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 thirteenth ODF Plugfest was hosted by the city of Rome with support from Logius and organised by OpenDoc Society. This event was coordinated along side the annual LibreOffice conference and co-located at the iconic conference venue “Piazza del Campidoglio”… Continue Reading
Background By Steven Pemberton & Stuart J Mackintosh If you have used a computer-based word processor, spreadsheet or presentation in recent years, the Open Document Format (ODF) open standard will have almost certainly impacted your experience in some way. Find… Continue Reading
Walmart have set an example to the retail sector with a significant export of Open Source code to supplement the 140 projects already developed by their technical team in the open. Whilst transferring the Walmart.com retail platform to React and… Continue Reading
OpenUK is the co-host and sponsor with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group of the annual Open for Business conference. This is our annual festival of open source in the business environment which takes place on Monday 5th September in… Continue Reading
The UK has benefited from the 2012 Open Standards policy which was formally reviewed in 2015, and the guidance toward selecting Open Source, as described in the official UK government IT strategy, which states “where appropriate Open Source solutions and… Continue Reading
I am writing on behalf of the Open Source Consortium (the UK Open Source Industry Association) in response to the post on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Ed Vaizey MP… Continue Reading
Last autumn, the OSC was co-host with the BCS Open Source Specialist Group of Open for Business as part of the Wuthering Bytes festival. This was a one day conference to help those wanting to start their own open source… Continue Reading
On Friday 8th January, the Department for Education (DfE) approved an Open Systems IT Management (OSIM) Level 2 course to be eligible for 16-19 Performance Points counting towards the school’s league table attainment. It is an area of skills shortage… Continue Reading
I’m in CERN this weekend at the annual meeting of the Free and Open Source silicon design community. CERN with its open hardware group is a leading player in this area. This is our fourth meeting, and the size reflects… Continue Reading