Alfresco Puts Out Second Annual Open Source Barometer Report
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Enterprise content management software maker Alfresco Software last year made some big headlines when it gathered up some of its own internal data about its customer set and took it private as a barometer of sorts for the adoption of open source applications among enterprises. The big finding from the July 2007 report from Alfresco was that companies test open source applications on Windows, but deploy on Linux. This time around, Alfresco is asking its customers some more detailed questions and the barometer is therefore a better indicator of the application weather in the data center. READ MORE >

Rock and Tukwila Were the Stars of ISSCC Last Week
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

The two popular chip conferences held each year--the IEEE's International Solid State Circuits Conference in the winter and Stanford University's Hot Chips Conference in the summer--are like debutante balls for advanced microprocessors. This is where chip makers who have been shaping advanced technologies and bringing them to maturity announce them to the world. Last week, it was the ISSCC show, and Sun Microsystems, Intel, and IBM were talking about their latest processor designs. READ MORE >

Virtualization Software Player Announcement Roundup
by Timothy Prickett Morgan

It always seems to be a busy week for news in the virtualization software space these days. While there are not always big announcements, like VMware going public or Citrix Systems buying XenSource, there is always a bit of buzz going on. Rather than break it all up into little stories this week, I thought I would just give you the news rapid fire out of Virtual Iron, Parallels, and Citrix and its new partner, VMLogix. READ MORE >

As I See It: Why IT Will Save the Economy
by Victor Rozek

Explanation #1: Fifteen years ago, two college kids were jogging along the beach and, as they were passing a large clump of flotsam wrapped in ropes of kelp, they noticed something glinting in the sunlight. They stopped, looked, and one of them reached into the slimy mass and pulled out what appeared to be an ancient lamp. As is the custom with ancient lamps, the young man began to rub it vigorously. No sense in taking a chance; they'd feel pretty stupid if they passed up their opportunity to awaken the Genie. READ MORE >