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Thank Zuck it's Friday #11 - Open source manoeuvrings and spies on LinkedIn
Why it's a bad idea to reveal too much on social media (part 94)
Six tips for better data risk negotiations from Chief Risk Officer Michelle Griffey
Choosing a collaborative approach rather than box-ticking and backside covering will be a win-win, says Communisis CRO
Grafana Labs becomes the latest open source firm to change its licensing
Grafana, Loki and Tempo move to AGPLv3 - but for once AWS is not to blame
Moving to remanufactured laptops could save the UK a million tonnes of carbon and £1bn a year, says Circular Computing
Because the reconditioned units reuse much of the original device, emissions, water and raw materials are significantly reduced, with costs 40 per cent less
Three key DevOps trends: DataOps, GitOps and hybrid teams
As DevOps matures, new models emerge
Does the choice of enterprise Linux really matter anymore?
We speak to Canonical, Red Hat and SUSE about the place of Linux in a cloud-based future - and what the CentOS EOL foretells
Microsoft patches five zero-day bugs in April 2021 Patch Tuesday update
In total, 110 bugs have been fixed
The vision thing: When Teams and Zoom won't see you through
Why One Voice Wales chose StarLeaf to move meetings and training online
Understanding what drives teen hackers is key to securing your business, says cyber expert Shelton Newsham
Natural curiosity can lead some to open some wrong doors
Booking.com fined €475,000 for late reporting of data breach
Travel firm delayed reporting the breach by 22 days, exceeding the 72-hour limit
How hyperconvergence helped City firm JM Finn ditch its data centre and ride out the pandemic
The financial services company slashed its infrastructure footprint by two-thirds allowing it to close an expensive London data centre
Escaping technical debt: moving to the cloud at the Royal Society of Chemistry
'We needed a much more flexible and cost-efficient operation to keep up with the big players in the field', says head of DevOps Chris Callaghan
Five tales of IT leadership in the time of Covid
IT leadership has been crucial to steering a course through the pandemic, and so has the presence of strong networks and trusted communities
Would you pay to use a search engine? A UK startup is betting you will
Better Internet Search seeks a new ad-free funding model
Why engineering firm Buro Happold uses two ERP systems - Unit4 and Deltek
As a mid-sized company with complex needs, the engineering firm believes in buying the best and integrating between them
JDK 16 brings many 'small but significant' changes to Java
The latest features are about tightening up the functionality and cutting verbosity, with easier integrations coming down the line
Teradata CPO: 'We're seeing enterprises having a very strategic focus on being multi-cloud'
'If history has taught me anything, it’s that open ultimately becomes the winner,' says Hillary Ashton
Open source software worth up to £43bn to UK economy, report
Open source usage continues to grow at 28.6 per cent year-on-year finds OpenUK research
Has GDPR failed because of a lack of will to enforce it?
'The Commission is not serious about it; the member states are not serious about and activists aren't serious about it either' says Johnny Ryan of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties during a roundtable debate
Upgrade Oracle in a pandemic? No thanks! Why Kent County Council opted for third-party support
EBS support through Rimini Street will buy the Council time as well as saving 60 per cent on maintenance costs
Okta buys fellow identity and access management specialist Auth0 for $6.5 billion
Auth0 will continue as an independent entity, being integrated into Okta’s platform over time
Budget 2021: The tech industry reacts
From 'music to our ears', to 'robbing Peter to pay Paul', here's what the sector thinks
Trends in business intelligence software: Augmented analytics and cloud
Computing research: How is BI changing and who are the leaders?
Your database has reached EOL - must you always upgrade?
Open source databases can be maintained for longer, but delayed decisions can store up trouble
Fifty percent of all ransomware attacks are against manufacturers, research
Orange Cyberdefence blames cultural problems that leave the manufacturing sector particularly vulnerable
Microsoft and Amadeus announce partnership to develop 'hyper-personalised' services for travellers
Move will see Amadeus move from private cloud into Azure
Python is adding pattern matching syntax - but not everyone is pleased
Making changes to the popular programming language is not easy, says Steering Committee member Pablo Galindo
DevOps as a Service: when it makes sense to delegate
Demand for DevOps and cloud engineers has never been higher, which is why the service model is gaining popularity
Darktrace stockmarket flotation backer withdraws over Mike Lynch connection
Lynch who faces extradition to the US, owns about 40 per cent of the UK cybersecurity company valued at £4 billion
Rights groups seek ban on biometric surveillance
'Biometric mass surveillance brings Internet-style omnipresent tracking to the offline world' say campaigners
The FT's Mark Barnes on the art of selling Cloud Only to the business
Barnes used Nudge Theory and EAST to rid the Financial Times of its remaining infrastructure burden
'My first job? Sausage making - perhaps that's why I'm a vegetarian' - 15 Questions with Asda CIO Anna Barsby
Anna Barsby on what makes her laugh, her favourite place in the world, and the best business advice she ever received ...
Elastic has stretched the patience of many in open source - but is there room for a third way?
Elastic's move to proprietary licensing for cloud providers has reignited the argument about what's fair when it comes to monetising open source software
Hybrid cloud: an idea whose time has come
Five years ago you had to be brave or foolhardy to choose hybrid cloud - not so now
Amazon buys half the renewable power generated by new North Sea wind farm
Tech giant has pledged to use 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025
Examples of AI as a force for social good
Nesta in Scotland showcases a number of projects in which humans and AI work as a team
Interview: Asda CIO Anna Barsby on rolling out 7,000 laptops to disadvantaged schoolchildren
Scheme to distribute Dell devices to shools in most need begins this month
Drupal founder Dries Buytaert on software's next big challenges
Next stop the open web
Delta: Cost comparisons for the cloud hyperscalers
Few organisations see cloud primarily as a cost-saver these days, but there are some notable differences between the big providers
Taking advantage of the crisis: let's talk about modernising IT
Now we’ve all seen the cloud advantage, it’s time to deal with that legacy tech says Dave Chapman of Cloudreach
Brave browser brings the decentralised web one step closer through IPFS integration
Brave users can access content on IPFS via ipfs:// URLs
New SolarWinds hack victims emerging every day, as Malwarebytes goes public on breach
No quick fix to massive hack say security experts as a fourth malware strain is discovered
NCSC launches CyberFirst Girls Competition - aims to boost female representation in cyber security
Women make up just eight per cent of the cyber workforce in the UK
Women in IT: don't get stuck in 'glue work' if you want to get on
Every organisation needs its helpers but their efforts often go unrecognised, says ENSEK’s Sarah Smith
BA faces possible £800m data breach claim
Claim would be the largest group action personal data claim in UK history
High Court rules against bulk hacking by police and intelligence agencies
Privacy International celebrates High Court win
The known unknowns of post-Brexit data transfers
With many aspects of the trade deal still to be ratified, organisations that transfer data to and from the EU need to start preparing now
EKS-Distro moves AWS into hybrid cloud. What will that mean for the market?
ISVs and service providers welcome the release of Amazon's open source Kubernetes distro, although some foresee more lock-in