Recent Open Source Analysis
Why Wordnik migrated from MySQL to NoSQL
Despite the hype about the scalability of so-called NoSQL databases, it was the relational limitations of MySQL that led Wordnik to 10gen's MongoDB.
MIS / User Deployment Report, 3 Sep 2010
Matt Aslett VMware weaves vFabric with open source, other acquired pieces
The company's recently announced vFabric is only one part of the plans and strategy it laid out at this year's VMworld, but it is also core to its movement from virtualization to cloud computing, as well as leveraging its acquisitions thus far.
MIS / Market Development, 2 Sep 2010
Jay Lyman Is OpenSSO's sunset ForgeRock's sunrise for open source IDM?
Stepping in to assume custody of the OpenSSO open source federation and access management project in the wake of the Oracle acquisition, ForgeRock has more going for it than altruism. The OpenIDM project could have disruptive potential.
MIS / Impact Report, 2 Sep 2010
Steve Coplan DotNetNuke continues growth spurt and adds new Enterprise edition
The WCM play has only been actively selling a commercial version of its popular open source code for about one and a half years, and has found a good deal of early success – this new package could bring it larger customers.
MIS / Impact Report, 26 Aug 2010
Kathleen Reidy Cloud is the overlap of Canonical's ambition
The Ubuntu champion's focus is on the cloud as its key opportunity, and it hopes open source will take a leadership role in its adoption. It is marshalling its resources accordingly.
MIS / Market Development, 24 Aug 2010
William Fellows Hypertable seeks investors for NoSQL database push
The company was formed to commercialize the Hypertable NoSQL database created at search company Zvents. Can it succeed in differentiating itself in what is becoming a crowded market?
MIS / Impact Report, 24 Aug 2010
Matt Aslett Open source strategy spotlight: Adobe
The vendor is known more for its PDF, Flash, Flex and other user and developer technologies, and less for its work in open source, though it is participating. What will open source mean for Adobe as it moves into the future?
MIS / Spotlight, 20 Aug 2010
Jay Lyman, Matt Aslett 10gen sees NoSQL moving from experimentation to production
The company is one of several vendors spearheading the much-hyped NoSQL database movement. It is now seeing customers move into production and is expanding its team and its product.
MIS / Market Development, 19 Aug 2010
Matt Aslett Open source strategy spotlight: Microsoft
Microsoft has had a contentious relationship with open source evangelists over the years, but interoperability with open source is increasingly becoming integral to the company's research and development efforts.
MIS / Spotlight, 16 Aug 2010
Matt Aslett, Jay Lyman Novell keeps cloud focus with SUSE Cloud Program, SUSE Gallery
The company is pushing further into virtual appliances and cloud computing through its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Studio and now the SUSE Cloud Program.
MIS / Market Development, 12 Aug 2010
Jay Lyman MHG's private cloud seeks additional benefits from virtualization
The healthcare insurer looks to private cloud to extract the next set of benefits from virtualization and open source. It has group-wide backing.
MIS / User Deployment Report, 11 Aug 2010
William Fellows New day to dawn at Adobe as it acquires Web content management player Day Software
As the content creation tools giant builds out a customer experience management platform, one gaping hole has been obvious – the lack of its own WCM. With the purchase of Day, Adobe will fill that gap and gain a lot more open source expertise.
TDM / Deal Analysis, 28 Jul 2010
China Martens, Matt Aslett Acquia tends to – and grows – its Drupal business
The vendor's new cloud-based website-building service, Drupal Gardens, expands its footprint in the Drupal world – where Acquia's customer base is already growing – and beyond.
MIS / Impact Report, 27 Jul 2010
Kathleen Reidy BonitaSoft thinks open source can make BPM more attractive
The company is growing both its community and its name in business process management – will open source allow it to 'democratize' BPM for a wider audience and opportunity?
MIS / Impact Report, 21 Jul 2010
Jay Lyman, Dennis Callaghan Puppet Labs gets $5m series B funding for open source automation software
MIS / Analyst Note, 20 Jul 2010
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