Special Report: Open Source

If you don’t work in the data center, you may not realize how much the future of IT is wrapped up in the adoption and use of open industry standards. But tapping into the thousands of brains working on enterprise-class Linux or investing in an architecture that allows applications from multiple vendors to interoperate can mean big IT savings down the road. Read the Profit Online special report on open standards and start plotting your course into the great wide Open.

The Benefits of Oracle’s 32-year Commitment to Industry Standards
Oracle remains committed to open source software, as reflected in the significant resources it devotes to developing, testing, optimizing, and supporting open source technologies. The open source Linux operating system is a great example. Oracle’s long-standing commitment to Linux started when Oracle released the industry’s first commercial database on Linux in 1998, and that leadership continues today.

Prevailing Standards and Open Source Initiatives
Oracle participates in several associations focused on grid technology, including the Open Grid Forum (OGF), which represents more than 400 organizations. Find out how Oracle contributes to key open source initiatives.

What Makes Oracle VM Unique?
“Virtualization is the lowest level of the software stack, even lower than the operating system,” says Daniel J. Magenheimer, consulting developer, Linux and Virtualization. “With Oracle VM, Oracle provides the full software stack and, more importantly, can provide support to Oracle's customers for the full software stack, all on commodity hardware and an open source foundation. Oracle's open-source team has a number of significant open-source contributions.”

How and Why Oracle is Utilizing Virtualization and Open Source
From The BitSource: Wim Coekaerts, Vice President Linux Engineering at Oracle, reveals what Oracle is doing with open source technology, their position on open source development, and how it has benefited the mammoth of the business software industry.

Open Source Contributions
Beyond working on and delivering thousands of products, Oracle participates in a variety of open source projects. Each Oracle contribution to an open source project is an investment in technology, and as with all investments, it’s important to look at the return. Take a look at some good investments.