Open Source

Last week, we presented the OSC Report, revealing the data behind our call to accelerate the adoption of Open Services Cloud (OSC) in Europe. We held incredible and thought-provoking discussions about the importance of creating technical opportunities and unlocking the European cloud services market.By overcoming the challenges of the current...

In my previous blog post on the European Cyber Resilience Act (“CRA”), I touched on a topic which I feel warrants additional discussion. Specifically:  Fundamentally, the core of the proposed legislation is to extend the CE Mark regime to all products with digital elements sold in Europe. Our assumption based...

Europe has proposed new legislation intended to improve the state of cybersecurity for software and hardware products made available in Europe. The Cyber Resilience Act (“CRA”) will mandate that all manufacturers take security into account across both their development processes and the lifecycle of their products once in the hands...

2022 has been a fantastic year for the Eclipse Foundation. We’ve managed to grow all aspects of our organization, due in no small part to the ongoing proliferation of open source across industries worldwide. Perhaps no one Working Group exemplifies our efforts in 2022 more than the Eclipse Software Defined...

The results of the 2022 Jakarta EE Developer Survey are very telling about the current state of the enterprise Java developer community. They point to increased confidence about Jakarta EE and highlight how far Jakarta EE has grown over the past few years. Strong Turnout Helps Drive Future of Jakarta...

Jakarta EE, a Working Group hosted by the Eclipse Foundation, released Jakarta EE 10 today.  This achievement was only possible because of a global community of contributors. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who played a part in this release.  There are many new and innovative features added by the...

Open source software is the single most important engine for innovation today. The ability to freely combine software components, frameworks, and platforms frees developers from constantly reinventing the wheel and allows them to focus on the new innovations that users want. Free software also enables business models to scale in...

The launch of the Adoptium Marketplace on May 26 is exciting news for the millions of developers, researchers, and organizations who rely on TCK-tested compatible Java runtimes. As noted in the announcement, by providing a vendor neutral home for the OpenJDK ecosystem, the marketplace makes it easier than ever to...

If you attended EclipseCon 2021, you probably heard about the 10th anniversary of the Eclipse IoT Working Group. Throughout the end of 2021 and into 2022, we will celebrate this significant milestone together. Our first step to commemorate the occasion has been to organize a panel regrouping five early contributors...

This is a guest post by Alberto P. Martí, VP of Open Source Community Relations at OpenNebula.For everyone in the European cloud market with a passion for open source, these are exciting times. For years, tech journalists and market analysts have been predicting that edge computing was going to bring...