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Review: Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud
If you're building an internal or private cloud, Canonical wants you to use Ubuntu Linux 10.04 as your operating system of choice. To that end, the newest version of Ubuntu includes a feature set called Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud. Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud is integrated with the open source private cloud platform Eucalyptus. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization
How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here!

WHITE PAPER: Splunk

Make IT Data a Strategic Asset
This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More!

The Cloud Has No Boundaries, It's Elasticity That Makes It Cloud
Alan Shimel: "It isn't the cloud if it has very firm boundaries, says Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems. I recently talked to him and the company's CTO. Read More

Brotherly advice about open source licensing for startups
Phil Odence : What would you tell your brother-in-law...about open source licensing issues, if he ran a software startup. That was the question I kicked around with Black Duck colleagues when preparing for a panel discussion with a group of entrepreneurs. Read More

Does Open Source Indemnification Matter? Enterprises Say Hell Yes.
Kim Weins: All enterprises want indemnification around open source software to provide financial protection in the case of IP lawsuits but few know if they've got it or not. Read More

Leading by example: Women in open source
Amy Vernon : The National Center for Women & Information Technology doesn't just bemoan the lack of women in open source. Read More


WEBCAST: Actuate

Solve Data Needs: BIRT Defined
This webcast will give you a primer on BIRT including the technology and the community. BIRT can help you overcome the challenge of delivering accurate and meaningful data to users while minimizing IT development efforts. Learn more today!

Writing an operating system book using virtual machines
Ben Whaley: I was struck by an article on software development using virtual machines. The conclusion was that "using a VM to develop software has a lot of advantages, but it is not quite ready for prime time yet." Read More

Talend Shows That Open Source Success is Not Just About Low Price
Alan Shimel: Talend is an open source data integration company that is a poster child for successful open source business models. In just a few short years they are a star in a $13 billion market. Read More

An open-source system for the VA is the next logical step
Amy Vernon: Arguably the gold standard of electric health records management, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs could be "re-engineered" as an open-source project. That was the unanimous recommendation of the Industry Advisory Council. Read More

The Defensive Patent License makes patents less evil for open source
Open Source Subnet blog: Two law professors from UC Berkeley have come up with a novel idea to protect open source developers from patent bullies. They call it the Defensive Patent License. Read More


WEBCAST: Meraki

Cloud-Managed WiFi
Learn how cloud-managed wireless access points can be self-configured and centrally managed over the web, provide secured access for employees and guests, be scalable for networks of all sizes, and provide a cost savings of up to 50% over traditional solutions. Click here.

Android and the CafePress Model
Mark Murphy: The really cool thing about open source mobile operating systems, like Android and Symbian, is that they open up so many possible business models for people to try. Read More

Data Leak Prevention Finally Gets an Open Source Alternative
Alan Shimel: Data Leak Prevention (DLP), until now, was one of the few areas in security where a viable open source alternative did not exist. The new OpenDLP project is aiming to change that. It's about time! Read More

Climate Labs Harnesses the Power of Open Source to Combat Climate Change
Alan Shimel: A nod of thanks should go out to the open source movement for helping to bring facts regarding our climate to the masses. Read More

From Open Source Subnet
Visit the Open Source Subnet home page for daily news items, blogs, discussions and giveaways of interest to enterprise open source users. We have 15 copies of the upcoming new edition of Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook up for grabs. Follow Open Source Subnet on Twitter @OSSubnet. Read More



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