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Open source software

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Coders and developers: The new heroes of the network?

  Cisco is moving towards a software-based future. We chatted to Susie Wee, founder and leader of Cisco developer and innovation programme, DevNet, to find out how she is helping to enable this change

• February 04, 2019 04 Feb'19

  Interview: The power of open source

  Stefanie Chiras, who heads up RHEL at Red Hat, discusses how open source enables enterprises to benefit from tech innovations

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Clydesdale, Yorkshire and Virgin Money opt for OpenShift digital push

  Banking group CYBG uses OpenShift to roll out a common set of services and improve developer productivity

• January 25, 2019 25 Jan'19

  Google petitions Supreme Court to reconsider Android Java ruling

  Google’s legal chief claims Oracle’s copyright ruling on Java software interfaces will damage software development

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  AWS pushes MongoDB compatible alternative as licences change

  They probably didn't see that coming... MongoDB's switch to server-side licensing may have backfired, as AWS launches an API-compatible version

• January 03, 2019 03 Jan'19

  Trust is key to Microsoft’s APAC cloud play

  A senior Microsoft Asia executive talks up the company’s cloud momentum in the region, how it stands out from the pack, and its priorities in the new year

• December 21, 2018 21 Dec'18

  Top 10 developer stories of 2018

  Thanks to DevOps, the need for businesses to develop software more quickly and a thriving open source community, 2018 has been a good year for developers

• December 13, 2018 13 Dec'18

  Machine identity protection development gets funding boost

  Cyber security firm Venafi has launched a development fund aimed at accelerating the delivery of protection for machine identities

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  ‘Open-minded’ DVSA cuts cost of MOT testing

  Government agency harnesses customised open source platform to ensure data security while cutting costs and plans to extend its MOT testing capability to do the same for drivers’ theory tests

• November 15, 2018 15 Nov'18

  Why Kubernetes is driving a groundswell in containerisation

  Kubernetes is fast becoming a de facto standard, but CIOs may be unaware of its footprint in their businesses

• November 14, 2018 14 Nov'18

  OpenStack Foundation hails innovation benefits of open and inclusive software development

  OpenStack CIO Mark Collier predicts the next five to 10 years will see more software development conducted in open, transparent and collaborative ways, as enterprises strive to speed up digital transformation efforts

• November 07, 2018 07 Nov'18

  APAC enterprises, analysts weigh in on IBM-Red Hat deal

  Mega-deal could accelerate adoption of open source software and extend the reach of OpenStack and OpenShift across the region

• October 30, 2018 30 Oct'18

  How Avanade keeps pace with Microsoft and the market

  Systems integrator Avanade has had to adapt to Microsoft’s evolution into an “ecosystem platform” that includes open-source software

• October 29, 2018 29 Oct'18

  IBM acquires Red Hat in $34bn hybrid cloud push

  IBM and Red Hat senior leadership teams confirm imminent merger, which they claim will help accelerate migration of enterprise workloads to the hybrid cloud

• October 16, 2018 16 Oct'18

  Hortonworks CTO weighs in on Cloudera merger

  Besides marrying technologies from Hortonworks and Cloudera, the two companies could also come up with new product components after their merger is sealed