The Linux community has spent years hoping for ‘the Year of the Linux Desktop,’ and so missed the fact that it already happened in 2012.
Google’s Chrome-Plated Trojan Horse
By introducing Google Now’s anticipatory notifications to its Chrome desktop browser, Google is setting up a Trojan Horse to ultimately lure away Microsoft and Apple users to Android.
Will Samsung Replace Apple As Innovator-In-Chief?
Samsung has displaced Apple as the leading smartphone vendor, and is now staking a claim on Apple’s leadership in innovation. But can anyone replace Apple?
Why Obama Should Open Source His Campaign Code Now, Not Later
While software didn’t win Obama reelection, it certainly helped. To ensure this software continues to get better, the Democrats should open source the code instead of mothballing it, which seems to be the current plan.
Does SUSE Linux Have A Future?
With more than $200 million in revenue, SUSE isn’t about to die, but can it find a viable role besides offering a hedge against Red Hat’s dominance?
Puppet Labs Takes $30 Million VMware Investment – Some Strings Attached?
Puppet Labs just took $30 million in funding from VMware, which represents two-thirds of its total venture funding. The question must be asked: how can Puppet Labs remain independent?
Big Data: Overhyped And Overpaid?
Gartner claims that Big Data is overhyped and about to fall into the trough of disillusionment, but salaries for Big Data pros suggest that enterprises are putting their money where their mouth is.
Forrester: Enterprises Must Look To Web For Mobile Success
In a new research report on mobile application development, Forrester points to a range of technologies and technology approaches – from HTML5 to open source – that are necessary for helping enterprises keep pace with modern mobile development.
Apple Forced Google’s Hand On Android
By exercising too rigid of control over third-party developers, Apple forced Google to build its own mobile platform. To preserve the search box, Google had to develop Android.
Facebook Graph Search: Noisier And Nosier Than Ever
Facebook gets more intrusive. I think it’s time to make a clean break – forever.
Firefox OS: The Future of Microsoft’s Mobile Ambition?
Microsoft has struggled to carve out space for itself in mobile, while Mozilla has started to disrupt the mobile industry’s end-to-end, native application mindset with Firefox OS. The two organizations have much to gain from working together.
Amazon Web Services Hits $3.8 Billion Revenue – But Can It Capture The Enterprise?
Amazon is in the driver’s seat for cloud computing, but can it extend its lead into the next battleground: large corporate customers?
Trickle-Down Web Innovation Breathes New Life Into Enterprise IT
It used to be that legacy enterprise vendors like IBM drove the innovation agenda for enterprise IT, wielding massive R&D budgets to create proprietary products that in turn would fund more R&D. But today’s most promising enterprise technology is born on the web, not in the research labs.
Ubuntu’s Quixotic Mobile War: HTML5 – Not Linux – Is The Key
Canonical is the latest operating system vendor to jump into mobile, but success will likely be more about HTML5 than Linux.
Tech Jobs In 2013: Open Source All The Way Down
As Big Data, cloud and mobile take on increasing importance in the enterprise, hiring managers look set to add more jobs in the first half of 2013. Among this smorgasbord of jobs, open source skills will be in hot demand, given open source’s huge role in driving innovation.
Box: Ignorance Turning To Enterprise Bliss
There is perhaps no person less likely to start and run an enterprise software company than Box co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie. Which is perhaps the reason he’s so well-qualified to disrupt the traditional enterprise content management market. He simply didn’t know any better.
Cloud Convenience Checkmates Concerns
Concerns about data security, performance, and control in cloud computing linger, but new research from Forrester suggests that they all pale in comparison to the holy grail of Getting Stuff Done Fast.