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SOA: Open Source SOA Infrastructure

By Dick Weisinger

  Despite early resistence, Open Source is spreading quickly throughout the enterprise.  Iona’s recent acquistion of LogicBlaze is further proof of the trend. In mid-2005 Dublin, Ireland-based Iona Technologies initiated the Open Source Java-based Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) project called Celtix. 

By Dick Weisinger

Market share is typically measured market share in terms of new license revenue and sometimes includes revenues from updates, subscriptions, hosting, technical support and maintenance.  In the rankings, where does that leave Open Source database products like MySQL?  Nowhere. Gartner

Web 2.0: SaaS Limited by Lack of Offline access

By Dick Weisinger

AJAX, Flash, Laszlo and FLEX2 are browser-upgrade technologies that have seen huge uptake over the last few years, with AJAX grabbing most of the attention.  All of these technologies have moved the web browser several notches closer towards the rich and responsive

Open Source: New Computers with Preinstalled Software

By Dick Weisinger

Companies like SpikeSource and SourceLabs are combining popular Open Source programs and modules into simple one-step installable software stacks.  The stacks are tested and certified and configured so that the individual software components work in a compatible way.  Computer manufacturers

Linux: Red Hat Launches an Open-Source Exchange

By Dick Weisinger

Red Hat plans to launch a service later this year that sells partners’ open-source software.  This is another step that should help Red Hat move beyond its core business of packaging and supporting the Linux Operating System.  The Red Hat