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Recognition for IP Telephony Open Source Style » The TEC Blog

... businesses. So if you combine that with some of the other common open source advantages, you get an interesting product to consider. ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2007/11/14/recognition-for-ip-telephony-open-source-style/ - 39k - 2007-11-14

TEC Talks to the Compiere ERP/CRM ProjectFree and Open Source ...

by Josh Chalifour ... ÿþ TEC Talks to the Compiere ERP/CRM Project Free and Open Source Software Business Models Part Three: Compiere/ComPiere Josh Chalifour - September 9, 2004. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/FreeOpenSource/2004/09/research_notes/VN_FS_JC_09_09_04_1.asp - 30k - 2004-09-09 Summary: Compiere project leader, Jorg Janke, reveals to TEC the advantages and difficulties in developing an ERP solution as Open Source software. Jorg explains some of the intricacies in modeling a business around servicing mature Open Source software.

Interview with Jeff Bates of SourceForge.net, Slashdot, and the ...

by Josh Chalifour ... One of the other significant advantages we have is that we have a ... ISPs (Internet service providers), organizations, or whoever, who feel open source has a ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/FreeOpenSource/2005/07/research_notes/RN_FS_JC_07_26_05_1.asp - 27k - 2005-07-26 Summary: Jeff Bates's experience in developing and managing SourceForge.net and Slashdot communities sheds light on encouraging the interest of participants in the open source community. He discusses important technology considerations toward aiding distributed software development efforts.

Concerted Disruption, Climb Aboard

by Josh Chalifour ... sponsoring company not to give its developers special advantages over others ... developers rights toward committing changes to the open source Subversion project ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/FreeOpenSource/2005/07/research_notes/RN_FS_JC_07_25_05_1.asp - 28k - 2005-07-25 Summary: Labeled a disruptive technology, it's changing the landscape of enterprise software development, distribution, and consumption. Open source software is grounded in the strength of its communities. This report and interview series examine how to engage and successfully maintain such communities.

Caldera eDesktop Edges Out Microsoft Windows 2000 in Functionality ...

by C. McNulty ... all other areas, particularly bundled applications and setup outweighs these advantages. ... The KDE interface and open source initiatives are improving the user ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/06/research_notes/TN_HW_CFM_06_16_00_1.asp - 29k - 2000-06-16 Summary: In this article, we examine capabilities of five top Supply Chain Management software vendors in several key areas of functionality: material procurement planning, manufacturing planning and scheduling, distribution and transportation management, and inventory management and warehousing.

A New Platform to Battle Software Bloat?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Landmark could thus bring some advantages to both Lawson and its customers when ... run on any J2EE-compliant application server, such as the open source Tomcat or ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/10/research_notes/TN_ER_PJ_10_07_05_1.asp - 23k - 2005-10-07 Summary: Lawson has unveiled a new standards-based business applications platform designed to increase overall application quality and improve the product lifecycle experience for current and future Lawson clients.

Server and Desktop Solutions: What the Research Means for Small ...

by Igor Grubisic ... It is interesting to note that free solutions do successfully compete with proprietary open source systems. The main advantages of commercial software are its ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/FreeOpenSource/2006/12/research_notes/RN_TS_XIG_12_20_06_1.asp - 16k - 2006-12-20 Summary: Different types of organizations show distinct preferences when assigning importance to the criteria on which to base their operating system selection. Small and medium enterprises need to carefully analyze the available data to accurately evaluate their strategic IT investments.

How Can IT Help Competitiveness These Bleak Days? – Part 2 » ...

... provider of consulting services for Cloud Computing, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS ... of AMR Research, has a recent blog post about SaaS advantages for both ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/.../2009/02/13/how-can-it-help-competitiveness-these-bleak-days-–-part-2/ - 58k - 2009-02-13

Oracle Further Orchestrates Its SOA Forays Part Three: Strategy ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... support for over a dozen standard open source products, although ... Data Hub is based on open standards, users ... The advantages are especially clear if transaction ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/03/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_03_16_05_1.asp - 19k - 2005-03-16 Summary: Oracle has long moved in the direction of blurring the line between applications and infrastructure. It has leveraged the system of record elements in application suites by applying infrastructure technologies to correlate real-time events for improved decision-making.

A New Development Framework on iSeries or i5/OS: Architecture

by Ludo Dierckx and Wim Van Leuven ... Despite the obvious advantages of such a set-up, such as centralized web server ... For iSeries and i5 power server, this connector uses the open source version of ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2005/05/research_notes/RN_OS_XLD_05_18_05_1.asp - 23k - 2005-05-18 Summary: It is feasible to create native, intuitive and graphical business applications using just available software in i/OS and Open source Java. Using iSeries as an integrated business server is more than just a dream.