Open Source

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'

Cloud and Infrastructure
20 October 2020

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?

Open Source
14 October 2020

CIO choices: the open source option. 1. Supporting the team

Community is the big differentiator between proprietary and open source software

Open Source
07 October 2020

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
21 September 2020

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

Open Source
18 September 2020

Microsoft publishes Fluid Framework source code on GitHub

Fluid Framework is a Typescript library used to build real-time collaborative web applications

Open Source
11 September 2020

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

DevOps
10 July 2020

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

Open Source
09 July 2020

SUSE to acquire Kubernetes firm Rancher Labs

Acquisition will support SUSE's ambitions in application management

Mergers and Acquisitions
08 July 2020

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

Developer
30 June 2020

Towards one database to rule them all

Databases have become silos and this needs to change, says graph guru Marko Rodriguez

Open Source
02 June 2020

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

Security
29 May 2020

Rancher Labs launches free training course to meet surging demand for Kubernetes skills

Five-week course covers how to deploy Rancher and manage Kubernetes

Skills
19 May 2020

OpenStack Ussuri release shores up security and reliability, extends support for GPUs and FPGAs

Changes are in response to emerging trends in AI/ML and edge computing

Cloud and Infrastructure
13 May 2020

More investment streams in for Confluent

Additional $250 million sees the Silicon Valley start-up's value rise to $4.5 billion

Open Source
22 April 2020

Storage at scale: picking the right options for Kubernetes

Managing storage for large, complex distributed containerised applications is a whole different game; industry insiders discuss how the options stack up

Open Source
15 April 2020

DataStax's Cassandra Kubernetes operator reaches GA, aims to simplify deploying clusters at scale

Cassandra is an ideal data store for Kubernetes, company says

Big Data and Analytics
31 March 2020

The smart grid future can only be open source says energy firm Alliander

As more renewable energy sources come online grids and market mechansims are changing and controlling them must be a collaborative effort, says director of systems operations Arjan Stam