SAN FRANCISCO, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Source Business Conference -- REvolution Computing, a New Haven, CT-based provider of software for computational statistics, today announced the formation of an advisory board that includes many of the leading figures in the creation and development of open source communities.

Telecoms equipment joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks has announced that it is joining the Linux Foundation to work on the non-profit organization's Carrier Grade Linux development project.

By Mike Rogoway, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Apr. 17--Oregon's open source software community marked a milestone Monday with the first company from its ranks to win the backing of venture capitalists.

The former head of the Open Source Development Labs has launched a new company that aims to apply the open source development model to enterprises by encouraging businesses to collaborate on shared non-essential IT projects.

The Linux Foundation promotion and standards group has included representatives from IBM, HP, Oracle, Novell, Ubuntu, and Bank of America in its first board of directors, formed following the January merger of Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group.