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Open source software

• Open source for good

  Imagine volunteering to build a home for a struggling family and the entire community shows up to help – that is what open source is all about  Continue Reading

• Python @ 30: Praising the versatility of Python

  Python recently celebrated its 30th birthday, and pioneers of the language have been reflecting on its significance as an open source project  Continue Reading

• Why the London Data Charter could be a foundation stone in the city’s recovery

  London First’s director of connectivity and competitiveness, David Lutton, explains why data is at the core of the capital’s recovery plan  Continue Reading

• Five myths of DevOps in the enterprise

  While we might all be familiar with the term, what has become abundantly clear is that what we call ‘DevOps’ can vary greatly  Continue Reading

• Exploring the future of modern software development

  What tools, programming languages and architectures, defines modern software development  Continue Reading

• Getting a project out in the open

  Open source has become widely accepted and used in corporate IT infrastructures, but IT leaders need to understand the potential pitfalls to make sure this approach brings the desired benefits  Continue Reading

• The high price of not understanding how automation works with existing software licences

  Businesses must check their software licences before they introduce robotic process automation or they risk breaking the rules  Continue Reading

• Open source for hybrid cloud success: Is it an open and shut case?

  Quocirca’s Clive Longbottom ponders whether enterprises need to adopt an open source-first strategy for hybrid cloud success  Continue Reading

• Managing open-source security: a legal perspective

  Open-source software is being used more widely than ever – but do IT leaders understand the legal risks?  Continue Reading

• Graph databases: What are the benefits for CIOs?

  With enterprise interest in graph databases on the rise, Clive Longbottom explains why some businesses are favouring them over relational setups  Continue Reading

• Driving digital productivity in the UK

  There is a need for British businesses to improve their adoption of digital technologies  Continue Reading

• When DevOps isn't enough, try NoOps

  Letting developers loose to create, test and deploy new code without operations might streamline processes, but it's not without its risks  Continue Reading

• Time for DevOps to get out of the weeds

  Software and service providers face a battle to deliver new products, features and capabilities faster than ever  Continue Reading

• Exploring new business models for digital public service delivery

  Many public sector organisations appear overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of the changes in public service delivery that they face  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Patch Shellshock vulnerability without delay

  What steps should businesses take to assess their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug and patch vulnerable systems?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Isaca guide on tackling Shellshock

  What steps should businesses take to assess the true scope of their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Businesses cannot afford to be complacent about Shellshock

  What steps should businesses take to assess their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug and patch vulnerable systems?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Shellshock – check, patch, monitor

  What steps should businesses take to assess their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug and patch vulnerable systems?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Lessons from Shellshock

  What steps should businesses take to assess their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug and patch vulnerable systems?  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Guidelines for dealing with Shellshock

  What steps should businesses take to assess the true scope of their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug?  Continue Reading

• Open source in the NHS: With choice comes responsibility

  What do NHS Trusts need to think about when using open-source technologies?  Continue Reading

• Searching for the signal of open standards amid the growing noise of agile

  For all its undeniable strengths, the use of agile in government is in danger of becoming a fetish  Continue Reading

• User acceptance testing needs real training, not just a short course

  In spite of its importance, user acceptance testing (UAT) is often chaotic, problematic and ineffective  Continue Reading

• The Great Deverticalisation – part 5: Mind the GaaP

  Politicians and government have the opportunity, through the power of open platforms, to take the lead in creating modern public services  Continue Reading

• The Great Deverticalisation - part 4: The role of the private sector

  Why do we persist in running vertically integrated organisations when standardising many of these processes would free us up to do things so much better, and more cheaply?  Continue Reading

• The Great Deverticalisation - part 3: New skills and structures in the public sector

  Why do we persist in running vertically integrated organisations when standardising many of these processes would free us up to do things so much better, and more cheaply?  Continue Reading

• The Great Deverticalisation - part 2: The power of open

  The public sector has the opportunity, through the power of 'open', to take the lead in creating organisations for the future success of UK plc  Continue Reading

• The great deverticalisation – part 1: the street

  Why do we persist in running vertically integrated organisations when standardising many of these processes would free us up to do things so much better, and more cheaply?  Continue Reading

• Open source is just a weapon

  If open source is rapidly growing and dominating many industries, should the answer to every IT question be "open source"?  Continue Reading

• Changing lives through technology innovation

  Technology such as open source can radically change the way an organisation operates and for users it has the ability to change their lives  Continue Reading

• Why Tesco chose open-source software

  Jane Williams, head of e-learning at Tesco, explains the challenges of delivering an open-source system at the retailer  Continue Reading

• To be open or not to be – that is the question

  We are heading to a world where being open, or exploiting open, isn't optional, and for many it will become a question of “to be open or not to be”.  Continue Reading

• The carping of naysayers harms the wielding of influence

  Government data-sharing Czar Sir Bonar Neville-Kingdom refutes the leaks that question his commitment to open standards.  Continue Reading

• Leveraging the benefits of ‘Big Data’

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• Government open standards proposal fails the 'so what?' test

  The consultation on open standards in government IT is generating a lot of discussion, much of which misses an important point: so what?  Continue Reading

• Open standards are about the business model, not the technology

  Software companies, abuzz with lobbyists and patent lawyers over government open standards, are similar to the record industry 10 years ago.  Continue Reading

• An insider's view on the government open standards consultation

  Andy Hopkirk chaired the first public meeting of the government's open standards consultation. He gives his report on the debate.  Continue Reading

• Can Raspberry Pi transform the sorry state of IT education?

  Is the $25 Raspberry Pi – a basic computer on a single printed circuit board - capable of transforming the sorry state of IT education in our schools?  Continue Reading

• Why government needs open source

  The tough economic climate has forced a radical rethink on public sector IT procurement, with decision-makers now on the lookout for more efficient, cost-effective solutions.  Continue Reading

• Government must step up open source adoption

  Public sector called to action  Continue Reading

• Open source grows big and strong

  How Red Hat and JBoss will tempt more users to open source  Continue Reading

• Open source's open sore

  Intellectual property rights can catch out the unwary, says Alison Bryce  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day:Open source versus Microsoft

  Simon Moores takes a fresh look at the ideological battle raging between the well entrenched armies of the open-source community...  Continue Reading

• A coalition is born

  This is the year when the open source movement takes a true step towards embracing business. For most IT directors the topic has...  Continue Reading

• Will open wishes now come true?

  Last week UK research group the National Computing Centre said UK businesses could gain much from the use of open source...  Continue Reading

• Will Sun see the light over open sourcing?

  If Sun is a company that truly wishes to embrace the open source philosophy then we should welcome an open source version of its...  Continue Reading