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.
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Feature
07 May 2024
Polar Bear Pitching: Hot mobile apps come in from the cold
Flexing its current technological muscle, the city of Oulu in Finland shows that in addition to being a hub of 5G and 6G development, it is also a hot house for mobile apps, even from a hole in the ice Continue Reading
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News
04 Aug 2020
Nordic enterprises look for SAP price reductions as they navigate Covid-19
Businesses in the Nordics are using SAP Cloud Platform to address Covid-19 challenges and are also seeking price reductions Continue Reading
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News
14 Aug 2020
Executive interview: Sri Shivananda, chief technology officer, PayPal
Computer Weekly talks to PayPal’s tech head about the payment provider’s SOA, security, open source and the lockdown Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Aug 2020
New Relic & Grafana champion clear & open views into operational data
Everyone is talking about observability, it’s the new ‘must have’ in the abstract world of cloud. New Relic actually called itself an observability platform company. The organisation is now working ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
11 Aug 2020
Freezing digital history in the Arctic Circle
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out why GitHub is storing its historical open source code repositories on analogue film in the Arctic Circle. Our buyer’s guide examines modern software development practices. And we hear how virtual reality technology helped the UK build more ventilators to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Aug 2020
Explore 10 popular open source development tools
Whether you're writing, managing, building or deploying source code, there is an open source development tool to help do the job. Check out these quick tool intros to get you started. Continue Reading
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10 Aug 2020
How analogue film will be the future of digital history
The pandemic meant GitHub had to wait until July to store a 21TB snapshot of its code repositories, on special film that can last a thousand years Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Aug 2020
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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Blog Post
10 Aug 2020
Smarter IoT smart homes promised through Zigbee open standards
Emanating from the affluent beachfront neighborhood of Herzliya in Tel Aviv, Israel… we find news of the IoT technology company Essence Group’s work to champion the use of open standards. ... Continue Reading
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News
04 Aug 2020
Nordic enterprises look for SAP price reductions as they navigate Covid-19
Businesses in the Nordics are using SAP Cloud Platform to address Covid-19 challenges and are also seeking price reductions Continue Reading
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News
03 Aug 2020
Private equity leads Nordic IT sector consolidation
Private equity firms and industrial giants are triggering mergers and acquisitions in the Nordic tech sector as investment slows amid the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Aug 2020
Open wearables group buttons down on datasets
Open source is driving wearables. The Open Wearables Initiative (OWEAR) is an industry collaboration designed to promote the effective use of high-quality sensor-generated measures of health in ... Continue Reading
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News
29 Jul 2020
Serious BootHole vulnerability puts millions of systems at risk
BootHole is a GRUB2 bootloader vulnerability and puts millions of PCs, servers and other devices at risk of compromise Continue Reading
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News
29 Jul 2020
How analogue film will be the future of digital history
The pandemic meant GitHub had to wait until July to store a 21TB snapshot of its code repositories, on special film that can last a thousand years Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Jul 2020
SophosLabs: 50 shades of (open source) 'grey hat' tools
This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Tad Heppner in his capacity as threat researcher at SophosLabs -- a group that describes itself as a global network of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Jul 2020
In its element -- Universal Secure Collaboration is made for 'these times'
As more development teams than ever work remotely, they know better than most just how much the rise of consumer-grade collaboration tools [Zoom, Slack, WhatsApp etc.] is helping to build up ... Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2020
HSBC chooses AWS for public cloud business operations
HSBC will use a cloud platform from Amazon Web Services across its business operations to accelerate its public cloud use Continue Reading
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News
08 Jul 2020
Google commits to protecting open source projects
Initiative to trademark projects aims to stop public cloud providers from offering their own managed service version of open source code Continue Reading
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Opinion
01 Jul 2020
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
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News
01 Jul 2020
How Propre eases its database management woes
Japanese supplier of global real estate data switched to Oracle’s autonomous database to reduce database management costs as it expands its global footprint Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Jun 2020
Modern development - GitLab: What is not modern (in software development)
This Computer Weekly Developer Network series is devoted to examining the leading trends that go towards defining the shape of modern software application development. As we have initially ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Jun 2020
MLflow Project joins Linux Foundation
What’s better than a machine learning platform? Answer: an en-to-end machine learning platform, obviously. What’s better than an end-to-end machine learning platform? Answer: an open source ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Jun 2020
Snyk secures Red Hat on OpenShift & Kubernetes
Snyk (pronounced ‘snick’ or ‘sneak’) was founded in the Holy Land (Tel-Aviv), but now has offices in London and North America. The company was formed in response to the interconnected nature of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Jun 2020
Not all open source is created equal
This is a guest blogpost by Marc Linster, SVP, EnterpriseDB Open Source, Free and Open Source Software, Code Available, GNU General Public License (GPL), Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), ... Continue Reading
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News
08 Jun 2020
What it takes to get DevSecOps right
DevSecOps will drive at least 50% of new applications in Asia-Pacific by 2024, but getting it right will require change management, a collaborative mindset and the right automation tools Continue Reading
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News
04 Jun 2020
Why GovTech is building its own robotics stack
Singapore’s Government Technology Agency has developed a robotics technology stack that will power robots using capabilities from commercial suppliers and the open source community Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Jun 2020
Aqua takes deeper plunge into cloud-native openness
Aqua Security is known for its technology designed to secure container-based, serverless and cloud native applications. The company has now added to its open source DNA. It has expanded its team by ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 May 2020
Microsoft opens wider on Open Application Model (OAM)
The Open Application Model (OAM) was initially launched as a partnership between Microsoft and Alibaba Cloud last October. Microsoft principal program manager Vaclav Turecek now tells us that the ... Continue Reading
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News
27 May 2020
BCS calls for computer coding in scientific research to be more professional
BCS position paper finds the software coding practices of non-computer-science scientists to be insufficiently professional Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 May 2020
Contrast sinks fangs into Python
Contrast Security is one of those firms talking about the new breed of so-called self-protecting software, where AI and machine learning come to the fore with predictive functions make our ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 May 2020
How Java helps deliver the groceries
This guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider is written by Ocado Technology’s Matthew Cornford in his position as head of product for the company’s Handling Robotics Department and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 May 2020
FOSS Responders: open community support for COVID-19
There’s a time-honoured technique in quality professional journalism throughout the trade, broadcast and regional press, especially in the era of the web: never use a pun, or any element of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 May 2020
Hazelcast CTO: 25 years of Java, welcome to the data-driven 3rd act
This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written in full by John DesJardins in his role as field CTO and VP of solution architecture for North America region at operational ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 May 2020
Acquia & friends: open source and the COVID-19 pandemic
When you’re in the middle of a global pandemic and the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) contagion has drastically altered a massive proportion of the aspects of life around you… then that old chestnut the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 May 2020
Fangs open for Python-only web dev from Anvil
Anvil was founded with the aim of making it simple and fast to create and deploy powerful web apps, using only the Python language. It is a web-based development environment and was a spin-out from ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 May 2020
J’adore Anchore, pour le DevSecOps chores & more
Anchore might make you think of anchovies, anchors, chores, s’mores or perhaps even a nicely chilled bottle of Piat D’Or. It is of course none of those things, Anchore is a container compliance and ... Continue Reading
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News
06 May 2020
Open source community joins Covid-19 fight
Red Hat and others in the global open source community are doing their part to develop tools and other initiatives to help the world tide over the coronavirus outbreak Continue Reading
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News
05 May 2020
Singapore to test 5G in Industry 4.0 trial
Trial, spearheaded by IMDA, IBM, Samsung and M1, will test the use of 5G, along with AI and IoT technologies, in manufacturing Continue Reading
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Feature
05 May 2020
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
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Feature
05 May 2020
Why developers need to know the Spring Security framework
The Spring Security framework is a reliable way for Java developers to secure applications. However, proper implementation is critical to prevent the most common vulnerabilities. Continue Reading
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News
30 Apr 2020
Red Hat-VMware rivalry intensifies with OpenShift virtualisation
New virtualisation features in OpenShift point to an emerging Kubernetes platform war between Red Hat and VMware Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2020
Funding released to support winners of coronavirus technology challenge
To help support the most vulnerable during the pandemic, NHSX and its partners are testing a range of digital solutions submitted as part of fast-track technology competition Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2020
Australia’s CovidSafe app debuts, source codes to follow
Australia’s contact tracing app has been downloaded more than 1.1 million times, even as privacy concerns linger on Continue Reading
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News
23 Apr 2020
Mainframe skills surge as lockdown drives transaction growth
Mainframe skills and Cobol programming are now in demand as enterprises scale up to tackle increased online activity due to the coronavirus Continue Reading
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News
22 Apr 2020
Amazon’s Whole Foods uses heat mapping to track unionisation efforts
Whole Foods is using mapping technology to predict where strikes or union activity will happen, but organisers can use similar tools for the inverse of bolstering their actions too Continue Reading
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News
22 Apr 2020
How DBS is reaping the dividends of digital transformation
At DBS Bank, the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak has demonstrated the value of technology and the investments it made over the past decade to modernise its technology stack Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Apr 2020
Cartesi creates Linux infrastructure for blockchain DApps
Cartesi is a DApp infrastructure. DApps (sometimes called Dapps) are from the blockchain universe and so, logically, the apps part stands for application (obviously) and the D part stands for ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Apr 2020
GitLab guru: 15 years later, we’re still learning
This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Brendan O’Leary in his position as senior developer evangelist at GitLab. As many readers will already know, GitLab is an ... Continue Reading
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News
15 Apr 2020
GitLab expands into Australia as DevOps tooling market heats up
DevOps platform supplier GitLab expands Down Under with a bigger workforce to meet the needs of local firms that are looking to speed up software development Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Apr 2020
Dear developers, do you have a license to build with that (open) software?
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Ilkka Turunen in his role as global director of solution architecture at Sonatype. Turunen describes himself as a software ... Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2020
Australian open source project to expand global reach
Data61’s open source seL4 microkernel project will be supported by a new foundation created under the auspices of the Linux Foundation Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2020
The growing stature of open source in APAC
From being users of open source software to contributing their own codes to the community, enterprises in Asia-Pacific are becoming active participants in the open source ecosystem Continue Reading
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E-Zine
07 Apr 2020
Adapting IT to the new normal
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to four top IT leaders to find out how they are supporting their organisations through the coronavirus crisis. We look at the security best practices recommended by experts to ensure safe remote working for staff. And the CISO of Equifax explains why the firm is moving to public cloud. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Mar 2020
What is InnerSource anyway?
This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Danese Cooper, VP of strategic initiatives at NearForm. NearForm is an open source development company specialising in ... Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Mar 2020
What are the drivers for application modernisation?
Application modernisation is not something that just happens, nor is it just driven by digitisation and cloud-first strategies Continue Reading
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News
23 Mar 2020
Singapore government to open source contact-tracing protocol
Singapore’s Government Technology Agency is contributing the source codes of the BlueTrace protocol that powers its contact-tracing app Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Mar 2020
Azul Systems brews up fresh blend for open source Java
Java runtime solutions company Azul Systems has announced the general availability of its Zulu release of OpenJDK 14 builds. The builds are compliant with the Java SE 14 standard. The company ... Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Mar 2020
Discover key OpenStack deployment methods for networks
In this book excerpt, explore best practices for OpenStack deployment methods, and glean expert advice on how to achieve an efficient OpenStack network deployment. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Mar 2020
Business culture is key in OpenStack network requirements
Network teams should expect a shift in their day-to-day routines if their organization embraces OpenStack. However, if the business culture is flexible, changes will be positive. Continue Reading
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News
12 Mar 2020
Failings in open source disclosure put users at risk
As more projects rely on open source components, IT departments need to keep on top of critical vulnerabilities to ensure they are secure Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Mar 2020
OpenUK schools competition uses MiniMU Glove, Red Hat also lends a hand
OpenUK, the open technology advocate organisation for open data, open source hardware and open source software in Britain, today announced a new competition for children at what is known as age ... Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Mar 2020
The future of open source licences is changing
The Open Source Insider blog on Computer Weekly recently asked industry experts for their views on the future of open source licensing Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Mar 2020
Planet straps up multi-boot for Cosmo Communicator
Based in London, Planet Computers is the mobile handset manufacturer behind the Gemini PDA and the new Cosmo Communicator. Computer Weekly reviewed the very delightful Gemini PDA device here and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Feb 2020
What to expect from SUSECON 2020
UPDATE: Since this post was first written, SUSE has canceled the SUSECON 2020 due to the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak -- we will aim to report on whatever virtual resrouces are made available in ... Continue Reading
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News
27 Feb 2020
IBM seeks developers to tackle climate change with open source technology innovations
IBM and its ecosystem partners are calling on developers worldwide to help develop innovative technologies to help combat climate change Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Feb 2020
Couchbase chief evangelist: Unraveling the open source delusion
This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Andrew C. Oliver. Oliver is a former OSI board member, co-founder of Apache POI and present director of product marketing and ... Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2020
Open security group unveils common OpenDXL language
Open Cybersecurity Alliance announces the availability of OpenDXL Ontology, the first open source language for connecting disparate security tools through a common messaging framework Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Feb 2020
Anchore puts tighter seal on container development
Anchore is on the up. The container workflow, analysis and security company has a foundation in open source and is now being backed by funding led by tech venture capital firm SignalFire. But we ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Feb 2020
Databricks CEO: Managing open source in the cloud is hard
This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Ali Ghodsi in his capacity as co-founder and CEO at data science, big data processing and machine learning company ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Feb 2020
Linux Foundation & Harvard carry out open source ‘security census’
The Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) is a project designed to support best practices with a key eye on the security of critical open source software projects. The CII team ... Continue Reading
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News
12 Feb 2020
GitHub eyes Indian market, forms local subsidiary
GitHub is staffing its local office with engineers and sales teams to tap the growing use of its software development platform by developers and enterprises in India Continue Reading
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News
11 Feb 2020
Chinese military personnel accused of Equifax hack
A US federal grand jury has indicted four Chinese army personnel over the 2017 Equifax breach Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Feb 2020
Open source licence series - Cockroach Labs: Scaling a sustainable open source business model
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development… but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Feb 2020
Open source licence series - OpenStack Foundation: Protecting open source freedoms
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development… but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2020
Executive interview: Melissa Di Donato, CEO, SUSE
New CEO of the world’s largest independent open source company wants to make SUSE more innovative and help businesses to modernise traditional IT Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Feb 2020
Open source licence series – Delphix: Rent vs buy, which fits your licencing cost model?
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development… but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jan 2020
Open source licence series – Tidelift: Ethical source-available licenses challenge open source
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development… but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jan 2020
Open source licence series – Puppet: consumption without collaboration equals consternation
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development… but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - Rancher Labs: Why vendor ‘strip-mining’ is an opportunity, not a threat
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - Altus: open source is big business, get used to it
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - Instaclustr: Is open core a rotten deal?
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - WhiteSource: permissive is winning, but is there a hurt factor?
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - Percona: is the battle won, or is this a different war?
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2020
Big Blue finds green shoots in Red Hat mix
IBM’s latest quarterly filing shows early signs that enterprises are buying into its OpenShift and RHEL-powered cloud strategy Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - Perforce: it was NEVER about the money
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - R3: The world needs audit licenses
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Jan 2020
The open source licence debate: what we need to know
As we have already noted on Computer Weekly Open Source Insider, open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Jan 2020
The open source licence debate: comprehension consternations & stipulation frustrations
As we have noted here, open source grew, it proliferated... and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development -- but the issue of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Jan 2020
The open source licence debate: dead project walking & incentive models
Open source grew, it proliferated... and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development. If you don't accept the options offered ... Continue Reading
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News
07 Jan 2020
With friends like AWS, who needs an open source business?
AWS executive’s remarks over the company’s exploitation of open source has put a question mark over the viability of open source businesses Continue Reading
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News
06 Jan 2020
Why enterprises should care about DevOps
Besides supporting cloud-native software development, DevOps’ biggest gains lie in legacy systems, says Puppet’s field CTO Continue Reading
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News
31 Dec 2019
Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2019
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2019 Continue Reading
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News
17 Dec 2019
AWS hits back at open source theft allegations
New York Times accuses the public cloud provider of taking open source products and integrating them into its own managed services Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Dec 2019
Fairwinds navigates straighter open course towards SaaS-y Kubernetes
Cloud-native infrastructure company Fairwinds recently launched a SaaS product for DevOps teams so that they can manage multiple Kubernetes clusters. The almost-eponymously named called Fairwinds ... Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Dec 2019
Comparing Linux distributions: Red Hat vs. Ubuntu
Before selecting a Linux distribution, compare Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu when it comes to features, ease of use, licensing and documentation. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Dec 2019
Calmer waters promised in the data lake through Linux Foundation Delta Lake Project
The Linux Foundation’s promotion and hosting of Delta Lake is an interesting development. Delta Lake (wait for it… the clue is in the name) is a project focusing on improving the reliability and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Dec 2019
Open Source Sesame: Alibaba Cloud releases ML algorithm platform to Github
Ali Baba (Arabic: علي بابا) is a poor woodcutter from the One Thousand And One Nights stories who discovers the secret of a thieves' den, entered with the phrase Open Sesame. Ali Baba, the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Dec 2019
IBM VP of ‘opentech’ on the open road ahead
The Computer Weekly Open Source Insider team speaks to Todd M Moore in his role as IBM VP ‘opentech’ & developer advocacy (and) CTO for developer ecosystems following the Open Source Summit ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Nov 2019
NearForm clocks in with hackable open source JavaScript AI smartwatch
The Irish county town of Kilkenny is known for its medieval buildings and castle, its rich history of brewing, its distinctive black marble and as the home of White House architect James Hoban. In ... Continue Reading
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News
08 Nov 2019
Singapore makes mark on AI with Apache Singa
The Apache Singa distributed deep learning platform has been conferred top-level project status and is already being used by hospitals to model the progression of diseases Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Nov 2019
Alternative databases set for mainstream adoption?
The rise of non-relational databases has been a feature of the data management landscape in the wake of big data – but to complement or replace relational? Continue Reading
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News
05 Nov 2019
OpenStack to get standardisation boost in China
New standards are being developed by the OpenStack Foundation and a standards body to improve the interoperability of OpenStack distributions in China Continue Reading