WHITE PAPER - This IDC whitepaper begins with the history of virtualization. It explains the long-term viability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Red Hat's role in the acquisition and development of enterprise virtualization technology, new features in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0, and the next wave in enterprise virtualization—the cloud.
Posted: January 23, 2012 | Published: January 19, 2012


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) | Linux Server Hardware | Open Source | Server Management | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This white paper explains how government IT can enjoy cloud capabilities while keeping existing IT investments and avoiding vendor lock-in. Explore how open source and application portability in the cloud and the relationships between technology providers are critical to building a successful cloud strategy.
Posted: January 23, 2012 | Published: January 5, 2012


Topics:  Cloud Computing | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Government Agencies (U.S.) | Hybrid clouds | Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) | Open Source | Private Cloud | Security

WHITE PAPER - Read this SearchSOA.com tip guide to learn why organizations should look beyond tools for discovery and modernization efforts and look more towards an agile process. Learn why combining a modernization strategy with an agile approach will help organizations modernize more quickly and avoid common hurdles.
Posted: December 14, 2011 | Published: November 21, 2011


Topics:  Application Integration | Enterprise Application Integration Middleware | Enterprise Services Architecture | Legacy Applications Software | Linux | Mainframe Operating Systems | Open Source | Service Creation | SOA

RESOURCE - Gregor Hohpe and Bobby Woolf documented their combined experience in the integration space and created the book "Enterprise Integration Patterns" (EIP), which has since been adopted as the standard for describing messaging solutions. Check out this deck of flashcards to find definitions of integration design patterns based on EIP.
Posted: December 8, 2011 | Published: December 8, 2011


Topics:  Apache | Application Integration | Enterprise Application Integration Middleware | ESB | File Transfer Protocols | Integrated Development Environments | Messaging Middleware | Messaging Protocols | Messaging Software | Open Source | Open Source Software

WHITE PAPER - As an alternative to big vendor messaging solutions, open source software presents an entirely different cost model and more flexibility in deployment options that suit the needs of retail perfectly. Read this paper to learn more about open source software and why it is the optimal approach to integrated messaging for large retail enterprises.
Posted: December 8, 2011 | Published: July 31, 2011


Topics:  Apache | Application Integration | Data Integration | ESB | Messaging Middleware | Messaging Software | Open Source | Open Source Software | Retail Trade Industry | SOA | SOAP

WHITE PAPER - Read this case study to learn how one growing Euopean retailer was able to migrate to an architecture that could support real-time delivery of shop data to the data center for processing and real-time communication of pricing events to its shops using open source integration software.
Posted: December 7, 2011 | Published: March 31, 2009


Topics:  Application Infrastructure | Application Integration | Data Center Management | Data Center Networking | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Migration | ESB | File Transfer Protocols | Open Source

CASE STUDY - Read this paper to find out why the FAA's System Wide Information Management program selected four open source service-oriented architecture (SOA) components to combine with its other development and management tools to create an enterprise infrastructure that will be deployed between 2010 and 2015 to support NextGen satellite air traffic control.
Posted: December 7, 2011 | Published: December 7, 2011


Topics:  Application Integration | Data Integration | Interface Design | Interoperability | IT Infrastructure | Messaging Middleware | Open Source | Open Source Software | Routing | SOA | Systems Design and Development

VIDEO - In this video, FuseSource engineer Claus Ibsen introduces Apache Camel, a lightweight integration framework that can help you go from enterprise integration patterns (EIPs) to production. Hear why popular open source projects and multple enterprise service bus (ESB) servers include Apache Camel in their distributions.
Posted: December 5, 2011 | Premiered: December 2, 2011


Topics:  Apache | Application Integration | ESB | Open Source | Web Applications Architectures | Web Services | Web Services Architecture

VIDEO - In this video, FuseSource software fellow James Strachan tells the history of Apache Camel, it's wide adoption, and where it is headed in the future. He also introduces and demonstrates the new Fuse integrated development environment (IDE) that he created to make it even easier to use Camel.
Posted: December 5, 2011 | Premiered: December 5, 2011


Topics:  Apache | Application Integration | Eclipse Platform | Enterprise Application Integration Middleware | Integrated Development Environments | Open Source | Routing | SOA

VIDEO - In this session, co-author of the book "Enterprise Integration Patterns" Gregor Hohpe shares some of the “behind the scenes” story of how the included enterprise application integration and message-oriented middleware design patterns originated, how they are being applied, and what other patterns he would like to see documented.
Posted: December 5, 2011 | Premiered: December 5, 2011


Topics:  Application Integration | Enterprise Application Integration Middleware | Enterprise Services Architecture | ESB | Integrated Development Environments | Middleware | Open Source | SOA

WHITE PAPER - This document is designed for users, developers, and implementors of open systems. It provides complete infor mation on what’s new in the Single UNIX Specification, Version 4, including POSIX.1-2008,with comprehensive reference material on every aspect.
Posted: October 20, 2011 | Published: October 25, 2010


Topics:  Open Source | Open Source Software | UNIX

VIDEO - Watch this brief video about the Cedacri Group’s mainframe modernization experience  to learn about the cost and performance advantages of a re-hosting strategy as well as how to ensure its success.
Posted: October 12, 2011 | Premiered: October 11, 2011


Topics:  Application Hosting | Application Performance Management | Application Server Hardware | Application Service Providers | Applications Management | Applications Management Services | Hosting Services | Mainframe Operating Systems | Open Source | Outsourcing

CASE STUDY - This case study explains how one retail giant improved business support services by rehosting its mainframe applications to HP integrity servers. Learn how they were able to overcome the integration difficulties connected to mainframe-based management, maximize use of open technologies, and much more.
Posted: October 7, 2011 | Published: October 7, 2011


Topics:  Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) | Integration Server Hardware | Mainframe Server Hardware | Open Source | Open Systems Standards | Server Hardware | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - This resource explains how you can lower costs and improve flexibility by migrating your mainframe to open system servers. Discover the three major factors driving organizations to consider migrating application workloads off mainframe environments to open systems solutions.
Posted: October 7, 2011 | Published: October 7, 2011


Topics:  Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Mainframe Computers | Mainframe Operating Systems | Mainframe Server Hardware | Open Source

WHITE PAPER - Read this guide to understand the hidden and explicit costs associated with open source BI in comparison with familiar proprietary BI solutions so that you can determine whether open source BI is a viable option for your organization.
Posted: September 22, 2011 | Published: December 31, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Intelligence Software | Open Source | Open Source BI | Open Source Software