Jive beefs up collaboration tools with SharePoint integration

Collaboration vendor Jive Software Monday added integration with Microsoft's SharePoint Server plus project management and social networking tools to the new version of its social computing platform.

HP unveils encryption add-ons for storage products
HP Monday is unveiling add-ons for its storage products that enable automated encryption of data stored on tape drives and virtual tape libraries.

Red Hat posts strong fiscal year '08 earnings
Linux operating system and open source middleware vendor Red Hat Thursday reported more than 30% growth in its total revenue and its critical subscription revenue for its fiscal year 2008.

Put Facebook on your Web site, says startup
Open source startup, Ringside Networks, has launched this week with the aim of persuading companies to embrace social networking by building it into their own Web sites.

IBM lures HP customers, reuses their abandoned HP gear
IBM's new rebate program for customers who use HP PA-RISC systems coincides with IBM's System p 550 Express Unix server launch.

HP adding Novell's Linux to its desktop lineup
Novell Tuesday plans to announce that HP will begin loading Suse Linux 10 on its desktops, joining Dell and Lenovo as partners who pre-install the open source operating system.

Asterisk is no longer just a PBX footnote
While Asterisk IP PBX software can be a boon for cash-strapped businesses that need phone upgrades, the free, open source platform has also spawned a host of for-profit vendors that charge for Asterisk professional services, peripherals and software extensions and still manage to undercut the prices charged by more established IP PBX vendors.

Non-IT ideas good for small businesses
IT Bad Boy Nicholas Carr, who's book "IT Doesn't Matter" enraged big company technology folks to no end a few years ago, is back again. This time, he says The IT Department Is Dead in his book "The Big Switch." But you may already be using the exact model he says will appear in the future. Of course, if you're a small business without a "proper" Information Technology department, this may seem funny.

The IT department is dead, author argues
The IT department is dead, and it is a shift to utility computing that will kill this corporate career path. So predicts Nicholas Carr in his new book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World from Edison to Google.

Intel goes open source with 'Fibre Channel over Ethernet' package

Open source claims seat at the corporate table in ‘08
After years spent on the corporate proving ground, open source and Linux are looking at a 2008 that could likely show how hard labor pays off.

Gartner: x86 servers gain as Unix shipments fall
As adoption of x86 servers increased globally, Unix-based server shipments witnessed a slowdown during the third quarter, a Gartner survey released on Monday said.

Assessing, managing enterprise risk
Managing enterprise risk requires IT executives to perpetually perform a juggling act of sorts.

Solving the mystery of managing virtual servers
Server virtualization excites both industry watchers and IT managers looking to get more out of the infrastructure they have and build dynamic data centers that can more quickly respond to business needs.

VMware vs. Xen vs. Microsoft
VMware is clearly the top player in virtualization, but competitors such as Citrix and Microsoft want a piece of this hot market, too.

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• SCO CEO takes the witness stand
• Linux visionary convicted of murder
• Ubuntu releases Hardy Heron
• Computer experts protest Microsoft OOXML
• US software lock-ins harm local bidders

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