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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? Our bar is higher than that.

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Open Source vs. Proprietary Database Software: What To Choose?

Percona

We are a company of open source proponents. We’re also dedicated and active participants in the global open source community. Both open source and proprietary options have advantages. With open source database software , anyone in the general public can access the source code, read it, and modify it.

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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.

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Kubernetes in the wild report 2023

Dynatrace

Open-source software drives a vibrant Kubernetes ecosystem. Likewise, the share of cloud-hosted clusters increased from 31% in 2021 to 45% in 2022. In 2021, in a typical Kubernetes cluster, application workloads accounted for most of the pods (59%). Open source software drives a vibrant Kubernetes ecosystem.

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AWS Re:Invent 2021 guide: Multicloud modernization and digital transformation

Dynatrace

In fact, Gartner predicts that cloud-native platforms will serve as the foundation for more than 95% of new digital initiatives by 2025 — up from less than 40% in 2021. At AWS re:Invent 2021 , the focus is on cloud modernization. Dynatrace extends contextual analytics and AIOps for open observability. 2021 DevOps Report.

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Chromium vs. Chrome – What’s the Difference?

DZone

But, Google Chrome dominates the global browser market despite the diversity of browsers. Chrome is a web browser developed by Google whereas Chromium is an open-source software project also created by Google, whose source code serves as a building ground for many other popular browsers. Introduction.

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