Yes, it’s Halloween of 2014, and we’re here to revisit the technologies that are so frightening, they’ll make you evacuate from multiple “interfaces”. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
Month: October 2014
Six in 10 Experts Expect Major Cyber-Attack by 2015: Pew Study
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Respondents to a Pew Internet study say a major cyber-attack by 2025 is likely. Security experts have ideas on how the risk might be mitigated. Read more at eWeek Source: Linux
SwiftStack Gets $16M to Make Open Source Software-Defined Storage Easy for Enterprises
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SwiftStack wants to make open source storage software work really well on commodity hardware, says founder and CEO Joe Arnold, whose OpenStack Swift-based software-defined storage company recently raised a $16 million Series B funding round. The round was led by OpenView Partners, a venture capital firm that specializes in boosting growing enterprise software companies after…
u2flib-host 2.0.1
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Two executables are provided, u2f-register and u2f-authenticate, which support the register and authenticated commands of U2F as defined in the FIDO specifications, available here: http://fidoalliance.org/specifications/download === License === This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software…
Why companies that rely on open-source projects must insist on a strong, enforceable code of conduct
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Once derided and under constant legal attacks, open-source software is now a force in the tech industry with Docker, Hortonworks and Cloudera all being recent examples of how companies can thrive around an engaged community whose contributors help ensure that the core technology is up to date and contains the latest features. Source: Tech
Debian's Civil War: Has It Really Come to This?
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“The ‘new’ Debian would be rather weak,” said blogger Robert Pogson. “Would it have the hundreds of mirrors that make Debian wonderful? I doubt that. Source: Tech
Picking up the open-gov torch
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In September, the White House announced a series of new initiatives as part of its second Open Government National Action Plan. Among them was a commitment to developing and implementing a governmentwide open-source software policy by the end of 2015. Source: Tech
Shellshock Attacks Mail Servers
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The latest vector for exploits of the Shellshock bug in the Bash shell is SMTP, where the mail headers themselves trigger the exploit. Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit Source: Linux
EnterpriseDB Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems
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London, UK – October 27, 2014 – EnterpriseDB (EDB), the leading worldwide provider of enterprise-class Postgres products and database compatibility solutions, today announced it has been positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in the Gartner report, Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems*. EnterpriseDB interprets the placement of EDB in the Leaders Quadrant is part of…
Taiga, a New Open Source Project Management Tool with Focus on Usability
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Whether you are a developer, project manager, or a stakeholder of any level—you’d like to have a clear view of where the project is headed. Are the deadlines being continuously achieved? How is the load on developers? How much of the project is complete? What is next for you in the project? And so on.…