The Ultimate Guide to Open source
A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Open source.
What to know about Open source
Open source software represents a collaborative approach to software development, where code is made freely available for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. This transparency fosters innovation and allows developers from all over the world to contribute, improve, and adapt technology to meet evolving needs. The open source movement has become a cornerstone of modern IT infrastructure, driving advancements in cloud computing, containerisation, artificial intelligence, and more.
Our collection of recent stories under the 'Open source' tag offers insights into how open source technologies are influencing industries and enterprises globally. From major tech companies embracing open source frameworks and partnerships to government initiatives enhancing accessibility and security, these articles highlight the expansive role of open source in promoting flexibility, interoperability, and cost-effective solutions.
By exploring these stories, readers can learn about emerging trends such as Kubernetes and container adoption, AI integrations in hybrid clouds, evolving security practices for open source projects, and the dynamic partnerships shaping the future of cloud-native computing. Whether you're a developer, business leader, or technology enthusiast, delving into these narratives will deepen your understanding of how open source continues to drive innovation and transform the digital landscape.
UK Open source News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Dorset joins Interweave shared care record network
More than 800,000 Dorset residents will have their records linked into a network now covering over 10 million people across seven NHS regions.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust launches first LocalNHS site
Patients could see faster, more consistent NHS web updates as Bristol's new platform aims to cut duplicated digital work across trusts.
Ataccama open-sources Apache Ossie converter for AI trust
Enterprises could soon carry data quality warnings into AI tools, as Ataccama opens its Apache Ossie converter to add trust signals to semantics.
Open source software offers 2-5x more value for grids
Grid operators could save more and cut risk as a new framework shows open source software can deliver 2-5x greater net value.
Chainguard tops 1 billion container build manifests
Its pace of patching open source software is aimed at helping customers cut exposure as exploits emerge faster after vulnerabilities are disclosed.
Blackdot adds Lloyd's List maritime data to Videris
Investigators can now trace vessel ties to sanctions, ownership and financial crime risks faster, after maritime data was added to Videris.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Open source
Featured News
Interview: Cloudera says open-ended AI spending is over
Enterprises are now demanding proof of value and tighter controls as AI budgets face scrutiny over compute costs and deployment choices.
Exclusive: ABBYY brings zero-shot document AI to Vantage
Enterprises can now extract data from unseen document types without templates, as ABBYY rolls out zero-shot capabilities in Vantage.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
Grafana Labs has launched six AI observability tools during its AI Week, including new capabilities for monitoring and investigating AI agents.
The Yahoo Boys: From prince inheritance emails to dating site scams
F-Secure's Laura Kankaala explains how the Yahoo Boys scam culture has evolved from advance-fee emails into sextortion and romance fraud.
Expert Columns
AI closes vulnerability window as zero-day exploits surge
Simple but secure: solving blockchain's biggest UX challenge
How can banks adapt to the new, AI-driven economics of cybercrime?
What DeFi Actually Built and Why Traditional Finance Is Quietly Adopting It
The dominant dialect… and why ChatGPT thought I was a man
Why digital sovereignty is a myth
Generative AI fuels alarming surge in intimate image abuse
AI openness: From success to sovereignty
Supporting mature open source projects - the role for the finance sector
The next phase of AI infrastructure: consistency, cost and consolidation
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Open source News
LittleHorse adds AI agent tools & free serverless trial
The new release lowers the barrier for firms testing AI workflows, with pre-built workers, agent skills and a JavaScript SDK for developers.
Cloudsmith finds gap in software supply chain defences
Many engineering teams still rely on reactive checks, leaving open-source packages to slip into systems before threats are blocked.
Check Point & NVIDIA add real-time AI agent safeguards
Firms deploying AI agents may gain extra protection as the new setup can block risky actions before they reach systems, in under 100 milliseconds.
Fleet joins Anthropic project to test AI for security
With attackers exploiting flaws within hours, the firm will test whether AI can help IT teams patch faster across mixed device fleets.
SAP & NVIDIA expand OpenShell for AI agent governance
Enterprise users should gain tighter control over AI agents, as SAP and NVIDIA link runtime isolation with business authorisation and audit trails.
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Brickken joins Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
Interoperability gaps could slow tokenised finance as the Barcelona-based firm adds its standards work to a wider open-source debate on digital assets.
Logos launches interactive film on life's hard choices
Viewers are shown how debt, corruption and digital surveillance can shrink real-world options in Logos's branching film on hardship.
Demain warns of AI persistence after Medicare breach
The breach highlights how AI agents can keep probing blocked systems, prompting calls for stronger defences around identities, networks and data.
Percona & Coroot expand observability to databases
Customers will get a broader view of outages as the tie-up links database support with tracing across applications, networks and infrastructure.
Spinnaker launches PostgreSQL support & migration services
Enterprises can now shift Oracle workloads in stages as the support firm adds PostgreSQL migration help and break-fix cover.
OpenSearch adds Adelean, Intel & Sidecar as members
Demand for vendor-neutral search software is accelerating as OpenSearch passes 2.4 billion downloads and widens its support ecosystem.
OpenSearch survey flags AI infrastructure vendor worries
Technology leaders are prioritising vendor-neutral AI systems as 83% of organisations run or plan AI workloads, a survey found.
Olas says new forecasting model matches GPT-4.1 benchmark
Forecasting error fell by about a fifth after Olas trained an open-weight model on 214,529 real prediction-market records.
OpenSSL names keynote speakers & sponsors for Prague
Growing scrutiny of cryptographic supply chains is pushing maintainers, researchers and regulators into the same room in Prague this year.
Cohere launches North Small Translate in translation push
Enterprises handling large multilingual workloads may gain cheaper, faster translation as Cohere's new model targets data control and sovereign deployment.
GitLab 19.4 adds agentic automation & cost controls
Administrators now have tighter oversight as GitLab 19.4 expands AI agent controls, model choice and usage visibility across teams.
Google uses eBPF schedulers to boost RPC performance
A custom eBPF scheduler has lifted queries per second by about 5% on some RPC stacks, while reducing kernel change risk for production tests.
Bolt.new launches Forge for Pro users with open models
Developers get 50 times more open-model usage at no extra cost, as Bolt.new seeks to curb dependence on costly closed AI systems.
SUSE lands first Linux validation for SEAPATH grids
Alliander's validation could speed software-defined substations, as SUSE becomes the first enterprise Linux vendor to meet SEAPATH's timing demands.
Google launches open-source Agent Substrate on GKE
Teams running AI agents at scale could save idle compute and tighten isolation as Google opens Agent Substrate on Kubernetes Engine.
