EMC eyes SourceLabs

EMC is making an open source play with the acquisition of some of the assets and key personnel of SourceLabs, says ChannelWeb.

SourceLabs is a developer of technology that helps systems administrators, developers and quality assurance managers to solve issues related to Linux and open source Java.

The company's SourceLabs Support Suite leverages open sourcing to help customers discover, identify and solve Linux and Java issues related to faults, crashes, defects and other systems.

The Vietnamese government will move to several open source applications by the end of next year, as the country tries to reduce the use of pirated software, according to Network World.

Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications has mandated that applications such as the OpenOffice.org productivity suite, Firefox browser, Thunderbird e-mail client and UniKey Vietnamese keyboard client be installed at government agencies by the end of June, according to a report by VietnamNet, a government-owned news agency.

At least half of the employees at those agencies should be able to use the programs by the June deadline, VietnamNet reported.

Extentech has released ExtenXLS 360 version 1.0 (E360), the company's Web-hosted, Java-based, open source, multi-platform and collaborative documentation server, states TMCNet.

The product is in the same user segment as Microsoft's Sharepoint and Google Docs, and is available in both the paid and free versions.

The pricing and services offered by the paid application are competitively structured to make it attractive and suitable for business modules ranging from very small to large scale.