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[News] Siemens (Former Microsoft House) Approaches GNU/Linux

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Siemens gets serious about open source

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| Siemens' outsourcing unit is snapping up some of South Africa's brightest 
| open source minds as it readies to offer large-scale open source services to 
| clients. Going, as it does, head-to-head with the likes of IBM and T-Systems, 
| the company is hoping its open source strategy will find a new niche in an 
| already highly-competitive market.    
| 
| [...]
| 
| “Previously Siemens was a wholly Microsoft house and there was no inclination 
| to offer open source,” he says. Recently, however, Siemens identified open 
| source as having a “very viable business case”.  
| 
| [...]
| 
| Siemens already has in place partnerships and agreements with Red Hat, 
| Canonical and enterprise content management suite providers Alfresco. 
| 
| With a Red Hat partnership in place Siemens will also be looking to use JBoss 
| in place of WebSphere for its middleware needs. 
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2489

Siemens is the worst pro-software patents lobbyist.



Recent:

Siemens Develops PC-based Profinet IO Software Controller for Linux Systems

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| With the “Softnet PN-IO Linux” software controller from Siemens, it is
| possible to set up open control solutions on standard PC hardware.
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http://finchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13776&Itemid=10


Siemens switches from Unix to Linux to run critical SAP systems

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| Siemens' IT services arm will use SUSE Linux over Unix as the de facto
| operating system for running 350 business-critical SAP systems and 120,000
| user accounts - along with numerous web applications, web servers and Oracle
| database servers.    
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/01/230083/siemens-switches-from-unix-to-linux-to-run-critical-sap.htm


Related:

Fujitsu Siemens Plans goes PC for the over 50s

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| The package, likely to come in under £1,000 will include a desktop PC
| running Linux.
|
| [...]
|
| The cruel might suggest this amounts to a lifetime support promise.
| The even crueller might suggest having to use Linux and a chopped down
| set of apps might hasten the shuffling off of this mortal coil.
|
| Still, at least without Windows the punters won?t be forced toc
| ontemplate the Blue Screen of Death.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/fsc_pcs_for_oldies/


Siemens IP-STB designs run Linux, do HDTV, DVB-T

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| Siemens of Switzerland is shipping three hardware/software reference
| designs for Internet protocol set-top boxes (IP-STBs). The
| STB-7100-series designs run Linux 2.6 on a SuperH-based processor,
| and support standard- and high-definition content, along with multiple
| access technologies, including DSL, cable, and DVB-T (digital video
| broadcast -- terrestrial).
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6537277831.html


Levanta and Fujitsu Siemens Computers to Co-Present Webinar on "Strategies
for Managing Linux in the Software Test Environment"

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| This free Webinar will highlight the management issues that are typically
| encountered when running software regression tests on Linux, followed by
| best practices and tactical recommendations from industry leader Fujitsu
| Siemens Computers.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060912/20060912005883.html?.v=1


Siemens to invest in MontaVista

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| MontaVista's portfolio contains three Linux editions: Mobilinux, an
| edition optimized for use with mobile handsets and other wireless
| mobile devices, Carrier Grade Linux, designed for telecoms and
| other network companies, and MontaVista Linux (Professional
| Edition) for other kinds of embedded devices.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82100/from/rss09


Fujitsu Siemens Simplifies the Complexities of Software Testing

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| It's obvious that software problems are much less expensive,
| time-consuming, and aggravating when identified and corrected
| during testing rather than in post-production. Finding a way
| to address and automate as many of the minute difficulties
| associated with Linux software testing as possible will turn
| a necessary but time-consuming and arduous feat into a
| smaller and more manageable process.
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http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/336874_p.htm


Siemens stained by multimillion bribery scandal

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| Hacks there have seen a ruling by a German court which named telco ministers
| in these countries as the lucky recipients of 77 bribes worth an estimated 12
| million Euro.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/16/siemens-shelled-millions


Bribery scandal: Siemens fined 201 million euros

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| All in all payments of about 450 million euros in the Com division had been
| classified as non-tax-deductible, Siemens declared.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/96999/from/rss09


MPs rap BBC over Siemens deal

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| But public spending watchdog the PAC said BBC executives misled the board
| of governors about possible savings while trying to convince them to give
| the deal the go-ahead.
|
| The committee of MPs found £60m of costs was excluded when budgets were
| put to the governors for approval.
|
| [...]
|
| The PAC said the BBC was failing to manage the contract properly.
|
| [...]
|
| The report suggests the BBC should open up its accounts to government
| officials for proper scrutiny.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/29/pac_bbc_siemens/
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