The Ultimate Guide to Open source
2025 edition
Overview
While it originated as a description of a licensing model for software in terms of which anyone is permitted access to the ‘source code’ (design) and may study, modify, change, update and distribute that software free of charge, Open Source is today associated with an approach and set of values. The Open Source way builds on concepts drawn from Open Source software, and speaks to principles of social good, collaborative participation, free exchange, sharing, transparency, and community-oriented development.
Analyst reports
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Gartner on Data Protection
Sysdig earns top accolade in Gartner customer choice 20...
Last month
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IDC on DevOps
Akamai unveils new app platform to ease Kubernetes use
Wed, 13th Nov 2024
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Forrester Research on Private Cloud
CloudBolt unveils AI-driven platform for cloud optimisa...
Wed, 2nd Oct 2024
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Gartner on SaaS
Veeam tops enterprise backup market with $1.5 billion r...
Thu, 22nd Aug 2024
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IDC on Hyperscale
F5 announces advancements in multi-cloud networking par...
Thu, 22nd Aug 2024
Expert columns
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By Camden Swita of New Relic
The cost of AI innovation is unpredictable. Here’s what...
Tue, 29th Oct 2024
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By Adam Barnett of Rapid7
October Patch Tuesday has revealed 118 Vulnerabilities
Wed, 9th Oct 2024
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By Rafi Katanasho of Dynatrace
Multicloud complexity is jeopardising organisations’ di...
Tue, 27th Aug 2024
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By Venky Raju of ColorTokens
The need for pervasive microsegmentation
Tue, 13th Aug 2024
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By Craig Searle of Trustwave
Understanding and defending against the dangers of usin...
Wed, 24th Jul 2024
More expert columns
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By Felix Berndt of Paessler
Leveraging architecture mining for enhanced cloud manag...
Mon, 3rd Jun 2024
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By Michael Coates of Aiven NZ
Managing data effectively in the face of changing regul...
Fri, 24th May 2024
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By Peter Proud of Forrit
Open source vulnerabilities will hamper the next genera...
Thu, 25th Apr 2024
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By Sandy MacKay of ShadowDragon
IWD 2024: Reflections on professional growth in OSINT
Thu, 7th Mar 2024
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By Stephen Bovis of Oracle ANZ
Innovation, AI and Australia and New Zealand’s digital ...
Tue, 13th Feb 2024
Top players
Recent news
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About Management
DoiT acquires PerfectScale for Kubernetes optimisation
Yesterday
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About Support
Percona announces enterprise support for Valkey users
Yesterday
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About Virtualisation
Linux Foundation Energy releases SEAPATH version 1.0
Yesterday
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About Hyperscale
SAS announces winners of the 2025 Global Partner Awards
2 days ago
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About Small Business
Logicalis Australia joins Red Hat Partner Practice sche...
3 days ago
More news
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About Generative AI
Lydia Pintscher wins European Open Source Award 2025
Last week
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About OpenStack
Mirantis unveils Rockoon to simplify OpenStack on Kuber...
Last week
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About Collaboration
Opengrep launched by Endor Labs to boost open-source SA...
Last week
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About DevSecOps
Endor Labs unveils AI open source model discovery tool
Last week
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About DevOps
Enterprises consider alternatives as Oracle Java costs ...
Last week
Even more news
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About Collaboration
Red Hat unveils updates to partner programme for 2024
Last week
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About Security intelligence
Akamai uncovers critical Kubernetes flaw for Windows no...
Last week
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About Open Data
State of Open Con 2025 reveals keynote speaker lineup
Last week
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About Ransomware
Sysdig unveils Stratoshark for cloud network analysis
Last month
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About Storage
StorONE adds Kubernetes support to enterprise platform
Last month
Job moves
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Move at SUSE
Ben Henshall appointed SUSE GM for Australia & NZ
Last week
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Move at Veeam
Veeam names Niraj Tolia new CTO after acquiring Alcion
Thu, 19th Sep 2024
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Move at Red Hat
Red Hat Names Andrew Brown as Chief Revenue Officer
Fri, 4th Aug 2023
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Move at The Linux Foundation
ZTE’s Meng Wei Elected Chairman of LF AI & Data
Thu, 15th Jun 2023
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Move at Amazon Web Services
Civo appoints Josh Mesout as Chief Innovation Officer
Thu, 16th Feb 2023
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