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Open Source Software: It's Eating the Software World

By Dick Weisinger

“Open source is eating the software world,” says Michael J. Skok, general partner at North Bridge Venture Partners.  “Enterprises see Open Source as leading innovation, delivering higher quality and driving growth rather than just being a free or low-cost alternative.

Open Source Cloud Computing: Riak Cloud Storage Offers AWS-S3 Compatibility

By Dick Weisinger

Basho was founded in 2008 by a group of executives and software engineers from Akamai Technologies.  Over the last five years, the team has received $26 million ($39 million based on GigaOm’s estimates) in venture funding.  While the company name

Open Source / Open Development / Open Design: Leveraging Transparency for Greater Success

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source is  “a software development method that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process,” says the Open Source Initiative. Open Source software has had many successes with perhaps Linux been the most noteworthy example. William Eshagh,

Open Source and the Open Cloud: Customers Look for Ways to Minimize Future Lock-in

By Dick Weisinger

What are the components of the ‘Open Cloud’?  The top two criteria I would have selected are the use of Open standards and to a lesser degree the use of Open Software. It turns out that when this question was

Open Source: A Golden Age of Development

By Dick Weisinger

Open source used to be an aberration — now it is an imperative.  If you’re not using or developing open source projects, you’re putting your business at risk.  That’s the message from Black Duck Software and Forrester, as recently presented