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Software For Open Networking In The Cloud (SONiC) Moves To The Linux Foundation
Today, the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced the Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC, an open source networking operating system), is now part of the Linux Foundation. The Linux Foundation provides a venue for continued ecosystem, developer growth and diversity, as well as collaboration across the open …
The Linux Foundation and Google Cloud Launch Nephio To Enable And Simplify Cloud Native Automation Of Telecom Network Functions
Today, the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced the formation of project Nephio in partnership with Google Cloud and leaders across the telecommunications industry. The Linux Foundation provides a venue for continued ecosystem, developer growth and diversity, as well as collaboration across the open source ecosystems. Building, managing and deploying scalable 5G …
Linux Foundation Announces New Project “CAMARA – The Telco Global API Alliance” With Global Industry Ecosystem
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, and the GSMA, a global organization unifying the mobile ecosystem to discover, develop and deliver innovation foundational to positive business environments and societal change, today announced a new, open source project: “CAMARA – The Telco Global API Alliance”. The global partnership will address challenges …
Sigstore, The Free Digital Signing Service For Open Source Supply Chain Security, Gets Additional Support
Open source software tools and services are often created quickly and out of necessity. Linus Torvalds, for example, created the first version of git in a weekend when the Linux kernel team could no longer use BitKeeper for Source Control Management. sigstore was created earlier this year to address the massive gap for an easy, …
Linux Foundation Announces NextArch Foundation To Build Next-Generation Architecture That Supports Diverse Computing Environments
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the NextArch Foundation. The new Foundation is a neutral home for open source developers and contributors to build next-generation architecture that can support compatibility between an increasing array of microservices. Cloud-native computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), Edge …
Linux Foundation To Integrate L3AF, Walmart’s Production-Grade Project To Support eBPF programs
LF Networking (LFN), which facilitates collaboration and operational excellence across open source networking projects, announced that Walmart has moved its L3AF project to the Linux Foundation. L3AF provides complete life-cycle management of eBPF networking application programs with the help of an advanced control plane, offering a cloud and vendor-agnostic platform for launching and managing eBPF programs. Koby …
Success Story: Preparing For Kubernetes Certification Improves A Platform Development Engineer’s Skill Set
Guest post from LF Training & Certification Faseela K. is a platform development engineer with a background in open source networking. As she saw the use of containers growing more than the VMs she was working with, she began studying Kubernetes and eventually decided to pursue a Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA). We spoke to her about …
EdgeX Foundry, The Leading IoT Open Source Framework, Simplifies Deployment With The Latest Hanoi Release, New Use Cases And Ecosystem Resources
EdgeX Foundry, a project under the LF Edge umbrella organization within the Linux Foundation that aims to establish an open, interoperable framework for IoT edge computing independent of connectivity protocol, hardware, operating system, applications or cloud, announced the “Hanoi” release that makes IoT deployment easier and the launch of new ecosystem resources. “EdgeX Foundry fosters …
The Linux Foundation Launches LF Live: Mentorship Series
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, is launching a virtual mentoring series entitled LF Live: Mentorship Series. The goal of this program is to (1) continue offering opportunities to learn and re-skill to those that have been displaced from jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) serve …
Open Source Security Foundation Announces Education Courses And Participation Initiatives To Advance Its Commitment To Securing The World’s Software Infrastructure
OpenSSF, a cross-industry collaboration to secure the open source ecosystem, announced free training for developing secure software, a new OpenSSF professional certificate program called Secure Software Development Fundamentals and additional program and technical initiatives. It is also announcing new contributors to the Foundation and newly elected advisory council and governing board members. Open source software …