In 2014, companies and open source programmers alike are working as hard as they can to virtualize hardware into software. The latest example of this is Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The ...

Build or buy? That's the typical discussion around network automation. In reality, however, the discussion is more involved and nuanced than that. Every project today has some open source. It drives ...

White box switches and open-source Network Operating Systems (NOS) are transforming the networking landscape by offering greater flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. This article explores ...

Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, ...

The SDxCentral Open Source Marketplace welcomes a diverse array of impactful projects this week, showcasing innovations across cybersecurity, data processing, edge computing, and networking. These ...

Open source networking technologies are now leading the way forward for enterprises, cloud and telco. "LFN is a combination of the largest of the large, who actually want to change where the market is ...

Last week I promised to take a closer look at open source software, the open source software movement and how it might be useful to you as part of your Windows network. Let’s start with a definition: ...

Two law professors from UC Berkeley have come up with a novel idea to protect open source developers from patent bullies. They call it the Defensive Patent License. They hope the DPL can address the ...

Cloud-native application security firm Sysdig Inc. today announced the donation of Stratoshark, the company’s open-source cloud forensics tool, to the Wireshark Foundation to advance open-source cloud ...

If you write software, chances are I don't need to sell you on the benefits of open source. As a business leader, you might not be so attracted to using code that's open to the public. Even if you are ...