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Open Source and Cloud Computing Yahoo has open sourced a version of its Traffic Server, a high-performance application server for building cloud services that it got when it acquired Inktomi. It donated the code to the Apache Software Foundation through the Apache Incubator. It... (more)

As part of a new initiative at the Open Web Foundation -- a group dedicated to the creation of community-driven specifications & standards. David Rudin along with several other individuals & organizations have crafted a new simple and easy to understand Open Web Foundation agreem... (more)

CEOs in Technology Cisco CEO John Chambers, who has turned into something of an economic oracle probably because he is more in command of his catbird seat than most big-time CEOs, said Wednesday when Cisco reported its quarterly results that the economy hit a “clear tipping poin... (more)

eZ Systems announced that former IBM and BEA executive Christoph Rau will join the company as CEO, effective immediately. Rau brings 25 years of management experience from the international IT and software industry, He takes over the CEO positon from co-founder Aleksander Farst... (more)

SOA & WOA Magazine Likewise announced that it is offering three starter packs that combine its Likewise Enterprise software with support and training services.  The starter packs are designed to help customers move from its open source software to Likewise Enterprise. Likewise ... (more)

Best Buy Mobile, the mobile specialty retail unit of Best Buy Co., Inc., today announced a retail partnership with Google™ that will help bring Google Mobile App to consumers and expand their mobile experiences. Best Buy is the first retailer in the U.S. to work with Google to di... (more)

TORONTO, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Panorama Software, a global leader in proactive Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, today unveiled its plans for the next release of its flagship product suite NovaView. Panorama's next release will extend its SQL Server Analysis Services supp... (more)

Open Source Journal After testing the FineReader, OmniPage, ReadIRIS, and SimpleOCR, Aspire, Tesseract….it is evident that ABBYY FineReader 9 is the best overall value, while ReadIRIS is the best OCR software for under $150. The main features that differentiate OCR software are: ... (more)

The Online Video Platform Summit is a new conference from Streaming Media that speaks to a growing audience of content owners who have, or are planning to have, video and are confused by the online video landscape. Video is no longer just for traditional or web content companies.... (more)

CubeTree, a freemium enterprise collaboration suite built on a social networking platform, today announced that it was selected as the winner of the Enterprise 2.0 Launch Pad competition, produced by TechWeb (producers of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference, the Web 2.0 Expo, and publi... (more)

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Today TechWeb announced CubeTree as the Enterprise 2.0 Conference San Francisco 2009 Launch Pad winner. The attending audience nominated CubeTree as the winner of the competition in a real-time SMS vote. The Enterprise 2.0 Conference Launc... (more)

MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- (Marketwire) -- 11/03/09 -- MediaBeacon, Inc., a leading provider of rich media solutions, will demonstrate the next release of the MediaBeacon product line, deliver high-level presentations, and showcase its technology portfolio at the Henry Stewart Los Angele... (more)

DENVER, CO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/03/09 -- The Cleantech Open (www.cleantechopen.com), today announced the winning teams in the Rocky Mountain region of the world's biggest cleantech business plan competition: New Sky Energy, Rivertop Renewables, and SunTrac Solar. In addition, Co... (more)

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonos®, Inc., the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems for the home, today announced that the Sonos ZonePlayer(TM) S5, the all-in-one wireless music system you can control with an iPhone, iPod® touch or any So... (more)

KATY, Texas, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The camaraderie and networking unique to being Greek shouldn't end with college. That's the thinking behind the creation of http://www.forgreeks.com, a newly retooled website created by founders Jarrell Liner and Enrique Allen. "For most of u... (more)

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical software company FiatLux Imaging, Inc., located in Redmond, WA, announces the availability of FiatLux Visualize(TM) Free, advanced 2D/3D visualization software for CT and MRI imaging data. The free software is available for any hea... (more)

SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/02/09 -- Kevin Penstock, CEO of ITOKK, Inc. (OTCBB: IKTO), is pleased to update its shareholders and the investment community on the recent developments of the company and our business plans going forward into 2010. Itokk, Inc. today an... (more)

A leading-edge conference such as the 4th International Cloud Computing Expo, which begins Monday, November 2 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, is expected to draw a lot of hot young companies and new technologies that are bent on subverting the dominant paradigm and inventin... (more)

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/02/09 -- eWorld Companies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: EWRC) announced today that its financial team is nearing completion of the updated financials and internal audits required to qualify the company for Pinksheets Current Information status. All fina... (more)

PLEASANTON, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/02/09 -- VoiceCon San Francisco -- Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM) is introducing the latest addition to its VVX 1500 solutions portfolio, the Polycom VVX(TM) 1500 D business media phone, the industry's first simultaneous dual-stack (H.323 and Se... (more)