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
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