LinuxOne: a game changer for South African IT market

The mobile world requires agile infrastructure, one that has the requisite business intelligence for analysis, reporting and execution that drives immediate value to the firm, writes Maurice Blackwood, systems executive at IBM. Few doubt the value of Linux in the...

The many trends of middleware

The term “middleware” has been used for many years to broadly categorise the set of behind-the-scenes technologies designed to help enterprises create, connect, and manage the myriad of software applications that run today’s businesses. By Mike...

Obsidian toasts open source with free beer

Open Source software supplier Obsidian Systems invites OS enthusiasts, developers, geeks and friends, to the next Free Beer Session on 27 August 2015. This session, the 17th in the series, will offer delegates fresh insight into the open source industry, challenges...

The beekeeping open source model

By default the open source software business model features principles or ideals that make it an attractive proposition for businesses of all sizes. Experts in the growing field believe that OS’ ‘beekeeper model’ exposes the investor to several fundamentals that...

Governments must leverage Open Source

Transformation is at the heart of government agenda, with service delivery improvement key among transformation initiatives. Embracing technology as an enabler of service delivery across the different spheres of government can assist with providing more effect and...

Open source equates to innovation

A new report on the popular Web site Information Is Beautiful shows just how many-millions of lines of software are running behind the scenes in products we all take for granted. Some of the heavyweight operating systems and application packages are on the list, but...