Cyber attacks are gaining more coverage with new attack vectors discovered on a daily basis and are therefore a national priority. The UK Government is supporting activities such as the Cyber Security Challenge UK but the root cause is a… Continue Reading
The members of the Open Source Consortium (OSC) would like to express their sympathies for the family of Ian Lynch, who sadly passed away on 24th May 2015. Ian was one of the founding members of the OSC and had been… Continue Reading
We face a challenge maintaining British excellence in computer engineering. It is an industry where we excel, but last summer the BBC reported that we face a “retirement cliff”, with the average age of an engineer in Britain now being… Continue Reading
I visited the RBTE expo at Olympia on 10th March to gain a perspective of the progress of Open Source in retail technology, we were not disappointed with what we found. It was clear to see the profile of Open… Continue Reading
Hadoop ecosystem London, 1 May 2013 A presentation by OSC member Shashin Shah Discover and appreciate the rising importance and prominence of the Apache Hadoop ecosystem in the Big Data space. Learn about the history of Hadoop, what business challenges… Continue Reading
An Introduction to FPGA Programming London, 20-21 April 2013 Organised by OSC member embecosm A two day introductory workshop on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) aimed at complete beginners with no prior experience of hardware description languages (HDL) and FPGA workflows.… Continue Reading
Govt consultation on an information economy strategy On 7 February 2013 The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) opened a call for evidence on an Information Economy strategy. The working description is: the part of the economy where digital… Continue Reading
One of the roles any government professing liberal democratic values takes upon itself is to implement measures it considers will lead to a thriving market economy. While there are areas of modern life that some/many will consider cannot be met… Continue Reading
Open Source, Open Standards 2013 Thursday 18 April, London We are pleased to be supporting Open Source, Open Standards 2013, the leading summit exploring how to take full advantage of open technology solutions across the public sector, from delivering innovative… Continue Reading
Select Committee looking at Government procurement The Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) launched an Inquiry into public procurement. We have responded.