Should the power of the crowd be used to solve our social problems?
According to new research from Nesta and The GovLab, the answer is yes. Which is why we need to encourage the growth of open source-powered ‘collective intelligence’
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Customer momentum continues for MongoDB despite COVID-19 - and sometimes because of it
COVID-19 didn't impact on MongoDB's Q1 growth as much as feared and the crisis fuelled some new use cases along the way.
Health researchers need better data - Talend joins the fight against Coronavirus with an open source ETL tool for COVID-19 data
My first talk with new Talend CEO Christal Bemont hit on the surge in their cloud growth and their role in business transformation. But we kept coming back to the imperative of data quality - and that's exactly how Talend is pushing into the fight against COVID-19.
OpenAQ - Using open data to fight for better air quality across the globe
OpenAQ collates data from air quality sensors around the world, making it accessible on a single platform for researchers and government.
DataStax shifts focus back towards the Cassandra community
Under new executive leadership, DataStax is recognising that it’s future success will be community-led, not necessarily product led.
Greenpeace turns to open source to finish its web transformation
New collaboration with Red Hat seen as key to delivering on the original idea of its new online identity- a global ‘engagement platform,’ Planet 4
New Relic's Lew Cirne - observability platforms aren't optional if software matters to you (as the Iowa Democratic Caucus just found out...)
If your organization takes its software seriously, then you need the kind of tech that New Relic has to offer, argues CEO Cirne on a bumpy day for the firm on Wall Street.
Three reasons why multi-cloud is back - and here to stay
MongoDB’s Dominic Wellington explains why multi-cloud has come back into fashion. However, this time there are new rules that apply and as a strategy for IT decision makers, it’s not going anywhere...
NRF 2020 - Target's CIO on the tech secrets behind Target's transformation - build features customers love, and abstract your infrastructure
The big theme of NRF 2020? Blurring the lines between digital and store. But to make that happen for customers, you better get the data - and the design - right. Target CIO Mike McNamara shares the tech approach behind Target's growth.
Salesforce's Rob Acker - open source NonProfit Success Pack for third sector organizations is "alive and well and staying"
As the CRM giant looks to grow its non-profit business, the head of its philanthropic arm restates its commitment to the open source NonProfit Success Pack.
MongoDB revenues rise sharply as Atlas customer headcount more than doubles year-on-year
MongoDB beats on revenues as Atlas customer adoption soars.
GitHub Universe – the elephant in the room for open source is called 'going commercial'
Considering the wider issues around taking open source software commercial at time when it is rapidly becoming the mainstay of cloud just as cloud becomes the mainstay of business
What you can learn from your library about Data-as-a-Service
Eric Holzhauer, Director, Strategy & Product Marketing, MongoDB, explains how Data-as-a-Service means access to data on demand for the people that need it. If public libraries can do it, why not in the enterprise?
Using the power of open data in New York City to take on dodgy landlords
Renters face a complex system that makes it hard for them to take on powerful landlords. Can open data help to tackle the housing crisis in New York City?
