Improved benchmarking, better information management, and tackling risky IT projects key to cutting costs
The announcement of MySQL 5.4 comes 24 hours after Oracle announced plans to buy Sun for £5.1bn
If IBM had acquired Sun it could have led to a host of troubling government antitrust issues, but Oracle's $7.4…
The virtualisation giant is pretty pleased with its new "cloud OS", vSphere. Is it really that different from the competition.…
The terms of the deal represent significantly more money than the £4.5 billion cash offer that IBM reported had put…
While Google's earning report exceeded some analyst expectations, the search engine giant is facing modest declines in revenue as it…
The Linux Foundation and Novell have teamed up on Build Service to help create software packages for a variety of…
There are plenty of desktop Linux apps. The problem is finding, installing and managing them, says Jason Brooks. Linux vendors…
A group of tech companies has joined the likes of Google, Opera and Mozzilla in the latest EC case against…
The Mono Migration Analyser tool: is it really necessary? eWEEK Labs puts MoMA through its paces.
T-Mobile, Acer, Dell and HP are all planning more computer-centric applications for the mobile operating system
A Microsoft exec has announced the death of the Linux netbook. He's ignoring the world picture, and speaking too soon:…
As its deal with IBM evaporates, Sun needs a backup plan. Chris Preimesberger thinks there might be another deal on…
Sun Microsystems rejected IBM's $7 billion bid, according to reports - or is it a negotiation tactic?
The recession has been good for open source vendors but not so good that Red Hat 's UK boss wants…
HP has confirmed that it is looking at Google's Android as a possible operating system. Could it make for cheaper…
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is ready for business. It's a strong alternative to Windows, but limited in its software packages
Budget limitations and continued improvement in software and associated services are making open-source software alternatives look good to IT managers
Free software proponent Richard Stallman claims some browsers and browsing software can force "non-free software" on users without their knowledge
Oracle might be eyeing additional acquisitions, and some analysts suspect that the IT giant might have its sights set on…
Microsoft has discussed more details about its Web Platform which will integrated with open source applications
In an interesting turn of events, TomTom has countersued Microsoft for patent infringement.
There is a lot of overlap for IBM and Sun in the areas of open source and operating systems -…
Sun has had trouble selling its technology, and IBM is a past master at marketing. What's not to like about…
With a reported $6.5 billion (£4.5bn) in cash on the table for Sun Microsystems, IBM would be well positioned to…
The GNU founder claims that free software should be more sustainable than proprietary - and argues that the UK and…
But some open source experts claim the software is about more than saving money
Companies turning to open source in the recession should know that free software is about much more, according to the…
Avoiding commercial licenses has enabled the National Digital Resource Bank project to succeed, say free software experts