Open Source Delivers

Why aren’t there more women in software development? Why aren’t more women seeking roles in open source software (OSS)? There are many organizations who are dedicated to the advancement of women in tech, including the not-for-profit Women in Technology group, with the laudable mission of ‘advancing women in technology … by providing advocacy, leadership development, [...]

What does compliance mean to your IT and software development organization?  Most often compliance with external regulations and/or internal controls is treated as a secondary requirement for IT applications, their development and delivery.   It inevitably leads to cost overruns, delays and rework with little to no reuse.   The cost of complying with regulatory reform, such [...]

This blog was originally posted on SandHill.com. Editor’s note: My immediate reaction when I reviewed the findings of the recent 2013 Future of Open Source Survey was surprise at the high degree of change that has occurred in the industry since the 2012 survey. The survey, hosted by North Bridge Venture Partners together with Black Duck Software, [...]

When your name is Linus and you live in Finland, the social pressure to do something open source related is understandably enormous. And so I have spent the past few years researching code forking. I recently had the opportunity to interview Michael ”Monty” Widenius to get “the MariaDB story” for my PhD. Going in, I [...]

Jeff Hammond of Forrester Research talks about the “iron triangle” of software development. “Schedule, features, cost…pick any two,” is the way he describes it. He often brings this up in the context of open source and multi-source development taking the position that open source lets dev teams soften up the iron and improve on all [...]

Inevitable.  Inextricable.  Imminent. Greeting Netizens.  Since you are reading this blog, you obviously belong to the “Internet of Persons,” a growing global population of 2.5 billion of your fellow human beings.   But as sentient surfers, you are not alone.  Joining you on the internet is a far more vast and increasingly ubiquitous army of connected [...]

All companies, regardless of size, know differentiating themselves from their competition is a key to their success.  On the Internet, everyone from one-man bands to multinational corporate giants rely on the basic platforms Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) provide to build their brands, their products, and their unique contributions to society.  When FOSS becomes [...]

In and outside of Red Hat, the BYOD (bring your own device) trend has instilled a greater sense of power and ownership for professionals wanting control over the tools they use at work. As Red Hat’s CIO, I’ve noticed this shift. Today, instead of the IT department being the sole source of the technologies Red Hat associates [...]

To stay relevant in the ever-evolving world of technology, we must both reinvent and enhance; after all, innovation is at the heart of many companies, technology or otherwise. Change and innovation are often driven by customer demand. But innovation rarely springs forth full-grown. It has its own set of principles and helpers that lead to [...]

If you purchased a car recently, there’s a good chance that you searched for the car’s history online during your due diligence process. Using websites such as Carfax in North America (“show me the Carfax!) or Autotrader in Europe, users are able to gain transparency into the history of their car – including past accidents, [...]