open-source projects
More social engineering attacks on open source projects observed
News | ComputerWeekly.comIn the wake of the recent XZ Utils scare, maintainers of another open source project have come forward to say they may have experienced similar ...
Android Open Source Project (AOSP)
Definition | Mobile ComputingThe Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is the repository of source code and the foundation which maintains it that is responsible for the core of the...
XZ backdoor discovery reveals Linux supply chain attack
News | SecurityA maintainer for XZ, a popular open source compression library for Linux distributions, compromised the open source project over the course of two ...
Buoyant CEO on Linkerd's existential question
Podcast | IT OperationsBuoyant CEO William Morgan said project viability and long-term funding underpinned recent changes to Linkerd, problems other open source projects ...
Trellix automates patching for 62,000 vulnerable open source projects
News | ComputerWeekly.comSince revealing startling statistics about the prevalence of a 15-year-old Python vulnerability, Trellix says it has helped fix almost 62,000 ...
Small open source projects pose significant security risks
News | Software QualityOpen source security initiatives might prevent large-scale vulnerabilities such as Log4j, but smaller projects pose risks without more maintainer ...
The importance and limitations of open source AI models
Tip | Enterprise AIDespite rising interest in more transparent, accessible AI, a scarcity of public training data and compute infrastructure presents significant ...
Docker adds shift-left tests in AtomicJar Testcontainers buy
News | Software QualityDocker stressed its commitment to maintaining the Testcontainers open source project at a time when shift-left testing has become a mainstream ...
Cisco Security Cloud adds Isovalent for multi-cloud networks
News | IT OperationsThe commercial backer of open source networking and security projects Cilium and Tetragon comes under Cisco's control for cloud-native network ...
15-year-old Python bug present in 350,000 open source projects
News | ComputerWeekly.comA Python tarfile vulnerability first disclosed in 2007 still persists to this day, according to analysis from Trellix
AI Singapore, Google to build regional dataset for LLMs
News | ComputerWeekly.comAI Singapore and Google Research Asia-Pacific will build a corpus of open-source training data through Project SEALD to drive the development of LLMs...
How much is enough to support those who maintain open source?
News | ComputerWeekly.comWithout the ongoing work of developers, open source projects would become stale and riddled with unfixed bugs and security issues. We look at the ...
New Git repository faces corporate open source doubts
News | Software QualityCI/CD pipeline vendor Harness faces two challenges as it launches Gitness: a market dominated by GitHub and GitLab as well as concerns about ...
Hyperledger
Definition | CIOHyperledger is a collection of open source projects created to support the development of blockchain-based distributed ledgers.
Knative
Definition | IT OperationsKnative is an open source project based on the Kubernetes platform for building, deploying and managing serverless workloads that can run in the ...
KubeCon highlights open source to combat climate change
News | IT OperationsAddressing climate change takes a community. At KubeCon Europe 2023, experts discussed how open source practices and projects can foster ...
Google commits to protecting open source projects
News | ComputerWeekly.comInitiative to trademark projects aims to stop public cloud providers from offering their own managed service version of open source code
Apache
Definition | WhatIsIn computers, the Apache Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining many open source software projects.
Open source web app projects hailed for quickly patching bugs
News | SecurityNine vulnerabilities in three popular open source SMB tools were cleaned up within 24 hours after Rapid7 reported the flaws to their development ...
Google debuts open source bug bounty programme
News | ComputerWeekly.comGoogle is calling on hackers to take pot-shots at its open source projects for the first time through a new vulnerability research programme
Australian open source project to expand global reach
News | ComputerWeekly.comData61’s open source seL4 microkernel project will be supported by a new foundation created under the auspices of the Linux Foundation
Iranian APT seen exploiting GitHub repository as C2 mechanism
News | ComputerWeekly.comA subgroup of the Iran-linked Cobalt Mirage APT group has been caught taking advantage of the GitHub open source project as a means to operate its ...
Open Compute Project influence, open source hardware gain momentum
Feature | Data CenterWith open source hardware more feasible than ever, catch up on how Open Compute Project consortium uses open source to develop more efficient server ...
Promises, potential pitfalls of software-enabled flash
News | StorageAn open source project is aiming to upend how storage architecture runs, but for developers to see potential gains, they'll have to invest in both ...
GitHub targets vulnerable open source components
News | ComputerWeekly.comThere are thousands of vulnerabilities in open source code – GitHub aims to help developers see if their projects are impacted
Supply chain attack hits 26 open source projects on GitHub
News | SecurityThreat actors conducted an unprecedented supply chain attack by using malware known as Octopus Scanner to create backdoors in open source projects, ...
Improving open source software governance stature
Tip | IT OperationsOpen source governance is a vital part of a software project's maturity. Embrace these tools and tips to monitor open source security, use ...
SBOM graph database aims to be cloud security secret sauce
News | IT OperationsAn open source consortium that includes Google plans to release a deployable beta of the GUAC project this month, a possible milestone for ...
Sigstore co-creator talks GitHub, Kubernetes and next steps
News | IT OperationsDan Lorenc reflects on a whirlwind year for his open source project, now officially incorporated into Kubernetes and GitHub's npm registry, and his ...
A look at Presto, Trino SQL query engines
Feature | Data ManagementThe co-creator of the open source project at Facebook reflects on 10 years of growth as he helps lead one of its resulting tools into the future.
Zilliz raises $60M for open source Milvus vector database
News | Data ManagementThe leading commercial backer behind the open source Milvus database project is looking to advance the technology to build out a database for AI ...
Prepare today for potentially high-impact OpenSSL bug
News | ComputerWeekly.comOpenSSL trailed a critical vulnerability patch last week, which will be only the second such flaw ever found in the open source encryption project. ...
Penny-pinchers undermine value of open source
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe majority of IT runs on open source, but many of the people who maintain open source projects do not appear to get rewarded for their efforts
Apache exec talks prudent open source software project usage
Podcast | Software QualityThe open source community faces a number of technical and existential threats. A veteran talks open source's role, funding, security and compliance, ...
Salesforce CodeGen lead discusses AI-generated programming
News | Enterprise AIThe head of Salesforce's open source, AI-assisted no-code project discusses the company's approach to AI moving forward, as well as what users might ...
Mind the feature gaps in the PowerShell open source project
Tip | SearchWindowsServerAdministrators who switch to the cross-platform version of PowerShell might find it challenging to use, but there are several ways to cope with a ...
Google Cloud introduces new AI tools for business users
News | Enterprise AIThe tech giant released new a translation hub aimed at business users, a computer vision feature for the Vertex AI platform, and the OpenXLA Project ...
New funding for Anyscale boosts popular Ray AI platform
News | Enterprise AIThe startup raised $99 million and released a new version of its open source framework, which helps enterprises scale AI workloads and projects with ...
Raghu Karan Adapala
Contributor | TechTargetKaran is a full-stack developer and app architect who builds user experiences and back-end systems using Java, Python, CI/CD tools and cloud services.
New Databricks open source LLM targets custom development
News | Business AnalyticsThe data platform vendor's new language model was designed to provide open source users with AI development capabilities similar to those provided by...
IBM renews code challenge to stress-test open source projects
News | Software QualityIBM's Code and Response challenge builds on last year's Call for Code to apply open source development efforts to actual natural disasters.
JetBrains IDEs add local AI code completion
News | Software QualityJetBrains beats GitHub Copilot to an increasingly popular trend that circumvents copyright and data privacy concerns with cloud-based AI assistants.
OSS leaders detail commitments to bolster software security
News | ComputerWeekly.comCISA has announced a number of actions to help secure the global open source ecosystem, as leading package repositories including the Python and Rust...
Open source networking projects unite under Linux Foundation
News | NetworkingThe Linux Foundation created an umbrella platform, the LF Networking Fund, to promote cross-project collaboration among open source networking ...
Superconductive raises $21M for open source data quality
News | Data ManagementThe open source Great Expectations project is becoming increasingly popular, as the commercial vendor seeks to build out a cloud service to expand ...
Grafana Enterprise brings observability stack on premises
News | Data ManagementGrafana Labs is launching a new on-premises project stack for data observability, based on a series of open source projects that the company leads or...
GitOps vendor's close echoes wider funding, open-core woes
News | IT OperationsScore one for IT orgs that rely solely on upstream code, as Flux CD sails on. But Weaveworks' demise points to larger issues for vendor ...
The outlook for open source? Growing, but there are challenges
News | ComputerWeekly.comWhile more companies are using open source technologies, not everyone may realise it
Python @ 30: Praising the versatility of Python
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comPython recently celebrated its 30th birthday, and pioneers of the language have been reflecting on its significance as an open source project
IBM throws its Red Hat into open source AI ring with RHEL AI
News | Enterprise AIIBM and Red Hat open source their first LLMs, but IT experts say RHEL AI is more likely to stand out in the ways it links AI to hybrid cloud ...
WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications)
Definition | Unified CommunicationsWebRTC (Web Real-Time Communications) is an open source project that enables real-time voice, text and video communications capabilities between web ...
Red Hat OpenShift AI links LLMs into hybrid cloud
News | IT OperationsAn extensively updated OpenShift AI will underpin RHEL AI and, if Red Hat has its way, enterprises' AI infrastructure from the edge to the public ...
Typosquatting campaign, malicious packages slam PyPI
News | SecurityThreat actors used automated typosquatting attacks to lead victims to malicious python packages in yet another campaign targeting the open-source ...
Cyber crooks poison GitHub search to fool developers
News | ComputerWeekly.comResearchers share data on new technique whereby malicious actors are manipulating GitHub’s search function and using cleverly crafted repositories to...
Starburst and Varada partner for Trino data platform effort
News | Data ManagementManaging Trino, the open source project formerly known as PrestoSQL, could get easier and faster with a new partnership from two leading vendors in ...
Presto users detail what's next for open source SQL engine
News | Data ManagementThe open source Presto project is gaining adoption beyond just Uber and Facebook as the need to connect and query disparate sources of data continues...
Operation Rosehub patches Java vulnerabilities in open source projects
News | SecurityGoogle employees recently completed Operation Rosehub, a grass roots effort that patches a set of serious Java vulnerabilities in thousands of open ...
MemVerge to help balance HPC resources more efficiently
News | Data CenterPartnering with the DMTCP Project, MemVerge supports the open source distributed multithreaded checkpointing technology, which could change the ...
GitHub Copilot replicating vulnerabilities, insecure code
News | SecurityResearch from Snyk shows that AI assistants such as GitHub Copilot, which offer code completion suggestions, often amplify existing bugs and security...
12 top open source databases to consider
Feature | Data ManagementOpen source databases are viable alternatives to proprietary ones. Here's information on 12 open source and source available technologies for ...
Databricks unveils data sharing protocol as part of data lakehouse
News | ComputerWeekly.comDatabricks announces launch of open source project called Delta Sharing at Data + AI Summit, with backing of data providers and business intelligence...
Apache Daffodil advancing Data Format Description Language
News | Data ManagementData integration and data loading efforts could get easier to execute, as open source DFDL project becomes a Top-Level Project at the Apache Software...
Choosing the right chaos engineering tools
Tip | Software QualityChaos engineering tool options include the original (Chaos Monkey), open source projects like Chaos Toolkit and Chaos Mesh and Gremlin. Weigh these ...
Top.gg supply chain attack highlights subtle risks
News | SecurityThreat actors used fake Python infrastructure and cookie stealing to poison multiple GitHub code repositories, putting another spotlight on supply ...
Linkerd paywall prompts online debate, CNCF TOC review
News | IT OperationsLinkerd's decision to charge for access to stable builds of its service mesh code sparks objections and debate about open source governance, along ...
Some Linkerd service mesh users will soon have to pay
News | IT OperationsCompanies with more than 50 employees using Linkerd service mesh in production must pay Buoyant for stable releases starting in May. Open source ...
IT pros see AWS SaaS Boost as a rudimentary start
News | Cloud ComputingAWS SaaS Boost may give developers a place to begin, but the new open source project needs work to become more than a lock-in tool for AWS, according...
Linux group announces Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance
News | SecurityThe Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance aims to 'drive the advancement and adoption of post-quantum cryptography' and respond to security threats ...
Managing open source components in the software supply chain
Tip | IT OperationsSoftware supply chain attacks are becoming increasingly common. There is no single measure that can stop attacks, but implementing security ...
Prefect raises $32M for dataflow automation technology
News | Data ManagementData startup Prefect is looking to grow its open source project and commercial business to help organizations manage automated data pipeline ...
DHS funding breathes fresh life into SBOMs
News | IT OperationsProtobom, now an OpenSSF sandbox project, is the first of multiple software supply chain security efforts funded under the Silicon Valley Innovation ...
Rancher founders' new venture recasts Kubernetes management
News | IT OperationsWhile Rancher focused on simplifying Kubernetes management, Acorn Labs looks to remove it entirely from developer workflows by embedding it within a ...
Elasticsearch license schism stirs open source funding fears
News | IT OperationsElasticsearch license changes have forced a fork, which could broaden choices for IT buyers interested in that project. But worries also linger about...
Generative AI: Databricks unveils open source large language model
News | ComputerWeekly.comEnterprise customers are shifting to open source options to build customised generative AI tools using their own data, says Databricks
IBM engineers hatch Linux Foundation HashiCorp Vault fork
News | IT OperationsIBM engineers working on Open Horizon within the Linux Foundation begin a Vault fork as challenges continue for HashiCorp, which also addressed ...
Compare proprietary vs. open source for enterprise AI
Tip | Enterprise AIUnsure whether to choose proprietary or open source AI for your enterprise deployment? Compare the pros and cons of both software models, including ...
Apache Iceberg rising for new cloud data lake platforms
News | Data ManagementThe open source Apache Iceberg project is helping to define a new data tier for cloud data lakes that can help to improve performance and access for ...
GitHub hires first-ever chief security officer
News | Software QualityGitHub has added a CSO to its ranks, as the platform seeks to grow and maintain one of the world's largest collections of open source software ...
The challenges of open source in government
News | ComputerWeekly.comPublic sector bodies may find their policy decisions are stymied due to the inflexibility of the software they deploy. Is open source the answer?
SNAS open source networking project captures BGP telemetry
News | NetworkingThis week, bloggers look into the open source networking option SNAS, SIEM for enterprises and automating device configurations.
HashiCorp launches Boundary for cloud security
News | IT OperationsHashiCorp revealed its first new open source project in five years this week: a cloud security framework for access control called Boundary.
Google and Hugging Face unveil AI partnership
News | Enterprise AIThe partnership reflects the cloud provider's support of open source and aims to appeal to enterprises looking to move from ideation to ...
Priyank Gupta
Contributor | TechTargetPriyank Gupta is a partner at Sahaj Software. He builds distributed systems that operate at scale and is active in open source projects.
StreamNative raises $23M for Apache Pulsar data streaming
News | Data ManagementLeading vendor behind the open source event streaming project raised new funds to help build out a cloud platform for event data and message ...
6 common problems with open source code integration
Tip | App ArchitectureOpen source provides its fair share of benefits for businesses that put it to use. However, don't ignore these six hazards that development teams may...
Failings in open source disclosure put users at risk
News | ComputerWeekly.comAs more projects rely on open source components, IT departments need to keep on top of critical vulnerabilities to ensure they are secure
HashiCorp wades into continuous delivery with Waypoint
News | IT OperationsHashiCorp launched another new open source project this week, this time a continuous delivery utility called Waypoint, which IT pros hope will ...
Terraform Registry TOS change stokes open source ire
News | IT OperationsCommunity members allege that HashiCorp quietly changed the terms of service for its Terraform Registry in order to complicate efforts to fork the ...
ScyllaDB NoSQL database to improve with Project Circe
News | Data ManagementScyllaDB Project Circe sets out to help improve consistency, elasticity and performance for the open source NoSQL database.
OpenStack
Definition | Cloud ComputingOpenStack is a collection of open source software modules and tools that provides organizations with a framework to create and manage both public ...
Amazon ECS vs. Kubernetes: Which should you use on AWS?
Answer | Cloud ComputingLearn the basics about Amazon ECS and Kubernetes, as well as EKS and Fargate, before you choose an application architecture for your workloads on AWS.
DBS Bank goes big on open source
News | ComputerWeekly.comBesides using a slew of open source software, DBS Bank is looking to contribute some of its own projects to the open source community in future
Microsoft gives developers a sneak peek into Azure updates
News | Cloud ComputingHere's a look at three of the Azure-related projects developers got a glimpse of at Build, including a new open source project.
Open source contributions face friction over company IP
News | IT OperationsSoftware engineers who want to contribute to open source projects must convince conservative corporate legal departments it's worth the potential ...
Octopus Deploy reels in Codefresh for GitOps expertise
News | IT OperationsBy joining forces in CI/CD and GitOps, the combined companies look to even the odds with bigger competitors, but this will be a daunting task, ...
How developers can volunteer during the COVID-19 pandemic
Feature | TheServerSide.comWhat resources can developers offer to go against COVID-19? Explore some promising developer volunteer and open source project opportunities to see ...
Storage, infrastructure downplayed at Google Cloud Next '24
News | StorageGenAI took center stage at Google Cloud Next, but a smattering of storage updates and an emphasis on AI workloads have some infrastructure experts ...
DataStax enters event streaming market with Apache Pulsar
News | Data ManagementDataStax is getting into the event streaming market with the acquisition of Kesque, which uses the open source Apache Pulsar project as the ...
Analysts anticipate fresh wave of enterprise technology M&A
News | IT OperationsCI/CD vendor Harness acquired Armory, reports surfaced of private equity takeover talks for PagerDuty, and that's just the start of more M&A to come,...
18 data science tools to consider using in 2024
Feature | Business AnalyticsNumerous tools are available for data science applications. Read about 18, including their features, capabilities and uses, to see if they fit your ...