Matrix brought in Michael Doyle, who formerly headed Medsphere, an open source-based electronic health record.
But adoption of open source software does not necessarily mean adoption of open source-based big data technologies.
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Drupal is one of several open source-based frameworks for creating web sites.
In addition, it is arriving at a time in which some of the traditional advantages of open source-based business models have eroded because of cloud computing and other developments.
OpenGamma, a startup which has so far received two rounds of funding from Accel Partners and FirstMark Capital, is creating a open-source-based platform for trading and risk analytics software to support front office applications.
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The company hopes to entice enterprise network managers to use more open source applications by offering professional-level support for open source systems, beyond Internet-based user groups and the open source community.
The main objectives of the two-day consultation meeting that was held from 15 to 16 May 2006 were to present and discuss a proposal prepared by BIREME for the development of a new open source network-based ISIS project, and to initiate the formulation of a partnership strategy.
Luckily, the open-source and Web-based alternatives are cheaper and, more importantly, more convenient for small businesses.
The open-source, Linux-based service has the potential to shake up the wireless industry when it hits phones later this year.
Enter Spark, a seven-inch slate that comes running the Plasma Active UX, an open-source OS based on Linux kernel, KDE's multi-platform Plasma environment and a dash of Qt for good measure.
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The open source community is transitioning to create advanced Web-centric consumer devices using high profile open source based distributions and a wide range of high-performance, low-power ARM(R)-based SoCs.
WordPress and MoveableType offer the same sort of escape hatch in their open-source based products.
Waiting in the wings are any number of open-source smartphones based on the nifty Linux operating system.
Hadoop is open source, Java-based software running on racks of commodity servers that are wired together using a standard, low cost 1 Gb Ethernet fabric.
This would presumably be in the form of a browser-based web conferencing platform based on an open-source platform (and would not require the installation of any software).
Hadoop is neither a community-based open source project like Linux or Drupal nor a commercial open core company like Alfresco, or JBoss.
This is the way large web operations such as Google and Facebook manage Internet-scale data processing, although the Web players tend to take a do-it-yourself approach based on internally developed or open-source software.
Companies like Spike Source and SourceLabs tried to put together subscription-based models for productizing the open source stack.
At the same time Samsung has always harbored ambitions to own its own OS, initially with Bada but now in partnership with Intel on the Linux-based, open source Tizen project.
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As our enterprise customers move to open, hybrid cloud architectures, we are addressing their needs with a clear roadmap based on industry-leading open source technologies.
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He wishes that the company had gone to market from the outset as a cloud-based solution, rather than taking a detour through open-source.
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Android operating system, which is used with an array of device makers and is based on open-source software, so it can be more vulnerable to security breaches.
Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) and Matsushita, both of Japan, said the operating system will be based on open-source Linux and will be available in March.
From open-source software to eBay and Wikipedia, new systems of self-regulation are emerging based on openness, constant feedback and the wisdom of crowds.
The biggest way that open source touches each of us is through web-based applications.
Acer is also seriously considering releasing a tablet based on the open-source mobile operating system Meego, according to two Acer product managers.
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The browser's user interface is based on the open-source Chromium code.
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This has been a boon to two small browser-makers, Opera, a Norwegian software company, and Mozilla, which developed the Firefox browser based on an open-source version of Netscape.
"The dramatic growth of open source software development can now be seen in internet-based, always-connected mobile and consumer products, " said Tom Lantzsch, executive officer, Linaro.
That task has fallen to an unlikely open source project that is based on cryptography protocols and peer-to-peer distributed computing.
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