Why join the Rocket Open Source Languages and Tools for z/OS forum? It’s a place where you can ask questions about our open source languages and tools and get answers from other mainframe professionals like yourself, as well as members of the Rocket team. As a Forum member, you can engage with your peers, learn […]
Survey Sees Faster Shift to Open Source Software
A survey of 638 IT professionals finds the economic downturn brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic is, like other slumps, driving increased adoption of open source software. Conducted by Tidelift, a provider of commercial support and maintenance for open source projects, the survey finds 44% of respondents reporting their organizations are now more likely to […]
OpenSSF Makes Free Security Training Available
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), an arm of the Linux Foundation, is providing free security training for developers building and employing open source software starting later this week as part of an overall effort to advance best DevSecOps practices. Linux Foundation CTO Chris Aniszczyk said the Secure Software Development Fundamentals professional certificate program along […]
5 Areas to Consider When Building an Open Source Stack
Open source software has gone mainstream, propelled by the increasing maturity of many communities and tools working together with organizations seeking ways to deploy software faster and cheaper. According to Gartner Research, over 95% of them are deploying open source software, and while it brings many benefits, it also introduces a whole new set of […]
Survey Sees Open Source Adoption, Quality Gains
A survey of 959 IT leaders published this week by Red Hat finds increased reliance on and adoption of open source software is now being driven by perceived higher quality as much as it is cost concerns. The survey finds higher quality of software (33%) was the top reason they chose open source, followed by […]
The Risks and Potential Impacts Associated with Open Source
Open source software (OSS) is built by communities of developers who contribute their knowledge and time to OSS projects they find appealing. That code can then be used by individuals, communities and organizations in their software products—the only obligation they have is to play under the rules of the license with which the OSS project […]
How Open Source Software Is Defining the Future of Mobile Connectivity
Mobile operators face intense pressure to deliver more data, faster connectivity, better coverage and more functionality to end users who are (unfortunately) more demanding than ever. Increasingly, these end users will not be people as we know them but rather Internet of Things (IoT) devices. IDC has projected that by 2025, 60% of the world’s […]
5 Best Practices for Managing Open-Source Components
In today’s connected world, software development environments focus a lot on faced-paced development. Organizations that adopt agile development practices such as DevOps and use Open-Source (OS) software and components to their advantage have a much better chance of keeping up with demand and shorten the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). However, incorporating OS components into applications […]
Helping the Little Guy: The Power of Open Source Software for Startups
It’s no secret that open source software holds many benefits for businesses looking to reap the rewards of these innovative, collaborative and incidentally free efforts of developers around the world. Even major companies such as Salesforce have opened up their software for developers to test, debug and improve. Other huge players that run on open […]
Black Duck, HPE Partner to Protect Open Source
Open-source software has a number of significant benefits. For starters, it’s both free, which is hard to beat, and open, which means developers can customize or modify it to fit their needs. One issue with open-source software, however, is security. Black Duck has established itself as a leading tool for managing security of open-source tools—and […]