Why “Operate first” is important for your project

An interview with my colleagues Marcel Hild and Robert Bohne on new ways to apply Open Source principles to operating software. Ingo:   Hello Robert, hello Marcel! Nice to have you here! And today we have an interesting topic “operate first” and I’m very curious what that really means. So, Marcel and Robert, please introduce […]

RHACM and Policies – An Introduction

As Kubernetes gets more and more adopted, the need for tools to manage diverse and widespread installations grows. Red Hat’s answer to that challenge is Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes (RHACM). Its range of features is divided into four main areas, which can also easily be seen in its UI (Note: The Screenshots […]

A Primer on Digital Sovereignty & Open Source

We explore Open Source as a Strategic Framework and how it is genuinely addressing Digital Sovereignty at various levels

A Primer on Digital Sovereignty & Open Source

Part I of II – Exploring the Digital Sovereignty narrative Digital sovereignty has moved from a political slogan to an enterprise constraint. Across the EU, it is shaping funding programs, procurement guidance, cloud strategies, and regulatory roadmaps. For chief architects and strategists, the problem is not whether the topic matters—it does. The problem is that […]

Securing “Layer 8”

Being a life-long techie, I’ve been working with the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model for over 30 years in various organisations and it is a tried and tested model on which all modern networks are based. I’ve also worked to secure each layer to ensure that communication and data transfer mechanisms conform to the well […]