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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News
23 Apr 2025
Amid uncertainty, Armis becomes newest CVE numbering authority
Amid an uncertain future for vulnerability research, exposure management company Armis has been given the authority to assign CVE IDs to newly discovered vulnerabilities Continue Reading
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News
22 Apr 2025
AI-powered APIs proving highly vulnerable to attack
The growth of AI is proving a double-edged sword for API security, presenting opportunities for defenders to enhance their resilience, but also more risks from AI-powered attacks, according to report Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Apr 2013
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
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Opinion
15 Mar 2013
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
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News
15 Mar 2013
Government mandates 'preference' for open source
The government has, for the first time, mandated a preference for using open source for future developments Continue Reading
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News
28 Feb 2013
UK teams up with Estonia to develop digital public services
The UK government has signed an agreement with Estonia to work together on developing digital public services Continue Reading
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Opinion
25 Feb 2013
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
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News
24 Feb 2013
Mozilla announces handsets for Firefox OS
Alcatel, LG and ZTE will be the first mobile manufacturers to bring Firefox OS handsets to the market Continue Reading
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News
07 Feb 2013
Interview: Phil Smith, CEO of Cisco UK & Ireland
Cisco's UK CEO talks about innovation, wireless vs wired and software defined networking at the company’s annual Cisco Live event in London Continue Reading
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Opinion
30 Jan 2013
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
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Feature
14 Jan 2013
The limitations of traditional SaaS integration approaches
Time and budget constraints are forcing many organisations to rethink their integration strategy and find a well-aligned solution Continue Reading
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News
07 Jan 2013
Barclays' Linux programme not a snub to suppliers
Barclays says it is not snubbing any supplier by developing a private cloud infrastructure and using Linux to cut software development costs by 90%. Continue Reading
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News
03 Jan 2013
Ubuntu Linux adapted for Android smartphones
The open source Ubuntu operating system, a distribution of Linux, has been adapted to run on smartphones Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Dec 2012
Amazon: Gold standard of the cloud?
Amazon Web Services is the benchmark for cloud in the enterprise but can it handle the challenge of federated cloud services? Continue Reading
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News
06 Dec 2012
CW Buyer's Guide: Government IT
This 9 page Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide takes you through the UK government's open source initiatives and explains how they could benefit your business. Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2012
G-Cloud success depends on champions and a change in attitude
G-Cloud director Denise McDonagh has called for public sector champions to push forward adoption of the service. Continue Reading
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News
29 Nov 2012
British Film Institute to launch version of the iPlayer
The British Film Institute (BFI) is to launch its own version of the BBC's iPlayer in digitisation plans to give millions access to its film archive Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2012
Optimising Linux on System z
Linux on System z has opened up new opportunities for the mainframe say analysts Clive Longbottom and Rob Bamforth. Continue Reading
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News
14 Sep 2012
GOV.UK to replace Directgov in October
Government information services website Directgov is to be replaced by GOV.UK from 17 October Continue Reading
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News
29 Jun 2012
KPMG 2012 Global Technology Innovation Survey
China and the US are most likely to come up with disruptive technology breakthroughs over the next four years, but Europe lags behind Continue Reading
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Photo Story
22 Jun 2012
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing
Alan Turning (1912-1954) was the genius mathematician who cracked the German World War 2 Enigma Code. He is also the father of computing. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jun 2012
Interview: GDS head Mike Bracken on Estonia's digital services
UK government IT could learn much from Estonia’s open source model, says head of Government Digital Services (GDS), Mike Bracken Continue Reading
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News
18 Jun 2012
Asian scientists call for government action on supercomputers
Scientists in India, China, Japan, Korea and India have called on their governments to collaborate on supercomputer technology Continue Reading
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News
06 Jun 2012
Microsoft publishes its response to government open standards consultation
Microsoft has become the first major IT supplier to publish its submission to the government's consultation on the use of open standards. Continue Reading
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News
29 May 2012
CIO interview: Lukas Oberhuber, CTO, Simply Business
Lukas Oberhuber is CTO at Simply Business, where he is making IT at the insurance company more agile to meet business demands Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2012
CW Buyer's Guide: IT Tools
This Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to IT tools shows how you can use software and systems to improve the running of your IT department. Continue Reading
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Opinion
19 Apr 2012
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
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Feature
03 Apr 2012
Blade servers: How to decide on Unix or Linux
If you’re contemplating Unix or Linux for your blade server, or a migration from one to the other, in this guide you will find everything you need to make up your mind. Useful Unix and Linux command lines also included. Continue Reading
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News
23 Feb 2012
OSSIM update enables cyber threat intelligence sharing
The latest update to the Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) base system includes a mechanism for sharing cyber threat intelligence. Continue Reading
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News
10 Feb 2012
Government takes on proprietary software lobby in open standards battle
The government wants to push through open standards against vested interests keen to maintain the dominance of proprietary systems. Continue Reading
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Photo Story
17 Jan 2012
Review of IntelliJ IDEA, a Java IDE
IntelliJ IDEA is a Java IDE from the Czech company JetBrains, that has survived thanks to a design philosophy centred on being smart but not annoying. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Jan 2012
Google open sources Zygote 3D human body viewer
Google Body has open sourced the enjoyable to use 3D visualisation of the human body built by Google labs engineers in their "20% time", the fuzzily-measured time slot employees are allowed to use ... Continue Reading
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News
11 Jan 2012
European river managers delve into new knowledge management system
The UK’s Environment Agency has procured a semantic wiki based knowledge management (KM) system to aid river restoration across Europe. Continue Reading
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News
03 Jan 2012
Hacktivists plan to use satellites to by-pass internet censorship
Hacker activists plan to launch communication satellites to overcome the threat of internet censorship. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Dec 2011
Interview: From Apollo Mission to agility manifesto
One of the 17 original authors of the agile manifesto was Jim Highsmith who, after a previous tenure at NASA, now works as an executive consultant at ThoughtWorks. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
01 Oct 2011
Break free with open source storage
In this edition of IT in Europe, discover how to break free of vendor lock-in with open source storage. Read how IT departments are using open source storage to gain cost-saving advantages. Today's disk systems cost people the largest chunk of their storage spending, and a proprietary system locks them into their vendor’s roadmap and support structure. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jan 2007
Open source ID projects link up with Microsoft
Higgins-Bandit groups develop a new open source tool that could make independent ID systems compatible with Microsoft Windows CardSpace program. Continue Reading
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News
13 Dec 2006
Eclipse adoption rate on the increase
The adoption rate of the open source Eclipse integrated development environment has more than doubled in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, industry analysts have revealed. Continue Reading
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News
22 Aug 2001
Intel's open source warning for Sun
Intel, the chip manufacturing giant, has warned Sun Microsystems that the economic slowdown could drive many enterprises to use... Continue Reading