By Chander Kant, CEO Zmanda. Have you ever tried to retrieve a public record from your local, state or federal government? Despite their name, many public records have not…
This is the third in a series exploring the things I have learned from the open source way during my journey with Red Hat. One of the key tenets of the open source way is…
Patricia Torvalds isn't the Torvalds name that pops up in Linux and open source circles. Yet. At 18, Patricia is a feminist with a growing list of tech achievements, open…
Can you believe Linux is celebrating 24 years already? It was on this day, August 25, back in 1991 when a young Linus Torvalds made his now-legendary announcement on the comp…
The world of databases is no stranger to open source. In fact, many of the world's top companies, projects, and websites run various open source databases behind the scenes…
Are you a geek? If so, driving the future of healthcare is now within your grasp. What do you have to do? Learn the M programming language, and teach it to others. What’s the…
Back in March of this year, the University of Albany Student Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology ( ASIS&T) organized its second Open Source…
Download the free All Things Open interview series eBook Dave Stokes has worn a lot of hats in his career, from network engineer to CTO and beyond. He's someone eager to learn…
We are barely into the beginning of cloud computing, so any prediction of what its future will be prone to error. Massive shifts in IT, such as the shift away from client…
Gene Quinn's recent post titled " What Happened to the Obama Open Source Initiative?" criticizes, in turns, open source software, Scott McNealy, the Obama administration, and…
This week in Santa Clara, Opensource.com is attending OpenStack Live, a two day conference with six hands-on tutorials and 18 sessions along with keynotes and panel…
An open source company is naturally a company that produces open source code for others to consume. But how does the notion of producing software code in the open affect…