As enterprise IT grows increasingly comfortable with using open source technologies, presence of enterprise vendors in the open source ecosystem grows too. Pivotal , the San Francisco-based company majority owned by EMC and VMware, whose mandate is to enable enterprise developers to build and deploy analytics-enabled software using modern agile development methods, has led three…
Tag: Source Tech
Linux version dilemma: Linus Torvalds is "running out of fingers and toes"
by
•Linus Torvalds, creator and curator of the Linux kernel, has a quandary on his hands: Should he stick to Linux’s long-time tradition of massive, multple-decimal-point version numbers, or should he abandon them in favor of shorter, more easily distinguishable major versions? The problem at hand is the imminent arrival of Linux 3.20. Unlike most major…
Why did you start using open source?
by
•When it comes to getting involved with open source, everyone has their own story. As our Beginners to Open Source series gets into full swing, we want you to share yours. Source: Tech
FreeSpeechMe
by
•It works on GNU/Linux and Windows. Dot-Bit is a new top-level domain that, unlike Dot-Com, Dot-Net, Dot-UK, etc., is NOT controlled by any government or corporation. Source: Tech
First Ubuntu phone flash sale announced, three more to come
by
•The first Ubuntu phone goes on sale in a limited run on Wednesday, but don’t worry if you miss out: there’ll be around three more “flash sales” before the end of the month. The BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu edition is the first phone that will allow phone fans to snap up a device running Ubuntu…
Containers Explained: 9 Essentials You Need To Know
by
•Containers are the hottest topic in the data center. Here are the essentials that every well-informed IT pro should know and be able to explain. Source: Tech
New Foundation Will Oversee Popular Coding Tool Node.js
by
•Node.js – the popular open source tool for building and running websites and other online applications – is getting a new steward. Together with Microsoft, the Linux Foundation, IBM, PayPal, and Fidelity, the current steward, Joyent, is launching an independent foundation to oversee development of the project. Source: Tech
Red Hat and NEC collaborate to achieve carrier-grade OpenStack solutions for NFV
by
•Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, and NEC Corporation, a leading provider of innovative IT, network and communications products and solutions, today announced a collaboration to jointly develop network functions virtualization features in OpenStack in order to deliver carrier-grade NFV solutions with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform. As communication…
Linux Foundation's CII Continues to Fund Open-Source Security Efforts
by
•The Core Infrastructure Initiative that was launched in the wake of Heartbleed to provide funding for critical open-source infrastructure projects continues to advance. One of the key takeaways from the Heartbleed vulnerability in 2014 was that there was a need for more funding for critical open-source technology projects. Source: Tech
CoreCLR is now Open Source
by
•We’re excited to announce that CoreCLR is now open source on GitHub. CoreCLR is the .NET execution engine in .NET Core , performing functions such as garbage collection and compilation to machine code. Source: Tech