially with regard to development, community, and market opportunities? Matt Asay Vice president of business development Alfresco ...

The state of open source: The cost of commercialization; Roundtable: 11 leaders from the open source and vendor communities discuss the current open source climate and outline the challenges and opportunities ahead.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Question 3: Does widespread adoption and commercialization of open source software create new challenges or pressures for open source projects? Javier Soltero CEO Hyperic Soltero:Commercialization creates...

The state of open source: Avenues for acceptance; Roundtable: 11 leaders from the open source and vendor communities discuss the current open source climate and outline the challenges and opportunities ahead.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Question 4: What are the next steps needed for open source as a software production methodology to reach the next level? Matt Asay Vice president of business development Alfresco Asay: If by "the next level"...

The state of open source: Missteps and lessons learned; Roundtable: 11 leaders from the open source and vendor communities discuss the current open source climate and outline the challenges and opportunities ahead.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Question No. 5: Open source now enjoys a rich and complex history, which is largely the result of trial and error over the years. What would you say have been the open source community's greatest missteps, or lessons...

The state of open source: Visions of utopia; Roundtable: 11 leaders from the open source and vendor communities discuss the current open source climate and outline the challenges and opportunities ahead.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Question 6: If you could wave your wand and create the perfect software "universe," what would it look like? Matt Asay Vice president of business development Alfresco Asay: Everything would be licensed under an...

The state of open source: Competition and dissent; Roundtable: 11 leaders from the open source and vendor communities discuss the current open source climate and outline the challenges and opportunities ahead.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Question No. 7: There has been a fair amount of controversy, competition, and dissent within the various open source communities. Does this lack of agreement damage the long-term goals of open source, or would you like...

Open source roundtable: Sam Ramji; Microsoft's senior director of platform technology holds out hope that open source developers will reap deserved rewards.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder As senior director of platform technology at Microsoft, Sam Ramji is positioned uniquely at the nexus of proprietary and open source development models. InfoWorld spoke with Ramji about how each camp will play a...

Open source roundtable: Eric S. Raymond; Open source leader sees a gaping hole on the desktop big enough for open source to earn the widespread user base it deserves.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Notorious open source advocate and author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Eric S. Raymond brings colorful acumen to any open source discussion. InfoWorld spoke with the creator of the Open Source Definition as...

Open source roundtable: Dave Rosenberg; Mulesource CEO views enterprise and VC interest as key indicators of open source's potential to lay claim to the core.
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Dave Rosenberg, CEO and co-founder of open source SOA infrastructure software vendor Mulesource, is well-versed in capitalizing on open source opportunities in the enterprise, transforming projects into products with...

Open source roundtable: Javier Soltero; Hyperic CEO sees deep attention to developing business models as the key to open source's ultimate success.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Javier Soltero, CEO of open source IT management software vendor Hyperic, has garnered significant wisdom transforming open source projects into enterprise products and expresses keen interest in the need to match...

Open source roundtable: Mark Spencer; Digium founder believes the properly built open source business can work to the community's benefit.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Mark Spencer, founder and CTO of Digium, has successfully given open source VoIP platform Asterisk a voice in the enterprise, thanks in large part to an ongoing commitment to community development. InfoWorld spoke...

Open source roundtable: Robert Sutor; IBM's VP of open source and standards views success in open source as a matter of policy.(Interview)(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder As vice president of open source and standards at IBM, Robert Sutor is charged not only with advocating use of open source among IBM customers but also ensuring adherence to open source standards and policies within...

Open source roundtable: Zack Urlocker; MySQL's VP of products stresses the importance of serving community users and corporate customers simultaneously.(Discussion)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jason Snyder Viewed by many as open source's most compelling business play in the past few years, MySQL made waves this year, accepting Sun Microsystems' $1 billion acquisition bid, opening eyes on Wall Street as to open source's...

Ubuntu 8.04 beta: an agile upgrade; The latest build of everyone's favorite open source desktop OS features better performance, Active Directory integration, and seamless installation from Windows.
March 24, 2008... Byline: Neil McAllister The beta of the next version of Ubuntu Linux has arrived, though judging by its stability and polish you’d be hard pressed to tell it’s a testing release. Ubuntu 8.04, code-named “Hardy...