Oracle boosts OpenStack ecosystem
Oracle has announced support for customers to use OpenStack cloud software with Oracle Linux and Oracle VM. Users can install this OpenStack technology preview in their test environments with the latest version of Oracle Linux and the beta release of Oracle VM 3.3....
Open source equates to innovation
A new report on the popular Web site Information Is Beautiful shows just how many-millions of lines of software are running behind the scenes in products we all take for granted. Some of the heavyweight operating systems and application packages are on the list, but...
Global demand for Linux skills grows
Professionals with experience in open source operating systems are in high demand, according to the annual Jobs Report by the Linux Foundation. The report shows that enterprises around the world are increasingly dependent on Linux in all corners of their business and...
SUSE Cloud 3 now available in SA
The latest version of the of the original enterprise-ready OpenStack distribution for building infrastructure as a service private clouds, SUSE Cloud 3, offers greater flexibility for companies to cost-effectively deploy private clouds with existing virtualised data...
Senwes migrates from Unix to Linux
When Senwes, one of the largest grain handling companies in the southern hemisphere, decided to upgrade its main data centre and disaster recovery site, it was looking for flexibility. The company required a flexible and scalable solution that would allow it to easily...
Senwes migrates to Linux
When Senwes, one of the largest grain handling companies in the southern hemisphere, decided to upgrade its main data centre and disaster recovery site, it was looking for flexibility. The company required a flexible and scalable solution that would allow it to easily...
SUSE Cloud 2.0 aids cloud deployment
Based on OpenStack Grizzly, SUSE Cloud 2.0 provides users with the capability to set up a mixed hypervisor private cloud evironment which can be rapidly deployed and easily managed. “It is a solution that that helps enterprises to become more agile while reducing IT...
Open source vendors are not too small
While many companies see open source as a way of increasing IT efficiencies and greatly reducing costs, there is a pattern that is seeing them withdraw once they notice that big-name vendors are generally not involved in open source delivery. This is according to...
Open source does not always compute
Companies today are faced with a serious decision that can have significant consequences when it comes to choosing a content management system (CMS). On the one hand, there are many open source solutions that are offered free of charge, as well as proprietary...
What open source means for users
Ask just about any person you meet whether they are using open source software (OSS) and the chances are good you will be met by a blank stare. Yet, people might be surprised when you tell them that they are either using it on the mobile device they own or on their...
Open source software is gaining ground
Software is eating the business world and open source software is eating the software world, said Johann Evans, chief technical officer at Cherry Olive, the unified data management specialists. “We can see open source software maturing and coming of age – and its...
The Open Group SA to host EA conference
The Open Group Enterprise Architecture (EA) Practitioners Conference will be held at Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg on 5 September 2013. The sixth conference to be hosted by The Open Group South Africa, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium. This...