CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Small and medium businesses now have an easy and cost effective way to manage their documents with the general availability of KnowledgeTreeLive - a software as a service solution (SaaS) that utilizes open source and cloud computing to deliver a flexible and secure document management system.
Built on top of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and delivered as a virtual appliance using rPath Linux Software Appliances, KnowledgeTreeLive provides customers with immediate access to KnowledgeTrees powerful features without requiring any investment in their own infrastructure. It is the latest offering from KnowledgeTree - the fast-growing provider of Open Source document management software.

The Paragent IT management application, known for its sophisticated web-based interface and ease-of-use, eschews the traditional complaint of open source software being difficult to use, or only for those comfortable at the command-line. This isnt a half-hearted move, said Tim Ritchey, CEO of Paragent. The open source community is getting the same code we run on our production servers. Paragent is hosting the open source project on Google Code at http://code.google.com/p/paragent. The open source code is available free for download by anyone.

BROOMFIELD, Colo.OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced year-end statistics on enterprise open source adoption based on an analysis of OpenLogic's enterprise customers.
Key Trends for 2007:
Increased adoption of open source: On average, enterprises reported using 94 different open source packages, up 26 % from 75 in 2006.

Funambol, the leading provider of Mobile 2.0 messaging software powered by open source, today announced that the AGPLv3 has received formal approval by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Funambol led the process of the licenses approval by the OSI after adopting AGPLv3 in November. It was the first company to adopt the license, which closes the ASP loophole.

Joint open source project offers the first end-to-end open source BI, ETL, and data warehouse.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. - OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced that the number of certified open source packages available in the OpenLogic Certified Library surpassed 400. In addition, OpenLogic broadened functionality of OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX) Enterprise Edition, the industrys first Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for comprehensive sourcing and governance of open source in the enterprise.
OpenLogic Expands Certified Library, Adds Open Source Comparison Matrix

) May 5, 2009 -- ICEsoft™ Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of open source enterprise Java technologies and sponsor of the award winning ICEfaces® open source project, today announced a new addition to its open source product portfolio. ICEpdf®, ICEsoft's Java PDF library and engine, is now available under the MPL open source license.

ICEpdf is a lightweight open source Java PDF rendering library that can be easily integrated within any Java-based client application or deployed on a server in headless mode as a PDF servlet (JSP or JSF). ICEpdf is ideal for providing PDF viewing and navigation as well as PDF content conversion and extraction without the hassles of Java-to-native integration issues.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced the availability of OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX) Enterprise Edition, the industrys first Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for comprehensive sourcing and governance of open source in the enterprise.

Business Intelligence consultants expect more interest in open source, open standards BI software in times of economic downturn. As companies try to save money, open source BI provides an effective alternative to expensive proprietary software. Lower IT spending not only delivers immediate savings but also secures higher competitiveness in the long term.

The Linux Box is now part of Open Source for America, a unified voice for the promotion of open source in the U.S.

Coverity Open Source Strategist David Maxwell Joins Open Source Licensing Debate with Eclipse Foundation and Alfresco on August 31st.

Coverity Open Source Strategist David Maxwell Joins Open Source Licensing Debate with Eclipse Foundation and Alfresco on August 31st

Leading Provider of Open Source Collaboration Software Among the Best Positioned to Spur Linux and Open Source Adoption in Coming Year.

BROOMFIELD, CO - The Open Source Census, a global, collaborative project to collect and share quantitative data on the use of open source software, today announced at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo it has identified more than 275,000 open source installations on more than 2,000 machines.
Kim Weins, senior vice president of products and marketing at OpenLogic, presented a status of the Census results Wednesday before the 9:00 a.m. Oracle keynote at LinuxWorld.
Firefox ranked as the most installed open source project. Zlib, Xerces, Xalan, and Wget are the second, third, fourth, and fifth, respectively. Participants span a wide variety of company sizes, geographies, and industries.
Main themes found by The Open Source Census revealed in today's presentation are:

Jaspersoft passes 10 million downloads, contributes to 350 open source BI projects and attracts nearly 120,000 registered members globally.

GPLpedia.com has released the latest version on Oct 23rd-- Crusader of Open Source Software. GPLpedia.com has over 530 Open Source Software's and over 5000 demo's, documentations and downloads.

Publicly Available Library to Help Developer Community Optimize Use of Open Source and Learn From Successful Architectures.

Linux company IPSYSTEMS Inc announced today the beginning of its month-long celebration of the company's eighth year in the Philippine open source industry.
Our eight years in the business has been marked by an increasing number of Philippine small and medium sized enteprises (SMEs) being educated and knowledgable on Linux, and actually making use of open source software to help them achieve their business goals. We feel very happy with this achievement, as this has always been our mission. said Patricia B. Celis, VP for sales and marketing.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - TWIKI.NET, the leading provider of open source enterprise collaboration solutions, announced a new release of open source TWiki.
TWiki version 4.2 software includes a new WYSIWYG editor that is easy to use and can significantly reduce the learning curve for first time users. It also offers support for a SQL like query language to aide the end-user in building wiki applications.
This software release coincides with the open source project migration to a new Sun FireTM T5220 server, a Sun Fire X4450 server and a Sun StorageTekTM 5320 NAS Gateway System contributed by Sun Microsystems.

TARRYTOWN, NY Open-Xchange Inc., the only remaining independent open source alternative to Microsoft Exchange, today announced it will release all server components, installation and administration tools under the General Public License (GPL). Now, the Open-Xchange e-mail and collaboration server is open to full community involvement, thereby enabling industry partners, and community members to extend the Java-based platform beyond traditional groupware functionality.

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation and the Geographic Information Society of South Africa announce the 2008 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference in Cape Town 29 Sept - 3 Oct.

September 11, 2008 --
SUNNYVALE, Calif., August 28, 2008 TWIKI.NET, the leading provider of open source enterprise collaboration solutions, announced a new release of open source TWiki.
TWiki version 4.2 software includes a new WYSIWYG editor that is easy to use and can significantly reduce the learning curve for first time users. It also offers support for a SQL like query language to aide the end-user in building wiki applications.
This software release coincides with the open source project migration to a new Sun FireTM T5220 server, a Sun Fire X4450 server and a Sun StorageTekTM 5320 NAS Gateway System contributed by Sun Microsystems.

OpenLogic, Inc., a provider of enterprise open source software solutions encompassing hundreds of open source packages, today announced record revenue for 2007 as enterprise demand for open source management and governance solutions increases. In 2007, OpenLogic delivered record revenues, showing increases in all categories, including new customer, expansion and renewal revenue.

VMukti releases the new, intensely tested and more stable version on the Source Forge, the largest Open Source applications and Software Directory.

Releases 2009 Coverity Scan Open Source Report.

Veda Informatics have launched www.open-source-developers.com, to offer website development services using open source technologies. It is to be focused on the needs of individuals and small businesses.

New Services Simplify Migration, Tuning and Management of Open Source to Maximize Cost Savings and Productivity

The Utah Open Source Foundation is pleased to announce its 2009 Conference: October 8-10, 2009 at the Salt Lake Community College - Miller Free Enterprise Center in Sandy, Utah.

The Utah Open Source Foundation is pleased to announce its 2009 Conference: October 8-10, 2009 at the Salt Lake Community College - Miller Free Enterprise Center in Sandy, Utah.

Company's Open Source Authentication Software To Be Delivered with Complementary Solutions.

GATIFâ„¢ is a "true" Open Source software portal for OSS (Operational Support Systems) for use by Telecommunication network planners.

RedHat is a key technology player in Open Source and Linux. GPLpedia.com is a key business player in promoting , marketing and sales of Open Source Software.

Company to Conduct 3rd Annual Survey on Open Source Systems Management Trends.

NORFOLK, VA xTuple, the leader in open source enterprise resource planning software, announced the free and open source PostBooks Edition of its xTuple ERP product recently passed the 100,000 download milestone on the SourceForge.net open source hosting portal. The company also announced that a beta release of the all-new Version 3 of its product is now available for testing.
In addition to the 100,000 downloads, our upcoming version 3.0 is another major milestone for xTuple, said Ned Lilly, CEO of xTuple. While weve had daily builds available for some time, this beta release includes sample databases and upgrade scripts. Were eager to get this into the hands of the developer and user communities.

Open ERP which is open source management solution has launched its stable version 5. Emphasis is on an extreme simplification of the software with 350+ modules for specific sectors and big companies.

GATIF™ is a "true" Open Source software portal for OSS (Operational Support Systems) for use by Telecommunication network planners. The first project within the GATIF™ system is Waypoint™.

Zarafa benefits from growing demand for integrated open source software.

Networkz Consulting hires Roy M. Harrell to be the Open Source Specialist. This new addition to the Networkz team brings expertise to Open Source application environments. Harrell brings with him a long list of completed courses for Microsoft Certifications. This includes networking, internetworking, network analysis and administration of all Microsoft Operating Systems and Office Applications. Sean Worcester and Harold Kuppers, co-owners of Networkz Consulting say Harrell’s largest contribution will be his talent in Open Source environments. Networkz Consulting believes Open Source applications are the security based platform of the future. Harrell has advanced skills with Linux KDE and Gnome desktop environments and all OpenOffice applications.

Leading Open Source Management Provider adds Deep Linux/Unix Monitoring and Eases Deployment Overhead.

EEI Corporation, one of the Philippines' leading construction companies, has opted to shift to Linux for their operating system (OS), joining several other industry giants in the country who have already turned to open source.
The firm initially used proprietary systems for both OS platforms and various application packages utilized in its operations. However, due to increasing costs of licensing, the company started considering open source applications in order to minimize expenses.
Other concerns, such as virus infection and the increasing cost of hardware also became factors as to why we decided to use Linux, said Mr. Andy S. Sarmiento, assistant vice president for the MIS department.