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Open Source: Are Macs the Red-Headed Stepchild?

One benefit to open-source applications is they can run on any operating system you want. But getting open-source software developed for the Mac is -- depending on whom you ask -- slow as molasses or quick as lightning.

Jul 8, 2008 7 mins

Apple Developer Technology Industry

An Earthshaking Use of Open Source

A German scientific institute migrated to Linux and open-source software to monitor global seismic activity data for compliance with the nuclear test ban treaty.

Jul 7, 2008 5 mins

Compliance Data Management Open Source

SOA, WOA, Web 2.0 and Other Picture Post Cards

The success of service-oriented architecture will hinge on its roots in Web-oriented architecture.

Jun 27, 2008 4 mins

Developer Web Development

Brownfield Development: An Agile Approach to a Waterfall Problem

The "Brownfield" application development lifecycle differs from that of the traditional waterfall method employed on large-scale developments and instead utilizes a more agile approach, write the authors of Eating the IT Elephant, in this s

Jun 24, 2008 27 mins

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Four Reasons Why Open Source and the Internet Must Play a Role in Medicine

CIO John Halamka explained lessons that hospitals and healthcare can learn from open source initiatives, including why online medical records can ensure a better healthcare community.

Jun 23, 2008 5 mins

Compliance Open Source Privacy

IT Leaders Encouraged to Contribute Enterprise Code to Open-Source Projects

Linux luminaries explain how companies can benefit...including reducing the costs of further development and support...by releasing their in-house customizations to the open-source community.

Jun 23, 2008 3 mins

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Open-Source SOA Proves Valuable to Business Processes

A presenter from JBoss at the Red Hat Summit itemized the stages of service-oriented architecture, showed how businesses are benefiting today from the company's SOA platform and offered SOA predictions for two years in the future.

Jun 19, 2008 3 mins

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Building Open Source Acceptance

The evolution of globalization, security and the green movement propel the need for open source forward, but first a community mindset needs to take shape.

Jun 19, 2008 3 mins

Data Center Enterprise Architecture Open Source

Five Things the Boss Should Know About Microsoft’s LINQ

Do you think that LINQ is just another in a long series of odd Microsoft technologies? This database-meets-software-development technology could easily save your development staff time and avoid complexity!

Jun 16, 2008 9 mins

Data Management Software Development

Seven Open-Source Mac Apps You Need Right Now

"Free business Macintosh applications" is not a contradiction in terms. Here are several open-source enterprise Mac OS X applications that you can put right to work.

Jun 13, 2008 4 mins

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