Open source software
Open source software (OSS) has become an important part of many enterprise IT strategies, and OSS products are available to support a wide range of IT needs. Products such as Linux, Apache, Ubuntu, MySQL and Firefox are widely used. We look at the latest trends and technologies.
IT Priority Budgets 2021 Infographic
After surveying near 500 European IT sector professionals, the jury is out on what companies across the continent will be spending on in 2021. We dive into what spend will be easier to justify, if budgets for IT companies are on the rise or fall and what the 2021 project rankings are for most in the new year. Download this PDF infographic to find out what the results showed.
News : Open source software
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June 03, 2021
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Jun'21
Penny-pinchers undermine value of open source
The majority of IT runs on open source, but many of the people who maintain open source projects do not appear to get rewarded for their efforts
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May 27, 2021
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May'21
Oxbotica and TRL pilot safety framework for off-road autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicle technology companies develop code of practice to deploy autonomy safely, efficiently and at scale across a range of environments, in particular off-road settings such as mines, farms and ports where there are no pre-defined or ...
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April 22, 2021
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Apr'21
Grafana Labs switches open source licensing to stem strip-mining tactics
Public cloud providers have been accused of strip-mining open source products, offering them as managed services, cutting a valuable revenue
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April 06, 2021
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Apr'21
US court issues Google API with Java ruling
US Supreme Court rules that specifying an API function call to enable third-party developers to access functionality should not be copyrighted
In Depth : Open source software
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Coronavirus: Managing software development during lockdown
The Computer Weekly Developer Network examines the impact of Covid-19 on the software application development community Continue Reading
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Portrait of the software developer as an artist
Many programmers see themselves as artists – of a sort. Computer Weekly investigates what it means to be a modern software developer Continue Reading
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The what, why and how of the Spring Security architecture
Like any framework, Spring Security requires writing less code to implement the desired functionality. Learn how to implement the Spring Security architecture in this book excerpt. Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Open source software
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Do the right thing
A recent study has put a spotlight on a worrying trend in software development. Open source project maintainers are not being paid for their work. Or, if they do get paid, on average, they can ... Continue Reading
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Snyk sneaks up on sinful snippets, acquires FossID
London-originated but Boston-headquartered cloud native application security company Snyk has acquired FossID, a software composition analysis tool that scans code for open source licenses and ... Continue Reading
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Death of firewire
In the tech sector, computer interfaces come and go in the name of progress. RS232 was superseded by USB1; now there is USB C and USB 3.1 and the latest Macs have USB 4. But not everyone wants to ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Open source software
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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
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Elastic vs. AWS highlights open source monetization dilemma
The fight between AWS and Elastic over the commercial usage of Elasticsearch highlights how open source software vendors need to change in the era of cloud computing. Continue Reading
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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
Videos : Open source software
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Locked in by choice: Why the Italian Defence Department is switching to open source office
The Italian Defence Departnment plans to replace Microsoft Office with an open source equivalent on 100,000 desktops
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Locked in by choice: Why Munich is dropping open source for Microsoft
Munich has saved €11m by moving to open source. Now, in a move seen as highly political, lord mayor Dieter Reiter is planning a return to Microsoft
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Locked in by choice: why the city of Rome is championing open source software
The city of Rome is advocating a move from Microsoft to open source. Councillor Flavia Marzano explains why cloud computing has not ended the open source debate