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Bastion is an all-in-one cybersecurity solution for small businesses

TechCrunch

We leverage open-source building blocks or we re-build 80% of what’s needed,” Fournier said. In the coming months, Bastion plans to build a network of partners that are already helping small and medium businesses and that can also start selling Bastion to their own customers.

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Daily Crunch: After developers complain, Microsoft clarifies new policy on open source monetization

TechCrunch

Words mean everything : Microsoft came under fire recently by developers due to the way it worded a new policy banning profiting off of open source software, and while the company clawed back that policy, Paul provides a look at what all this will mean.

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How to Reduce Operational Costs for Your Small Business 

Strategy Driven

For small business owners, reducing operational costs is essential for the success of the company. With rising overhead expenses and competition from larger companies, it can be difficult to keep up with the ever-increasing costs associated with running a business.

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Best Free and Open-Source Database Software

G2 Crowd Software

Free and open-source database tools are typically more appealing to the everyday small business and app creator, so we’ve outlined some of the best ones, according to user reviews on G2 Crowd. To help small businesses this list: Best Free Database Software. They not only range in purpose, but price as well.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Automattic TC-1, federal startup grants, ‘getting s done day’

TechCrunch

Our latest long-form look at a notable tech company examines Automattic, “the leading commercial complement to the open source WordPress publishing platform.”. Part 2: There’s nothing Automattic about balancing commercial growth with an open source developer community (open source development).

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Daily Crunch: Identity-as-a-service platform Okta says it ‘contained’ network breach in January

TechCrunch

Harness moves more deeply into open source dev tools : With more and more startups building with an open source stance, it’s not a huge shock that Harness – which is working to build “a more complete modern tooling platform for developers,” Ron Miller reports – bought ChaosNative, which builds open source developer tools.

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Not every creator economy startup is built for creators

TechCrunch

An often-cited landmark report from the venture capital firm SignalFire says that creators are the fastest-growing type of small business. Fourthwall also said it would make its platform open source if this were to happen. But regardless, this friction isn’t exactly helpful.

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