WHITE PAPER - Since its introduction nearly 10 years ago, Apache Lucene has become a competitive player for developing extensible, high-performance full-text search solutions. This white paper describes the new features and improvements in the latest version, Apache Lucene 2.9.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Data Management | Enterprise Search Software | Open Source | Open Source Software | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - There are many ways that people come to the conclusion that they need a search application, and a variety of ways in which they can then proceed. Here are some of the steps that users often consider (or maybe should consider) before they're ready to start building an application.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Data Management | Enterprise Applications Software | Enterprise Search Software | Open Source | Open Source Software

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides some ways to think about your enterprise search requirements from both technological and economic perspectives, explains why a Lucene/Solr-based approach can be optimal, and describes how Lucid Imagination can help you to design, develop, and deploy the necessary search solution.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Enterprise Applications Software | Enterprise Content Management | Enterprise Search Software | Enterprise Systems | Open Source | Open Source Software | Software Development Tools

WHITE PAPER - Lucid Imagination brings market-leading expertise to open source enterprise search, and can help any organization quickly design and optimize search solutions based on Lucene and Solr.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: April 1, 2009


Topics:  Data Management | Enterprise Applications Software | Enterprise Search Software | Open Source | Open Source Software | Search Engines | SOA

WHITE PAPER - Apache Solr is the definitive application development implementation for Lucene, and it is the leading open source search platform. This white paper describes the new features and improvements in the latest version, Apache Solr 1.4.
Posted: November 3, 2009 | Published: October 26, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Backups | Data Deduplication | Data Replication | Enterprise Search Software | Open Source | Open Source Software | Search Engines | Software Upgrades

WHITE PAPER - This project demonstrates the feasibility of using the Sun™ Storage 7000 Unified Storage System as a repository for the MySQL™ database with the Pentaho Business Intelligence (BI) application. This proof-of-concept study provides steps to configure this setup, using Pentaho BI tools and MySQL database servers.
Posted: October 9, 2009 | Published: April 29, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Data Warehouse Software | Data Warehouses | MySQL | Open Source | Open Source Software | Storage Hardware

WHITE PAPER - Black Duck provides a framework that not only allows your software development organization to benefit from open source but also allows other enterprise stakeholders—including legal, IT, security, export and purchasing personnel—to access timely and relevant information to effectively manage business risks.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Risk Management | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing

WHITE PAPER - Over the past decade, a powerful new approach to development - open source software - has risen to prominence, dramatically increasing the opportunity to re-use existing software. This report describes a set of seven best practices whose objective is to encourage development based on component re-use and software assembly.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Intellectual Property | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Software Best Practices | Software Development Methodologies | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - This whitepaper explains the advantages of reusing open source components in projects implemented by agile development teams, discusses the issues and risks that must be managed, and highlights the benefits organizations can receive by leveraging open source components.
Posted: October 7, 2009 | Published: October 7, 2009


Topics:  Application Development | Applications Software | Open Source | Programming | Programming Languages | Risk Management | Software Development Methodologies | Software Development Tools | Software Licensing | Software Project Management

WHITE PAPER - The need to protect sensitive data has increased dramatically in the past several years. This can be attributed to a continually-evolving environment in which business requirements have changed and in which new regulatory mandates have come into existence.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | Data Security | Desktop Management | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Open Source | Privacy Rights | Records Management | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - The PCI DSS standard was created to prevent credit card fraud by requiring the implementation of certain controls and processes by all entities involved in the processing of credit cards. This paper will illustrate how Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops can help organizations comply with specific PCI DSS mandates.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Compliance (Finance) | Data Security | Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Open Source | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Privacy Rights

WHITE PAPER - This paper will illustrate how Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops can help organizations comply with specific HIPAA mandates, while at the same time increasing their overall efficiency and agility.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 5, 2009


Topics:  Desktop Applications Management | Desktop Virtualization | Desktop Virtualization Software | Document Management | Health Care Applications Software | HIPAA | HIPAA Compliance | Open Source | Privacy Rights | Records Management

WHITE PAPER - Alinean, a leader in IT value measurement, teamed up with HP and Novell to assess the financial merits of moving from a legacy Sun Solaris and SPARC environment to Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) running on HP ProLiant DL 785 G6 x86 Servers versus upgrading to SUN Solaris 10 running on Sun SPARC T5440. Read this paper for the results.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2009


Topics:  Database Management | Database Managers | Database Performance Management | Databases | Linux | Open Source | SAP (Product) | TCO

WHITE PAPER - This IDC White Paper is based on research data collected at a dozen customer sites in the United States, Canada, and Europe, all with mixed server platforms, to find the technical and business outcomes from deploying cross-platform Linux solutions on IBM servers. This paper presents the key findings of a return on investment (ROI) analysis.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Published: October 1, 2008


Topics:  Linux | Linux Server Hardware | Mainframe Networking Hardware | Mainframe Operating Systems | Mainframe Server Hardware | Open Source | ROI

WHITE PAPER - This IDC White Paper takes an in-depth look at the use of Linux as a commercial solution in business-critical environments. It offers a deeper review of SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) and HP's portfolio of standards-based server solutions.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Published: July 23, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Business Process Management | Business Systems | Linux | Linux Server Hardware | Open Source | Open Source Software