Practical Technology

Opinion Even now, I run into those who think Linux and open source software is made by people living in their parents’ basement and writing the code out of the goodness of their hearts. Wrong. So, so wrong. Yes, even now, some people write open…Read More

Software Bills of Materials tell you what code is in a program. Chainguard’s OpenVEX will tell you what’s wrong and what’s not quite right, but OK in your code. Chainguard is already a security programming leader, and now it’s taking another step…Read More

SEATTLE — When we first started developing open source software, recalled Brian Behlendorf, Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) general manager, at CloudNativeSecurityCon, we really didn’t consider security. That, as we all now realize, was a…Read More

When we first heard about supercloud, we assumed it was yet another new cloud hype term with no substance – but we were wrong. (Yes, Silverlinings admits when we are wrong.) It’s true that the name “supercloud” sounds like hype, but the concept — an…Read More

Linux 6.2 was released yesterday, and Linus Torvalds described the latest Linux kernel release as, “Maybe it’s not a sexy LTS release like 6.1 ended up being, but all those regular pedestrian kernels want some test love too.” For once, I disagree…Read More

Akamai wants it own slice of the cloud pie. In an attempt to take some marketshare away from the “Big 3” cloud providers, this week, it launched the Akamai Connected Cloud, a massively distributed edge and cloud platform for cloud computing, security…Read More