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How an open source engine assesses damage to NZ homes from natural disasters
02 Apr 2025, 12:24 PMDiscover the award-winning platform that provides detailed insights into the potential impact of natural hazards like earthquakes, floods and cyclones in Aotearoa.
How to check your website's accessibility
31 Mar 2025, 5:26 PMLearn how to check your website's accessibility with a free open source tool.
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So...how do you make money when using free and open software?
Dec 2, 2015, 9:00 AMPeople often ask how Catalyst IT can make money when promoting free and open software? The flippant answer is – "you don't...and if you think you can, you're doing it the wrong way".
Leading through Open
Nov 16, 2015, 9:00 AM
OpenStack Summit Report
Nov 11, 2015, 9:00 AM
Kohacon15 - Ìbàdàn, Nigeria
Nov 6, 2015, 9:00 AMWho would have thought, that a piece of software originally started in Wellington, New Zealand, would now be in use in almost every country in the world? I certainly didn't in 1999 when I first started work on Koha.
Open source training
Oct 27, 2015, 9:00 AMIn early 2013 our training programme was conceived. During the 2012 strategy day, lots of our people said they wanted more access to training.
Time to Start Building Drupal 8 Sites
Oct 9, 2015, 9:00 AM
Oh good – the TPP gives the IT Goliaths of the world a leg up!
Oct 7, 2015, 9:00 AMLet's hope the recent signing of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) doesn't give the multinational Goliaths of the IT world a massive advantage over Kiwi Davids.
The Git submodule: misunderstood beast or remorseless slavering monster?
Aug 28, 2015, 9:00 AMGit submodules may be misunderstood, but they’re powerful. See how Catalyst IT uses them to manage Moodle and Tōtara plugins.
Samba and Windows, and a tale of mutual insecurity
Aug 26, 2015, 9:00 AMIn 2013, Catalyst improved Samba's AD DC security by implementing 'bad password lockout' to align with Microsoft's standards.
Running your own open source project - Part 2
Aug 3, 2015, 9:00 PM
Running your own open source project - Part 1
Aug 3, 2015, 2:09 PMThe purpose of this blog is to share some of the lessons learned running the SOFA Statistics project since 2009.
Using Free and Open Source Assistive Technology
Jun 11, 2015, 9:10 AM
Python Flask as a Web Service Engine
Jun 1, 2015, 2:00 AM
Square Kilometre Array and Open Source
Mar 30, 2015, 9:00 AM
Drupal Menu Position Management
Feb 24, 2015, 9:00 AMFive years of Catalyst Open Source Academy
Feb 13, 2015, 9:00 AMIn 2010 Catalyst decided to offer students the opportunity to learn from our experts and experience project work first-hand to learn more about open source and get the chance to contribute to an open source software project.