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Open Source Blog: September 2008 Archives
Charity slashes costs with open source
September 29, 2008
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), the world's largest voluntary non-profit health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, dramatically increased online donations and also slashed transaction fees for each individual donation by 5% thanks to open source…[click Continue Reading for more on this entry]…
Open source now mainstream, especially in Europe: survey
A survey of almost 1,000 business and IT professionals in the UK, North America, Germany and France found that open source has been broadly recognised and embraced in the enterprise, particularly in Europe.
The survey was sponsored by Actuate and conducted by Survey Interactive, with the goal of, “Exploring in depth organisations’ use of and attitudes towards open source, across four important territories.”
“The findings categorically confirm that open source software is not a “here today, gone tomorrow” phenomenon,” said Actuate, “rather it has been broadly adopted and recognised for its ability to offer organisations sustained competitive advantage. These findings support Gartner’s projections that, by 2012, at least 80% of all commercial software solutions will include substantive open source components.”
The survey concentrated on three key areas within open source software; awareness and adoption levels, benefits and barriers to adoption; and the evolution of open source business intelligence (BI).
Below are some highlights of the survey... [click continue reading for more on this entry]...
Open Source Census lands next week
September 25, 2008
The latest results from the Open Sourc Census -- a global project sponsored by companies including IDC, Microsoft, Unisys and organized by OpenLogic -- come out next week. I can't say too much due to an embargo but aparently among the data is the finding that the US lags Europe in open source usage, and that a large amount of open source packages are actually used on Windows.
They're going to reveal all the details on Tuesday at www.osscensus.org, and I'll blog them here then, too.
The goal of the Census is said to be to, "uncover and track how much and what open source packages have actually been installed in the enterprise". It's also said to be useful for businesses to benchmark themselves against others in the industry.
A while back I wrote a blog looking at the adoption of open source in different countries. That too found that the US lagged many European countries in terms of adoption, and that it even lagged Australia for adoption. That blog is here.
Could open source help bail out the banks?
September 23, 2008
While the latest financial crisis has many in the financial services sector scratching their heads and wondering how best to navigate the maelstrom, one company believes that open source software could help them on their way.
While some observers would surely argue that the only thing that could help many of the struggling banks right now would be for their staff to pay back the billions of dollars their firms have paid out in bonuses in the past few years (ouch); open source platform and services firm OpenLogic says open source software could help...[click continue reading for more on this entry]...
Laters
September 05, 2008
I'm off to Sicily for a fortnight so there will be a temporary blog blackout. I know, I know -- how will you cope?
To keep you on your toes, which UK-based enterprise search vendor will launch its open source technology on Wednesday 10th? Keep an eye on CBRonline.com to find out: I could tell you now but I'm under embargo.
Missing you already. Source: christine592 on flickr, CC licence.
10 reasons to try Google Chrome
September 03, 2008
While the blogosphere is rife with interest in the new Google Chrome web browser, currently in beta form, you’ll find precious little news on just why Google believes the technology is an advance on previous web browsers – notably Internet Explorer and Firefox. So here are my Top 10 Reasons to Try Google Chrome… [click continue reading for more on this entry]…
Google Chrome vs Firefox
It’s on: the Google Chrome vs. Firefox vs. Internet Explorer browser war is officially underway, and Google Chrome is still in beta form. And there isn't even a version for any platforms other than Windows! Where's the concurrent Linux release, guys?
Firefox version 3 set a new world record when it was downloaded over 6 million times on its launch. So how will the similarly open source Google Chrome web browser fair versus that figure?...[click continue reading for more on this entry]...
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