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Wipro and Alfresco expand partnership to offer open source based digital transformation capabilities
2018-12-11 02:00

Wipro Digital and Alfresco expanded global partnership to create, build and run open source based digital transformation programs for its clients, across the globe. The partnership will bring...

New Mac Malware Combines Open-Source Backdoor and Crypto-Miner
2018-12-10 16:04

A recently discovered piece of malware targeting Mac systems is a combination of two open-source programs, Malwarebytes security researchers warn.  read more

WhiteSource Bolt for GitHub: Free Open Source Vulnerability Management App for Developers
2018-12-05 11:48

Developers around the world depend on open source components to build their software products. According to industry estimates, open source components account for 60-80% of the code base in modern...

Unbound releases open source blockchain-crypto-mpc library for blockchain developers
2018-11-29 03:30

Unbound brings to the blockchain community a security solution via open source. The company’s blockchain-crypto-mpc library is available for free on Git Hub. It’s an open source library for...

Distributing Malware By Becoming an Admin on an Open-Source Project
2018-11-28 12:48

The module "event-steam" was infected with malware by an anonymous someone who became an admin on the project. Cory Doctorow points out that this is a clever new attack vector: Many open source...

OpenStack Foundation board expands mission to host new open source projects
2018-11-15 02:30

The board of directors of the OpenStack Foundation (OSF) adopted a resolution advancing a new governance framework supporting the organization’s investment in emerging use cases for OpenStack and...

The Linux Foundation launches Ceph Foundation to advance open source storage
2018-11-12 16:05

The Linux Foundation and over 30 global technology leaders are forming a new foundation to support the Ceph open source project community. The Ceph project develops a unified distributed storage...

IBM Buys "Red Hat" Open-Source Software Company for $34 Billion
2018-10-29 08:18

It's been quite a year for the open source platforms. Earlier this year, Microsoft acquired popular code repository hosting service GitHub for $7.5 billion, and now IBM has just announced the...

IBM to Acquire Open Source Giant Red Hat for $34 Billion
2018-10-29 01:52

IBM Buys Software Company Red Hat for $34bn in Bid for Cloud Dominance read more

First release of StarlingX open source edge cloud software now available
2018-10-25 02:00

StarlingX — the open source edge computing and IoT cloud platform optimized for low latency and high performance applications — is available in its first release. The project was established in...