Your open source gift giving guide for 2019
Tech Republic Security
DECEMBER 10, 2019
Tis the season for open source gifts. Jack Wallen has a few ideas that are sure to put a smile on the faces of the open source lovers in your life. But what to buy?
What is SONiC and how can enterprises try the open-source NOS?
Network World
JULY 17, 2024
Interest in the open-source network operating system SONiC is rising as major networking vendors and start-ups look to offer resources to help enterprises give SONiC a try. The Linux-based NOS was created by Microsoft for its Azure data centers and then open-sourced by Microsoft in 2017. What is SONiC? Who created SONiC?
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Open Source Software Vulnerabilities Increased By 130% in 2019
CTOvision
JUNE 10, 2020
The number of open source software (OSS) vulnerabilities more than doubled in 2019 compared with 2018, a new RiskSense report has shown. Total common vulnerabilities and exposures vulnerabilities (CVEs) reached […].
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DevOps Vendors at the Forefront in 2019
Information Week
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
As DevOps becomes a widespread enterprise trend, vendors are expanding and improving tools to incorporate DevSecOps and further address cloud and open source needs.
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Huawei open-sources MindSpore, a framework for AI app development
CTOvision
MARCH 31, 2020
Huawei this week announced that MindSpore, a framework for AI app development the company detailed in August 2019, is now available in open source on GitHub and Gitee.
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What is KubeVirt? How does it migrate VMware workloads to Kubernetes?
Network World
MARCH 17, 2025
There are many different ways of doing virtualization in the cloud, and among the most common approaches is to use the open-source Kubernetes container orchestration system. The open-source KubeVirt project is a technology that does exactly what the two parts of the name imply. What is KubeVirt?
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Next-gen Ethernet standards set to move forward in 2025
Network World
JANUARY 14, 2025
Much of that work occurred under the direction of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium , which is an open-source effort under the governance of the Linux Foundation. That is a standard based on the IEEE 802.3cg specification that was finalized in 2019. Rodgers said.
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Cloudera Update: Open source route seeks to keep big data alive
CTOvision
JULY 29, 2019
Cloudera has had a busy 2019. The vendor started off the year by merging with its primary rival Hortonworks to create a new Hadoop big data juggernaut. However, in the ensuing months, the newly merged company has faced challenges as revenue has come under pressure and the Hadoop market overall has shown signs of weakness. […].
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IBM aims at hybrid cloud, enterprise security
Network World
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
IBM is addressing this challenge with its Cloud Pak for Security, which features open-source technology for hunting threats, automation capabilities to speed response to cyberattacks, and the ability integrate customers’ existing point-product security-system information for better operational safekeeping – all under one roof.
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Cryptocurrency miners exploit Docker flaw
Network World
MARCH 5, 2019
According to Imperva research, a container flaw reported last month (CVE-2019-5736) in Docker's remote API has already been taken advantage of by hundreds of attackers. Monero (ticker symbol XMR) is an open-source cryptocurrency that was created in April 2014. It also takes advantage of an obfuscated public ledger.
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What you need to know about Cloudera vs. AWS for big data
CTOvision
AUGUST 19, 2019
When it merged with fellow big data management vendor Hortonworks in January 2019, Cloudera Inc. The upcoming Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) will be an open source, cloud-hosted big data offering meant to challenge Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) — […].
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Amazon, Apple, and Google’s open-source smart home standard is on track for a 2021 launch
The Verge
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Project Connected Home over IP — the ambitious attempt to bring together Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance with a unified, open-source smart home platform — has just posted its latest update on the project. Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge. In short, that’s nearly every type of major smart home device.
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Google previews TensorFlow 2.0 alpha with focus on simplicity and ML beginners
CTOvision
MARCH 12, 2019
At the 2019 TensorFlow Dev Summit today, Google announced a number of updates for its open-source machine learning library aimed at research and production. The TensorFlow 2.0 alpha provides a preview of upcoming changes aimed at making ML easier for beginners.
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Sentry’s David Cramer on bootstrapping a unicorn
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 27, 2022
Sentry was started as an open source project by David Cramer in 2008 to provide monitoring services for application developers. Sentry’s open source and cloud-based offerings support 100+ languages and frameworks and provide developers with visibility into the health of their applications. Why is open source so important?
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Google’s VR painting app is getting the axe, but it will live on as an open-source project
The Verge
JANUARY 26, 2021
Google is ending development on the virtual reality painting app Tilt Brush — one of the most well-known VR applications — and making it open source. Tilt Brush’s code can be accessed on GitHub now , but Google says some features had to be removed from the open-source release because of licensing restrictions.
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Modernizing bp’s application landscape with AI
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 24, 2025
The scope of its efforts so far is demonstrated by its shift into lower-carbon businesses, power trading, and convenience stores, which represented just 3% of its investment in 2019 but 23% in 2023. Fotiou has found that in some cases open-source tools can help especially with cost considerations.
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What is COBIT? A framework for alignment and governance
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 12, 2023
The ISACA announced an updated version of COBIT in 2018, ditching the version number and naming it COBIT 2019. COBIT 2019 was introduced to build governance strategies that are more flexible and collaborative and that address new and changing technology.
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AWS re:Invent 2019: Day Four Recap
Linux Academy
DECEMBER 5, 2019
The final day of AWS re:Invent, 2019. AWS Nitro has also enabled other powerful AWS services including AWS Outposts (AWS Infrastructure and service brought to your data center) and FireCracker (Virtualization Technology and Open Source Project for Running lightweight Multi-Tenant Container Workloads). AWS Builder’s Library.
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US Air Force seeks generative AI test pilots
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 13, 2024
Guardians are enlisted members of the US Space Force, a service created under the DAF umbrella in 2019. For now, AFRL is experimenting with self-hosted open-source LLMs in a controlled environment. It is not training the model, nor are responses refined based on any user inputs.
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Google is releasing an open source harassment filter for journalists
The Verge
MARCH 8, 2022
Google’s Jigsaw unit is releasing the code for an open source anti-harassment tool called Harassment Manager. It’s debuting as source code for developers to build on, then being launched as a functional application for Thomson Reuters Foundation journalists in June. “Our Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.
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What is synthetic data? Generated data to help your AI strategy
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 15, 2022
For example, in 2019, Norway’s Labour and Welfare Administration created a synthetic version of its entire population. A number of tools are currently available to organizations interested in generating their own synthetic data, most of which are open source. Organizations can do something similar by using synthetic data.
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Free Courses at Linux Academy – December 2019
Linux Academy
DECEMBER 1, 2019
This course explains the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and how this software is used today. The post Free Courses at Linux Academy – December 2019 appeared first on Linux Academy. Linux Operating System Fundamentals. Are you a non-technical person just wanting to know what this ‘Linux’ thing is?
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Uncovering Vulnerabilities In Open Source Libraries (CVE-2019-13499)
ForAllSecure
JANUARY 28, 2020
In recent articles, ForAllSecure has discussed how we were able to use our next-generation fuzzing solution, Mayhem, to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in several open source projects, including Netflix DIAL reference , Das U-Boot , and more. allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PSD file.
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Uncovering Vulnerabilities In Open Source Libraries (CVE-2019-13499)
ForAllSecure
JANUARY 28, 2020
In recent articles, ForAllSecure has discussed how we were able to use our next-generation fuzzing solution, Mayhem, to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in several open source projects, including Netflix DIAL reference , Das U-Boot , and more. allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PSD file.
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Free Courses at Linux Academy — August 2019
Linux Academy
JULY 30, 2019
Here we’ll explain the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and when to use Linux. The post Free Courses at Linux Academy — August 2019 appeared first on Linux Academy. Linux Operating System Fundamentals. Are you a non-technical person just wanting to know what this ‘Linux’ thing is? Then this course is for you.
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Weekly Update 6-3-2019
Linux Academy
JUNE 3, 2019
Plus when it’s okay to lie to the compiler, what GitHub’s Sponsors program means for open source, and your feedback. Plus Wes and Ell are back from KubeCon in Barcelona and return with some great news for open source. The post Weekly Update 6-3-2019 appeared first on Linux Academy Blog.
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NASA accelerates science with gen AI-powered search
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 15, 2024
In 2019, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released a report based on a series of interviews with scientists that made it clear those scientists needed a centralized search capability to help them find the data they needed. You have to be both science literate and data literate.”
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Best IT and Tech Blogs – Must Read Information Technology Resources 2019
Galido
MARCH 19, 2019
Information Technology Blog - - Best IT and Tech Blogs – Must Read Information Technology Resources 2019 - Information Technology Blog. Below are some of our General Information Technology Blog picks for 2019. Covering vista, Linux, Ubuntu, SQL server, mac os, enterprise, UNIX, open source, AMD, ERP – Techworld.com.
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Linux Academy
APRIL 30, 2019
You learn the basic knowledge of computer hardware, gain an understanding of open-source applications in the workplace, and learn to navigate systems on a Linux desktop, as well as rudimentary commands to navigate the Linux command line. The post What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019 appeared first on Linux Academy Blog.
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113 Best Tech Blogs – Must Read Tech Resources 2019
Galido
MARCH 22, 2019
Information Technology Blog - - Best Tech Blogs – Must Read Tech Resources 2019 - Information Technology Blog. Below are some of our General Tech Blog picks for 2019. Covering vista, Linux, Ubuntu, SQL server, mac os, enterprise, UNIX, open source, AMD, ERP – Techworld.com. Technology is constantly changing.
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107 Tech Blogs – Best Must Read Tech Resources 2019
Galido
MAY 1, 2019
Information Technology Blog - - Tech Blogs – Best Must Read Tech Resources 2019 - Information Technology Blog. Below are some of our General Tech Blog picks for 2019. Covering vista, Linux, Ubuntu, SQL server, mac os, enterprise, UNIX, open source, AMD, ERP – Techworld.com. Technology is constantly changing.
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Free Courses at Linux Academy – November 2019
Linux Academy
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
This course explains the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and how this software is used today. The post Free Courses at Linux Academy – November 2019 appeared first on Linux Academy. Linux Operating System Fundamentals. Are you a non-technical person just wanting to know what this ‘Linux’ thing is?
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Led by founders who met at Microsoft, Chronosphere lands $200M, reaches unicorn status
GeekWire
OCTOBER 8, 2021
Founded in 2019 by former Uber and Microsoft engineers, Chronosphere offers “data observability” software that helps companies using cloud-native architecture monitor their data. The result was M3 , Uber’s open-source production metrics system, which is capable of storing and querying billions of data points per second.
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Free Courses at Linux Academy — October 2019
Linux Academy
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
This course explains the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and how this software is used today. The post Free Courses at Linux Academy — October 2019 appeared first on Linux Academy. Linux Operating System Fundamentals. Are you a non-technical person just wanting to know what this ‘Linux’ thing is?
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UNCOVERING VULNERABILITIES IN OPEN SOURCE LIBRARIES
ForAllSecure
JANUARY 28, 2020
In recent articles, ForAllSecure has discussed how we were able to use our next-generation fuzzing solution, Mayhem, to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in several open source projects, including Netflix DIAL reference , Das U-Boot , and more. allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PSD file.
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Online romance scammers stole more hearts (and money) in 2020 than 2019
Vox
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
In 2020, the amount of money people in the US lost to romance scams, which usually start online, surged 50 percent from the year before, jumping from just over $200 million in 2019 to more than $300 million, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.
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Looking Ahead: My 2019 Projects
Scott Lowe
MARCH 15, 2019
Without further ado, here’s my list of 2019 project goals, along with an optional stretch goal (where it makes sense). Make at least one code contribution to an open source project. Stretch goal: Make three code contributions to open source projects.). So there’s my list of 2019 project goals.
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What’s Free At Linux Academy June 2019
Linux Academy
MAY 28, 2019
Foregoing any technical practices, this course takes a high-level view of the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and how this powerful software is used today. The post What’s Free At Linux Academy June 2019 appeared first on Linux Academy Blog. Then this course is for you.
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Will our AI creations ultimately achieve personhood? Here’s how it could happen
GeekWire
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
I would expect that to be a division in the market, like the division between proprietary and free and open-source software,” he says. For more about Koch’s research, check out this 2019 GeekWire article , which focuses on an earlier book titled “The Feeling of Life Itself.” When will that moment in the market come about?
Top Tech Websites 2019
Galido
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Information Technology Blog - - Top Tech Websites 2019 - Information Technology Blog. Below are some of our General Tech Website and Blog picks for 2019. Covering vista, Linux, Ubuntu, SQL server, mac os, enterprise, UNIX, open source, AMD, ERP – Techworld.com. Technology is constantly changing. Engadget Mobile.
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Looking Back: 2019 Project Report Card
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 1, 2020
As has been my custom over the last five years or so, in the early part of the year I like to share with my readers a list of personal projects for the upcoming year (here’s the 2019 list ). In this post, I’ll continue that pattern with an evaluation of my progress against my 2019 project list.
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Texas Linux Fest 2019
Linux Academy
MAY 16, 2019
When: May 31st – June 1st, 2019. Texas Linux Fest is the first state-wide annual community-run conference for Linux and open source software users and enthusiasts from around the Lone Star State. The post Texas Linux Fest 2019 appeared first on Linux Academy Blog. Where: Irving Convention Center.
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Kickstarter says it’s switching to crowdfunding via the blockchain
The Verge
DECEMBER 8, 2021
The company said Wednesday that it will support the development of “an open-source protocol that will essentially create a decentralized version of Kickstarter’s core functionality,” according to a Kickstarter blog post published Wednesday. Kickstarter is announcing some big changes to the foundations of its technology.
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Wells Fargo prepares to take a quantum leap
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 17, 2022
Wells Fargo was introduced to quantum computing’s potential in 2019. At that time, the financial services company was exploring post-quantum cryptography and already had research relationships with academic institutions working on AI research. All these services are available online.”.
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