Open Mainframe Project announces Co-Located Events with IBM TechXchange in September and Open Source in Finance Forum in November San Francisco, CA, June 7, 2023 – The Open Mainframe Project, an open source initiative that enables collaboration across the mainframe community to develop shared tool sets and resources, today announced the launch of the Call […]
Rust Foundation Allies With OpenSSF and JFrog to Secure Code
The Rust Foundation announced today it is working with the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) and JFrog to help maintainers secure open source software created using the Rust programming language. Rebecca (Bec) Rumbul, executive director at the Rust Foundation, said even though Rust is a memory-safe language, there are still security issues that maintainers need […]
Linux Foundation Lists Top Open Source Libraries
The Linux Foundation today published a report that provides access to eight lists of the top 500 open source libraries being used by organizations as part of an ongoing effort to help better secure software supply chains. The Census II of Free and Open Source Software—Application Libraries report is based on usage data from providers […]
Linux Foundation Survey Sees Rise in SBOM Use
A global survey of 412 organizations published today by the Linux Foundation found nearly half of respondents (47%) producing or consuming software bills of material (SBOMs), and more than three-quarters said they expected to produce or consume them in 2022. SBOMs have become a bigger area of focus in the wake of a series of […]
Foundation Proposes Advancing eBPF Adoption Across Multiple OSes
The eBPF Foundation, which proposes to advance adoption of an approach that enables sandbox programs to run faster at the kernel level, is being launched today as an arm of the Linux Foundation. The technology known as eBPF was originally developed for Linux. The eBPF Foundation is now committed to expanding use of eBPF across […]
Open Mainframe Project Launches Call for Proposals for the 2nd Annual Open Mainframe Summit on September 22-23
Registration for the virtual event is now open. SAN FRANCISCO, May 5, 2021 – The Open Mainframe Project (OMP), an open source initiative that enables collaboration across the mainframe community to develop shared tool sets and resources, today announced plans for its 2nd annual Open Mainframe Summit, the premier mainframe event of 2021. The event, […]
Open Mainframe Project Kicks Off First Quarter with New Members, Additional COBOL and Linux on Z Resources and Launch of the 2nd Annual Open Mainframe Summit
OMP welcomes ASG Technologies, BMC Software and High School Technical Services to its global ecosystem COBOL Check, a new testing framework for COBOL applications, will complement the COBOL Training Course and leverage the support of the COBOL Working Group ConsoleZ is a new project that will modernize z/VM and zLinux SAN FRANCISCO, March 9, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Linux Foundation Adds Professional DevOps Certificate Program
The Linux Foundation this week made an addition to its professional certificate program that trains IT professionals on the fundamentals of best DevOps practices. Clyde Seepersad, senior vice president and general manager for training and certification at The Linux Foundation, said the goal is to increase the number of IT professionals that have been exposed […]