DevOps and Open Technologies
The Use of Open Source in Mainframe Environments
Open source is a critical element of IT computing. As companies modernize the mainframe and start to add components to mainframe applications that are off the mainframe, they should to be able ...
CentOS Rebellion Against Red Hat Gains Momentum
Two insurgent efforts to make sure the CentOS distribution remains viable have been launched following a decision by Red Hat to no longer invest in that fork of the Red Hat Enterprise ...
Armory Offers Framework to Extend Spinnaker
Armory, provider of a curated instance of open source Spinnaker continuous delivery (CD) software, is making generally available an open source plugin framework for any instance of Spinnaker. Announced this week at ...
Eclipse Foundation Formally Releases Jakarta EE 9 Spec
The post-Java Enterprise Edition (EE) era has formally begun with the release of a long-awaited Jakarta EE 9 Platform and Web Profile specification from the Eclipse Foundation. In addition, the Eclipse Foundation ...
GitHub Updates Server Platform for On-Prem IT Environs
GitHub this week rolled out a series of offerings including updates to its server platform that includes a major update to the on-premises edition of the Git-based repository for source code. Scheduled ...
DataStax Delivers on Open APIs Commitment
DataStax announced today the general availability of the open source Stargate application programming interface (API) framework for building applications on the Cassandra database. Ed Anuff, chief product officer at DataStax, said Stargate ...
Open Source: What IT Pros Wish the CIO Knew
Using DataOps and open source together, organizations can reimagine the way they deliver data and software-driven projects Real-time data is the fuel that powers today’s most critical systems and applications, as well ...
CD Foundation Embraces Ortelius to Manage Microservices Deployments
The Continuous Delivery (CD) Foundation has added the open source Ortelius platform for managing the deployment of microservices as an incubation level project. Originally developed by DeployHub, Ortelius was created to provide ...
Linux Foundation Exam for Certified IT Associates Available
A while back I wrote about an upcoming certification people receive from passing the Linux Foundation Exam. Now that it is available, I’m circling back as promised with more information. For those ...
Gravitational Becomes Teleport to Streamline Access Management
Gravitational today announced it has changed its name to Teleport and launched the Teleport Unified Access Plane, an open source security gateway that comes in the form of a single binary that ...
Dynatrace Adds to Observability Capabilities
Dynatrace today announced it has extended its observability capabilities via the launch of its PurePath 4 platform that adds support for the open source OpenTelemetry framework and W3C Trace Context specification for ...
Open Source Software and the Tragedy of the Commons
With many eyes looking at code, “All bugs become shallow,” as software developer and author Eric Raymond called Linus’s Law in action. This is one of the reasons behind the popularity of ...

