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Growing Up Asterisk

Many people have attempted to quantify the problems faced with adoption of open source software. There are many issues, but one which is almost universal: Project members and companies almost always think their adoption is more broad-based than it really is. We take a look at this issue as it pertains to one such project and the company attached to it.



Research Report: Symbian, Android to Merge

Nokia's recent acquisition of Symbian and the subsequent open sourcing of the platform, in addition to their acquisition of Trolltech earlier, have cemented the company as a leader in open source mobile platforms. Google's Android project has garnered interest from industry leaders and carriers worldwide. Research firm J. Gold and Associates believes Symbian and Android are destined to merge.


Cloudy Saturday: Roll Your Own Cloud with Enomalism

Plumbing is what cloud computing is all about. Your company will likely be using cloud computing techniques to manage computing resources very soon if you aren't already. These concepts apply equally well to big enterprise and small startups, companies that own their infrastructure and those that choose to use services like Amazon EC2 or Mosso. Puppet offers a great system automation framework, but how do you get up and running with those systems? That's where Enomalism comes in.


Digium Releases New Switchvox Product: Price Still an Issue for Many

Open Source Asterisk PBX maker Digium released it's widely anticipated mid-range appliance today called the AA300. The product is a custom PC intended for businesses that need around 150 telephones, and it runs Switchvox SMB software. Some resellers have expressed consternation at the pricing model Digium has chosen for its new devices.


Cloudy Saturday: Puppet, for Automating Virtual Machines

This is the first of our weekly Cloudy Saturday columns that will delve into using cloud computing techniques to manage your own server farms, both large and small. This week we'll talk about the Puppet automation system from Reductive Labs. Puppet is built upon the legacy of the venerable Cfengine system, but takes things to a whole new level.


Show off your Open Source Music Chops

Regional open source conferences are nothing new, but this writer is not currently aware of any that are dedicated to its use in music production. The Open Source City show in Liverpool UK promises to be just that.



Git Spawns a Business

The up-and-coming version control system git has begun to prove its mettle outside of Linux kernel development. The Ruby on Rails community has embraced it wholeheartedly with many core projects migrating to the system recently. The climate has become right for businesses to spring up in the wake of this adoption.



Phoenix Mars Lander - A Victory for Open Source

Space agencies were some of the first places where you could find open source software in the wild . Being natural early adopters, cash-strapped and very inquisitive, the agencies naturally took to the open source concept. Additionally they were some of the first users of ARPAnet and subsequently the Internet, which lit a fire under the open source movement. Today this marriage between rocket science and open source saw its latest victory with the landing of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.



The Open Source Cloud

While many cloud/utility computing services have sprung up over the past few years, the adoption of their management techniques in the open source world has not. Most people don't need or want to build a large-scale computing cluster in their own business, but they could use some of the automation inherent in these systems to their advantage.