Robert Steele: Reflections on China, Open Source, & the Craft of Intelligence UPDATE 1

The below article is important to those thinking about open source software in Europe: Why China is the next proving ground for open source software The article, from TechRepublic, focuses on the Chinese taking the lead in open source software related to big data infrastructure.  “China scale” is a term that should be noted. My …

Robert Steele: An Open Letter to All European Ministers on Peace Through Open Everything

An Open Letter to All European Ministers Esteemed Ministers, On 27 May the Competitiveness Council in Brussels announced a European decision to achieve Open Access to all scientific research data by 2020. This decision, and the implementing European framework programme for research and innovation Horizon 2020, will be recognized by future generations as the first …

Robert Steele: Open Source Governance – Creating a Prosperous World at Peace

Open Source Governance: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace Robert Steele, Open Source Observatory (European Union), 23 May 2016 Open source solutions – primarily in software but increasingly also in hardware – cost roughly one tenth of proprietary offerings. The switch to open source software enables financial and public service scalability as well as quality …

Royal Danish Defence College: Official Minutes from Seminar on Open Source Intelligence, 19 April 2016

Minutes from Royal Danish Defence College Seminar on Open Source Intelligence, 19. April 2016. The Seminar on Open Source Intelligence at the Royal Danish Defence College, Tuesday 19th April 2016 has now come to an end. From a hosting perspective, we consider the event as being very successful. We had more than 140 participants with …

Jan H. Kalvik: Robert Steele’s Trip Report: Oslo & Copenhagen

Robert Steele’s Trip Report: Oslo & Copenhagen Editor’s Note: Previously published here at Defence and Intelligence Norway are Introducing Robert David Steele (1 April 2016) and Steele Goes Nordic (12 April 2016). On 17-18 April in Oslo I participated in three meetings;  the first a dinner including a Colonel, the second with the editor of …