Open source

Open standards 'bias' – Microsoft confirms moderator was consultant in its employ

The Cabinet Office in London
Vendor claims moderator's open standards consultancy work was coincidence
30 Apr 2012

Open standards consultation extended after bias allegations

government-has-ears
Independent facilitator found to be advising Microsoft. Deadline extended, session to be re-run
30 Apr 2012

Opinion: It’s time to open-source the Big Society

Dries Buytaert
The collaborative nature of open source means it’s a perfect match for the government
02 Mar 2012

If Maude was really serious about waste...


21 Feb 2012

Government outlines £1.5bn framework for software services

The framework will cover ERP, business intelligence and big data
01 Feb 2012

Open data push is essential for growth, says Deloitte report

However, the government must be aware of accountability and privacy issues associated with this
13 Dec 2011

DWP to trial 1,000 open-source desktops

The move comes in the wake of the government's recent drive to increase open source adoption across Whitehall
07 Dec 2011

Talend upgrades its unified integration platform

Talend adds business process management to its flagship enterprise offering
30 Nov 2011

Open source: The government's commitment so far

Is the release of the Strategic Implementation Plan and the Open Source Procurement Toolkit enough to ensure a level playing field for the technology?
28 Nov 2011

Crash Podcast: UK IT Awards, Silicon Roundabout and Fedora

In this week's Crash we discuss the success of Computing's awards, the government's involvement in silicon roundabout, and the latest iteration of the Fedora community OS
11 Nov 2011

Fedora 16 operating system now available

Latest cutting-edge Linux OS has a major focus on cloud and virtualisation
09 Nov 2011

AOL boasts new staff-free datacentre – but will it catch on?

The staff-free datacentre was built in 90 days using open source technology
13 Oct 2011

Interview: Richard Lloyd-Williams, Net-a-Porter.com

The cloud may be all the rage in some quarters, but at online luxury fashion retailer Net-a-Porter in-house technology and development are still in vogue
20 Sep 2011

Linux repository attacked by cyber criminals

Kernel.org has suffered a security breach, and a trojan was added to the system startup scripts
01 Sep 2011

Updated: Apache servers succumb to four-year-old bug

Apache Killer denial-of-service tool based on vulnerability discovered in 2007
25 Aug 2011

LibreOffice "ready for enterprises" says The Document Foundation

LibreOffice version 3.4.2 announced today
01 Aug 2011

Science body reveals how it manages big data

The Science and Technology Facilities Council processes 10TB of data each day from the Large Hadron Collider
26 Jul 2011

Using Linux is virtually child’s play


20 Jul 2011

Joomla upgrades open source CMS package to v1.7

Joomla community promises faster updates and v1.7 gets better security and migration tools
19 Jul 2011

Toyota revs up its commitment to Linux

Car maker joins leading Linux development community
06 Jul 2011

Yahoo! spins off big data analytics engineers

Hadoop team create new business focused on helping firms grapple with big data
29 Jun 2011

BNP Paribas goes open source to manage client data

Real estate firm takes on Talend solution
28 Jun 2011

Virtualisation enables IT-as-a-Service

IT leaders gathered at a Computing Forum to discuss the benefits of virtualisation
22 Jun 2011

Open source vendors unfairly excluded from government contracts

Research uncovers widespread use of trademarks in EU tender notices
08 Jun 2011