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What is software composition analysis? How SCA helps reduce risks associated with open source software

Dynatrace

The growing popularity of open source software presents new risks associated with vulnerable libraries. In response, organizations have adopted additional security tools, such as software composition analysis, that scan code libraries for vulnerabilities. What is software composition analysis?

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Open Source Software Security: Is Open Source Software Safe?

Percona

Even though open source software is firmly in the mainstream, used widely by businesses, governments, and everyone who owns a cell phone or computer, the question repeatedly arises: “Is open source software safe?” Is open source software as stable as other software?

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Scale DevOps and SRE with open source Keptn

Dynatrace

Andreas Grabner, DevOps Activist at Dynatrace, took to the virtual stage at the recent Dynatrace Perform conference to describe how the open source Keptn project automates the configuration of observability tools, dashboards, and alerting based on service-level objectives (SLOs). SLOs are a great way to define what software should do.

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Using OpenTelemetry and AI-powered observability to eliminate open source data silos

Dynatrace

As a solution, teams often adopt open source observability tools like OpenTelemetry to gain situational awareness of their cloud-native environments. Open source observability tools help address cloud complexity. Using open-source tools to tame cloud complexity can lead to data silos.

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Database Migration Plan: Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Open Source Migration

Percona

Many organizations are turning to open source solutions to streamline their operations and reduce costs. Open source migration can be a game-changer, offering flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Below, we’ll explore the common pitfalls of open source migration and provide insights on how to avoid them.

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What is? OpenTelemetry??An open-source standard for logs, metrics, and traces

Dynatrace

These are just a few of the open-source technologies you may encounter as you research observability solutions for managing complex multicloud IT environments and the services that run on them. Of these open-source observability tools, one stands out. Then, Google made the OpenCensus project open source in 2018.

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Is MongoDB Open Source? Is Planet Earth Flat?

Percona

We’re equally convinced on both counts, but in this blog article, we’re focusing on why MongoDB is not open source. Let’s start with this: MongoDB is accurately referred to as source-available software. To be clear, we are rock-solid in our stance that MongoDB is not open source.