Open Source

Two SDN groups mark progress

Cisco contributes lots to OpenDaylight; ONF launches an OpenFlow Conformance Program

Google testing ‘Helpouts’: G+ Hangouts for video-chat business transactions

Businesses that typically rely on face-to-face transactions, like personal training, could soon tap into ecommerce through Google Hangouts.

How (and why) to celebrate Sysadmin Day

Using Tools to Learn Software Testing Practices

Debating the merit of using tools on the learning process in software testing.

Microsoft to offer Java as a service

Microsoft speeds by Oracle in offering Java SE as a cloud service

Everyone’s curious to see how Ubuntu Edge is going to turn out

Experts weigh in on Canonical's crowd-funded phone project

How ambitious is Canonical’s $32 million Ubuntu Edge crowd-funding campaign?

Canonical's Indiegogo campaign for the Ubuntu Edge smartphone has elicited quite the response, but is it actually out of line to set the bar that high?

HIPAA fines put pressure on health care to better secure patient data

Big fines send clear message

Apache OpenOffice now comes with a handy sidebar

OpenOffice 4.0 beats the feature overload issue by devoting room on the side of documents for feature controls

Canonical to crowdfund first batch of Ubuntu Edge phones

The company hopes to raise $32 million to produce 40,000 Ubuntu Edge phones, which will double as PCs when docked