From Berkeley To Davos, He Kicks Science On Open Source

By: Nancy Cohen Just as CEOs in Davos thought they were getting a tight enough handle on Chapter Two of the Open Source Phenomenon, from community to business model, they were asked to hang on to their highlighters. Thinkers like Katz sketched structures and models in Open Source looking awfully close to the structure and models in organizational settings, whether hypothetical flavors-of-the-month or real.

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GPL, Legally Speaking

By: Lawrence Rosen An attorney's cure for corporate's unreasonable fear of Open Source infection: the truth.

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Banking - This Way to Open Source

By: Nancy Cohen London. Frankfurt. New York. Business-wire headlines were burning. What's this, a sci-fi version of Barron's? An investment bank turns to the Open Source community for mission-critical software. Meanwhile, at the Javits Center, some LinuxWorld delegates are off to check out a may-I-see-your-invitation party on West 23rd.

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Message from SAN solution provider- Yes, we have no Linux story

By: Nancy Cohen Even with vendor mindshare on Sun platform, says frontline provider, are budget-wary IT buyers not about to ask for Linux? He says it all goes back to his father's advice: Something about eggs in baskets.

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Linux SAN castles

By: Dalton Han Wishful thinking: Linux-based SANs. Problems lie in standards.

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Scenarios for the end game

By: Nancy Cohen Some financially pressured Linux players see red in Nasdaq's blues. Some corporate board members hear white noise in Linux players' songs of support. Time to ask: Where's enterprise Linux really headed?

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SMP's place in the Linux equation

By: Franco Vitaliano The new Linux kernel raises expectations for scalability-always circuitous.

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Deepthink - Clustering directions in Open Source

By: Nancy Cohen IBM is the established business giant that has stepped over the time warp of debating the "If" of Linux in the business world and is now tackling the "How" of Linux in end-user businesses. IBM's focus on Linux has been aggressively publicized by the corporation. The past year has seen a steady stream of announcements about alliances and Open Source project participation and announcements about support of Linux on its servers. Last summer, IBM announced that it was committing $200 million to a Linux initiative in Asia Pacific, with development and competency centers, alliances, and assorted R&D programs to help software vendors port applications to the Linux environment. Centers are in Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul, Bangalore, and Sydney. What's more, IBM's weight around Linux includes Linux clustering,with the offer of prepackaged Linux cluster solutions for high-performance computing, Web serving, and other work areas. The Linux cluster series uses Netfinity servers and software, Open Source components, and third-party products. In this interview, we ask David Turek, IBM's vice president of Deep Computing & Web Servers, to assess the pace of growth in business readiness for Linux clusters.

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Aberdeen-Think - IT Planning Roadmap

By: Bill Claybrook Bill Claybrook, research director of Linux and Open Source software at the Aberdeen Group, tells technology planners what to expect from the new wave of vendors claiming ownership of Linux cluster solutions.

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Placing a Value on CRM - A Booz Allen dialogue

By: Nancy Cohen At Booz Allen & Hamilton, meet Michael McKeon and colleagues, consulting practitioners who refuse to consider CRM on anything lower than value-creating corporate platforms.

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