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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April 22, 2021 22 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
April 06, 2021 06 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
April 01, 2021 01 Apr'21
Project Monterey returns to haunt IBM and Red Hat

A tech initiative from the late 1990s has become IBM’s nemesis, as the owner of UnixWare and OpenServer file a copyright complaint
March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21
CW Innovation Awards: Recognising APAC’s top industry leaders

The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts to tap new business opportunities, improve efficiencies and solve pressing issues

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
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
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

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
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 RS232 was superseded by USB1; now there is USB C and USB 3.1 and the latest Macs have USB 4.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
Linux Foundation sigstore finds ‘origins’ in software supply chains

The Linux Foundation announced the sigstore project this spring. Designed to improves the security of the software supply chain, sigstore is said to enable the adoption of cryptographic software ... 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
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
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

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
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
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