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Open Source Software Market on the Rise, IDC Finds
A recent IDC study reveals that worldwide revenue from open source software (OSS) will grow at a 22.4 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to reach $8.1 billion (US) by 2013. The IDC forecast, "Worldwide Open Source Software 2009-2013 Forecast", is considerably higher than 2008 for three reasons: the bottom-up list used to calculate the…
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InfoSec Spending to Focus on Application Security in 2010
As organizations begin planning their 2010 budgets, many have targeted application security as a top priority for the coming year, according to a new report from The InfoPro released today. The New York-based research firm released its Information Security Study following thorough interviews with 246 security professionals at Fortune 1000 organizations and midsize enterprises in…
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NIST Releases New Federal Security Control Catalog
The National Institute of Standards and Technology yesterday rolled out the first installment of what it hopes will act as a unified information security framework for the entire federal government. Brought forth in partnership with the Department of Defense (DOD), the Intelligence Community (IC) and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS), the draft of…
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Channel Insider, CompTIA Form Channel Vanguard Council
Channel Insider and CompTIA announced Aug. 4 their new partnership to develop and facilitate the Channel Vanguard Council, a new collaborative forum that will provide strategic, actionable guidance to the entire channel community. Channel Insider, the leading source for channel intelligence and analysis, will chair the Channel Vanguard Council, which will comprise invited executives of…
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CompTIA Outlines MSP success factors
With the annual value of the managed services opportunity expected to top $60 billion (US) by 2011, and margins as high as 40 percent, according to MSP Partners’ Jim Hamilton, it’s easy to understand why the channel is jumping on the managed services provider (MSP) business model. However, only a small fraction of VARs, just…
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Credit Losses, Low Deal Volumes Hurt U.S. Business Development Companies
BANGALORE (Reuters) – U.S. business development companies (BDCs) like American Capital Ltd (ACAS.O) and Allied Capital (ALD.N), which lend to small and mid-size businesses, may report yet another dismal quarter hurt by sinking deal volumes and higher credit losses. Total middle-market deal volume was about $410 million in the quarter ended June 30, well below…