New report sees open source move 'out of the basement and into the boardroom'

The
acquisition and deployment of open source software is now a strategic
imperative for UK business, according to research released by Ingres Corporation. The Managing 21st Century Business Information survey
questioned IT professionals from the UK's largest public sector and
enterprise organisations on a host of open source and information
management issues.

The report found that the versatility and
adaptability of the open source model is allowing companies to
eliminate historic vendor lock-in, reduce database management costs and
rapidly develop critical business applications, including Business
Intelligence, Data Warehousing and CRM solutions.

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Misys gambles on open source revolution

British software group Misys is expected to announce a major strategic gamble this week - giving its products away for free.

Under new American management, the company is planning to embrace the "open source" movement, releasing a software code that can be copied or modified by other programmers.

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Asia's first ever open source summit

Co-executive producer of the Open Source Summit, Winston Damarillo, said Asia is set to become the largest consumer of open source technologies. According to research from the Evans Data Corporation, the number of developers using open source software in Asia has jumped by 40 percent over the past three years.

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SiliconRepublic.com: Free wireless for Dublin City?

30.01.2007 - Dublin City looks likely to be blanketed with free wireless internet access in the tradition of cities like San Francisco if a proposed plan by Dublin City Council gets the go-ahead.

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Open source investment up 33% in Q2 - CBRonline.com

The level of funding in free and open source-related vendors rose over 33% in the second quarter compared to the same period last year, following a decline in the first quarter.

According to figures collected by Computer Business Review, investment in open source vendors rose 33.1% from $73.95m in the second quarter of 2006 to $98.45m between the beginning of April and the end of June this year.

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