Lavenya Dilip

Cloud Computing on Ulitzer Microsoft SharePoint's open source clone, MindTouch, is integrating its platform with Fujitsu's ScanSnap family of scanners to help clients upload, store and share business documents on the web. The companies say that through this partnership, they have removed one of the biggest adoption barriers to scanning. The scanned images can be accessed by different team members in an enterprise who will be able to edit the piece within a MindTouch page irrespective of physical location. Complete IT governance and security is maintained during the process which eliminates cumbersome procedures like sending faxes or making physical copies. MindTouch has been carving a niche for itself in enterprise collaboration market that is a necessity in today's business environment comprising of geographically dispersed teams and complex outsourced structures r... (more)

Microsoft Comes Up with First App for Rival Google’s Android

Microsoft has released an application called Tag that is compatible with Google's Android Operating System , a prime competitor of its Windows mobile. The free software available from Android Market turns any phone’s built-in camera into a mobile barcode reader which lets you gain instant access to Websites, videos, reviews, schedules, contact information, social networks, discounts and promotions . Though this is the first time that Microsoft is delivering an app for Android, it has an established tradition of making software for outside mobile companies. In December 2008 it pro... (more)

Red Hat Strengthens Cloud Platform Portfolio Through Acquisition

Open source technology solutions provider Red Hat has acquired Makara, a Redwood City, CA-based startup that provides software for managing cloud-based applications. The acquired technology is expected to be combined with Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Middleware for providing better cloud management through increased monitoring, rollback, scaling and rightsizing so that organizations can accelerate the transition of their applications to both public and private clouds. Makara's tools will be integrated with Red Hat's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering that delivers a complete stac... (more)

Red Hat Tackles Big Data by Acquiring Open Source Storage Provider

Red Hat, Inc. has announced that it will be acquiring Gluster, Inc., a provider of open source storage solutions aimed at unstructured data management for approximately $136 million. With the acquired scale out storage technology, Red Hat seeks to harness the onslaught of big data that is deployed in both private and public cloud environments. Sunnyvale, California based Gluster has developed GlusterFS, a software-only, scale-out storage system that allows enterprises to combine large numbers of commodity storage and compute resources into a high-performance, centrally-managed s... (more)

PostgreSQL and MariaDB Use Rising Due to MySQL Decline

We have been subjected to numerous arguments by Industry pundits on the pros and cons of Oracle's acquisition of Sun Micro Systems. A new survey carried out by the 451 Group attempts to get the facts straight from the horse's mouth-the open source users. 347 of them were interviewed and the results indicate that: 1) MySQL use is declining from 82.1% now to 78% in 2011 and 72.3% in 2014 2) PostgreSQL and MariaDB use rising as a result of the above and would see three to four per cent growth in share. 3) But 57.9% of all open source users and 63.9% of MySQL users, say that they would ... (more)