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	Open Source is harder for mobile platforms Mark Murphy: The Symbian Foundation keeps kicking off developer-focused initiatives like a "test day." But open source coding for the mobile OS isn't that easy. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Networking Redefined Consolidation, virtualization, green Initiatives, cloud computing, etc., the state of the data center has never been more in flux. Is it time for a network overhaul built on the concepts of open, virtual switching, unified fabrics and bandwiths of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and beyond? Read this Network World Executive Guide to learn more. . Read now. In this Issue IBM, Canonical, Simmtronics Offer Cheap Netbooks For Emerging Markets 5 things we love/hate about Novell's SUSE Studio How Much to Charge for Cloud Based Open Source? A peek behind the curtain at Google's best unkept secret Google Joins the Web Application Scanning Scene with Ultrafast Skipfish Microsoft Newly Embracing Open Source Makes Sense To Live and Die in a Socially Networked World Red Hat posts big growth, scores another win for its KVM hypervisor Google's Plan to End Android Fragmentation WHITE PAPER: Neustar Best Practices for Monitoring Your Cloud Join Neustar and NetworkWorld to learn how to manage your holistic ecosystem effectively and learn five creative strategies for managing the performance challenges inherent in today's world. View Now IBM, Canonical, Simmtronics Offer Cheap Netbooks For Emerging Markets Amy Vernon: IBM, Canonical and Simmtronics are using the lower price point of open source to help businesses in emerging markets get the technology they need to compete. Read More 5 things we love/hate about Novell's SUSE Studio Read More How Much to Charge for Cloud Based Open Source? Alan Shimel: One of the challenges ISVs have is what to charge for these cloud apps? Many are offering free services and plan to charge, but are not forthcoming about how much they'll charge and when. Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Collaboration Study: user Trends, IT Opportunities A recent survey of knowledge workers shows they still rely on familiar collaboration tools such as email and telephone calls, but desire new ways to be more productive. See all the results and find out how IT can embrace current work habits and easily adapt as new technologies emerge. Read More A peek behind the curtain at Google's best unkept secret Phil Odence: How Google gets traffic data has been to me a mystery. Truth is, they get it from us. Read More Google Joins the Web Application Scanning Scene with Ultrafast Skipfish Alan Shimel:Google's Skipfish is a web application vulnerability scanner. Google recently released Skipfish to combat one of the biggest problems in information security today, web application vulnerabilities. Read More Microsoft Newly Embracing Open Source Makes Sense Amy Vernon: Microsoft seems to be spending a lot of time lately trying to convince the open source world it really means it no harm. And, just maybe, it's true. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Server Virtualization: Breaking Performance Barriers Server virtualization reduces cost, increases availability and enhances business agility. But for many companies, a focus only on cost reduction can become a problem. Download this HP white paper to learn how to reap virtualization's additional benefits, including built-in, cost-effective high availability & disaster recovery. Learn More To Live and Die in a Socially Networked World Alan Shimel: I think that grief counselors, psychologists and mental health professionals should start using social networking as a way of helping those in need. It can be a great force for good at the worst of times. Read More Red Hat posts big growth, scores another win for its KVM hypervisor Open Source Subnet blog: Red Hat announced its fourth quarter earnings today, proving once again, that open source doesn't mean free, and can be very profitable indeed. The company posted annual revenue of $748 million, up 15% year-over-year. Read More Google's Plan to End Android Fragmentation Google has a bold strategy to tackle Android's biggest problem: that the OS is available in too many versions, spread across a range of devices. In a bid to end the fragmentation, Google will attempt to carve major features out of the OS into downloadable updates, according to Engadget . Read More
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