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Obsidian Systems MD on open source trends to watch out for in 2019
The evolving landscape is seeing business requirements also shifting. Next year will see a veritable land rush for position in the cloud environment. More C-suite decision-makers are open to going, well, open, and vendors and service providers are clamouring for market position.
Providing even more impetus for this is the recent launch of what many consider to be South Africa’s first truly digital bank. Focusing on ‘behavioural’ banking, all its systems are cloud-based highlighting the security, availability and redundancy of going this route. Moreover, it is built on open standards all but giving the death knell to those who think proprietary is still the preferred method of doing business.
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Trends & Predictions Piece: Talend 2019
The “G” in GDPR Will Soon Stand for “Global”
Data privacy regulations are going to become more widespread. California, Japan and China are already developing their own regulations similar to the EU’s GDPR. Additionally, the severe mishandling of consumer data by companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter has shown the need for increased and widespread data privacy regulations -- even prompting Apple CEO Tim Cook to call for global privacy regulations. With consumers now viewing data privacy as a human right, increased data governance policies are sure to follow.
APAC regulations are also expected to rise to GDPR standards as international regulations become more standardised and the GDPR is considered the new norm.
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To date, open source has still functioned with a freemium model, but the coming years may see that shift as the enterprise finds value in conventional open source technologies.
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10 Best Kodi Addons You Should Install In 2019 | Legal Addons
odi is one of the most popular media player software which enables you to access videos, music, and pictures via the internet or local storage on a host of platforms. Managed by XBMC foundation, Kodi is an open source software. However, its reputation has been soiled by labeling it as a piracy bearer, and that is why many ask “Is Kodi legal?” You can read more about Kodi and whether it is legal or not here.
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Join the first KDE e.V. board dinner of 2019
Twice a year (on that note, happy new one!), the KDE e.V. board of directors comes together for an in-person meeting, taking care of business. It's become a tradition that on one of the two meeting days, the board hosts a dinner event open to KDE users, contributors and other interested parties.
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digiKam 7.7.0 is released
After three months of active maintenance and another bug triage, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.7.0 of its open source digital photo manager. See below the list of most important features coming with this release.
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Samsung, Red Hat to Work on Linux Drivers for Future Tech
The metaverse is expected to uproot system design as we know it, and Samsung is one of many hardware vendors re-imagining data center infrastructure in preparation for a parallel 3D world.
Samsung is working on new memory technologies that provide faster bandwidth inside hardware for data to travel between CPUs, storage and other computing resources. The company also announced it was partnering with Red Hat to ensure these technologies have Linux compatibility.
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