Security World: VMware to buy Zimbra to bolster cloud computing push

Facebook joins Apache Foundation | Mellon's folding of open source funding project has education IT pros buzzing

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VMware to buy Zimbra to bolster cloud computing push
Yahoo Tuesday plans to sell off its Zimbra open source messaging business to VMware, a move that will help the virtualization leader expand its technology portfolio. Read More

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SPONSOR: HP

IDC: Minimize Downtime, Mitigate Risk
IDC research shows that SMBs can experience an average loss of revenue of $70,000 per downtime hour. Assess internal and external risks, understand revenue impact, and learn how well-targeted technology initiatives such as management tools, server upgrades, failover clustering and thin clients can help you to respond to disruptions effectively and affordably. Read Now.

Facebook joins Apache Foundation
Facebook Tuesday joined the Apache Software Foundation as a Gold sponsor, cementing its commitment to open source. Read More

Mellon's folding of open source funding project has education IT pros buzzing
An article in Tuesday's Chronicle of Education about the end of a Mellon Foundation program that funded several popular open source efforts has education IT pros buzzing about what the fate of those efforts. Read More

SPONSOR: Dell

Why Your Small Business Needs a Real Server
Your small business could be more efficient, productive, and profitable. Everyone in the office could share a single source of data, access their printer of choice, and be assured the e-mail they receive is virus- and spam-free. Learn More

CES: Lenovo unveils hybrid tablet laptop with 'two brains'
Lenovo today announced its IdeaPad U1, a consumer Windows laptop with a touchscreen that can be detached and used as a separate Linux tablet computer. Read More

Novell, MSI team on first SUSE Moblin-based netbook
MSI and Novell will ship in February the first netbook based on the Moblin open-source Linux operating system. Read More

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Three Steps to Saving with Cloud Computing
Discover how cloud computing dynamically streamlines your infrastructure, delivering freely scalable application service levels; dramatic capital and operational cost savings; flexibility and agility without new hardware; and more. Read Now!

Google adds extensions to Mac Chrome browser
Google has switched on extension support for the Mac edition of Chrome, bringing that version in line with those for Windows and Linux. Read More

Pi calculated to massive 2.7 trillion digits
A French scientist says he has calculated pi out to an unreal 2.7 trillion digits - a feat that took his Linux-based PC 131 days to calculate. Read More

SpamAssassin '2010' bug blocked email across world
If you sent an email in the first few hours of 2010, there is a chance that it never reached its recipient thanks to an embarrassing '2010' bug buried in the open source SpamAssassin anti-spam engine used by many Internet Service Providers. Read More

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