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OpenUK and the Use of Open Source Software, Hardware, and Databases – Percona Podcast 16

Episode description from Percona: Amanda Brock is the CEO of OpenUK an organization that promotes the use of open source software, hardware, and data in the UK. Amanda has a deep background in open source dating back to the time she was the general council for Canonical. The HOSS talks with Amanda about her background, […]

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Everybody wants to rule the world, Amanda Brock (Wuthering Bytes 2019)

Speaking / Amanda Brock

This talk will start by exploring some of the profound changes that we have seen over the last decade or so and, in particular, how the smart phone and cloud computing have altered our perceptions of and interactions with software. Following which there be an introduction to trustable software and how we need to manage

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Computer Weekly features CEO, Amanda Brock asks “Where’s the UK’s Digital Strategy?”

In the press / Amanda Brock

Where is the UK’s digital strategy? While the devolved nations press on with their digital plans, the UK government has delayed its digital strategy – yet this is too important for the economy to be put off any further.

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Big tech versus regulation – the start of an interesting decade

Writing / Amanda Brock

An almighty battle is brewing over control and sovereignty of citizens’ data As we head towards 2021, governments around the world are grappling with how to manage what will be a digital decade. If nothing else has come out of Covid-19’s collection of Track and Trace apps around…

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Big Tech must beware of big government

Articles, Writing / Amanda Brock

Excerpt from the article: In just a fortnight, the New Year will begin with the clear understanding across all governments that this is already a digital decade. As consumers, we utilise products and services created, distributed and consumed through software. As citizens, we share our data with governments and businesses alike. If nothing else has

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Women in Digital: Amanda Brock

In the press / Amanda Brock

We talk to Amanda Brock, CEO of not-for-profit OpenUK about her career, the importance of open technology and of encouraging kids to learn digital skills.

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Amanda Brock, OpenUK CEO, is interviewed on the The Gem of all Mechanisms podcast about the 3 opens

Podcast / Amanda Brock

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Should I worry about U.S. dominance of the cloud?

In the press, Podcast / Amanda Brock

“I would say it’s a virtual environment that takes the software that used to run your systems on local servers or desktops and places it in a third-party environment where it’s hosted by experts,” says Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK and previously a lawyer working in the tech sector for the past 30 years.

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IT Pro Live: It’s open under the cloud

Speaking / Amanda Brock

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The world is becoming divided over attitudes to data

Articles, Writing / Amanda Brock

Excerpt from the article: We are at a crossroads for technology and politics. Charlene Barshefsky, a former US trade representative writing in the Financial Times, has warned of an “incipient techno-nationalism”, which she sees emerging in Europe, and worries that EU digital protectionism risks damaging ties with the US. At the same time Angela Merkel and Emmanuel

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