The German parliament has waved through a massive expansion of police hacking powers. …read more Source:: oss watch
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Germany aims to store all users’ browsing data. But court says it’s breaking EU law
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A law due to come into force in days in Germany on storing internet usage data breaks EU regs, a court rules. …read more Source:: oss watch
The digital transformation conversation shifts to how
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The famed technology fair in Germany this week was a major gathering place for the hot topic in business circles, digital transformation. The talk this year was much more on …read more Source:: it-priorities
Statement in support of Software Freedom Conservancy and Christoph Hellwig, GPL enforcement lawsuit
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On Thursday, March 5, 2015, Christoph Hellwig, with support from the Software Freedom Conservancy, filed suit in Hamburg, Germany against VMware Global, Inc. Hellwig is a prominent contributor to the kernel Linux, releasing his contributions under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. VMware, like everyone, is free to use, modify,…
Redgate invests in 3T, developers of a MongoDB 3.0 GUI
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Cambridge, UK and Berlin, Germany 17th February 2015 – MongoDB tools startup 3T Software announced today they have received substantial investment from Redgate software, a leading SQL Server tools developer. This second round of investment for 3T brings their total capital raised to over million. 3T Software build tools for MongoDB 3.0, including MongoChef –…
The Top Security Worry Keeping Businesses Awake at Night? Insider Threats
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Today’s modern business has to worry about stiff competition, rising energy prices, innovation, and how to poach talent to keep a corporation thriving — as well as the persistent threat of cybercrime. However, new research suggests that within European organizations, one worry tops the rest: the possibility of insider threats. Research conducted by enterprise…
Growth in Cloud Service Provider Market Drives Flexiant Adoption
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Extended support for HostBill/WHMCS and Flexiant’s plugin technology drives innovation to arm service providers to competeWHD.global, Germany and London, UK – 1 April 2014 – Flexiant today announced significant adoption of Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator by service providers globally. With new customers in North America, South America, Africa, across Europe and Asia, Flexiant has more than…
The Three Most Important Open Computing Trends to Watch in 2014
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Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog post by Adam Jollans, Program Director of Linux and Open Virtualization Strategy at IBM. The key events of 2013 set up many of the changes in open computing that we can expect to see in 2014. This year, KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) will go cross-platform, Linux will increasingly be deployed…
German coalition favors German-owned or open source software, aims to lock NSA out
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Germany’s new coalition government listed open source software among its IT policy priorities, and said it will take steps to protect its citizens against espionage threats from the NSA and other foreign intelligence agencies. Source: Tech