IoT devices currently lack a standard way of applying security. It leaves consumers, whether business or individuals, left to wonder if their devices are secure and up-to-date. Foundries.io, a company that launched today, wants to change that by offering a standard way to secure devices and deliver updates over the air. “Our mission is solving […]
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Oracle open sources Graphpipe to standardize machine learning model deployment
Oracle, a company not exactly known for having the best relationship with the open source community, is releasing a new open source tool today called Graphpipe, which is designed to simplify and standardize the deployment of machine learning models. The tool consists of a set of libraries and tools for following the standard. Vish Abrams, […]
View More Oracle open sources Graphpipe to standardize machine learning model deploymentSonatype offers developers free security scan tool on GitHub
Sonatype helps enterprises identify and remediate vulnerabilities in open source library dependencies and release more secure code. Today, they announced a free tool called DepShield that offers a basic level of protection for GitHub developers. The product is actually two parts. For starters, Sonatype has a database of open source dependency vulnerabilities called OSS Index. […]
View More Sonatype offers developers free security scan tool on GitHubPrometheus monitoring tool joins Kubernetes as CNCF’s latest “graduated” project
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) may not be a household name, but it houses some important open source projects including Kubernetes, the fast-growing container orchestration tool. Today, CNCF announced that the Prometheus monitoring and alerting tool had joined Kubernetes as the second “graduated” project in the organization’s history. The announcement was made at PromCon, the […]
View More Prometheus monitoring tool joins Kubernetes as CNCF’s latest “graduated” projectServerless, Inc. lands $10 M Series A to build serverless developers platform
Serverless, Inc came to the serverless game early, creating an open source framework for developers back in 2015. Today, they want to build on that earlier product to give developers more control over deployment and delivery of serverless applications. To that end, they announced a $10 million Series A round led by Lightspeed Ventures. They […]
View More Serverless, Inc. lands $10 M Series A to build serverless developers platformGitHub Enterprise and Business Cloud users now get access to public repos, too
GitHub, the code hosting service Microsoft recently acquired, is launching a couple of new features for its business users today that’ll make it easier for them to access public repositories on the service. Traditionally, users on the hosted Business Cloud and self-hosted Enterprise were not able to directly access the millions of public open-source repositories […]
View More GitHub Enterprise and Business Cloud users now get access to public repos, tooGoogle ups its Linux Foundation membership to the $500,000/year Platinum level
Google has long been a member of the Linux Foundation, but at the relatively low Silver level. Today, the company is stepping up its commitment by becoming a Platinum sponsor — the highest level of membership the open source non-profit organization currently offers. Silver membership for large corporations run just under $100,000 per year, while […]
View More Google ups its Linux Foundation membership to the $500,000/year Platinum levelTencent becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member to increase its focus on open source
Tencent, the $500-billion Chinese internet giant, is increasing its focus on open source after it became a platinum member of the Linux Foundation. The company has long been associated with the foundation and Linux generally, it is a founding member of the Linux Foundation’s deep learning program that launched earlier this year, and now as a […]
View More Tencent becomes a Linux Foundation platinum member to increase its focus on open sourceOpen source sustainability
Open source sustainability has been nothing short of an oxymoron. Engineers around the world pour their sweat and frankly, their hearts into these passion projects that undergird all software in the modern internet economy. In exchange, they ask for nothing in return except for recognition and help in keeping their projects alive and improving them. […]
View More Open source sustainabilityNginx lands $43 million Series C to fuel expansion
Nginx, the commercial company behind the open source web server, announced a $43 million Series C investment today led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity. NEA, which has been on board as an early investor is also participating As part of the deal, David Campbell, managing director at Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division will join the […]
View More Nginx lands $43 million Series C to fuel expansionFour years after release of Kubernetes 1.0, it has come a long way
On June 6th, 2014 Kubernetes 1.0 was released. At the time, nobody could have predicted that 4 years later that the project would become a de facto standard for container orchestration or that the biggest tech companies in the world would be backing it. That would come later. If you think back to June 2014, […]
View More Four years after release of Kubernetes 1.0, it has come a long wayGitLab’s high-end plans are now free for open source projects and schools
The fact that Microsoft is buying GitHub has left a lot of developers with a deep feeling of unease and a lot of them are now looking for alternatives. One of those is GitLab and that company has decided to strike the iron while it’s hot. To attract even more developers to its platform, GitLab today […]
View More GitLab’s high-end plans are now free for open source projects and schools