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Getting the most out of open source without sacrificing security

CIO

Open source has seen a great deal of momentum among mainframers, making collaboration easier and providing greater transparency. But for all of its benefits, open source is not without risks. By its very nature, open-source code is accessible to whoever wants to see it—including potential attackers.

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Why Modernizing Mainframe Development Needs Secure Open Source

CIO

But in order to be successful in today’s technology-driven world, businesses that rely on the mainframe must modernize their operations and integrate the latest tools and technologies. One technology that modern mainframes need is secure open-source software.

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Plane takes on Jira with open source project management tool for software teams

TechCrunch

Companies on the hunt for comprehensive project management and issue tracking tooling aren’t exactly short of options, with the likes of Atlassian’s Jira serving software development teams well for more than two decades.

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Qdrant, an open source vector database startup, wants to help AI developers leverage unstructured data

TechCrunch

Founded out of Berlin in 2021, Qdrant is targeting AI software developers with an open source vector search engine and database for unstructured data, which is an integral part of AI application development particularly as it relates to using real-time data that hasn’t been categorized or labeled.

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Medusa’s open source e-commerce tool for JavaScript developers aims to take on Shopify

TechCrunch

Merchants building businesses on giant marketplaces often have to think inside the marketplace’s box, but Medusa , a one-year-old e-commerce startup from Denmark, is going after e-commerce platforms, like Shopify and WooCommerce, with its open source alternative aimed at the JavaScript developer community.

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Open source project Tea is brew2 for web3

TechCrunch

Open source code is integral to tech stacks at many large companies, but its authors rarely get recognized — let alone compensated — for their work. . Max Howell claims the package manager software he created, Homebrew, is the most contributed-to open source software program in the world. Image Credits: Tea.

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InnerSource, a practice that brings open-source principles to internal software development within organizations

Xebia

InnerSource can be defined as the application of open-source software development principles within an organization’s internal software development processes. It draws on the valuable lessons learned from open-source projects and adapts them to the context of how companies create software internally.