Open source software makes security gains

Tagged with: open source software

The Editor, about 1 month ago

Open source software is becoming more secure, with the number of errors and security holes falling 16 per cent in two years, new research has found.The study, commissioned by the US Department of Homeland Security and carried out by software firm Coverity, looked for defects and vulnerabilities in open-source projects using analytical tools which automatically detected various common errors in source code. In total, 55 million lines of code were analysed. Researchers found 0.25 errors per 1,000 lines of code, a 16 per cent fall on the 0.3 errors found only two years ago."These findings represent an overall reduction of...

Now IBM software goes green, too

Tagged with: tivoli

The Editor, 2 months ago

Last week, IBM announced a new strategy to help businesses deliver green IT covering its Tivoli, Lotus and WebSphere software product families.The company's ‘Software for a Greener World' initiative includes software designed to help businesses address the growing need to maximise energy efficiency and reduce costs associated with power and cooling. "While most people think of energy conservation from a hardware perspective, increasingly it is actually software that is providing more options to go green across the entire organisation," said Al Zollar, general manager for Tivoli Software at IBM. For a start, IBM has developed several add-ons to its Tivoli...

Working from home?

The Editor, 2 months ago

In case you missed it, last Thursday was National Work at Home Day in the UK. Did you observe the day - or did you spend it chained to your desk as usual?Whatever your answer, organiser Work Wise UK, a not-for-profit initiative of the IT Forum Foundation, insists that organisations need to adopt smarter working practices today if they are planning to compete in tomorrow's global economy."Smarter working has been shown time and again to increase staff productivity and reduce costs, as well as improving staff wellbeing and providing a better work-life balance," said Phil Flaxton, chief executive of Work...