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Richard Clarke, author of the newly released book Cyber War and former White House adviser to the Bush and Clinton administrations, says the new cyber threats land the responsibility for successful IT security at the CIO’s feet. He’s come up with an acronym, CHEW, to describe the four preeminent types of attacks: Crime, Hacktivism, Espionage, and potentially, War.

Sure, an SF fan might consider going to a con just to hear a favorite author speak or to participate in the costume contests. But developers and other computer techies can justify attending for business reasons, too. (Even if you don't program in Klingon++.)

Wish that your "day job" followed some of the processes that make your favorite FOSS project so sweet? Here's a few tips.

The Apache Software Foundation, best known for the self-named popular open source Web server, has a variety of other technology that can help enterprises with databases, search, development, and more. Here’s an overview of the best.

An open source project that wants greater visibility may well benefit from a mention in the technical or business media. But because open source communities are primarily technical communities, they don't necessarily know how to talk to the press. Here's a few useful things to know.

This may be a category in which the proprietary tools win out over open source. Unless you tell me otherwise...

Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, explained at OSCON how hardware convergence is changing the questions, not just the answers.

When you think Red Hat, you think Linux. Maybe, if you're a developer or a CTO, you also think JBoss. Red Hat, itself, now wants you to think virtualization.

It's hard enough for managers to motivate and track employees whose livelihood depends on doing a good job. Imagine the project management task for Linux, the free software operating system. Linus Torvalds explains how he keeps the people and software on-track, with the software quality the operating system demands.

What's the most exciting technology of the next few years for the enterprise? Forget folding displays and virtual worlds: Think open source ERP, say some pioneering information technology leaders.