Open Source White Papers

Open Source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's sources. Before open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; the term open source gained popularity with the rise of the Internet and its enabling of diverse production models, communication paths, and interactive communities.
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By: McAfee     Published Date: Nov 14, 2012

Every database, from the largest corporate data store to a small-scale MySQL deployment, contains valuable information. Hackers are as determined as ever, and employee-related abuses are on the rise.

Tags : sql, security, database, mcafee, hackers, web service security, open source, data protection
    
By: FuseSource     Published Date: Mar 07, 2012

Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf documented their combined experience in the integration space and created the book "Enterprise Integration Patterns" (EIP), which has since been adopted as the standard for describing messaging solutions. Check out this deck of flashcards to find definitions of integration design patterns based on EIP.

Tags : enterprise integration, messaging solutions, eip, flashcards, open source, software outsourcing, project management
    
By: FuseSource     Published Date: Mar 07, 2012

FuseSource was among the selected companies that Forrester Research, Inc. invited to participate in its April 2011 report, The Forrester WaveT: Enterprise Service Bus. In this report that included both open source and traditional vendors, FuseSource achieved "Leader" status.

Tags : software development, open source, infrastructure
    
By: FuseSource     Published Date: Mar 07, 2012

Embarking on a Fuse integration or infrastructure project, but do not know where to start? Getting your Fuse architecture right from the start brings enormous benefits to your team, your project and your application integration infrastructure.

Tags : open source, cloud computing, infrastructure
    
By: FuseSource     Published Date: Mar 07, 2012

FuseSource Subscriptions include a combination of tools, influence, and support to ensure that your project is a success, and maintains peak performance throughout the life of the project. The 25+ years of enterprise experience combined with having an inside track at Apache makes FuseSource a valuable partner for any application integration project.

Tags : open source, cloud computing, infrastructure
    
By: FuseSource     Published Date: Mar 07, 2012

A real-world, customer example of using ServiceMix 4 in a large, distributed environment. To help the development of extremely large deployments, the FuseSource team is sharing the experiences, sample code and the results of a specific application at a large retailer with over 2000 stores throughout 6 European countries.

Tags : open source, cloud computing, infrastructure
    
By: Thawte     Published Date: Jan 09, 2012

By now, enterprises are well aware of the benefits of open-source software, which boasts a clean design, reliability, and maintainability.

Tags : open source, enterprise, data management
    
By: CollabNet     Published Date: Dec 20, 2011

Why the Cloud Is Advantageous for Agile, and for Accelerating its Enterprise-wide Adoption

Tags : cloud, development, alm, agile, software development, collaboration, dev team, production
    
By: CollabNet     Published Date: Dec 20, 2011

In this ever-changing world of software development, it's critical to keep up with technologies, methodologies and trends. Discover five tested and proven software development practices your team should be utilizing to accelerate software delivery.

Tags : agile, software development, continuous integration, alm, dev teams, accelerate delivery, developers, app dev
    
By: VMware     Published Date: Aug 17, 2011

See a demo of Zimbra and understand how Zimbra and other VMware technology reduce risk and deliver a complete email and collaboration solution.

Tags : open source email, shared calendar for linux, shared calendar for mac, zimbra, gyro, smb, networking, open source
    
By: VMware     Published Date: Aug 17, 2011

VMware ZimbraŽ delivers more value to SMBs than competing collaboration solutions, including greater user productivity, efficiency and agility.

Tags : open source email, shared calendar for linux, shared calendar for mac, zimbra, gyro, smb, knowledge management, application integration
    
By: Quantum - Quinstreet     Published Date: Aug 10, 2011

This technology brief provides 5 topics to think about as you design your long-term data retention plans.

Tags : networking, storage, best practices, server virtualization, open source, data replication, virtualization, design and facilities
    
By: Quantum - Quinstreet     Published Date: Aug 10, 2011

Tape's evolving data storage role - Balancing Performance, Availability, Capacity, Energy for long-term data protection and retention

Tags : quantum, quinstreet, data deduplication, deduplication, nas, network attached storage, remote replication, virtual tape library
    
By: ActiveState     Published Date: Jul 27, 2011

Programs requiring an interpreter run--dynamic languages like Perl, Python, and Tcl--are often set up in an ad-hoc fashion, which can have consequences. Learn how to avoid these downfalls by using platform-independent language distributions.

Tags : cross-platform python, perl, tcl, .net, c++, database development, java, middleware
    
By: ActiveState     Published Date: Jul 27, 2011

Compare the risks of do-it-yourself software development versus off-the-shelf best-of-breed components and OEM solutions to reduce risk, speed up development, and increase quality and customer satisfaction with Perl, Python and Tcl.

Tags : perl, python, tcl, software development, .net, c++, database development, java
    
By: Red Hat Government     Published Date: Jul 21, 2011

This whitepaper describes the various forms that cloud computing can take and how different types of technology relate to each other.

Tags : red hat, open source, enterprise linux, enterprise solutions, virtualization, linux, unix, redhat
    
By: Red Hat Government     Published Date: Jul 21, 2011

Learn how your organization can deliver self-service application provisioning, flexible and standardized application deployments, and integrated management, without losing control or radically change existing management and development processes.

Tags : red hat, open source, enterprise linux, enterprise solutions, virtualization, linux, unix, redhat
    
By: Red Hat Government     Published Date: Jul 21, 2011

The Red Hat Cloud Quickstart consulting engagement leverages Red Hat's Cloud Foundations Reference Architecture Edition One to speed up assessing the viability of a cloud environment for your enterprise, and, if chosen, it can demonstrate a tangible implementation of a private cloud for testing purposes.

Tags : cloud quickstart, cloud computing, interoperability, red hat, open source, idc, enterprise linux, enterprise solutions
    
By: Red Hat Government     Published Date: Jul 21, 2011

Do you have an effective cloud governance plan? This whitepaper guides you through best practices for ensuring your applications and data can safely move between clouds - whether they are private, public or hybrid.

Tags : cloud governance, governance, consistency, portability, consistant, portable, cloud computing, interoperability
    
By: Klocwork     Published Date: May 11, 2011

This technical white paper looks at the issues of developing for multicore and multiprocessor environments in detail, explains how static analysis can be used to address them, and walks through two examples of these issues in prominent open source projects.

Tags : klocwork, software development cycle, multiprocessor, open source, processor architecture, database development, software outsourcing, web development
    
By: Klocwork     Published Date: May 11, 2011

This white paper examines how the next generation of source code analysis tools are moving high-quality source code analysis to the developer's desktop and performing it at the earliest point in the development cycle - before code check-in. Learn why the developer must be an integral part of the process of identifying, fixing and preventing bugs from reaching the code stream.

Tags : klocwork, software development cycle, static analysis, source code analysis tool, developer desktop, code stream, productivity, business analytics
    
By: Gluster     Published Date: Mar 17, 2011

This document discusses some of the unique technical aspects of the Gluster architecture, discussing those aspects of the system that are designed to provide linear scale-out of both performance and capacity without sacrificing resiliency.

Tags : gluster, cloud computing, virtual environments, open source storage software, infrastructure, storage management, storage virtualization, open source
    
By: Gluster     Published Date: Mar 17, 2011

This paper discusses Gluster's approach to performance, the factors that impact performance, and the results that customers should expect when adjusting those factors. The paper includes detailed performance results from both on-premise storage and Amazon Web Services cloud configurations.

Tags : gluster, storage capacity, cloud performance, virtual environments, open source, cloud configuration, storage area networks, storage management
    
By: Coverity, Inc.     Published Date: Nov 01, 2010

This report is the result of the largest public-private sector research project focused on open source software integrity, originally initiated between Coverity and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2006. The results from the 2010 edition of the Coverity Scan Open Source Integrity Report detail the findings of analyzing more than 61 million lines of open source code from 291 popular and widely-used open source projects such as Android, Linux, Apache, Samba and PHP, among others.

Tags : coverity, static analysis, dynamic analysis, software analysis, software defects, software bugs, product safety, software safety
    
By: Coverity, Inc.     Published Date: Aug 16, 2010

voke Names Coverity as a Transformational Company in the Testing Market Coverity has been rated as a Transformational company in the voke, inc. Market Mover Array Report for Testing Platforms. Coverity's rating is recognition of the impact that Coverity's software integrity strategy is making in shaping the future of the testing market.

Tags : coverity, static analysis, dynamic analysis, software analysis, software defects, software bugs, product safety, software safety
    
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