ASF Plus One Newsletter: December 2024
We’re issuing the last Plus One Newsletter of the 2024 calendar year a bit early in hopes that we are all able to slow down and take some time away from work to be with family and friends this holiday season. We look forward to sharing more updates while welcoming a new year with the […]
CISA Tabletop Exercise Tests Open Source Security Response Procedures
By Brian Proffitt, VP of Marketing & Publicity, Apache Software Foundation Planning for the future is an essential part of the human experience, but rarely do we think in terms of the worst-case scenario and what that really means for the people and processes around us. In the world of security, thinking about the unthinkable […]
The Changing Tech Landscape: Keynotes at Community Over Code Emphasize Open Source’s Vital Role
At the ASF’s flagship Community Over Code North America conference in October 2024, keynote speakers underscored the vital role of open source communities in driving innovation, enhancing security, and adapting to new challenges. By highlighting the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) intensified focus on open source security, citing examples of open source-driven innovation, and […]
ASF Member to Speak at German Bundestag’s Committee on Digital Affairs Hearing on Open Source
Tomorrow (December 4 at 14:45 CET) Apache Software Foundation member and former Director Isabel Drost-Fromm will speak before the German Bundestag’s Committee on Digital Affairs as an expert in her own capacity at a hearing on the topic of open source. The following provides an overview of the prepared written testimony Drost-Fromm submitted in advance […]
ASF Project Spotlight: Apache CloudStack
Can you tell us a bit about the project? Apache CloudStack is an open source solution designed to deploy and manage large networks of virtual machines as a highly available, highly scalable cloud computing platform. CloudStack includes an intuitive user interface and rich API for managing compute, networking, software, and storage resources. CloudStack provides an orchestration […]