LINUX FOUNDATION RESEARCH

We’re investigating the impact of open source collaboration to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.

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About LF Research

LF Research publishes actionable and decision-useful insights into open source software, hardware, standards, and data based on empirical research methodologies. Through leveraging community networks, project databases, surveys, and qualitative findings, and through its commitment to best practices in primary research, Linux Foundation Research is the definitive home for data-driven insights into open source for the benefit of governments, enterprises, and society at large.

Featured Research: Open Source and Energy Interoperability

In partnership with Natural Resources Canada and LF Energy, LF Research explores how open source projects and communities can play a vital role in building modern, robust, interoperable, and impactful energy infrastructure, with the aim of accelerating greater collaboration for energy stakeholders the world over.

 

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The 2024 State of Open Source in Financial Services

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For the past four years, FINOS and LF Research have partnered to capture yearly trends in open source consumption and contribution, emerging technologies, and opportunities and recommendations for the financial services sector. This year, the report focused on the increasing recognition of the value of open source, the importance of investing in open source management and security, and the need for standardization to realize the full potential of strategic technologies. These insights are based on a global survey and interviews with subject matter experts working in financial services. 

Read the full report to learn more about how this sector is evolving to better standardize, collaborate around, and contribute to open source technology.

Authors

  • Hilary Carter, Linux Foundation

  • Cara Delia, Red Hat

  • Tosha Ellison, FINOS

  • Colin Eberhardt, Scott Logic

  • Adrienn Lawson, Linux Foundation

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