http://www.silicon.com Results for Open source en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39665922,00.htm Google released the source code for Chrome OS on Thursday, beginning the process of producing a browser-based operating system by the end of 2010 for lower-end PCs called netbooks. Although screen real estate is tight - especially given the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:37:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39661659,00.htm Although somewhat similar to the development of the open source community, in this case individual developers are creating code for profit and likely on a closed-source basis. Is it the developer's own original work or does it include other third... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39643702,00.htm In an exclusive interview, former MySQL boss and silicon.com Agenda Setter, Marten Mickos talks to Tim Ferguson about the state of open source, Oracle's plans to buy Sun Microsystems and the value of working with people who are smarter than you. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:41:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39890502,00.htm The new beta — for Windows, Mac and Linux — includes a component directory lockdown that makes it harder for other software to meddle with the open-source browser. Firefox is still open to third-party extensions via its official add-on mechanism. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:54:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39650562,00.htm The Google boss also touched on the company's upcoming OS, Chrome, saying: "We hope to release the first open source version of Chrome OS later this year, the year 2009. Last week saw silicon.com sister site CNET News.com sit down with Google CEO... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:36:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817639p,00.htm Ping Identity consistently hears from its customers, partners and even competitors that PingFederate takes significantly less time to deploy than any other federated identity option - including open source toolkits. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817551p,00.htm Techniques using rich media, open source platforms, web 2.0 collaboration tools; social networking sites and a host of emerging technologies expose networks to a new breed of web security threats. The new web borne threats attacking business... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60816516p,00.htm To address security concerns in wireless LAN deployments, many organizations have deployed Wireless Intrusion Detection Systems (WIDS) to monitor wireless activity for signs of attack. Deployed as an integrated monitoring system with the wireless... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39640950,00.htm Google Android is also featuring on netbooks, with Acer recently launching a device that can dual boot both the open source OS and Windows 7. Check out which other phones made the open source grade here. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:16:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60302842p,00.htm Is it risky to trust mission-critical infrastructure to open source software? Why should we pay an open source vendor when open source is supposed to be free? Will a shift to open source add complexity to our IT infrastructure? editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:31:52 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60809967p,00.htm CSQL is the fastest enterprise class open source main memory relational database management system. Traditional disk based database management systems are persistent but are incapable with dealing with dynamic data that constantly changes and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60809966p,00.htm CSQL Cache is generic database caching platform to cache frequently accessed tables from existing open source or commercial database management system (Oracle, MySQL, etc) close to application tier. Web and real time applications are mostly read... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39637918,00.htm For this world open source seems to be a no-go area and judged not to align with how things should be done. The Naked CIO gets some mixed reactions to his views on the redundancy of social networks; open source advocates hit back at CIOs claiming... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:01:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39637915,00.htm According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing from Sun, the EC has filed a statement of objections, which says the combination of Sun's open source MySQL database product with Oracle's enterprise database products could have a negative... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:24:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39635532,00.htm The Firebird name also ran into trouble because there was an open-source database project of the same name, leading Mozilla eventually to move to Firefox. Mozilla is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Firefox 1.0, released 9 November, 2004. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:28:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39635527,00.htm October's highlights on silicon.com were all about software - from fresh rumblings in the perennial Mac vs PC debate, to question marks over open source cost-cutting and the countdown to the launch of Windows 7, which began shipping towards the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:33:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60587344p,00.htm Wireshark, the world's most popular open-source network analyzer, has become an essential tool to locate and diagnose the cause of network problems in the most efficient and cost-effective method possible. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:46:39 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39617382,00.htm New OSes such as Android and Maemo will cut away at Symbian market share," Allen Nogee, In-Stat analyst, said in a statement, adding: "Although there are relatively few open source OS-based smartphones in the market today, the open source OS... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:14:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39607327,00.htm It's a question many CIOs are wrestling with: can open source help make your IT budget stretch a little further in these tough economic times? While some CIOs are enthusiastic about the potential savings that can be made, others still warn of the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:05:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39594568,00.htm Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a way of making their IT budgets go further, according to silicon.com's latest exclusive CIO Jury. Because it lacks the expensive licensing that is often the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:22:01 +0000