Open source software

Barclays' Linux programme not a snub to suppliers

Barclays says it is not snubbing any supplier by developing a private cloud infrastructure and using Linux to cut software development costs by 90%.  News | 07 Jan 2013

Ubuntu Linux adapted for Android smartphones

The open source Ubuntu operating system, a distribution of Linux, has been adapted to run on smartphones  Open source software | 03 Jan 2013

CW Buyer's Guide: Government IT

This 9 page Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide takes you through the UK government's open source initiatives and explains how they could benefit your business.  News | 06 Dec 2012

G-Cloud success depends on champions and a change in attitude

G-Cloud director Denise McDonagh has called for public sector champions to push forward adoption of the service.  News | 30 Nov 2012

British Film Institute to launch version of the iPlayer

The British Film Institute (BFI) is to launch its own version of the BBC's iPlayer in digitisation plans to give millions access to its film archive  News | 29 Nov 2012

Deloitte and KPMG face litigation over HP/Autonomy deal

Two of the big four accounting firms have been named in a lawsuit following HP's $8.8bn write-down of Autonomy  News | 29 Nov 2012

GCHQ aims to tackle open source security clearance problem

UK security services have begun bridging the gap that has stopped open source software getting security clearance for use in government  Analysis | 23 Nov 2012

Big Switch Networks enters SDN race

Silicon Valley start-up Big Switch Networks debuts its first software defined networking (SDN) products  News | 13 Nov 2012

Parliament reviews Microsoft Silverlight for Open Hansard platform

Parliament's ICT office is concluding a two-year review of whether to purge Microsoft's Silverlight multimedia technology from its IT systems  News | 09 Nov 2012

How will open standards change the future of government IT?

Are the government's open standards principles a blueprint for a radically new open IT architecture, or just another empty policy statement?  Analysis | 02 Nov 2012

Amazon: Gold standard of the cloud?

Amazon Web Services is the benchmark for cloud in the enterprise but can it handle the challenge of federated cloud services?  Feature

M2M technology ushers in the age of total connection

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications is transforming the world into one where everything and everyone is networked.  Feature

'Big data' applications bring new database choices, challenges

The dormitory world of databases has been roused from slumber by “big data” and associated technologies: MapReduce, Hadoop, MPP, NoSQL. Andy Hayler details big data’s impact and the issues it raises.  Column

Blade servers: How to decide on Unix or Linux

If you’re contemplating Unix or Linux for your blade server, or a migration from one to the other, in this guide you will find everything you need to make up your mind. Useful Unix and Linux command lines also included.  Feature

Computer Weekly / TechTarget IT priorities survey 2012

Learn which IT priorities are at the top of UK IT managers lists for 2012. Coverage from across our network includes cloud, budget cuts, networking, security, disaster recovery and more.  IT priorities survey

Interview: From Apollo Mission to agility manifesto

One of the 17 original authors of the agile manifesto was Jim Highsmith who, after a previous tenure at NASA, now works as an executive consultant at ThoughtWorks.  Feature

Hot skills: Bash

What is it?

Microsoft's Powershell has been described as a tribute to the command line shells and scripting languages provided with Linux and Unix....

Cut the content management complexity

How difficult can content management be? Companies can spend hundreds of thousands of pounds buying enterprise content management (ECM) systems only to find they are unable to make full use of the product. John Powell, chief executive office of open ...  Feature

Hot skills: Practical Perl still a popular way of getting things done

Shipped with HP-UX, supported by AIX and included by Sun in its Solaris-based alternative to the Linux Lamp stack, Perl is a scripting language favoured by systems administrators as a "glue" language.  Feature

What are the key challenges facing Linux and open source systems?

Cliff Saran interviews Alan Cox who used to maintain the Linux kernel and now works at Red Hat about these issues.  Feature

Changing lives through technology innovation

Technology such as open source can radically change the way an organisation operates and for users it has the ability to change their lives  Opinion

Why Tesco chose open-source software

Jane Williams, head of e-learning at Tesco, explains the challenges of delivering an open-source system at the retailer  Opinion

To be open or not to be – that is the question

We are heading to a world where being open, or exploiting open, isn't optional, and for many it will become a question of “to be open or not to be”.  Opinion

The carping of naysayers harms the wielding of influence

Government data-sharing Czar Sir Bonar Neville-Kingdom refutes the leaks that question his commitment to open standards.  Opinion

Leveraging the benefits of ‘Big Data’

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Government open standards proposal fails the 'so what?' test

The consultation on open standards in government IT is generating a lot of discussion, much of which misses an important point: so what?  Opinion

Open standards are about the business model, not the technology

Software companies, abuzz with lobbyists and patent lawyers over government open standards, are similar to the record industry 10 years ago.  Opinion

An insider's view on the government open standards consultation

Andy Hopkirk chaired the first public meeting of the government's open standards consultation. He gives his report on the debate.  Opinion

Can Raspberry Pi transform the sorry state of IT education?

Is the $25 Raspberry Pi – a basic computer on a single printed circuit board - capable of transforming the sorry state of IT education in our schools?  Opinion

Why government needs open source

The tough economic climate has forced a radical rethink on public sector IT procurement, with decision-makers now on the lookout for more efficient, cost-effective solutions.  Opinion

Case Study: East London homeless get e-Learning boost

Anchor House, the hostel and life skills centre for homeless people has deployed open source IT to support residents  Video

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing

Alan Turning (1912-1954) was the genius mathematician who cracked the German World War 2 Enigma Code. He is also the father of computing.  Photo Story

Interview with Bill Hilf, general manager of Windows Azure, on open source in the cloud

Microsoft has taken the bold step of expanding Azure from a Windows cloud platform to fully fledged cloud infrastructure  Video

Review of IntelliJ IDEA, a Java IDE

IntelliJ IDEA is a Java IDE from the Czech company JetBrains, that has survived thanks to a design philosophy centred on being smart but not annoying.  Photo Story

Supplier Profile: Oracle

In this Oracle supplier profile you will find news, tips and research on the vendor.  guide

Blade servers: How to decide on Unix or Linux

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Virtualisation

While virtualisation may be considered the best way forward for data centre infrastructure, there are plenty of barriers to successful adoption.  guide

Barclays' Linux programme not a snub to suppliers

Barclays says it is not snubbing any supplier by developing a private cloud infrastructure and using Linux to cut software development costs by 90%.  News

Ubuntu Linux adapted for Android smartphones

The open source Ubuntu operating system, a distribution of Linux, has been adapted to run on smartphones  Open source software

Amazon: Gold standard of the cloud?

Amazon Web Services is the benchmark for cloud in the enterprise but can it handle the challenge of federated cloud services?  Feature

CW Buyer's Guide: Government IT

This 9 page Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide takes you through the UK government's open source initiatives and explains how they could benefit your business.  News

G-Cloud success depends on champions and a change in attitude

G-Cloud director Denise McDonagh has called for public sector champions to push forward adoption of the service.  News

British Film Institute to launch version of the iPlayer

The British Film Institute (BFI) is to launch its own version of the BBC's iPlayer in digitisation plans to give millions access to its film archive  News

Deloitte and KPMG face litigation over HP/Autonomy deal

Two of the big four accounting firms have been named in a lawsuit following HP's $8.8bn write-down of Autonomy  News

GCHQ aims to tackle open source security clearance problem

UK security services have begun bridging the gap that has stopped open source software getting security clearance for use in government  Analysis

Big Switch Networks enters SDN race

Silicon Valley start-up Big Switch Networks debuts its first software defined networking (SDN) products  News

Parliament reviews Microsoft Silverlight for Open Hansard platform

Parliament's ICT office is concluding a two-year review of whether to purge Microsoft's Silverlight multimedia technology from its IT systems  News