Open Source Software Management: A Recap of the Top Articles

 

Open Source Management: Dealing with New OSS Releases

The first quarter of this year has be a busy time in open source management. JBoss has had two releases in the 7.1 series, the Apache web server has had two releases in the 2.4 series and Ruby on Rails has had two releases in the 3.2 series just to name a few. This may sound like a flurry of new releases, but is really par for the course. In the open source world releases happen all the time. Most open source projects take the release early, release often motto to heart. And for good reason too, it results in better software.

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Apache HTTP Server: New Features for Version 2.4

The Apache Foundation released Apache HTTP Server 2.2.0 at the end of 2005. Now 7 years later there is a new major release of Apache HTTP Server. Apache HTTP Server currently has  65% market share according to Netcraft. There has always been two competitors in the web space – Apache and IIS – but in late 2007 Nginx was born and has been grabbing more and more market share everyday. Looking at the release notes for Apache 2.4 you can see that this release has a few features that match Nginx’s feature set. Apache HTTP 2.4 has included something for everyone: performance increases; lower memory usage; new modules; program enhancements and new features for old modules.

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Cloud Technology, Big Data & Hadoop

Big Data seems to be the word of the year.  Everywhere you look there is Big Data staring you in the face: Blogs dedicated to discussing Big Data; LinkedIn groups with over 10,000 members focusing on Big Data topics.  Just under 15,000 times each month, the exact phrase Big Data, is entered into the search engines of people across the world.

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Preparing for Your First Cloud App

There’s a lot of confusion out there around the so-called “cloud app”.  What is it, just another term for “SaaS”?  Or does it refer to running your own application in a public cloud?  As with many phrases that include the ubiquitous word “cloud”, it can mean just about anything.  In the context of this post, “cloud app” refers to an application you’re running in a public cloud, such as Amazon AWS or Rackspace Cloud.

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5 Ways an Open Source Governance Process Can Improve Your Organization

Is one of your resolutions for the new year to create an enterprise open source governance process for your organization, or review and update your existing governance process? If your organization doesn’t already have an open source governance process, this should definitely be on your list of goals for 2012. Likewise if you have a governance process that’s outdated, incomplete, or inconsistently implemented throughout the organization.

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