Webinars and Whitepapers

Everyday SourceLabs engineers discuss the latest bugs and problems in open source projects. Here we discuss how this is done at SourceLabs, and why we do it.








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Building the SASH framework requires attention to several details, including developer concerns, production support, and customer development environments. This article explains in detail some of the challenges SourceLabs has dealt with on the customer's behalf in the SASH 2.0 release




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The world of Java web services has recently seen the release of two major new next-generation frameworks, Apache Axis2 and Apache CXF. This article looks at the merits of each and ponders whether it is worth migrating from the earlier open source web services framework from Apache, Axis 1.x.





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SourceLabs assists global organizations in creating and implementing Open Source policies. This document describes how SourceLabs can help you create a durable, maintainable Open Source policy, and includes 15 key questions to consider when creating and implementing Open Source Policy.

The paper's author, Bruce Perens, SourceLabs Vice President, is is widely recognized as one of the leaders of the open source development community. In addition to being the original author of the Open Source Definition and a founder of the Open Source Initiative, he is also a founder of the Linux Standard Base and Software in the Public Interest . Bruce served as project lead for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and was the driving force behind putting the first Linux project onto a NASA Space Shuttle flight.

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Enterprise software support has typically been provided as an afterthought. Without competitive pressure to innovate, create excellence and win customer loyalty, support is managed as a cost center by most enterprise software vendors, and consequently customer satisfaction is low. SourceLabs addresses this gap with the Continuous Support Solution: technology, services and software distribution that delivers high-quality, responsive support and maintenance services that reduce the operational risks and costs of using Open Source software.

This paper describes the problems the Continuous Support Solution addresses, the benefits of the system and the underlying technology which enables the system's capabilities.



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The SourceLabs Continuous Support System enables services for dramatically more responsive and effective support performance than conventional software support approaches.

This paper describes in detail the two key functional elements of SourceLabs Continuous Support System: Diagnostic System and the Notification, Alert and Analysis services.



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Open Source infrastructure software is increasingly being deployed by financial institutions. Because many Open Source packages are selected and incorporated directly into custom applications by developers, they bypass traditional purchasing channels and their attendant legal, standards and technical review processes.

IT management is often not aware of the Open Source software running in their data centers, and sometimes do not have support and maintenance measures in place for Open Source software running in production applications. With the advent of regulatory structures such as the Basel II accords, the reliability of computing systems is increasingly subject to regulatory scrutiny. Not having adequate support and maintenance measures in place creates a significant new compliance risk for financial institutions.

This paper describes these risks and outlines best practices and an anti-failure program that brings systems depending on Open Source packages into compliance and reduces overall operational risk.

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Bruce is widely recognized as one of the leaders of the open source development community. In addition to being the original author of the Open Source Definition and a founder of the Open Source Initiative, he is also a founder of the Linux Standard Base and Software in the Public Interest . Bruce served as project lead for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and was the driving force behind putting the first Linux project onto a NASA Space Shuttle flight.

During this session, participants will learn about four of the main areas to focus on in Open Source policy formation, drawn from Bruce's experience helping companies achieve their business goals using Open Source software.


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The set of frameworks and libraries to use for building enterprise Java applications is dominated by Open Source projects. Open source projects such as Spring and Hibernate have pushed the state of the art, and Struts is the de facto standard for Java web applications. How do you take advantage of this innovation without importing technology that may not be production-ready?

In this session, we'll help you make sense of the continuous evolution of Java Open Source projects. By analyzing different common enterprise application architectures, you'll understand what projects to rely on for SOA and web applications. We'll look retrospectively at the history of Java web frameworks, lightweight containers, and data technologies and evaluate where the projects are trending so that you can make an informed decision on what technologies to adopt.

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Take a closer look at using the Hibernate object-relational-mapping layer with Konstantin Ignatyev, one of the top 10 contributors to the Hibernate support forum.

In this session Konstantin examines cases that produce anomalous results, situations for which Hibernate may not be the best technology to use, and how to use Hibernate with other DAO technologies. In a special section Konstantin reviews interesting situations to share with your DBA, including a comparison of the operation of 'select' and 'join' using Hibernate.

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