Open Source

Sizing up open source: Not so simple

Choosing open-source software is more complicated than picking traditional software. Is your IT department prepared to contribute code fixes to the community?

By Stacy Collett | 06 May, 2013 10:09

Tags: open source, App Development, applications, software, CIO

Free (with strings attached): Keeping track of open-source code

Just about anyone in the office can introduce open-source code into the company's IT infrastructure. Yet CIOs face real dangers if they're not properly managing their open-source assets.

By Mary K. Pratt | 06 May, 2013 10:08

Tags: open source, Gartner, App Development, applications, software

Open your data to the world

Not having an API is becoming like not having a website, but the interface has got to be easy for outside developers to work with.

By Neil Savage | 16 April, 2013 11:22

Tags: open source, applications, Emerging Technologies, hardware systems, world bank, software

Sandberg's book prompts discussion on dearth of women in IT

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's belief that the women's revolution has 'stalled' and that 'men still run the world' may hold true in IT.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 25 March, 2013 10:17

Tags: Networking, Black Duck Software, CIO role, IT careers, IT Leadership, IT management, Facebook, National Science Foundation, management

Cloud computing's big debt to NASA

IBM's decision this week to base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish this open source platform as the standard in enterprises.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 08 March, 2013 11:08

Tags: Government IT, NASA, IBM, Swift, Red Hat, cloud computing, internet, OpenStack, rackspace, Hewlett-Packard, Kemp, Dell

Choosing an open-source CMS, part 3: Why we use WordPress

In the third part of a three-part series, we look at two organizations that have chosen WordPress as their content management system.

By Robert L. Mitchell | 27 February, 2013 12:34

Tags: open source, cms, Gartner, e-commerce, software, e-business, internet

Choosing an open-source CMS, part 2: Why we use Joomla

In the second part of a three-part series, we look at two companies that have chosen Joomla as their content management system.

By Robert L. Mitchell | 19 February, 2013 11:47

Tags: open source, cms, e-commerce, Open Source Matters, software, e-business, internet

The Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde: 'They can't take my soul'

We are standing in a parking lot in the city of Malmö, southern Sweden, one of the many places Peter Sunde now calls home. The sky above us is grey, as usual at this time of year. Just as the parking meter spits out our ticket, a young man driving much too fast on a motorcycle roars up behind us. He is followed by a police car, sirens blaring and blue lights flashing.

By Daniel Goldberg and Linus Larsson | 19 February, 2013 05:02

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, the pirate bay, intellectual property, copyright, legal, Peter Sunde, internet

SOPA blowback, and other tech predictions for 2013

The most controversial tech issue taken up by the outgoing Congress was, by far, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Here's the outlook for legislation for the next Congress.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 26 December, 2012 11:12

Tags: Gov't Legislation/Regulation, reddit, regulation, twitter, government, internet, Gov't Legislation, IT outsourcing, Facebook

Worst security snafus of 2012

The first half of 2012 was pretty bad - from the embarrassing hack of a conversation between the FBI and Scotland Yard to a plethora of data breaches - and the second half wasn't much better, with events including Symantec's antivirus update mess and periodic attacks from hactivists at Anonymous.

By Ellen Messmer | 10 December, 2012 17:57

Tags: reddit, NASA, dropbox, iPhone, Anonymous, Apple, Yahoo, Julian Assange, Al Jazeera, symantec, consumer electronics, Microsoft, security, smartphones, twitter, fbi, popular science

Mobile payments leap ahead, but consumers may not be ready

Mobile payment technologies are finally vaulting forward in the U.S. after years of slow advances

Office 2013 beta review: Microsoft (almost) nails it

The beta version of Office 2013 gets a needed facelift and adds a host of useful features, but its Cloud integration leaves something to be desired.

7 hard truths about the NoSQL revolution

Forgoing features for speed has its trade-offs as these NoSQL data store shortcomings show

The Grill: Juan Montes keeps MoMA plugged in

The Museum of Modern Art's CTO, Juan Montes, talks about art, IT and making the world-class museum more participatory.

Microsoft Office must evolve to remain successful

Office has been a wildly successful product for Microsoft, but its continued dominance is far from assured as software moves to the cloud and employees bring their own tablets and smartphones into work.

Microsoft Office must evolve to remain successful

Office has been a wildly successful product for Microsoft, but its continued dominance is far from assured as software moves to the cloud and employees bring their own tablets and smartphones into work.

Opinion: Moving the new wave of technology from disruptive to productive

A focus on integration and the user experience will be key to success.

With iPad Mini, Apple would remain tablet king through 2016, says IDC

Apple will continue to dominate the world's tablet market through 2016 if it launches a smaller iPad this year, according to research firm IDC.

How to be an IT social media star

Social-savvy IT executives weigh in on how they use social media to connect with employees and improve company operations -- and how you can do the same.

The 7 steps in Big Data delivery

The Big Data trend represents the evolving need to process large amounts of data with a new crop of technology solutions that aren't necessarily your father's database. So, what does a company need to consider when contemplating getting started with Big Data?