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Eclipse Mylyn project proposes deliberate fragmentation to boost participation

CAOS Theory Podcast 2010.03.05

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DevOps mixing dev, ops, agile, cloud, open source and business

CAOS at OSBC

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Dual of denial, on the success and failure of dual licensing

Periscope

Greetings and welcome to another edition of 451 CAOS Insight Update, the biweekly newsletter from The 451 Group Commercial Adoption of Open Source (CAOS) Research Service. For this edition, we begin to delve into the trend of 'devops,' where enterprise application development is coming together with enterprise application deployment and operations, thanks in large part to open source software and cloud computing. Also part of the devops trend is CollabNet's recent acquisition of Danube, primarily for agile management of projects, people and teams alongside applications, all in the cloud. We also recently had another interesting discussion of open source licensing and business models on the CAOS Theory blog, this time covering the latest and the outlook for dual licensing, which may be fading as a preferred model of commercial open source. We're still keeping a close eye on open source in cloud computing, including significant milestones for vendor Gear6 and its memcached open source Web and cloud caching technology, which is the basis for a service-provider partnership with Hewlett-Packard. Finally, we also weigh in on the latest IP licensing deal between Microsoft and Amazon, which, of course, has implications for Linux and open source.


As part of The 451 Group's Commercial Adoption of Open Source (CAOS) Research Service, we also produce a regular podcast call for CAOS clients. The podcast includes a roundup of news, developments and disruption in open source software by 451 Group analysts Matt Aslett and Jay Lyman. The podcast call is in listen-only mode, although we welcome questions, topics or feedback via email.

Archives of past calls are available as a public podcast through iTunes or from the CAOS Theory podcast site. Feel free to share this link with anyone.

CAOS Client Conference Call

Friday, March 5, 2010

10am PT / 11am MT / 12noon CT / 1pm ET / 6pm UK

30 minutes

Topics for the call:
-Novell fetches $2bn bid
-More deals and drive for devops
-Dual licensing debated
-Patent and IP deals, fights involve open source

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Thank you!

3 Mar 2010
Jay Lyman

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Recent Open Source Analysis

Couchio launches professional support for CouchDB document database

The company founded by the creators of Apache CouchDB has launched its first professional support offerings for the document-oriented database.

MIS / Impact Report, 5 Mar 2010

Matt Aslett

REvolution Computing tells enterprise users that predictive analytics 'R' us

As the commercial entity formed around the R open source statistical computing language and community, the vendor likes its odds not only among traditional research and scientific users, but also in the enterprise.

MIS / Impact Report, 3 Mar 2010

Jay Lyman

CollabNet finds agile management shop Danube so Scrumptious that it buys it

In a bid to join its collaboration and development software with project management for cloud computing ALM, CollabNet makes a play for Danube, a vendor focused on the agile Scrum project management framework.

TDM / Deal Analysis, 23 Feb 2010

Jay Lyman

Tokutek delivers ACID transaction support with TokuDB version 3.0

The Fractal Tree indexing database specialist has delivered full ACID transaction support with version 3.0 of its database storage engine for MySQL.

MIS / Market Development, 23 Feb 2010

Matt Aslett

Gear6 partners with HP to bolster early Cloud Cache success

The vendor is looking to boost the rapid adoption of its Web Cache software for cloud computing platforms with a new version and partnership with Hewlett-Packard.

MIS / Market Development, 19 Feb 2010

Matt Aslett

SAP progresses from open source user to contributor

The company has been slow to get involved in open source software projects, but has been diligent about putting processes in place that are now enabling the company to expand its open source contributions.

MIS / Impact Report, 18 Feb 2010

Matt Aslett, China Martens

10gen targets leadership position among NoSQL databases

The vendor is one of the most prominent of a new breed of players to have emerged around so-called NoSQL databases, and is looking to establish a leadership position in the emerging database sector.

MIS / Impact Report, 17 Feb 2010

Matt Aslett

Intel and Nokia deepen their device pact with MeeGo open source OS

MeeGo brings together two similar (both open source and Linux-based) but different (Intel's Moblin in netbooks and Nokia's Maemo in tablets) efforts in line with the convergence of mobile and other connected devices.

MIS / Market Development, 17 Feb 2010

Jay Lyman, Chris Hazelton

Penguin dives back into familiar HPC waters with its version of cloud

The longtime Linux cluster and management systems and software vendor says its traditional market of research and development is ripe for Penguin On Demand, its pay-as-you-go HPC as a service, and also its answer to cloud computing.

MIS / Market Development, 12 Feb 2010

Jay Lyman

OpenGeo rides open data wave to validate social enterprise model

The startup is a social enterprise that aims to combine commercial support for geospatial software and nonprofit motives in order to benefit both its employees and society at large. Can it be done?

MIS / Impact Report, 10 Feb 2010

Matt Aslett

WCM and .NET development player DotNetNuke infused with $8m round B

MIS / Analyst Note, 9 Feb 2010

Jay Lyman

Nuxeo adds DAM and invests in premium services as model evolves

While the product line available from this open source ECM player gets broader, the vendor continues to define its strategy. Initiatives with the most potential for revenue growth tie to SaaS, cloud deployment and its partner program.

MIS / Market Development, 4 Feb 2010

Kathleen Reidy

Makara puts cloud application management in its virtual capsule

Using its virtual software layer for application onboarding and management in cloud computing environments, Makara says it can reduce time and trouble while enabling cloud portability for enterprise organizations.

MIS / Impact Report, 2 Feb 2010

Jay Lyman, Dennis Callaghan

Calpont scales up and out with InfiniDB Enterprise

Having launched its open source, column-oriented data warehouse for the MySQL database in October 2009, the vendor has followed up with the scale-out Enterprise version.

MIS / Impact Report, 29 Jan 2010

Matt Aslett

Coraid reels in new management and funding; ramps up EtherDrive storage sales

The Ethernet-based storage specialist has quietly sold its systems to more than 1,000 customers in key markets such as hosting, government and education. Will the infusion of VC funding and a new management team push Coraid into the limelight?

MIS / Impact Report, 27 Jan 2010

Henry Baltazar

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