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"I don’t know about you, but I like to play ‘word association’ from time-to-time. Let’s have a quick game now. Technology-Computer-Software-Microsoft-Open Source! Although it may be hard to..."
Here are the 7 most talked about severe open source security vulnerabilities of 2016.
"When it comes to security standards, open source can feel a bit like the wild west. There are no standards to govern open source coding and usage, meaning security vulnerabilities can become..."
"It’s happened again. Yesterday a new critical open source vulnerability was detected. This time, white hat hacker Dawid Golunski discovered a critical vulnerability affecting every available..."
Since all businesses now rely on software to function and perform services, the need for fast and secure delivery of software products and patches has never been greater. It needs a digital transformation. {BANNER} Software Delivery is Full of Challenges for Large Tech Companies If you’re a technology professional, you know that it’s always a...
Exploring the nefarious (and at times plain weird) story of ransomware, and how you can protect yourself from its grasps.
With the disclosure last week that over 900 million android phones were susceptible to the QuadRooter vulnerability, you could be forgiven for thinking that that was enough excitement for now....
We're all using open source components, but do we understand what makes open source code open source? It's the open source license! But did you know around 80% of the code published on GitHub...
When software development teams embrace open source, good things happen. But like with any change, new challenges arise when old processes are modified to accommodate new methodologies. This...
In this post we cover the top 4 challenges facing enterprises nowadays from improving their agility.
"If you manage a team of developers, you need to keep yourself up-to-date on the latest major developments in Open Source. Whether you need to keep an eye on your industry's latest open source..."
Mend has just released its selection-tool plugin, which is one of many features which makes open source management and security for our customers as easy pie. But getting to this stage has...
Security positions are difficult to fill, therefore, it’s essential to retain security superstars. what are the key ways you can prevent your top performers from jumping ship?
"The future of your enterprise here and that future is the Internet of Things (IoT). Less than a decade ago, it was pure pie in the sky that you would be able to remotely control your home’s..."
The last word has been sung in the Oracle vs Google regarding Android’s usage of Java’s open sourced APIs. If you haven’t been tracking this news, then you should have been, since the...
If you’re a development manager, your developers are using choosing many open source components during a project lifecycle. Are you in the know about how your team is checking open source...
BadLock is a security vulnerability discovered recently on March 22nd in Samba and Windows. Samba is an open source project, under the GNU licenses. It provides a fast file and print services for...
"The war for developers is hotter than ever these days. Software developers are currently enjoying one of the brightest employment outlooks with unemployment rate less than half of the national..."
Serious security threats keep hitting the Android platform. In response, both Google and device makers like Samsung and LG have recently made several proposals and initiatives to remedy this...
7 agile tools that you should consider, from initial planning, to project management, to day-to-day team communication and time tracking.
"The open source journey started back in the ‘50s with free software. It had many stops along the way until it became what we know today as open source. Open source finds its roots in the U.S...."
Imagine the following scenario. A deadline is nearing, and a developer is hard at work on one of the last unimplemented features. Unfortunately, his code simply doesn't do what it's supposed...
"Let’s admit: great developers are hard to find. But what if your top-performing developers were to walk up to you today and say that he or she has decided to move on? You'd feel terrible,..."
Let’s take a look at your most frequently asked questions about the GNU GPL with the Classpath exception.
What started in the 1970’s with the computer system ‘expert system’, continue in the 1990’s with IBM’s ‘Deep Blue’ defeating chess world champion Garry Kasparov, turned into a race to dominated...
The occasional work overloads are not uncommon, especially not to software development teams. If you’ve ever found your team stuck in such piles of work, subcontracting can be a good solution....
If you run a Java-based application, you might be at risk. Discover what might turn out to be Java’s Heartbleed.
"To open source, or not open source, that is the question. The idea of opening a company’s source code attracts a lot of reactions: some companies are opening up to it, some don’t look at it as..."
Temenos, the world's leading banking software vendor, serves over 500 million customers each day. And just like other companies that use open source, Temenos too started finding it increasingly...
Linus's Law says that if enough people are looking at a certain code, security & quality issues will be discovered. So how can we explain the massive security vulnerabilities?
four out of five developers, say that they’ve used open-source this year. As a VP of engineering you need to know what was used, who used it, and what are the risks of using it
Learn how to continuously manage your open source components, enforce license compliance, and be notified when security vulnerabilities are discovered and fixed.
In this webinar, Dr. Ron Rymon, a serial entrepreneur, shares his experience as an entrepreneur and investor going through two different open source due diligence processes as part
The viewer of this webinar will walk away with enough knowledge to make an educated choice as to which approach is the best for their organization.
"Watch this webinar to better understand how to reduce open source security risks. In this webinar we explain, how crucial and effective open source usage management is in reducing the security risks"
Like 80% of other development teams, you are increasingly relying on open source components. This enables you to develop faster, reduce costs and improve efficiency. On the flip side, it is very difficult to know what components were used, and in which parts of your product. When a security vulnerability is discovered in an open...