Development by Davis: “Does your organization have a process for collaboration?” plus 8 more

Does your organization have a process for collaboration?
AMD Powers Superior Windows 8 Experience Across More Than 125 PC Designs
AMD to Host News Conference
Simplifying Big Data Interop – Apache Hadoop on Windows Server & Windows Azure
Simplifying Big Data Interop – Apache Hadoop on Windows Server & Windows Azure
Simplifying Big Data Interop – Apache Hadoop on Windows Server & Windows Azure
Raspberry Pi team announces open source ARM userland
Five new RPG games for Linux
Agility of open source software proves good fit for U.S. military

Does your organization have a process for collaboration?

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:00 AM PDT

Which collaboration tool is most widely adapted in your organization?

IRC (chat)

Mailings lists/email

Bug tracker

Wikis

Teleconference

Version Control System

EtherPad

Facebook Groups

Most businesses today know that utilizing collaboration tools increases the liklihood success for a project, and for the organization as a whole. When people work together, brain power is multiplied; not only does more work tend to get done, but better work. The loner mentality—whether it's applied to how we think about office space, meetings, or project management—just doesn't measure up.

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AMD Powers Superior Windows 8 Experience Across More Than 125 PC Designs

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced its collaboration with Microsoft Corp. for more than 125 Windows® 8-based PC designs from leading OEMs including ASUS, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and more. With a

AMD to Host News Conference

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Rory Read, and Senior Vice President and General Manager Global Business Units Lisa Su will host a news conference to provide updates and more detail on the company's

Simplifying Big Data Interop – Apache Hadoop on Windows Server & Windows Azure

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 09:37 AM PDT

(This blog was originally posted on our Interoperability blog)

As a proud member of the Apache Software Foundation, it's always great to see the growth and adoption of Apache community projects. The Apache Hadoop project is a prime example. Last year I blogged about how Microsoft was engaging with this vibrant community, Microsoft, Hadoop and Big Data. Today, I'm pleased to relay the news about increased interoperability capabilities for Apache Hadoop on the Windows Server and Windows Azure platforms and an expanded Microsoft partnership with Hortonworks.

Microsoft Technical Fellow David Campbell announced today new previews of Windows Azure HDInsight Service and Microsoft HDInsight Server, the company's Hadoop-based solutions for Windows Azure and Windows Server.

Here's what Dave had to say in the official news about how this partnership is simplifying big data in the enterprise.

"Big Data should provide answers for business, not complexity for IT. Providing Hadoop compatibility on Windows Server and Azure dramatically lowers the barriers to setup and deployment and enables customers to pull insights from any data, any size, on-premises or in the cloud."

Dave also outlined how the Hortonworks partnership will give customers access to an enterprise-ready distribution of Hadoop with the newly released solutions.

And here's what Hortonworks CEO Rob Bearden said about this expanded Microsoft collaboration.

"Hortonworks is the only provider of Apache Hadoop that ensures a 100% open source platform. Our expanded partnership with Microsoft empowers customers to build and deploy on platforms that are fully compatible with Apache Hadoop."

An interesting part of my open source community role at MS Open Tech is meeting with customers and trying to better understand their needs for interoperable solutions. Enhancing our products with new Interop capabilities helps reduce the cost and complexity of running mixed IT environments. Today's news helps simplify deployment of Hadoop-based solutions and allows customers to use Microsoft business intelligence tools to extract insights from big data.

Simplifying Big Data Interop – Apache Hadoop on Windows Server & Windows Azure

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 09:37 AM PDT

(This blog was originally posted on our Interoperability blog)

Here's what Dave had to say in the official news about how this partnership is simplifying big data in the enterprise.

"Big Data should provide answers for business, not complexity for IT. Providing Hadoop compatibility on Windows Server and Azure dramatically lowers the barriers to setup and deployment and enables customers to pull insights from any data, any size, on-premises or in the cloud."

Dave also outlined how the Hortonworks partnership will give customers access to an enterprise-ready distribution of Hadoop with the newly released solutions.

And here's what Hortonworks CEO Rob Bearden said about this expanded Microsoft collaboration.

"Hortonworks is the only provider of Apache Hadoop that ensures a 100% open source platform. Our expanded partnership with Microsoft empowers customers to build and deploy on platforms that are fully compatible with Apache Hadoop."

Simplifying Big Data Interop – Apache Hadoop on Windows Server & Windows Azure

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 09:37 AM PDT

(This blog was originally posted on our Interoperability blog)

Here's what Dave had to say in the official news about how this partnership is simplifying big data in the enterprise.

"Big Data should provide answers for business, not complexity for IT. Providing Hadoop compatibility on Windows Server and Azure dramatically lowers the barriers to setup and deployment and enables customers to pull insights from any data, any size, on-premises or in the cloud."

Dave also outlined how the Hortonworks partnership will give customers access to an enterprise-ready distribution of Hadoop with the newly released solutions.

And here's what Hortonworks CEO Rob Bearden said about this expanded Microsoft collaboration.

"Hortonworks is the only provider of Apache Hadoop that ensures a 100% open source platform. Our expanded partnership with Microsoft empowers customers to build and deploy on platforms that are fully compatible with Apache Hadoop."

Raspberry Pi team announces open source ARM userland

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Today we have some really big news, which is going to mean a lot to many programmers in our community who have been asking about it ever since launch. This is one of those announcements that has been in the pipeline for quite some time, but we haven't been able to talk about it until now.

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Five new RPG games for Linux

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 04:00 AM PDT

If you love RPG (role-playing games) and you think there's no future for these games on Linux, this post is for you. I'll show you five new RPG games developed from scratch that run on Penguin: Questverse, Hale, Dawn, Flare and Arakion.

Just a warning: these are projects in the making, so none of them are ready to be fully played. But if you like this genre, read on, you won't be disappointed.

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Agility of open source software proves good fit for U.S. military

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:00 AM PDT

While preparing to attend the 4th Military Open Source Working Group meeting, it was refreshing and affirming to receive a notification for the event dress code:

Please remember that this is an open source software event and in honor of the glorious developers, casual attire is expected. In the event you come wearing a coat, a T-shirt will be provided to you at the door.