CNET - Parascale said Monday that it raised $11.37 million in Series A venture funding from Charles River Ventures and Menlo Ventures, the latest in a string of cloud computing investments. -- read full article
PC World - The leading database vendor retained strong market share in 2007, but faces increasing competition from low-cost, open source alternatives. -- read full article
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Open Profiler helps IT teams assess data to identify potential problems before beginning projects such as data integration or application development. -- read full article
PC World - Microsoft, usually a source of software patch updates and claims about Vista adoption rates, produced a bit of sentimental... -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - In the face of increasing competition from Nokia and Google, mobile Linux group LiPS has merged with the LiMo Foundation. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The latest in the company's Ming line feature built-in GPS, a Linux operating system, and Bluetooth capabilities. -- read full article
AP - Red Hat Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter 2009 profit rose 6.6 percent as the software distributor posted an increase in sales led by growth in software-subscription deals. -- read full article
Reuters - Red Hat Inc , the world's
largest publicly traded provider of Linux software, reported on
Wednesday a quarterly profit that met Wall Street expectations
as its revenue grew 32 percent. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Disasters happen to the best of computers. Luckily, open source apps like SystemRescueCD, dd, Partedmagic, BackTrack, Security Tools Distribution, Helix, and TestDisk can help recover important data and bring dead systems back to life. -- read full article
PC Magazine - Nokia on Tuesday purchased the remaining portion of Symbian it did not already own, and announced plans for a mobile open-source development foundation that will include partners like LG, Samsung, and most notably AT&T. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The cell phone maker is buying the remaining shares of Symbian for $410 million and plans to open source the mobile operating system. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Nokia's moves to make Symbian a free and open mobile operating system should put pressure on competitors to keep innovating and giving customers what they want. -- read full article