Opscode appoints a new CEO. SugarCRM gains a new CFO. And more.
# Opscode named Mitch Hill as CEO, with Jesse Robbins becoming Chief Community Officer.
# SugarCRM claimed billings up 58% in Q2 and appointed a new CFO.
# Tasktop released Tasktop Dev 2.1 and announced Tasktop Sync 1.0.
# Pentaho delivered improved support for Hadoop …
[Read more]Red Hat grows revenue 20%+. Google withholding Honeycomb source code. And more.
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# Red Hat reported Q4 revenue up 25% to $245m, FY revenue up 22% to $909m
# Google is withholding the source code to Honeycomb for the foreseeable future.
# Rick Clark explained why he left Rackspace amid concerns that the company is exerting too much control over OpenStack.
# DataStax …
[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 launches Unbreakable Kernel, updates MySQL and Java plans. And more.
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# Oracle launched its Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel.
# Oracle announced the release candidate of MySQL 5.5.
# Oracle outlined its plans for Java platform. JavaWorld has the details.
# Novell and SAP have collaborated on SUSE …
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Compliance
# The Linux Foundation launched the Open Compliance Program, including
tools, training, and consulting.
Funding
# VentureBeat reported that Joyent has raised $7m in a
second round of funding.
# Basho Technologies secured $2m from angel investors in a Series C preferred equity financing.
# …
[Read more]Monty turns his attention to the East. The value of JBoss to Red Hat. And more.
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# Monty Widenius predicted that the EU will clear Oracle-Sun “any moment”, turning his attention to Russia and China.
# Meanwhile the release candidate of MariaDB 5.1 is now …
[Read more]Government adoption. Financial results. New funding. And more.
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Government approval
The US Department of Defense issued guidance on the adoption of open source
software, while ComputerWorld reported that the U.S Department of Defense has
open-sourced an …