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Open Source: Commercial Software Loses Ground

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source is now a competitive mainstream alternative for many business applications and the rise of Open Source is becoming a threat to proprietary software. A decade ago, Open Source was not well understood and considered by many organizations to

Open Source: Enterprises Favor an Open Source Cloud Stack

By Dick Weisinger

OpenStack is a software cloud stack that provides a packaged do-it-yourself (DIY) cloud service platform for hosting providers.  Rackspace Hosting and NASA started the Apache-licensed Open Source project in July 2010.  The goal for the OpenStack project is to make

Open Source: Enterprises Prefer Open Source

By Dick Weisinger

In another sign that use of Open Source software in organizations is now mainstream, FuseSource, an open source integration and messaging solutions company, released the results of a survey that attempts to profile the usage of Open Source within the

Open Source: Enterprises Embrace Open Source to Avoid Vendor Lock-In

By Dick Weisinger

While many companies look to Open Source to help them reduce costs, the main reason that organizations now cite for why they are adopting Open Source is thatthey are trying to avoid vendor lock-in.  As many as 95 percent of

Open Source: Companies to Spend More than Half of IT Software Budget on Free Open Source

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source is supposed to be free, so it is interesting to note that a new survey finds that by 2016, on average, 56 percent of IT budgets for software will be going towards Open Source software.  That comment is