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Joomla to get vendor certification program

Joomla to get vendor certification program

Australian vendor develops new standardisation model.
Liz Tay Jul 16 2010 6:00AM Software
New president at Linux Australia

New president at Linux Australia

James Turnbull steps down.
Liz Tay May 31 2010 3:37PM Software
Defence open source sold by commerce, not ideals

Defence open source sold by commerce, not ideals

Fanaticism doing the industry no favours.
Liz Tay Apr 16 2010 1:07PM Software
AARNet completes major upgrade to mirror

AARNet completes major upgrade to mirror

Hitachi Storage Area Network boosted to 55 Terabytes.
Brett Winterford Dec 22 2009 6:15PM Storage
Malware being distributed through eBay-style marketplace

Malware being distributed through eBay-style marketplace

Open source malware now accounts for as much as 10% of the overall malware marketplace as criminals cotton onto the many benefits of adaptable code.
Daniel Long Sep 23 2009 10:07AM Security
UK Government publishes open source strategy

UK Government publishes open source strategy

The UK Government has laid out a radical 10-point policy for using open-source software that is aimed at gaining greater value from IT.
Tom Young Feb 26 2009 6:28AM Software
Sun unveils open-source server virtualisation

Sun unveils open-source server virtualisation

Sun Microsystems has expanded its suite of virtualisation tools with a free server product and updated management console.
Daniel Robinson Sep 11 2008 9:08AM Software
linux.conf.au 2009 shapes up

linux.conf.au 2009 shapes up

Hardware hacking, licensing and art were among a broad range of topics submitted to linux.conf.au (LCA) 2009 organisers by the time a call for papers closed today.
Liz Tay Aug 8 2008 10:50AM Software
Free software unveiled to help track lost laptops

Free software unveiled to help track lost laptops

College researchers in the US have developed free, open-source software that can track the location of a lost or stolen laptop.
Sue Marquette Poremba Jul 15 2008 10:19AM Security
Living computers best left Open Source, researcher says

Living computers best left Open Source, researcher says

Researchers are making headway in creating computers from genetically altered bacteria -- but don’t expect to see these “living computers” in the enterprise anytime soon.
Liz Tay May 21 2008 4:08PM Hardware
DHS report: Open-source code "quality" is up

DHS report: Open-source code "quality" is up

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security-sponsored project has not only discovered that the quality of open-source software code has improved significantly over the past two years, it has debunked a widely held assumption that longer function strings within source code are associated with an increased number of code defects.
Jim Carr May 21 2008 8:55AM Security
CeBIT 08: Senator Lundy lobbies for Open Source change

CeBIT 08: Senator Lundy lobbies for Open Source change

The recent change of government could be an opportunity for the Australian Open Source community to bring their “free and open” philosophy to the public domain.
Liz Tay May 21 2008 7:27AM Software
Red Hat leads open source contributions to Linux Kernel

Red Hat leads open source contributions to Linux Kernel

Linux distribution vendor Red Hat has streaked ahead as the leading corporate contributor to the ongoing open source project, the Linux Kernel.
Mitchell Bingemann Apr 10 2008 4:09PM Software
Australia’s first Open Source Census published

Australia’s first Open Source Census published

Results of Australia’s first large-scale Open Source community census have been released to the public.
Liz Tay Apr 10 2008 7:40AM Software
Major Aussie political parties back open source

Major Aussie political parties back open source

Australia’s independent Open Source industry body, Open Source Industry Australia Limited (OSIA), has welcomed news that all the major political parties contesting the forthcoming federal election are strong supporters of Open Source software.
Staff Writers Nov 23 2007 1:46PM Software
Sourcefire CTO: Network security needs a revamp

Sourcefire CTO: Network security needs a revamp

Network security needs a face lift with ‘automation and context aware technology’ the key to defending against today’s dynamic threats in the enterprise, according to founder and CTO of Sourcefire.
Negar Salek Oct 19 2007 10:00AM Security
Fortify identifies open-source software vulnerabilities

Fortify identifies open-source software vulnerabilities

Hackers using a new class of vulnerabilities are targeting organisations using open-source software to develop custom programs, Fortify Software has warned.
Fiona Raisbeck Oct 10 2007 11:29AM Security
Interview: Sourcefire's Martin Roesch

Interview: Sourcefire's Martin Roesch

Sourcefire’s founder and CTO Martin Roesch speaks to SC Magazine about the open-source security vendor’s expansion into the Australian market and the company's future plans.
Negar Salek Oct 2 2007 3:03PM Security
Securing Open Source

Securing Open Source

Security vendor Clearswift and Open Source vendor SpikeSource will be working together to deliver secure, Open Source solutions to market.
Lilia Guan Jun 22 2007 4:07PM Security
Open Source product gets a facelift

Open Source product gets a facelift

allocPSA - an open source professional service automation product – gets an upgrade.
Staff Writers May 18 2007 1:30PM Software

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