Open Source Business Intelligence - Open Source Reporting, ETL & Data Integration and OLAP. Federal IT Dashboard. Open source's emerging opportunity in BI. When open source doesn't appear on a "strategic IT directions" report from a major consulting firm, should open source advocates be worried?
Accenture's 2011 Technology Vision report (PDF) lists eight trends for which IT decision makers should prepare, as they will change how IT operates and strategizes. These findings are based on research into venture capital funding, IT analyst reports, Accenture's IT Executive Forum, and current R&D activities. [ Get the latest insights and news on open source trends with InfoWorld's Technology: Open Source newsletter. Subscribe today! NASDAQ in open source tech battle with £7bn NYSE bid. NASDAQ has placed its Linux-based IT systems at the front of an $11.3 billion (£7 billion) effort to thwart a merger between the New York Stock Exchange and Deutsche Borse.
The high-tech stock market is teaming up with InterContinentalExchange in an attempt to acquire NYSE Euronext from under the nose of Deutsche Borse, which only last month announced it was the approved bidder for the exchange. The Deutsche Borse merger also appeared to offer a Linux-based technology mix, as both firms run Red Hat Linux, but NASDAQ has directly attacked Deutsche Borse's ability to integrate technology. NASDAQ said in a statement that following Deutsche Borse's $2.8 billion purchase of the International Securities Exchange from NASDAQ in 2007, the German exchange "failed to integrate technology platforms years after the transaction...ISE is still powered by NASDAQ OMX Technology". NOW READ London Stock Exchange declares troubled Linux migration 'successful'