A system that allows third parties to make products that plug into or interoperate with it. For example, the PC is an open system. Although the fundamental standards are controlled by Microsoft, Intel ...

In 2008 Jim Whitehurst abandoned the comfortable hierarchy of Delta Airlines for the freedom-loving culture of Red Hat. Before long, he grasped that the ethos of his new technology company mirrored ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As technology purchasers and users, so much of how we use business applications relies on the flow of data from open systems. Whether ...

Open-source ecosystems distribute that risk. No single vendor controls the future of the platform. Talent is portable. Code ...

In the information technology world, open-source platforms and software, as an alternative to proprietary ones, have long been commonly accepted. In process controls, not so much. That could be ...

Any management system within an organization can be said to be "open" or "closed." An open systems interacts with other systems through the free passing of information, whereas closed systems operate ...

A.I. companies are divided over whether the technology should be freely available to anyone for modifying and copying, or kept close for safekeeping. By Mike Isaac Mike Isaac has written about the ...