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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

CIO

To solve the problem, the company turned to gen AI and decided to use both commercial and open source models. So we augment with open source, he says. It allows us to provide services in areas that arent covered, and check boxes on the security, privacy, and compliance side. Finally, theres the price.

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Meta offers Llama AI to US government for national security

CIO

The move relaxes Meta’s acceptable use policy restricting what others can do with the large language models it develops, and brings Llama ever so slightly closer to the generally accepted definition of open-source AI. The CIO’s role in these enterprises is among the toughest, as it involves issues of privacy, security, and criticality.

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For startups, trustworthy security means going above and beyond compliance standards

TechCrunch

When it comes to meeting compliance standards, many startups are dominating the alphabet. From GDPR and CCPA to SOC 2, ISO27001, PCI DSS and HIPAA, companies have been charging toward meeting the compliance standards required to operate their businesses. In reality, compliance means that a company meets a minimum set of controls.

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Armory nabs $40M Series C as commercial biz on top of open-source Spinnaker project takes off

TechCrunch

Armory is a company built to be a commercial layer on top of the open-source continuous delivery project Spinnaker. “Spinnaker is an open-source project that came out of Netflix and Google, and it is a very sophisticated multi-cloud and software delivery platform,” company co-founder and CEO Daniel R.

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IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk

In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it.

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ARMO raises $30M to build an end-to-end open source Kubernetes security platform

TechCrunch

ARMO , the Tel Aviv-based company behind Kubescape , the popular open source Kubernetes security platform, today announced that it has raised a $30 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. New investor Hyperwise Ventures as well as existing investors Pitango First and Peled Ventures also participated in this round.

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From the creator of Homebrew, Tea raises $8.9M to build a protocol that helps open source developers get paid

TechCrunch

Tea , an open source unified package manager for software developers, today announced it has added another $8.9 Tea is the brainchild of Max Howell , creator of popular open source package manager Homebrew , and Timothy Lewis. “Open source supply chain security is critical for many enterprises today.

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Solving Open Source Complexity with a Managed Data Infrastructure Platform

With its unparalleled flexibility, rapid development and cost-saving capabilities, open source is proving time and again that it’s the leader in data management. But as the growth in open source adoption increases, so does the complexity of your data infrastructure.