IBM is considering releasing its DB2 database-management software under an open-source licence.
The Eclipse project is to release an update to its technology that will help development tools from different software companies work together
IBM has taken a minority stake in EnterpriseDB, an open source database that competes with Oracle and MySQL.
IBM is working on an open-source project called Jazz to promote programming tools for globally distributed teams.
IBM Australia and National ICT Australia have joined forces to give open source software a boost into the enterprise space.
The consultants that rolled out one of Australia's biggest known Linux desktop project are set to take on the big boys.
IBM is giving its customers the blues by asking them to assume financial and legal risk with its open-source software--that's after those same customers have already shelled out hundreds of thousands of dollars for the code.
To encourage the broadest possible support for its forthcoming "Storage Tank" technology, IBM will release an open-source version of the software needed to let servers tap into the next-generation storage system.
The company outlines plans for SQL Server, including a new lower-cost workgroup version aimed at open source and other competitors.
No matter what the outcome of SCO's suit against IBM over open-source code, corporations will be wary of any open-source investments, especially those that could unwittingly bring new legal risks.
Strategic sales of more expensive servers indicates the "Band-Aid approach" of recent years is waning, analyst says.
In the case of the bleeding obvious, IBM says open source needs good designers; a claim is made that China can activate your phone to snoop on you; and we take a look at the Defcon conference.
On this week's Club Builder we look at some local scientists who have made a break through in fibre throughput, a group of local lads win big in Paris and we hand out our first Honesty Award.
Businesses should rethink perimeters, shed the firewall and allow people to "skinny dip" on the Internet, according to security and communications researcher, William Cheswick.
The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and unspecified patents is akin to "patent terrorism", according to a local executive for Sun Microsystems.
If you've made the switch to a Mac for the first time, here are a couple of tips for moving files over and getting used to the interface.
Executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger helped steer Big Blue to the Internet, Linux and open-source computing. His newest mission: grid computing.
Four Linux companies have joined forces to develop a common core version of the OS for businesses, but a local analyst doubts a unified approach is enough to encourage take-up by Australian businesses.
To encourage the broadest possible support for its forthcoming "Storage Tank" technology, IBM will release an open-source version of the software needed to let servers tap into the next-generation storage system.
The new version of Internet Explorer will include tabbed browsing but will this be enough to entice Firefox users to convert?
In version 8 of IBM/Lotus's upcoming collaboration suite, the client (Notes) moves to a new Java framework while the server (Domino) gets a number of overdue enhancements.
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