Open Source
When to upgrade to an enterprise version of the open source software you love
'Free' may get the job done in the short term, but the long term health of your code - and of your operational systems - must be taken into account
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
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
Your database has reached EOL - must you always upgrade?
Open source databases can be maintained for longer, but delayed decisions can store up trouble
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
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
Drupal founder Dries Buytaert on software's next big challenges
Next stop the open web
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
Why event streaming is key to your hybrid cloud strategy
Event streaming is the modern way to facilitate data exchange between on-premises infrastructure and the cloud
Big tech versus regulation - the start of an interesting decade
An almighty battle is brewing over control and sovereignty of citizens' data
Why 80 per cent of your software should be open source
In most organisations 80 per cent of software functionality is totally non-competitive; it's time to switch this ratio around
DeepMind open-sources Lab2D to support creation of 2D environments for AI and machine learning
The system aims to help researchers understand the influence of environments in multi-agent reinforcement learning
OpenStack Foundation rebrands as open source software becomes ubiquitous
'Open source was seen as a way to deliver a cheap knock-off of a word processor and now it's recognised as the best way to innovate and deliver the best ideas to the market'
CIO choices: 2. Can open source reduce lock-in?
Open source software and open APIs have increased the range of options available to IT leaders, but has the problem moved elsewhere?
CIO choices: the open source option. 1. Supporting the team
Community is the big differentiator between proprietary and open source software
A modern world: the case for software freedom
It’s been proven time and time again that the strongest solutions come from ideas that are shared, reworked and iterated upon among groups of curious minds
Open source at the edge. An interview with SUSE CTO Thomas Di Giacomo
Di Giacomo talks about the IoT, Kubernetes, Linux and the importance of continuing to support legacy tech while venturing towards new horizons
Microsoft publishes Fluid Framework source code on GitHub
Fluid Framework is a Typescript library used to build real-time collaborative web applications
Interview: CNCF head Priyanka Sharma - 'The arc of innovation is long and it bends towards true open source'
Cloud Native Computing Foundation's new general manager on developer trends, collaboration and disappointment over Google's surprise decision not to donate its Istio project
Managing open source software: lessening the load for developers
Evaluating open source projects and repositories is a time-consuming and unreliable process that can be greatly improved by an intelligent platform approach
SUSE to acquire Kubernetes firm Rancher Labs
Acquisition will support SUSE's ambitions in application management
Could AT2 be the answer to cryptocurrency's energy and performance problems?
Blockchains are slow, wasteful and ill-suited for digital currencies, say researchers who believe they've found a better way
Towards one database to rule them all
Databases have become silos and this needs to change, says graph guru Marko Rodriguez
The open-source library security flaw problem
'If you pick any random PHP library it more than likely has a flaw,' says Veracode's Chris Eng
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