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To capitalize on enterprises' appetite for greater cloud flexibility, vendor CloudSwtich created CloudSwitch Enterprise 2.0, a downloadable appliance that installs easily into VMware and Xen environments.

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With major releases of the Java, Ruby, PHP, Perl and Python languages, along with associated tools, there was no shortage of activity in the open source world in 2010.

• Linux on the Grow in 2010

There were big advances for Linux in 2010, especially when it came to business adoption of the open source software.

• Google Giving Java GUI Tools to Eclipse

Search giant donates code for WindowsBuilder Java GUI designer and CodePro Profiler technologies to the open source Eclipse Foundation for next year's release train.

• Apples Mac App Store Coming Jan. 6

Apple has confirmed the date that its new Mac App Store will be open for business, calling on developers to begin work on desktop applications ahead of the new Mac OS launch next summer.

• Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Portal Gets a Makeover

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Open source firm is out with the first major upgrade of its Business Rules Management System, with the new JBoss BRMS 5.1 promising new automation tools.

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• Apache Reviving Wave as Incubator Project

Abandoned by Google, Wave finds new life as a project with the Apache Software Foundation, which Novell hopes will broaden contributions and adoption of the technology.

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In a $212 million all-cash deal to acquire Ruby vendor Heroku, Salesforce looks to build out its Force.com cloud platform to complement its VMforce offering.

• Chrome OS Notebook Delayed -- Worth the Wait?

Google unveiled a test version of its long-awaited Chrome OS notebook, which the company said has had surprising interest from CIOs. "You can imagine an enterprise version of Chrome OS," said one Google exec.

• Java 7, 8 Win JCP Approval

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• Microsoft Previews Silverlight 5

The new version of Silverlight isn't due out till later next year, but Microsoft's preview was designed to convince developers the company is committed to the streaming media software.

• Google Revs App Engine With Availability Focus

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The cloud tools vendor will help Red Hat fill out its Platform as a Service (PaaS) strategy.

• Novell to Retain Unix Copyrights

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