With Google’s recent announcement of Chrome, it will be interesting to see the fallout that the new Web-based browser will have on the SaaS market and cloud computing in general. Being open source, it has the potential to improve the customer’s cloud computing experiences, yet it also represents yet another Web browser that application providers […]

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I saw that Oracle has announced a series of prebuilt integrations linking its Oracle CRM On-Demand products with Siebel CRM solutions via its Application Integration Architecture and Oracle Fusion Middleware.
I have a lot of respect for Oracle and what they’ve accomplished, as I covered them extensively for many years as a journalist, and while it’s […]

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Google just released its take on the browser with Chrome this week. Google has done an amazing job of re-inventing web search and email, and has had limited success in other areas. And the same issues that made its other releases not quite enterprise friendly are attached to Chrome as well.
What I’m talking about are […]

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I came across this article today on networkworld.com detailing 10 open source companies to keep an eye on. While Sugar wasn’t listed, taken in the context of the companies listed and due to our recent growth and success, I like to think we’re clearly not a “One to Watch” anymore, we’re a leader.
That said, the […]

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Today we announced Sugar 5.1, which comes with a load of new reporting and wireless capabilities, including support for the latest versions of the Apple iPhone. As always, our community has already leveraged 5.1, the beta version has been downloaded more than 10,000 times and used by more than 25,000 users. You can check out […]

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As many of you have probably read, a U.S. District Appeals Court has ruled that just because a developer gave code away for free doesn’t mean it’s not copyright protected. Open source developers now have clarified protection that draws clear lines around what had been uncertain territory for developers.
What does it mean from the commercial […]

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I read that T-Mobile will reportedly open its application platform to software developers creating applications for its entire range of mobile phones. While obviously a reaction to Apple, which has encouraged software developers to create application for its phones via the App Store, I found the move another step towards open source within an industry […]

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I came across a blog this morning weighing paying somebody, either a vendor or independent software consultant, to customize an open source application or leveraging the developer community. The author initially seems to take a pro-community stance, stating:

“My personal experience, after seven years of involvement with LAMP type production server environments, is that the free […]

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I came across a great blog today by David Young, the CEO of cloud computing vendor Joyent. He lists a number of interesting points within the blog, but in a nutshell, speaks to the importance that cloud computing should be open and transparent; they shouldn’t be proprietary.

“Developers should be able to interact with the cloud […]

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Gartner has found that 90 percent of e-commerce sites will leverage SaaS in some capacity by 2013, such as sales capabilities or product feedback. In short, the same fallout that SaaS has had on the CRM market over the past decade, Gartner says it will have on ecommerce applications.
But as the study notes, rarely do […]

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