Thursday, April 19, 2007

OpenOffice deal pushes open-source to business

OpenOffice deal pushes open-source to business

China Martens, Apr 19, 2007

Open-source business intelligence (BI) software vendor Pentaho is hoping a new tie-up unveiled today with the OpenOffice.org community and Sun Microsystems will bring its BI offerings to the attention of many more new users.

Read the full report from here @ PC Advisor, UK

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Monday, April 2, 2007

Queensland (Australia) govt readies open source analytics

Queensland govt readies open source analytics

Open source to ensure software lives on

Rodney Gedda, 28 Mar 2007

A desire to make spatial decision making more transparent has led the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water to develop a Web-based application called Spatialise, which is on the verge of being released as an open source project.

Read more from this report @ Computer World Australia

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Open-Source Software Eye Business Intelligence, Analytics

Open-Source Software Firms Take Aim At BI

By Brian Womack, Investor's Business Daily

29 Mar 2007

Oracle put the spotlight on the business intelligence sector earlier this month when it announced plans to pay $3.3 billion for Hyperion Solutions...Oracle and others, including IBM and Microsoft see huge opportunities in business intelligence, analysts say.

Now open-source software makers, emboldened by the success of Linux, want a piece, says this article

Read the full news report from here @ Investor's Business Daily

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