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Only 20% Of companies have no open source

Posted Tue, 02/16/2010 - 09:42 by Axel Winter

Based on a quick survey amongst 10 large enterprises, it was confirmed that only 2 have no open source.

See results here: http://polls.linkedin.com/poll-results/77598/xlbvx

Google Chrome OS

Posted Sat, 07/11/2009 - 13:26 by Axel Winter

Google Announced this week, the development of a new Open Source and Free PC Operating System, called Chrome. Google's new browser for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux is also called Chrome. Google suggestes, that it sees the traditional Desktop Operating Systems as outdated and it wants to develop a true Internet age platform. The OS is based on Linux at the core, but will have a new user interface layer, which will use Internet development languages to write applications for it. Why did Google do this? Well, if we look at the struggle Hardware provider have to place a OS on Netbooks, we can understand why: Sony's New Netbook uses Windows XP, but also ha a quick email and browser function, which can boot in seconds. This functions is based upon Linux. Microsoft itself did not see the proper answer for modern Operating Systems, after its failed attempts to place Vista, it quickly changed the approach and speed up development of Winows 7.

OpenGroup Conference / Togaf 9

Posted Sun, 04/12/2009 - 17:16 by Axel Winter

April 2009 Open Group Conference In London, to introduce TOGAF 9.

I never participated in an Open Group Conference before and to be honest did not look to deeply into Togaf before hand. From that point of view the conference was helpful, to obtain a more indepth view.

There have been two sets of presentations. One where framework related and one showed off experience.

 

Personally, I was most impressed by the Credit Suisse Case Study by Tarmo Ploom (VP at CS). Their SOA platform development, with a strong functional and technical model - using MDA/Model Driven Architecture for SOA, seemed so very advanced. Bleeding edage I dare say. I will be most interest in following their architecture transformation.

By 2011 - All Banks will run on Open Source

Posted Fri, 02/13/2009 - 23:23 by Axel Winter

Seeing the huge uptake of business and middleware open source technologies, at Financial Services companies. I predict that by 2011 all banks will run on Open Source.

By 2012 We Will also see the first Core Banking Open Source Platform **
In case anyone has interest to write one, I will be joining in!

The nice thing about predictions is, later I can just " opps " sorry I wrote the wrong yet. Although I do truly believe looking at the strengths of products like Alfresco, SugarCRM, OrangHR, Compiere ERP and others this will most definitely be the case.

On top we are looking at middelware and SOA Technologies. Products like openESB and MySQL are so extreemly strong for little and no investment. openESB is driving essentially the JBI2 standard, which will allow all java architectures to tap in right where the money is.

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