Open Source Advocates Want Share of Wealth
The egalitarian spirit of the open source community might be starting to fray as individual developers begin to question who is really benefiting most from their efforts. A survey of 4,440 developers who actively participated in open source projects in 2020 finds more than half (54%) of respondents said they feel that individuals should be […]
EraDB Launches Log Management Alternative
EraDB today launched EraSearch to provide IT teams with an alternative to open source ElasticSearch software for managing logs at scale. Todd Persen, EraDB’s CEO, said EraSearch is based on a modern database that decouples storage and compute. In this way, EraSearch can scale more efficiently than ElasticSearch, while providing IT teams with the same […]
New Relic Adds Visualization Tool to Observability Platform
New Relic announced today it has added a visualization tool, dubbed New Relic Explorer, to make it simpler for IT professionals to discover the root cause of issues that adversely affect application performance. Buddy Brewer, global vice president and field CTO for the Americas, New Relic, said the goal is to make it simpler for […]
The Benefits of Open Source Technologies
Over the last 20 years, we have seen the proliferation of open source software and technologies become part of commercial offerings, either as part of the technology stack that powers the product or part of the product itself. Although these two use cases are largely different, both have come to showcase just how useful open […]
Oracle Includes GraalVM Support in Java SE Subscription
Oracle announced today it is adding a GraalVM Enterprise virtual machine for building Java applications to Java SE Subscription at no additional cost. Donald Smith, senior director of product management from the Java Platform Group at Oracle, said GraalVM Enterprise provides developers with a high-performance application runtime, built on Oracle Java SE, that includes a […]
Open Mainframe Virtual Summit: Adding Value to the Mainframe
While many predicted mainframes would eventually become obsolete, they continue to be prevalent in the corporate world. Mainframes are still in high demand, and the mainframe market is likely to grow over the next few years as business and IT leaders validate its enduring role in their hybrid strategies. Mainframes are rapidly evolving to meet […]
Open Source and the Mainframe with Rocket Software
Open source enables developers to quickly create and deploy containers and business services across public and private infrastructures. Open source tools allow DevOps teams to harness the power of the mainframe. In this TechStrong TV interview, Tim Willging, chief architect and strategist, and Peter Fandel, mainframe open source evangelist at Rocket Software, join Mitch Ashley […]
HAProxy Updates Data Plane API to Simplify Service Discovery
HAProxy has updated the open source HAProxy Data Plane application programing interface (API) to include service discovery capabilities alongside native support for the Consul service mesh being developed by HashiCorp. Version 2.2 of the HAProxy Data Plane API also adds support for file handling, SSL certificates, map files and configuration files for its Stream Processing […]
Red Hat Expands RHEL Subscription Program for Developers
Red Hat is extending its developer program to make it simpler for both individual developers and small teams to access a free Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system subscription. These programs are launched in the wake of Red Hat’s decision to no longer invest in an open source CentOS Linux distribution project. Many developers […]
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 to build, test and deploy the components of that application that go across the mainframe and different computing platforms in the same manner. […]
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 Linux (RHEL) distribution. Launched in 2006, CentOS is widely employed by IT organizations that need an open source distribution of Linux to, for […]
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 its online OPEN CORE SUMMIT, the framework has already been employed to create 15 plugins for Spinnaker, including an observability tool from Armory […]
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 has announced that version 6.0.0 of the open source Glassfish application server has now been certified to be compliant with Jakarta EE 9. […]
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 to be available next week, GitHub CEO Nat Friedman noted via a pre-recorded video that opened the online GitHub Universe event that version […]
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 will make it easier for developers to use de facto standard REST API, GraphQL API, schemaless Document API or JSON to build applications […]
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 as the digital transformation initiatives organizations need to compete effectively. For the people on the front lines building them, having the right technology […]
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 a means to automate configuration at the application level. It also provides a central catalog of services that makes it easier to consume […]
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 unfamiliar, this certification is specifically targeted at people who are newer to their IT career or just launching it. The goal is to […]
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 acts as a proxy for remotely accessing Linux servers and Kubernetes clusters. Teleport Unified Access Plane (UAP) for managing those gateways can be […]
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 distributed tracing. In addition, the company is adding support for service meshes and serverless computing frameworks running on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft […]
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 open source: the volunteer communities working to improve and update the code. And according to a Purdue University study, Linus’s Law does, in […]
Logz.io Embraces Jaeger for Distributed Tracing
Logz.io announced at its online ScaleUp! 2020 conference announced today it has added support for open source Jaeger distributed tracing software to its observability platform based on a curated instance of open source Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK) software. Logz.io CTO Jonah Kowall said support for Jaeger extends the reach of the open source platform […]
The Value of OpenTelemetry in Observability
As infrastructure becomes more complex, the quest for better observability continues. With increased containerization, third-party applications and generally increased network complexity, it becomes difficult for organizations to track issues of stability and performance. But OpenTelemetry can be used to improve upon observability throughout a network by enhancing and consolidating reporting throughout all applications and services. […]