Last week we marked Hacktoberfest in style, hosting our very own Hackathon, sponsored by Intel. A celebration of open source, the UKFast hackathon was open to the whole business, encouraging participants to get involved and show off their skills by creating an open source project of their choice. The event kicked off on Saturday 24th October and everyone had until 5pm the following day to submit their creations. Let’s recap how it went, and the fantastic projects our team worked on. Why host the Hackathon? If you read our previous blog, you’ll know there are lots of compelling reasons to get involved with open source development. At UKFast we’re passionate about encouraging open source contribution, empowering our clients and providing exciting opportunities…
Earlier this month we reported that Covid-19 has acted as a catalyst for digital transformation, with businesses across the globe turning to their online channels to boost sales while footfall in their brick-and-mortar stores is down. With Black Friday looming, competition for online sales is set to be hotter than ever…
Yesterday, VMware announced that they were rolling out several updates in order to remediate multiple vulnerabilities identified in their products. The vulnerabilities were privately reported and range in severity from moderate to critical. Further information, patches and workarounds are detailed here. The CVEs and affected products are as follow: CVE-2020-3981 (important) …
Back in April almost half of UK adults found themselves suddenly working from home. An unprecedented situation for most, the shift to mass remote working wasn’t the easiest of transitions. While few envisaged the situation continuing for a prolonged period, it’s now the end of October and we’ve been…