http://www.linuxisready.co.uk Open Source For Business Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:31:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Google has made an interesting internal decision extremely public indeed: it is to completely phase out the use of Microsoft Windows on its workers' desktop machines, claiming the operating system represents an unacceptable security risk. As reported over on The Financial Times, Google's long-held stance that its employees should be free ... http://www.linuxisready.co.uk/open_source_news/google-drops-windows-from-staff-machines.html Linux' share of the desktop market grew to 1.13 percent, says Net Applications, making Linux the only OS to gain in May. Meanwhile, Linux server revenue share grew to 16.8 percent, says IDC, and Linux is now running on 91 percent of the 500 fastest supercomputers. Linux has soared in recent ... http://www.linuxisready.co.uk/open_source_news/linux-inches-up-on-the-desktop-and-holds-steady-on-servers.html Ingres Corporation, the leading open source database management company and pioneer of the New Economics of IT, announced today that Banca IFIS (ISIN IT0003188064, Bloomberg ticker IF MI, Reuters ticker IF MI) has adopted Ingres Database, the leading open source database that helps organizations develop and manage business critical applications ... http://www.linuxisready.co.uk/open_source_news/banca-ifis-adopts-ingres-open-source.html When it comes to business computer systems, nothing is more mission-critical than the massive trading software systems that underlie stock markets. A failure of an hour here can mean billions of dollars of lost trades. The LSE (London Stock Exchange) learned that the hard way when their .NET/Windows Server 2003 ... http://www.linuxisready.co.uk/open_source_news/lse-for-linux.html Quick thinking open sourcerers might have saved an Australian power supply system after its electrical grid control room network got infected with a virus. A Windows virus hit the networks of Integral Energy and, according to a submission to Slashdot, the virus managed to spread to the operator display consoles in ... http://www.linuxisready.co.uk/open_source_news/linux-saves-aussie-electrical-grid.html 360,000 IBM workers have been told to stop using Microsoft Office and switch to the Open Office-based software Symphony. Quoting an inside source, the German economic newspaper, "Handelsblatt" that staff at IBM have been given ten days to change to Symphony, IBM's in-house Lotus software. The use of Microsoft Office will ... http://www.linuxisready.co.uk/open_source_news/ibm-throws-out-microsoft-office.html TomTom, the world's leading provider of navigation solutions and digital maps, developed a dynamic location referencing technology as an open standard for the navigation, mapping and ITS Industry, called OpenLRT. OpenLRT has been designed for traffic information systems and dynamic route guidance, and is available as an open-source technology. It can ... http://www.linuxisready.co.uk/open_source_news/tomtom-introduces-openlrt-an-open-source-royalty-free-dynamic-location-referencing-technology.html These are unprecedented times. The global economy is in free fall, with no geographic region or industry unaffected by the scarcity of capital, market volatility, and reduced consumer spending. Dismal economic indicators reflect business conditions that haven't been seen for decades. And experts are warning that we haven't yet hit ... http://www.linuxisready.co.uk/open_source_news/the-perfect-storm-why-now-is-the-time-for-open-source.html Linux Is Ready have been chosen to provide the Information Technology support for a English Language School in Kent. The venue has a large computer room for students to use, and it made sense to change their current Windows based desktops to the Linux operating system - keeping costs down whilst ... http://www.linuxisready.co.uk/company_news/english-language-school-chooses-lir-for-it-contract.html Linux Is Ready have helped The Wooden Toy Catalogue relaunch their web site, which is now based entirely on Open Source technology. The successful Kent based company had been using closed proprietary software for their online operation, but have now switched to Magento eCommerce. This new system is better for their ... http://www.linuxisready.co.uk/company_news/toy-company-relaunches-open-source-ecommerce-web-site.html