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Open source software

• August 03, 2018 03 Aug'18

  CIO interview: Alex von Schirmeister, CDTIO, RS Components

  The electronics distributor’s chief digital, technology and innovation officer (CDTIO) on putting in place a new IT infrastructure, creating a digital business and accepting risk

• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Apache OpenWhisk users urged to patch

  IBM has patched vulnerabilities in its Cloud Functions service that is based on Apache OpenWhisk in response to vulnerability disclosures, and all other users are urged to do the same

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  Google wants to ease hybrid cloud woes

  Cloud supplier Google claims its Cloud Service Platform will alleviate complexities in managing microservices in a hybrid IT environment

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  Cloud sales stoke Microsoft’s strong growth

  Microsoft says cloud-based Office products made a huge contribution to sales growth

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Executive interview: Bill Ruh, CDO of GE

  With a new CEO in the driving seat, we speak to GE’s head of digital, Bill Ruh, about how the company has refined its digital strategy

• June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18

  After GitHub acquisition, Microsoft will need to up its game in the enterprise

  Microsoft’s $7.6bn acquisition of GitHub propels the company that is loved and hated for Windows to the very heart of open source. Can it be trusted?

• June 04, 2018 04 Jun'18

  Microsoft takes over GitHub as it expands its open source plan

  Microsoft is a major contributor to open source. It has now acquired the largest open source repository

• May 29, 2018 29 May'18

  Salary is the biggest motivator for software developers

  A survey finds that benefits such as free food and drink or a modern office space are not the main motivator for most developers, with the majority prioritising a higher salary

• May 18, 2018 18 May'18

  Executive interview: Abby Kearns, Cloud Foundry Foundation

  Computer Weekly speaks to Abby Kearns, executive director of the Cloud Foundry Foundation about how open source is a key ingredient of digital transformation

• May 17, 2018 17 May'18

  Report highlights security risk of open source code to business

  Increased adoption of open source code is introducing vulnerabilities into commercial software, with many audited codebases containing the Apache Struts flaw that enabled the Equifax breach, a report shows

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  No need to panic about Efail attacks

  Initial reports about vulnerabilities in email encryption technologies have urged organisations to disable encryption tools, but some security experts are taking a more balanced approach

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  How enterprises can cope with digital disruption

  Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst says enterprises can take a leaf from DevOps and build modularity into their technology infrastructure to prepare for the forces of digital disruption

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Equifax breach lessons not learned

  Businesses are still downloading vulnerable versions of the software that was at the heart of the Equifax data breach and failing to update to safe versions, a security firm has revealed

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Red Hat teams up with Microsoft in hybrid cloud, container push

  Building on a strategic alliance first announced in 2015, the two software companies are working together on Red Hat OpenShift on Azure to reduce the complexity of managing containers in a hybrid cloud environment

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Google claims it is GDPR ready

  Alphabet, the parent company of Google, says that since its advertising business relies on keyword searches, the impact of GDPR is limited