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Open source grows beyond its roots

One of a growing cadre of open-source companies, Zimbra will add joint document creation and sharing to its messaging and collaboration software at the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco. Read more »

Open-source firm polishes interface with AJAX

SugarCRM plans to release an updated application suite next month, as the open-source business software company eyes new product areas Read more »

Microsoft plans 'Live' CRM service

Microsoft plans to launch a new hosted CRM service next year under its expanding Live brand. Read more »

Open source firms 'to be consumed by wave of consolidation'

A wave of consolidation is sweeping the IT industry, and many open source business applications will be left behind when customers pare down their suppliers, an SAP executive predicted on Wednesday. Read more »

Oracle claims Aussie apps wins

Software giant Oracle went for overkill factor today as it named more than twenty new Australian customers of its enterprise applications. Read more »

BEA Systems acquires Fuego

BEA Systems announced on Wednesday that it bought business process management software maker Fuego for US$87.5 million in cash. Read more »

SAP to release 'Mendocino' for testing

Next week customers can begin testing software that links Microsoft's e-mail and calendar programs with SAP's back-office business applications, the companies said. Read more »

J D Edwards' Ian Hodge: Straight to the source

What sets J D Edwards apart from the likes of Siebel and PeopleSoft? We speak with Ian Hodge, managing director Australia/New Zealand, about the future of business software and services. Read more »

Sun to acquire MySQL for US$1bn

Sun is taking the plunge into the database market with the purchase of open-source database developer MySQL for US$1bn. Read more »

SugarCRM gives GPLv3 thumbs up

Software vendor SugarCRM has given General Public License version 3 the thumbs up and will use it in a forthcoming update of its open-source applications. Read more »

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Using trouble tickets as development feedback

While development teams get plenty of feedback from sales, one frequently untapped source is customer service. Find out how to bridge the gap. Read more »

Higher intelligence

Business Intelligence software gives managers the tools to draw from many data sources and take a snapshot view of their company's performance. Why are BI vendors defying the industry trend and continuing their stellar growth? Read more »

Performing text calculations in FileMaker

FileMaker, long considered a toy by -serious" developers, is ideal for rapid development and includes many tools to help build useful apps fast. Read more »

Ask Chuck: Application Design

This week Chuck responds to a Builder Australia member's question on suggested application design in a .NET environment. Read more »

The LAMP development toolkit

Need to dust up your Linux, Apache, PHP, Perl, Python, and MySQL (LAMP) software stack skills? Our LAMP development toolkit is just what you need. Read more »

Bridge your DB to XML with Java, XML-DBMS

XML-DBMS is middleware that allows database-to-XML conversion, even for non-XML databases. See how to implement XML-DBMS with Java. Read more »

Build Web applications without writing code

This article gives an overview of Iceberg -- a tool for building Web application without writing code. Read more »

Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open source

Red Hat's acquisition of JBoss is one step toward what many consider inevitable: the creation of open source companies that rival the clout of entrenched software-providers. Read more »

A SOA allows for better alignment

An SOA enables organisations to create a more meaningful relationship between services and business processes. Read more »

Java app servers: Price and performance

When choosing a Java application server, the options can be overwhelming. This analysis will help you zero in on the right choice. Read more »

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In a world of Goliaths, who's got a stone?

David McAmis [blogs:theneteffect] -- It seems like it is that time of year again... the days are getting longer, the weather is getting a bit warmer and the top-tier software vendors are on a buying spree. Will you get lost in the shuffle? Why not support your local software developer! Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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