Russia favours open source software amid tensions with US
Russia is set to go with open source and reducing its dependencies on proprietary software vendors including Oracle, Microsoft and IBM. The new development …
NEC Corporation launches OSS Technology Centre in India
NEC Corporation and NEC Technologies India (NTI) have announced the launch of their OSS Technology Centre in the country. The new organisation is aimed to …
How the Life Sciences are Benefiting from Open Source Software
This article gives an overview of the role of open source software and computer technology in the field of life sciences, and how research …
Codename One: A Cross-Device Platform for Mobile App Development
The proud boast of Codename One developers is, Write once, run anywhere native mobile apps. And it works exactly that way. You can use …
The Advantages of OpenStack Management Software
OpenStack, an open source private cloud solution, can be tremendously useful for enterprise applications. However, deploying and managing OpenStack clouds and their underlying infrastructure …
Use Hadoop to Handle Big Data
Big Data now means big business. The world is constantly accumulating volumes of raw data in various forms such as text, MP3 or Jpeg …
An Introduction to ns-3
This article is the first in a new series on ns-3, which is a discrete event network simulator for Internet systems, meant primarily for …
Why Open Source Software is NOT Free
A common misconception among customers, who are not necessarily clued in to the open source philosophy, is about the free attribute of open source. …
Case Study- We do the necessary hardening before we use open source technologies: CTO, ING Vyasa Bank
When you have to check the security levels of any technology, the standard is that one should look at its implementations in sensitive sectors …
Explore LaTeX and Syntax Highlighting with Scilab
This article, the last of a four-part series on Scilab, takes a look at LaTeX and syntax highlighting with Scilab. It is aimed at …
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