MapR and Funambol raise funding. VMware virtually supports PostgreSQL. And more.
# MapR raised $20m series B for its Hadoop distribution from Redpoint Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and NEA.
# Funambol raised $3m in funding from previous investors HIG Ventures, Pacven Walden Ventures and Nexit Infocom.
# VMware launched vFabric Postgres as part of vFabric Data Director database-as-a-service launch.
# Citrix released a new edition of CloudStack, …
[Read more]New CEOs for Funambol and Openbravo. Funding for 10gen. And more.
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# Funambol appointed Amit Chawla as its new CEO.
# Openbravo appointed Paolo Juvara as its new CEO and raised a new funding round.
# 10gen raised $6.5m in third-round funding led by Sequoia Capital.
# Microsoft has reportedly invested an undisclosed sum in TurboHercules.
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[Read more]Oracle outlines MySQL plans. Datameer launches with Series A funding. And more.
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# Oracle confirmed InnoDB as the default MySQL storage engine, Hot Backup to become part of MySQL Enterprise and announced MySQL Cluster 7.1.
# Datameer launched Analytics Solution, which combines Hadoop with a spreadsheet interface, and also closed a $2.5m Series A round of funding from Redpoint Ventures.
# Infobright announced that it grew its customers base from 50 to …
[Read more]I caught some of the keynotes and discussion at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit today, and was particularly interested in the panel discussion on open source and cloud computing. While we are used to hearing and talking about how important open source software is to cloud computing (open source giving to cloud computing), moderator John Mark Walker posed the question of whether cloud computing gives back? The discussion also rightfully focused on openness in cloud computing, how open source might or might not translate to cloud openness and the importance of data to be open as well.
The discussion also centered on some issues regarding open standards and how open is open enough for cloud computing? …
[Read more]Matt Asay joins Canonical. Paula Hunter joins the CodePlex Foundation. And more.
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# Matt Asay joined Canonical as chief operating officer.
# Paula Hunter was named executive director of the CodePlex Foundation.
# Actuate recorded $6.5m in BIRT-related business for Q4; annual BIRT-related business of $18.2m up 18%.
# Glyn Moody outlined The Great Oracle Experiment.
# The Symbian Foundation …
[Read more]Eben Moglen says EC case against Oracle-Sun is flawed. The value of open source. And more.
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# Eben Moglen told the EC he does not see threat to competition from Oracle-Sun, says EC’s objections are flawed. A statement from the SFLC is …
[Read more]Funambol acquires Zapatec. Open source gains Closure. And more.
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# Funambol acquired Zapatec, an AJAX web 2.0 frameworks vendor.
# The top ten issues facing open source users, according to Mark Radcliffe.
# Google …
[Read more]Funding for Engine Yard and DataSync. Red Hat and Microsoft joint support. And more.
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# Engine Yard raised $19m in Series C funding from the likes of Benchmark, DAG, Presidio and Amazon.
# Red Hat and Microsoft are now providing joint support for virtualization interoperability options.
# DataSync raised $1.2m and announced a partnership with SugarCRM.
# Simon Phipps began building a scorecard to …
[Read more]Patents. M&A. Adoption. Business strategies. And more.
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Patents
# Red Hat urged
the Supreme Court to to make clear that it excludes software from
patentability, while the SFLC and the FSF also filed briefs with the US Supreme Court
arguing against software patents.
Investment and M&A
# The WSJ …
When open source goes bad. Is open source a success or failure? And more.
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When open source goes bad
The H reported
on the apparent turmoil at the CentOS project, while Jay Lyman
offered the CAOS perspective. Meanwhile
Slashdot reported that Alan Cox has quit as Linux TTY
subsystem maintainer.
Success or failure?
Danny Windham, Digium CEO, …