The Eclipse Foundation Security Team’s vision for the “Implementing Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) for projects” initiative is that all Eclipse Foundation projects automatically generate SBOMs for new releases and upload them to a centralized, publicly accessible registry. Building on this vision, SBOMs are generated during the build process and...
Welcome to issue number three hundred and two of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week, I was in Orlando for IBM TechXchange 2025. I went directly to this event from dev2next in Colorado Springs. After almost two weeks in the US, I had one night at home continuing to Rovinj in...
Last week, the Eclipse ThreadX project announced the release of ThreadX v6.4.3.202503. The version number may appear unusual at first glance; the new suffix simply designates this release as part of our Q3 2025 cycle. While this may seem like a minor adjustment, it represents a significant milestone for the...
This was my second time speaking at IBM TechXchange. First time was at the inaugural event in 2023 located in Las Vegas with around 2000 attendees. At this year’s event in Orlando, it had grown to around 9000 attendees. New this year was that the Java community track was organised...
Last week at the SDV Hackathon Chapter Three , a total of 102 participants gathered at Bosch Innovation Campus, Berlin, and at 42 Porto to build innovative features powered by software-defined vehicle (SDV) technologies. For the first time, the hackathon was held in two cities simultaneously – and it was...
In this session, Maria-Teresa presented a summary of our findings with 2025’s edition of the Eclipse Committer Survey. We didn’t record this session. Notes Slides (PDF)
At the start of the year, the Eclipse Foundation Security Team launched a new initiative aimed to enhance software supply chain security: “Implementing Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) for projects” . SBOMs are detailed inventories of a project’s components and dependencies, widely recognized as essential for supply chain security. They...
By Wayne Beaton The Eclipse Foundation Development Process (EDP) clearly defines the roles of contributors, committers, and project leads. It deliberately refrains, however, from dictating internal team organisation, thereby granting project teams significant autonomy in establishing their own leadership structures and decision-making processes. As always, these practices, like all of...
The second edition of dev2next was a fantastic experience. Located in beautiful Colorado Springs and with a speaker lineup other conferences can only dream of, this conference is the place to be. If you only can pick one conference to attend, dev2next should definitely be on your radar. I did...
As the Adoptium Program Manager, I’m thrilled to shine a spotlight on Bloomberg’s journey with us . Their story is a powerful example of what makes our community so special and a clear blueprint for other enterprises using open source Java. Bloomberg, a global leader in financial services, relies on...