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Open Source: Enterprise Usage is Up, but Governance is Lax

By Dick Weisinger

More and more companies either by conscious policy decision or via other channels are using Open Source software. That fact in itself can be good, but the problem is that as many as 60 percent of companies using Open Source

Open Source: Big Investments in Open Source Search

By Dick Weisinger

The Open Source Lucene Search engine has seen a sudden roar of interest and investment so far this year. Lucene powers the search capabilities in a number of Open Source projects, including Alfresco, the leading Open Source ECM solution. Earlier

Enterprise Software: Recession Puts Pressure on Vendors

By Dick Weisinger

With 81 percent of enterprises looking for a way to cut IT costs, many software vendors are feeling as if they are under siege from their customers.  But things may not be too bad based on a survey from Forrester.

Open Source: OS Stimulus for eHealth Records — Still a Ways to Go

By Dick Weisinger

Estimates are that electronic Health Record management is currently a $575 million business and that it will grow to a size of $1.6 billion by 2013. Electronic health records are expected to greatly improve accuracy of records and also to

Open Source: Roadblocks To Acceptance

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source is gaining wider acceptance in the enterprise, but organizations are still hesitant. The main reasons that they are wary are security, complexity, and support. Forrester Research found that 58 percent of large companies said that they worry about