Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. A question that I get a lot is, “Why would you create an open-source business?” That’s ...

CEO of Fairwinds, Bill Ledingham is a seasoned executive who grows technology companies and helps them to define and deliver new innovation. A counterintuitive trend is happening as companies rush to ...

When starting up, many organisations assume they need to invest in expensive software packages as a platform for their services. However, open source software may provide a cost-effective alternative.

For the longest time, open-source was nothing more than a buzzword rattling around the brains of technologists and fans of the Linux operating system. Flash forward a decade or so and open-source has ...

Open-source software contributes £43.15 billion ($59 billion) each year to the UK's gross domestic product (GDP) and brought an estimated £46.5 billon of "potential value" to UK businesses in 2020, ...