Mar 29, 2021
We’re now in the third year of our The State of Enterprise Open Source report in which we probe the use of and attitudes about enterprise open source. By Gordon Haff, senior principal product marketing manager at Red Hat This year we conducted interviews with...
Dec 11, 2019
Even though the transaction closed in July, IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat has been the defining moment for open source in 2019. Valued at $34-billion, it shows the importance of open source to business growth in a digital world. By Muggie van Staden, MD of...
Jan 8, 2019
Following several mergers and acquisition this year, 2019 will see open source investments starting to pay even more dividends. Given how it has become the driving force behind much of the world’s cloud-based systems, companies need to keep a close eye on the...
Dec 10, 2018
Open source software is a powerful springboard for innovation and collaboration. When harnessed correctly it can enhance data security, expedite services through innovative coding and development, as well as unlock restrictions to commercial freedom. By Simon...
Jun 15, 2018
Today’s world is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. In such an environment, future planning is difficult, if not impossible. As a result, organisations are increasingly focusing on becoming resilient; that is, to be able to anticipate, adapt and respond...
Jan 17, 2018
Open source software continues its meteoric rise, as more and more large enterprises weave open source code into various areas of their operations, increasingly shunning the big-name, proprietary software vendors, writes Barry de Waal, chief executive of strategy and...
