Opening up the code for innovation

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OVERVIEW Developed by a community of volunteers and made freely available, open source software is attracting attention and challenging proprietary packages, writes Rod Newing Built by academics and not business people, the internet was open source from the outset. When... Read more

Enterprises break open the proprietary mould

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ENTERPRISE Open source shatters established policies that favour proprietary software packages. Now support and security concerns have been allayed, enterprises are not only finding cost-saving benefits, but also discovering fresh sources of innovation, as Adrian Bridgwater reports Open source’s welcome... Read more

Look beyond the software to the people behind it

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STRATEGY Before embarking on open source, organisations should carefully consider the strategies and policies required to implement it successfully, writes Billy MacInnes While the decision to adopt open source software can seem momentous, it is only the beginning of the... Read more

Hidden powerhouse drives forward new markets

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SHARING ECONOMY From the birth of the internet to the creation of the cloud, free software has been the major driving force, as Billy MacInnes discovers It is not hard to get a good example of the hidden benefits open... Read more

Fresh ideas for new technologies

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INNOVATION Collaboration is the secret of open source’s ongoing success because the pooling of seasoned experts’ skills and the free-thinking of newcomers creates exciting possibilities, as Richard Hillesley reports Open source is driving the next wave of computing – and... Read more

Government seeks to define basis for software adoption

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GOVERNMENT A government committee is preparing to reveal its definition of open standards to level the playing field for implementing open source software alongside proprietary applications, writes Mark Ballard The Coalition Government laid out plans to re-evaluate, renegotiate and open... Read more