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Peter Cruickshank
Teaching & researching information systems management
Lecturer and sometime Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University. I teach topics around e-commerce, information and social media strategy, knowledge management and security & governance of information systems. My interests include governance of information systems, risk management, identity and privacy, citizen engagement, and open source for egovernment.
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Found along the way- The TREsPASS Project
- Producing Open Source Software
- Social Tools in the Workplace: a Microsoft survey « Learning in the Social Workplace
- 12 Papers on Social Media and Political Participation | DemocracySpot
- IS Theory
- Wiki VOIS Database - The SROI Network
- Mining the Social Web - Github code examples
- Hiding in Plain Sight: A New APT Campaign | Security Intelligence Blog | Trend Micro
- Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Foundation | IT Governance and Information Security | Certifications | BCS Certifications
- How do we escape the hysteria that threatens to erode public debate? | Peter Beaumont | Comment is free | The Observer
Tag Archives: opensource
Open source, open data, open options?
I’ve been looking at open source in government and e-participation in particular for a while now, and this seems a good time to try to get into shape my thoughts on some of the reasons why open source is still … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, e-government, e-participation, opensource, thoughts, UK
Tagged egovernment, opendata, opengov, opensource, UK
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Beer and liberty
Looking back at some research into open source in Europe I did way back in 2006, I’m struck again by how important other aspects of ‘open’ and ‘free’ have become since then. Research carried out in the mid-decade had assumed … Continue reading
A way some companies make money out of open source
Bottom line: keep control of your code, but release versions of it under an opensourc license. The Commercial Open Source Business Model | Dirk Riehle Commercial open source software projects are OSS projects that are owned by a single firm … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, opensource, research, Techie
Tagged business model, opensource, riehle
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CfP: JITP2010 – Politics of Open Source
May 6-7, 2010 – Amherst, Massachusetts Political issues closely tied to the free and open source software movement(s) include: national government policies related to the adoption of open source technologies or questions related to interoperability and open standards, software patents, … Continue reading
More support for opensource e-gov projects in Europe
It would be great if all open source EC-funded projects ended up here, assuming that the long term sustainability of OSOR can be guaranteed. It also needs the rating system to be used, and many other things too no doubt, … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, egovernment, Europe, open-source, opensource, Techie
Tagged eupl, gpl, opensource, osor, repository
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