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Who to blame for the log4j vulnerability?
So far, nobody. Not the open source developers, who responded fast and professionally, and not the companies who handled the risk within a day or two. Eventually, however, we will have to blame (or complain) about those companies who got cracked because they did not remove the vulnerability in time. Now, why would a company…
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Upcoming talk on scaling agile with SAFe® by Oliver Diller of Siemens
We will be hosting an industry talk on “Scaling Agile with SAFe®”. The talk is free and open to the public. Abstract Siemens Smart Infrastructure IT started its agile transition about 3 years ago. After having reached a good agile maturity on a team level, they are now aiming to establish agility on an organizational…
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The success of log4j
log4j (2) demonstrates the tremendous success of the open source development model (and not the opposite, as some might believe because of the recent vulnerability). A huge number of companies use log4j in their products. What else spells success better? However, what those companies failed to do is to properly manage their risk, here the…
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Upcoming talk on agile methodologies in data analytics by Michael Schrapp of Siemens Healthineers
We will be hosting an industry talk on “Agile Methodologies in Data Analytics”. The talk is free and open to the public. Abstract Agile methods like Scrum, Kanban or scaled agile frameworks play a crucial role in software development since decades. In data science or data analytics in general, these methods are utilized as well;…
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The open source distributor business model [Computer Magazine]
I’m happy to report that the 18th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title The Open Source Distributor Business Model Keywords Open source distributor, open source distribution, open source business model, open source sustainability Authors Dirk Riehle Publication Computer vol. 54, no. 12 (December 2021), pp. 99-103 Abstract: This…
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Upcoming talk on using agile methods in the development of medical software by Dr.-Ing. Thomas Göthel of BIOTRONIK
We will be hosting an industry talk on “Using Agile Methods in the Development of Medical Software”. The talk is free and open to the public. Abstract An example of medical software is backend software for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes based on telemetry data of pacemakers. Such software products can provably reduce the mortality rate…