By Lucian Constantin A new open-source tool can periodically scan an area for rogue Wi-Fi access points and can alert network administrators if any are found. The tool, called EvilAP_Defender, was designed specifically to …read more Source:: OpenSource
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Open Source Services
Open source is better off without FoundationDB
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•By Simon Phipps Database startup FoundationDB mysteriously vanished at the end of last month, along with both the downloads of its proprietary database and its open source projects. As it turned out, Apple …read more Source:: OpenSource
UK Government Now Main Driver of ODF Advance: Kudos
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•By editor@techworld.com (Glyn Moody) Back in July last year, I wrote about an incredible opportunity for the open source world. After years of disappointments, and despite the usual lobbying/threats by a certain large US …read more Source:: Open Source
How not to market OpenStack: A lesson from Nebula’s failure
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•By Serdar Yegulalp Nebula, maker of a hardware-based OpenStack turnkey solution, closed its doors on April 1. No joke. The company, which was founded by one of OpenStack’s original progenitors, failed in big part …read more Source:: OpenSource
An Approach To Converge The Worlds of Big Data And BI
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•By editor@techworld.com (Forrester Analysts) Contrary to some of the market hype, data democratisation and big data do not eliminate the need for the “BI 101” basics, such as data governance, data quality, master data …read more Source:: Open Source
Windows goes open source? Microsoft plays coy
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•By Paul Krill Could Microsoft’s open source advocacy ever result in the company offering its cash cow Windows OS up to open source? It’s possible, according to one Microsoft official, though his comments …read more Source:: OpenSource
Security awareness is not enough to stop people taking risks
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•By editor@techworld.com ((ISC)²) Employees persistently do things they have been taught not to. Is there a better way? …read more Source:: Open Source
New threat intelligence report skewers industry confusion, charlatans
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•Are you getting threat intel — or just antivirus software? A government-backed report designs a framework for threat intelligence that can be scaled to different sectors, sizes of organization, and …read more Source:: it-priorities
Will open source save the Internet of Things?
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•By Maria Korolov To some degree, open source is already present throughout the Internet of Things value chain. Cloud apps that collect and analyze data are heavily dependent on open source software and …read more Source:: OpenSource
Open Source Mandatory for Indian Government Projects
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•By editor@techworld.com (Glyn Moody) I’ve written about the potential for open source in China several times, and the same can be said about India. Here’s some big news on that front, just announced by …read more Source:: Open Source