395-When Canonical launched its Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix back in February, it was based on Ubuntu Linux 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot," which was then the most current stable version of the free and open source operating system. Since then Ubuntu has received a major update to version 12.04, however, and now Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix has been refreshed accordingly with the new "Precise Pangolin.

314-SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/16/12 -- AT 49th DAC BOOTH #1926 -- EVE, the leader in hardware/software co-verification, today announced immediate availability of a 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) validation platform for its ZeBu (Zero Bugs) family of system-on-chip (SoC) hardware-assisted verification platforms.

420-SKIEN, Norway, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "Etna" focuses on greater interoperability, enhanced multi-channel delivery and content optimization.Cloud edition - SaaS version on Red Hat Enterprise cloud stack, with Finnish eZ Partner, Ixonos - offers new WCM paradigm. eZ Systems (http://www.ez.no) announces it has again fulfilled on promise to deliver feature-packed bi-annual release of its Enterprise Open Source CMS.

418-Connecting applications from different software-as-a-service suppliers (SaaS) is typically a major headache. Salesforce.com built a platform and ecosystem around its CRM applications to overcome the pain. Tuesday, MuleSoft announced Mule iON SaaS edition, which it says spells relief for integrating non-Salesforce.com SaaS applications. The number of SaaS vendors is rapidly escalating, MuleSoft CTO Ross Mason noted.

487-The Best of Interop 2012 (click image for larger view and for slideshow)VMware is seeking to help build the next generation of data center applications by expanding the capabilities of its vFabric Suite. Release 5.1 of the suite announced Tuesday will enable automated use of in-memory database services and easier virtual machine-based app deployment. The moves are aimed at Java developers, particularly those who already use VMware's Spring Framework for lightweight Java development.

468-From the 'Most Successful Open Source Foundation' files: For many, the name Apache is synonymous with the most successful open source project of all time - the Apache HTTP Web Server. The Apache Web Server has dominated the web server landscape for the majority of the Internet Era, even as rivals (open source and otherwise) have attempted to make in-roads. While the Web Server is primary to Apache, it's important to remember that it's only one project out of MANY.

475-Home      Software      Red Hat: We Didn't Get Virtualization Management Right Initially In a webcast event Tuesday, Red Hat executives reminisced about that milestone event and offered a few predictions about the future of their server operating system platform. Now after 10 years of releases and innovations, Paul Cormier, Executive Vice-President of Red Hat, sees the most important event in the history of RHEL as being the creation of the RHEL model itself.

380-Home      Developer      In-Memory Database Comes to VMware vFabric 5.1 The cloud makes it easy to build out pools of compute resources. But how do you scale out applications in the same way? That's the goal of VMware's latest vFabric 5.1 release. The vFabric application development platform first debuted back in 2010 and has been evolving ever since. The vFabric 5.

380-Android's rise to the top of the mobile operating system food chain as measured by device proliferation has been remarkably swift, but not without its drawbacks. Due to the nature of Google's open source OS and its aggressive strategy, smartphone vendors that make use of the platform have each gone their own way with software development, hardware design and other key elements.

455-This assessment echoes a recent announcement by Roger Baker, CIO of the DOD, that the first version of the iEHR would be ready in two years, instead of the four years earlier allotted for development. The Congressional report stated that the two departments had agreed on a wide range of topics, including common data standards, data center consolidation, common clinical applications, a common presentation layer, and a governance structure for the iEHR.

453-Three years ago, Google declared the Web had won. The Web, Google's Vic Gundotra said, had become the dominant software platform. But the subsequent ascendance of Google's Android mobile operating system complicated matters. Google is now a company with divided loyalties. That leaves Facebook as the largest technology company to go "all in" on the Web. Unlike Apple, Google, or Microsoft, Facebook has no native software platform or hardware business.

359-Sencha's drag-and-drop tool for building Web and mobile apps is friendly to designers if they're also developers InfoWorld - Sencha describes Sencha Architect 2, the latest incarnation of its visual Web development tool, as "a massive upgrade to Ext Designer," the previous version. The name change from Designer to Architect reflects the product's new focus.

409-SEATTLE, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- From #ChefConf 2012, Opscode ®, the leader in cloud infrastructure automation, today announced the release of a number of new enterprise capabilities for Open Source Chefâ"¢, Hosted Chefâ"¢ and Private Chefâ"¢, delivering greater scale from a single Chef server, a 'one-click' installer, 'Dry-Run', integration with Active Directory and native support for Solaris.

221-SEATTLE, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- From #ChefConf 2012, Opscode ®, the leader in cloud infrastructure automation, today announced that Opscode Chefâ"¢ provides integration with a wide range of public cloud services.

469-SEATTLE, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- From #ChefConf 2012, Opscode ®, the leader in cloud infrastructure automation, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has named Opscode as a "Cool Vendor" in DevOps.   Opscode recently announced that it's commercial customer base has surged into the hundreds, with customers ranging from small and medium sized businesses to Fortune 500 companies in Financial Services, Retail, Media and Entertainment, Hi-Tech and Internet Services.

413-Sara, ict-infrastructuurdienstverlener voor universiteiten en hogescholen, gaat nauw samenwerken met Deltares. Dit kennisinstituut voor waterbeheer wil de krachtige ict-infrastructuur van Sara gebruiken voor het verder ontwikkelen van zijn simulatiesoftware. Ook wordt er bekeken of medewerkers van universiteiten en onderzoeksinstituten de open source software van Deltares via de Sara-omgeving kunnen verrijken.

486-Volgens Videolan, maker van VLC Media Player, is zijn video/audio afspeelprogramma meer dan een miljard keer gedownload. Een mijlpaal voor de gratis open-source mediaspeler. Onder die 1 miljard downloads zitten niet de versies die met de verschillende Linux-versies worden meegeleverd. Versie twee van de mediaspeler (incl. versie 2.0.1) werd zo'n 75 miljoen keer gedownload. Versie 1.1.11 is met 181 miljoen downloads nog steeds het populairst. Het betreft hier dan de Windows-versie.