Saturday | 10 January, 2009

Stories by: Bill Snyder

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    Open source is dying -- or maybe it isn't 05/12/2008 11:42:00

    Put three geeks in a room and it won't take long to start an argument. Well, analyst Dennis Byron, veteran open source exec Stuart Cohen, and ex-Microsoft developer Keith Curtis weren't exactly in the same room, but all three have provocative opinions about the future of software in general and of open source in particular.
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    Why Microsoft won't dominate the cloud 28/11/2008 10:30:00

    It's no surprise that Microsoft has its eye on the cloud. Cloud computing, that is.
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    Will the financial meltdown slow IT innovation? 26/09/2008 10:29:00

    You might hate Wall Street -- and who doesn't this week, but if you work in IT you owe the Street a vote of thanks because the fat cats in financial services have been a major driver of technological innovation.
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    The best, and worst, of Demo Fall 2008 11/09/2008 09:40:00

    It isn't something you'll see on a server rack, but a product from a fabless silicon design outfit could help you cut down on air conditioning costs at work or home and help save energy. What's more, Microstaq's Silicon Expansion Valve (SEV) illustrates innovative thinking, and after all, isn't that what the Demo show is all about?
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    Analytics vendors show there's still innovation in BI 11/09/2008 10:12:00

    Managing data isn't as glamorous as many of the glitzy Web 2.0 apps on display at the Demo Fall 2008 conference in San Diego, but it's what keeps businesses running. Enterprise applications to speed databases, manage unstructured data, and handle BI queries on a massive scale made their debut this week, and at first blush they look positive. Of course, all will have to stand the rigor of real-world use and testing.
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    How to start up your own tech startup 09/09/2008 08:28:00

    Samir Mehta doesn't look much like a 15-year-old Chinese gymnast, but in many ways, the 41-year-old serial entrepreneur is just as nimble. You may have heard of him a few years ago when he sold 4th Pass, developers of a Java-based wireless platform, to Motorola for US$20 million. And he's in the news again, this time with a startup called Keetli whose products are designed to help consumers manage high-definition video.
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    Google plays Big Brother 05/09/2008 07:56:00

    I'm always happy to see competitive products reach the market, particularly one that might give Microsoft a run for its money.
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    Really free Linux takes hold 29/08/2008 11:52:00

    It's hardly news these days when RHEL or Suse Linux boots Windows or Unix off a server. And we know that commercial software vendors are paying plenty of attention to commercial open source.
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    Apple, Amazon cloud snafus leave Microsoft sitting pretty 15/08/2008 11:33:00

    Pity the poor road warrior who tried to find his data on The Linkup, only to get this message when he logged in: "Unfortunately The Linkup service is no longer available. Please visit box.net for your storage needs." What's worse, the sales guy was on an extended trip through North and South America. That's a real story, told by one Jacob Sherman, "I just want my data," he said.
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    Cloud computing goes open source 01/08/2008 11:03:53

    With more and more companies jumping into the cloud computing fray, this week's joint announcement by Hewlett-Packard, Intel, and Yahoo seems like a yawner. But it isn't.
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    Warning: Google is becoming Microsoft's evil twin 18/07/2008 10:40:51

    During its year of jousting with Microsoft, Google learned a lot from the software giant. Too bad it picked up Redmond's bad behaviors -- behaviors that are bad for both IT and the public at large.
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