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DEFINITION: Also see Open Source. Open source software (OSS) refers to software that is developed, tested, or improved through public collaboration and distributed with the idea that the must be shared with others, ensuring an open future collaboration. The collaborative experience of many developers, especially those in the academic environment, in developing various versions of the UNIX operating system,
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Open Source Software White Papers
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Reliable Messaging Solutions for Retail -How Open Source Software Creates Opportunities in Retail
sponsored by FuseSource
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As an alternative to big vendor messaging solutions, open source software presents an entirely different cost model and more flexibility in deployment options that suit the needs of retail perfectly. Read this paper to learn more about open source software and why it is the optimal approach to integrated messaging for large retail enterprises.
Posted: 08 Dec 2011 | Published: 08 Dec 2011
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Open Group technical document: The Single Unix Specification
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
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This document is designed for users, developers, and implementors of open systems. It provides complete infor mation on what’s new in the Single UNIX Specification, Version 4, including POSIX.1-2008,with comprehensive reference material on every aspect.
Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011
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Open Source Business Intelligence Costs and Benefits
sponsored by Jaspersoft
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Read this guide to understand the hidden and explicit costs associated with open source BI in comparison with familiar proprietary BI solutions so that you can determine whether open source BI is a viable option for your organization.
Posted: 22 Sep 2011 | Published: 22 Sep 2011
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Scalable BI for Every Enterprise How Open Source BI Meets Enterprise-Class Requirements.
sponsored by Jaspersoft
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Not every BI provider seeks to serve the scalable enterprise, but those that do must meet certain scalability criteria that are common to nearly every enterprise. This investigation exposes key scalability requirements for BI, and examines how the world's most widely used BI solution— notably, one that's open source— meet these requirements.
Posted: 22 Sep 2011 | Published: 22 Sep 2011
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Making a Smarter Choice for Data Management Platforms
sponsored by Talend
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The challenges of the enormous growth in business data and the growing complexity of managing that data has created incredible pressure on IT organizations. With data volume exploding and complexity expanding, IT teams need flexible data management solutions. Read this paper for help making smarter choices choosing a data management platform.
Posted: 21 Apr 2011 | Published: 21 Apr 2011
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The Department of Defense and Open Source Software
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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This white paper looks at the pros and cons of open-source software and helps organizations understand how to build a business case that is based on cost, schedule, performance and risks across the entire program lifecycle not just up-front program inception costs and considerations.
Posted: 11 Mar 2011 | Published: 11 Mar 2011
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Get More Storage Efficiency with Oracle's Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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Exponential data growth is challenging today’s IT managers to scale their storage capacity while delivering high performance and staying within tight budgets. Read this paper to find out so much more.
Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010
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The Top 10 Reasons for Choosing Open Source Data Integration
sponsored by Talend
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When choosing a data integration solution, companies are confronted with many product choices, multiple sources of information and different vendors. This paper cuts through the confusion with the top 10 reasons companies choose open source for their data integration needs and 31 proof points from actual users of open source data integration.
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 | Published: 16 Mar 2010
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Master Data Management Projects in Practice - An Information Difference Research Study
sponsored by Talend
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Organizations are often turning to Master Data Management as a key enabler in improving the timeliness, quality and reliability of BI with the ultimate goal of improving business performance. This survey report presents recommendations on the "do and don't" of MDM as well as some findings on the use of open source and manual coding in MDM projects.
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 | Published: 16 Mar 2010
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Leveraging Open Source Data Quality - Practical Examples Illustrated with Talend Data Quality
sponsored by Talend
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This Technical White Paper presents the main challenges of data quality and drills into specific uses of data profiling and data cleansing. It highlights, through 32 distinct use cases, how open source data quality technology can be used to alleviate issues related to poor-quality data.
Posted: 16 Mar 2010 | Published: 16 Mar 2010
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Open Sesame: Why Open Source BI, Data Integration, and Data Warehousing Solutions are Gaining in Acceptance - by Dr Claudia Imhoff
sponsored by Talend
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This paper examines the challenges faced by organizations today regarding their BI, data integration, and data warehousing environments, why traditional solutions fall short, and the rise of upstart open source companies. Read on to learn more about open source BI, data integration, and data warehousing solutions.
Posted: 28 Jul 2009 | Published: 28 Jul 2009
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Troubleshooting Slow Networks with Wireshark
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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In this white paper, we examine how to use Wireshark, the world's most popular open-source network analyzer, to troubleshoot some of the top causes of poor network performance, including high latency, packet loss, inefficient window sizes, intercepting devices, and application dependencies.
Posted: 13 May 2009 | Published: 13 May 2009
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OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued): … Also see Open Source. Open source software (OSS) refers to software that is developed, tested, or improved through public collaboration and distributed with the idea that the must be shared with others, ensuring an open future collaboration. The collaborative experience of many developers, especially those in the academic environment, in developing various versions of the UNIX operating system, Richard Stallman's idea of Free Software Foundation, and the desire of users to freely choose among a number of products - all of these led to the Open Source movement and the approach to developing and distributing programs as open source software. Open Source Software definition sponsored by SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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