Inside Microsoft’s open source program office
Venture Beast
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Stormy Peters, director of Microsoft's open source programs office, gives the lowdown on the evolution and role of Microsoft's OSPO. Read More.
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Venture Beast
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Stormy Peters, director of Microsoft's open source programs office, gives the lowdown on the evolution and role of Microsoft's OSPO. Read More.
GeekWire
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Microsoft says groups connected to governments in China, Iran, North Korea and Turkey have begun exploiting vulnerabilities in the Apache Software Foundation’s widely used open-source Log4j software library. Hackers can use the software flaws to gain control of compromised computers and systems.
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Galido
OCTOBER 6, 2016
Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones.
Vox
APRIL 12, 2024
One of the most fascinating and frightening incidents in computer security history started in 2022 with a few pushy emails to the mailing list for a small, one-person open source project. Linux is an open source operating system — as opposed to closed systems from companies like Apple — that runs on tens of millions of devices.)
CTOvision
DECEMBER 17, 2013
By Prayson Pate Openness is one of the most-cited advantages of cloud-based applications, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). In this context, what does open really mean? A Beginning of Openness – Documented and Supported. Moving Forward – Standardized Openness.
Kitaboo
APRIL 29, 2021
The rise in popularity of eBooks has also led to an explosion of new eBook creation software for Windows, Android and other operating systems that make it super convenient to create a full-fledged eBook. Top 8 eBook Creation Software for Windows 1. KITABOO is also compatible with Android and IOS operating systems.
Dataconomy
MARCH 25, 2024
These purchasing standards, which were disclosed on December 26, are currently in effect and extend their influence to Microsoft’s Windows operating system and database software from international sources, with a preference for Chinese-made alternatives, as indicated in the report. and China.
SecureWorld News
AUGUST 10, 2020
When technology companies close the support door on their old systems and software, it opens the gates for cybercriminals. According to law enforcement, hackers are taking advantage of those still using the software. When an operating system reaches its End of Life, it becomes a prime target for hackers.
CTOvision
DECEMBER 28, 2015
Most of these firms seem to be on one of two paths: Success, which will mean being acquired by Facebook, Apple, Microsoft or IBM, or failure, which will see them acquired by the same firms for their talent. Cortana : Microsoft's intelligent personal assistant. Simplifies multi-agent system development. Prediction.io
GeekWire
JUNE 11, 2020
” WiBotic’s power management software can work with the hardware to optimize battery use for whole fleets of robots, without a human ever having to handle a plug. “He’s got a lot of expertise when it comes to hardware, software, management and sales and marketing,” Waters said.
Galido
MARCH 19, 2019
Information technology is the use of any tech devices, infrastructure, software and processes to create and process, store, secure and exchange all forms of digital data. Our articles are typically focused on software recommendations, business, security, interesting topics and search engine optimization and marketing. CIO Dashboard.
Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 31, 2021
Some Azure folks from Microsoft have published a threat matrix for Kubernetes. This is useful, in my opinion, because now platform operators have a “starting point” on the specific threats they need to try to mitigate. Operating Systems/Applications. Aqua Security has a write-up on some of their analysis here.
ForAllSecure
APRIL 19, 2023
It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.
ForAllSecure
JUNE 16, 2020
One large risk they can mitigate is being blindsided by an unknown software vulnerability. Attackers who find an unknown vulnerability potentially can exploit all of an agency’s systems. With the increasing numbers of remote workers, it’s even more critical to make sure the software agencies develop and use is secure.
ForAllSecure
JUNE 16, 2020
One large risk they can mitigate is being blindsided by an unknown software vulnerability. Attackers who find an unknown vulnerability potentially can exploit all of an agency’s systems. With the increasing numbers of remote workers, it’s even more critical to make sure the software agencies develop and use is secure.
ForAllSecure
JUNE 16, 2020
One large risk they can mitigate is being blindsided by an unknown software vulnerability. Attackers who find an unknown vulnerability potentially can exploit all of an agency’s systems. With the increasing numbers of remote workers, it’s even more critical to make sure the software agencies develop and use is secure.
ForAllSecure
OCTOBER 13, 2020
One year after Netscape Navigator launched, Microsoft released, as part of Windows 95, a browser called Internet Explorer, launching the infamous browser wars. Primarily, where we do security audit and analysis for software vendors. Chromium is the free and open-source project that runs underneath Chrome and other browsers.
ForAllSecure
OCTOBER 13, 2020
One year after Netscape Navigator launched, Microsoft released, as part of Windows 95, a browser called Internet Explorer, launching the infamous browser wars. Primarily, where we do security audit and analysis for software vendors. Chromium is the free and open-source project that runs underneath Chrome and other browsers.
ForAllSecure
OCTOBER 13, 2020
One year after Netscape Navigator launched, Microsoft released, as part of Windows 95, a browser called Internet Explorer, launching the infamous browser wars. Primarily, where we do security audit and analysis for software vendors. Chromium is the free and open-source project that runs underneath Chrome and other browsers.
Galido
MAY 1, 2019
These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Operating System & Software Blogs. Find the links to these blogs in the descriptions below.
Linux Academy
JUNE 4, 2019
The Serverless Framework is an open-source project that replaces traditional platforms (hardware, operating systems) with a platform that can run in a cloud environment. App Services : Microsoft’s suite of serverless technologies. What is serverless framework? Why use it? Vendor lock-in is a concern.
Galido
MARCH 22, 2019
These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Operating System & Software Blogs. Find the links to these blogs in the descriptions below.
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 21, 2022
The story of a developer deliberately polluting their open source projects—as outlined here for the “colors.js” ” libraries hosted on NPM—is a software supply chain issue that I suspect many organizations hadn’t considered. Operating Systems/Applications.
The Verge
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
percent of computer users still are on Windows 7 — even though Microsoft no longer supports it for free. If you have an older system but are worried that it won’t support Windows 10 — or if you simply don’t want to deal with Windows anymore — I have a suggestion: Switch to desktop Linux. Photo: Linux Mint. Try Mint out. Download Mint.
Galido
MARCH 19, 2019
Information technology is the use of any tech devices, infrastructure, software and processes to create and process, store, secure and exchange all forms of digital data. Our articles are typically focused on software recommendations, business, security, interesting topics and search engine optimization and marketing. CIO Dashboard.
Galido
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Operating System & Software Blogs. Find the links to these blogs in the descriptions below.
SPF13
MARCH 20, 2015
In the last few years open source has transformed the software industry. From Android to Wikipedia, open source is everywhere, but how does one succeed in it? What Every Successful Open Source Project Needs. spf13 Chief Operator @ Docker? The Software Era: ? Transcript.
Trends in the Living Networks
MAY 19, 2008
Microsoft's withdrawal from its bid for Yahoo! In fact it has made the shape of the industry far more uncertain, as Microsoft mulls moves to shore up its future. Microsoft is one of the most financially successful companies on the planet. So what will Microsoft do? So what will Microsoft do?
Galido
JULY 20, 2018
With Android, the user has to choose between many brands that use Google software and between different price and quality options. This could be true as Apple software only needs to work on Apple hardware, where Android software needs to work on multiple varieties of devices. Software and Compatibility.
Scott Lowe
MAY 17, 2019
The CNCF blog has a great article written by an Alibaba software engineer (Xingyu Chen) on some performance optimizations for etcd that have been contributed back to the open source community. Operating Systems/Applications. Richard Bejarano rants a bit about container misconceptions.
Scott Lowe
APRIL 19, 2019
This article discusses four open source secrets management tools. Many organizations prefer to use two-factor authentication (2FA) to help protect their systems. ” Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s Microsoft’s side of the same announcement. Nothing this time. Let me know on Twitter.
Scott Lowe
MAY 3, 2019
Via the Kubernetes blog , Box announced it has open sourced a project called kube-iptables-tailer , which turns packet drops from iptables into Kubernetes events that can be logged for easier troubleshooting. Operating Systems/Applications. Who says you can’t please everyone all the time? Networking.
Dataconomy
APRIL 13, 2023
and the open-source community. The VNC protocol is designed to be platform-independent, meaning that it can be used to access and control computers running on any operating system, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and others. What is a Virtual Network Computing port?
Linux Academy
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. Learn how the Linux kernel interoperates with glibc (and the rest of the binary toolchain), and how various software packages rely on the kernel and glibc. Linux Operating System Fundamentals. Courses Free in November : CloudFormation Deep Dive. Jenkins Quick Start. AWS Concepts.
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 19, 2018
Via Maish Saidel-Keesing, I saw this post about 10 open source Kubernetes tools for highly effective SRE and Ops teams. Robin Vasan (via The New Stack) talks a bit about how various forces are shaping the software industry. Operating Systems/Applications. is now GA and supported by Microsoft. Virtualization.
Scott Lowe
MARCH 17, 2016
I recently came across a couple useful troubleshooting guides, one for Open vSwitch (OVS) and OpenStack Neutron and one for VMware NSX. Microsoft seems to be all about shocking the world these days (see my related mention of their SQL Server announcement below). Operating Systems/Applications. Read more about it here.
Scott Lowe
MAY 4, 2017
Mircea’s right—bugs will happen in all software (VMware NSX has had its share, for example), but the key is in how it’s handled. Jon Schulman provides an overview of the Microsoft Azure endpoint included in the vRealize Automation 7.2 Operating Systems/Applications. Craig McLuckie shares his perspective on multi-cloud.
Galido
MARCH 25, 2019
In the world of software development, it is very important never to forget about the testing phase. When executing it, we will see how a browser opens on our screen and, without touching anything; the actions that have been previously programmed are carried out. Selenium Software suite consisting of four major components: Selenium IDE.
Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 6, 2013
Operating Systems/Applications. While written for OS X, most of these tips apply to Linux or other Unix-like operating systems as well. “Captain KVM,” aka Jon Benedict, takes on the discussion of enterprise storage vs. open source storage solutions in OpenStack environments. Virtualization.
Galido
JUNE 29, 2018
As smartphone and Internet penetration gradually moves towards the 100% mark, there is a need for more apps and computer software to meet the various needs, wants and requirements of our time and programmers are at the center of it all. As it is, most sought-after people in the tech world are computer and mobile app programmers.
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 27, 2023
The courses are designed to be completed in succession, starting with the Apple Device Support course, which focuses on the skills and expertise you’ll need as a help desk professional, technical coordinator, or service provider for an organization that relies on Apple hardware and software. before you can pass the exam.
SecureWorld News
JULY 21, 2022
Most recently, Russian threat actors have taken aim at a large software development company in Ukraine that is utilized by various government agencies within the country, according to a report from Cisco Talos. The backdoor itself is a rather simple piece of software written in the Go programming language. What is the GoMet backdoor?
ForAllSecure
MARCH 24, 2021
How could open source software be vulnerable for so long? Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET. This was a software flaw. Fuzz testing is similar to randomly striking keys and producing an unexpected result from the software. “Why did you press those keys?
ForAllSecure
MARCH 24, 2021
How could open source software be vulnerable for so long? Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET. This was a software flaw. Fuzz testing is similar to randomly striking keys and producing an unexpected result from the software. “Why did you press those keys?
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