The Five Founding Fathers of Open Source
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Do you remember in high school it seemed like all the cool kids seemed to be speaking in their own code? Well, it’s a bit like that in DevOps circles today. Everybody’s talking about Continuous Integration (CI) this, Continuous Deployment (CD) that. And who knows, you might even hear some people mentioning Continous Delivery (CDel)....
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The Open Source Revolution
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Learn how to continuously manage your open source components, enforce license compliance, and be notified when security vulnerabilities are discovered and fixed.
Due Diligence Made Easy – Open Source Analysis and Report
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"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"
Webinar – Controlling Open Source Security Vulnerabilities
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Open Source Software in Mergers & Acquisitions
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The VMware open source lawsuit – and what it means for you
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