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Open Source Under Attack: Your Source Is Ajar

Forrester IT

The open source world has seen high-profile projects with unusual terms. They call themselves “open source” and “free for research and commercial use.” Whether a project is open source does matter. It could be not-quite-closed source masquerading as truly open - it could be ajar source.

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Log4j, Open Source Maintenance, And Why SBOMs Are Critical Now

Forrester IT

Forrester already released a blog on responding to Log4j, but beyond the immediate (and mid-term) response issues, there are some longer term risk management and community considerations – specifically open source support, maintenance, and risk. The fact of the […].

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Hyland Doubles Down On Its Open Source, Cloud-Native Bet On The Future Of ECM

Forrester IT

Coming on the heels of its acquisition of Alfresco, which we blogged about here, just months ago, Hyland will soon be the home for the two most widely deployed open source […]. The deal is expected to close in April or May.

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Avoid An Open Source Security Nightmare

Forrester IT

We’ve had a few high-profile security problems with open source software. Some are wondering if it’s safe to use open source software at all. A disgruntled developer recently delivered intentionally modified releases of his faker.js and colors.js packages, which broke “thousands of projects” that relied on them.

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LLMOps for Your Data: Best Practices to Ensure Safety, Quality, and Cost

Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT offer unprecedented potential for complex enterprise applications. However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs.

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Getting the most out of open source without sacrificing security

CIO Business Intelligence

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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Open source code for commercial software applications is ubiquitous, but so is the risk

Tech Republic

As the SolarWinds and Log4j hacks show, vulnerabilities in open source software used in application development can open doors for attackers with vast consequences. A new study looks at the open source community’s efforts to “credit-rate” the risk.

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The Advantages of Free and Open-Source Software Vs. Open-Core Software

Instaclustr commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a custom study to assess application development decision-makers’ understanding of the benefits of using open-core software vs. free and open source software (FOSS). Check out the findings!