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More open source software at European Space Agency
Mon, 11/28/2011 - 15:04 — rgardlerAccording to a case study recently published by the Open Source Observatory and Repository for European public administrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) wants to publish more of its software using open source licences. At the moment, the ESA is using open source licenses mainly for applications related to earth observation and and earth science. However, according to the OSOR case study, it is considering applying this type of licenses to other software systems.
Adobe to propose Flex SDK as Apache Software Foundation project
Mon, 11/21/2011 - 14:24 — rgardlerAdobe has announced that it will be proposing its Flex Software Development Kit, used for creating Flash applications should become a project within the Apache Software Foundation. Flex has been open source since 2008, but this move would see Adobe ceding control over the project to Apache.
Pearson launches OpenClass, a cloud-delivered LMS
Mon, 10/31/2011 - 16:01 — rgardlerPearson has launched the beta version of OpenClass, their learning management system (LMS) delivered from the cloud. OpenClass integrates seamlessly with Google Apps for Education and will be available in the Google Apps Marketplace, Google's online storefront for Google Apps products and services.
IBM to include Hadoop in its cloud offering
Thu, 10/27/2011 - 10:01 — rgardlerThe open source project Hadoop is becoming more and more popular. We reported earlier that Microsoft is basing their cloud offering on Hadoop and also Oracle announced that its Oracle Big Data Appliance would run Hadoop. Amazon's Elastic MapReduce cloud service is also based on Hadoop and now IBM announced their own SmartCloud platform, which is also based on this popular Apache project. They recently acquired Hadoop specialists Platform Computing to enhance its expertise in the field.
PhoneGap enters the Apache Software Foundation Incubator
Mon, 10/24/2011 - 10:11 — rgardlerNitobi software developer Brian Leroux recently proposed the PhoneGap open source mobile development framework to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The project has now been accepted by the ASF for incubation as a new Apache project. With PhoneGap, developers can build applications using web standards and technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and deploy them to various mobile platforms, including iOS, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone, Symbian and WebOS.
Microsoft, Hadoop and Big Data
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 18:15 — rgardlerAfter Microsoft announces plans to deliver enterprise class Apache Hadoop based distributions on both Windows Server and Windows Azure, Gianugo Rabellino, Senior Director of Open Source Communities at Microsoft, is in buoyant mood as he considers how this affects the big data community.
Bristol Council gets open source go-ahead after CESG discussions
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 15:49 — rgardlerBristol City Council has been cleared to build an IT infrastructure using open source software after a visit from CESG, the cyber security arm of the UK intelligence services. Complaints about CESG's obstruction of open source software were branded 'folk-law' at a meeting the security body held in Bristol yesterday with council leader Barbara Jenke and others including Bristol IT chiefs Paul Arrigoni and Gavin Beckett, and executives from the Cabinet Office.
Eucalyptus Systems, Nebula and Virtual Bridges join Linux Foundation
Mon, 10/10/2011 - 13:14 — rgardlerThe Linux Foundation, the non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux, is adding three new companies to its membership list: Eucalyptus Systems, Nebula and Virtual Bridges. Eucalyptus Systems provides self-hosted Infrastructure-as-a-Service clouds using commodity Linux servers, Nebula is developing a Linux-based hardware appliance for large private cloud computing infrastructures, and Virtual Bridges provide a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure solution.
OpenLayers adds mobile multitouch support
Mon, 10/10/2011 - 11:29 — rgardlerOpenLayers, an open source map framework, has released its first new version in a year and has added support for mobile maps and multitouch gestures. This support will undoubtedly be of interest to developers who wish to incorporate maps into their applications and are looking for alternatives to Google and Bing.
Fraunhofer FOKUS axes BerliOS open source portal
Mon, 10/10/2011 - 11:15 — rgardlerOn 31 December, the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS) is to close BerliOS (Berlin Open Source), its open source software (OSS) repository. According to an announcement made on Friday 30 September, the institute finds itself compelled to take this step as it has been unable to find a successor or to secure further funding. The project, which was founded in 2000, supports open source development and aims to bridge the gap between users, developers and software vendors.
