LFPH Tackles the Next Frontier in Open Source Health Technology: The Rise of Digital Twins

This post originally appeared on the LF Pubic Health’s blog. The author, Jim St. Clair, is the Executive Director. With the Digital Twin Consortium, Academic Medical Centers and other LF projects, Linux Foundation Public Health addresses...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 30, 2022

Open Source Ecosystem and Governance

Elevate Your Organization’s Open Source Strategy

The role of software, specifically open source software, is more influential than ever and drives today’s innovation. Maintaining and growing future innovation depends on the open source community. Enterprises that understand this are...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 23, 2022

Compliance and Security

Secure Coding Practice – A Developer’s Learning Experience of Developing Secure Software Course

The original article appeared on the OpenSSF blog. The author, Harimohan Rajamohanan, is a Solution Architect and Full Stack Developer with Wipro Limited. Learn more about the Linux Foundation’s Developing Secure Software (LFD121) course....  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 18, 2022

Compliance and Security

Adopting Sigstore Incrementally

This post is authored by Hayden Blauzvern and originally appeared on Sigstore’s blog. Sigstore is a new standard for signing, verifying, and protecting software. It is a project of the Linux Foundation. Developers, package maintainers, and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 10, 2022

Data, AI, and Analytics

Delta 2.0 - The Foundation of your Data Lakehouse is Open

This post originally appeared on the Delta Lake blog. We are happy to announce the release of the Delta Lake 2.0 (pypi, maven, release notes) on Apache Spark™ 3.2, with the following features including but not limited to: Support for...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 9, 2022

Diversity & Inclusion, Open Source Ecosystem and Governance

LFX’22 Mentorship Experience with Open Horizon

The following post originally appeared on Medium. The author, Ruchi Pakhle, participated in our LFX Mentorship program this past spring. echo “amazing experience” Hey everyone! I am Ruchi Pakhle currently pursuing my Bachelor’s in Computer...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 8, 2022

Projects

Public-private partnerships in health: The journey ahead for open source

This original article appeared on the LF Public Health project’s blog. The past three years have redefined the practice and management of public health on a global scale. What will we need in order to support innovation over the next three...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Aug 2, 2022

People of Open Source: Neville Spiteri, Wevr

This post originally appeared on the Academy Software Foundation’s (ASWF) blog. The ASWF works to increase the quality and quantity of contributions to the content creation industry’s open source software base. Tell us a bit about yourself...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 29, 2022

Projects

What is the OpenGEH (Green Energy Hub) Project

The OpenGEH Project is one of the many projects at LF Energy. We want to share about it here on the LF blog. This originally appeared on the LF Energy site. OpenGEH ( GEH stands for Green Energy Hub ) enables fast, flexible settlement and...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 28, 2022

Compliance and Security

CRob on Software Security Education and SIRTs

In the Open Source Software Security Mobilization Plan released this past May, the very first stream – of the 10 recommended – is to “Deliver baseline secure software development education and certification to all.” As the plan states, it...  Read More

Dan Whiting | Jul 27, 2022

Compliance and Security

OSS Security Highlights from the 2022 Open Source Summit North America

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The Linux Foundation | Jul 26, 2022

Networking and Edge

Join us to Speak at the ONE networking event connecting Access, Edge, and Cloud in 2022

The top reasons to share your expertise at ONE Summit, the Industry’s leading Open Networking & Edge Event To submit a presentation proposal, please visit our Call For Proposals –-but hurry! Submissions are due July 29. ONE Summit 2022 ONE...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 21, 2022

Bosch leverages open source model; teams with PolyCrypt to tackle blockchain for the Economy of Things

This post originally appeared on the Hyperledger Foundation’s blog. You can read the full case study here. Some years ago, researchers realized that IoT devices would need to buy and sell from one another. In this “Economy of Things,” the...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 21, 2022

Find Your Way to a Strong SysAdmin Team

It’s tough sourcing enough talent today to meet growing IT team needs, but life finds a way. Our recent 10th Annual Open Source Jobs Report found 93% of employers are struggling to find enough employees with open source skills. It doesn’t...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 20, 2022

Patrick Debois: Untold Stories of Open Source

Raise your hand if you ever downloaded software by recording a series of tones onto a cassette tape as it was being broadcast over a radio station. Patrick Debois did – back in the 1980s as a budding computer enthusiast. He recalled that...  Read More

Dan Whiting | Jul 20, 2022

Compliance and Security

Takeaways from the White House Cyber Workforce and Education Summit

Today the White House convened the White House Cyber Workforce and Education Summit to gather government and private-sector leaders to discuss how to address the labor shortage and other challenges for U.S. cybersecurity. The meeting...  Read More

Dan Whiting | Jul 19, 2022

Open Source Ecosystem and Governance

The Life Cycles of Open Source Projects

There are hundreds of thousands of open source projects out there – many are innovative ideas, poised to make a positive impact on the world. There is a much smaller number that move from an idea with one or two maintainers to broad...  Read More

The Linux Foundation | Jul 14, 2022

Compliance and Security

Jamie Thomas: What is the OpenSSF

Jamie Thomas is the General Manager, Systems Strategy and Development at IBM and is also the OpenSSF Board chair. She sat down with Alan Shimel of TechStrong TV during OpenSSF Day in Austin to share about OpenSSF and how the open source...  Read More

Dan Whiting | Jul 13, 2022

Research

10th Annual Jobs Report: Skill up for the summer and your next open source gig

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, summer is finally here! Perhaps you celebrated the Summer Solstice a few weeks ago. If you’re from the United States, the fireworks from the 4th of July are now just a fun memory. Like me, you’re...  Read More

Jason Perlow | Jul 12, 2022

Hendrick and Jarvis Talk Software Security

While open source software is ubiquitous and generally regarded as being secure, software development practices vary widely across projects regarding application development practices, protocols to respond to defects, or lack of...  Read More

Dan Whiting | Jul 11, 2022

Compliance and Security, Diversity & Inclusion

LEGO and Angel Island

Like many of the folks in open source, the LF’s Kenny Paul is a huge fan of building things out of LEGO. For Kenny however, it goes a bit beyond just opening a box and following the instruction book. In fact, he rarely ever builds anything...  Read More

Dan Whiting | Jul 11, 2022

Ag-Rec: Improving Agriculture Around the World with Open Source Innovation

One of the first projects I noticed after starting at the Linux Foundation was AgStack. It caught my attention because I have a natural inclination towards farming and ranching, although, in reality, I really just want a reason to own and...  Read More

Dan Whiting | Jun 30, 2022

Cloud Computing

Open Programmable Infrastructure: 1+1=3

At last week’’s Open Source Summit North America, Robin Ginn, Executive Director of the OpenJS Foundation, relayed a principle her mentor taught: “1+1=3”. No, this isn’t ‘new math,’ it is demonstrating the principle that, working together,...  Read More

Dan Whiting | Jun 27, 2022

Ensuring Patents Foster Innovation in Open Source

So, I am old enough to remember when the U.S. Congress temporarily intervened in a patent dispute over the technology that powered BlackBerries. A U.S. Federal judge ordered the BlackBerry service to shutdown until the matter was resolved,...  Read More

Dan Whiting | Jun 23, 2022

Open Source Brings Good Things to Life

If you are interested in online and in-person training and certifications in open source software development and key open source software, such as Linux and Kubernetes, see our special discount just for readers of this post. Scroll to the...  Read More

Dan Whiting | Jun 22, 2022