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In a new series about misunderstandings that (still) surround Open Source, today we are covering the misconception that DYI is just more expensive. And while that may be true in pure monetary terms, switching to Open Source also brings a number of great advantages that, while hard to express in hard currency, are definitely worth having! For this episode, we found inspiration at the following web page: https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/2/4-common-misunderstandings-about-enterprise-open-source-software Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

In a new series about misunderstandings that (still) surround Open Source, today we are covering the misconception that security is "their" problem. That's simply not the case. When you leverage the awesome power that is Open Source, it is definitely your responsibility to make sure you have done everything you could to make sure your product or service is secure! For this episode, we found inspiration at the following web page: https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/2/4-common-misunderstandings-about-enterprise-open-source-software Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Out with the old, in with the new... snake-oil? Apparently the industry has not learned from the mistakes that were made with Digital Transformation projects, but never fear: the solution to all your ailments is here with the bright new marketing hype of Digital Adoption Platforms! Or are we just too cynically? You be the judge! For this episode, we got our inspiration from the following web sources: https://www.toolbox.com/tech/innovation/guest-article/the-enterprise-kingmaker-digital-adoption-platforms/ https://www.c-bstatesman.com/live-updates-digital-adoption-platform-dap-software-market-2022-development-stat-walkme-applearn-useriq-appcues-whatfix/  Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

We are under constant threat! And by "we", we mean our Tech environment, of course. Malware is rampant and software isn't always the best prepared to fight of the endless onslaught. So who do we blame? The CISO, the Cert team, that security person? Well, maybe we need to look a little closer to home... Inspiration for this episode was found here: (But we really only used the title of that frist link, to be honest, cause the article itself is rather "meh"....) Who should own cybersecurity in your organization? - TechBullionhttps://risk3sixty.com/2020/09/14/how-to-design-a-security-program-organizational-structure-that-supports-your-business-goals-part-2/https://www.dayblink.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Structuring-the-InfoSec-Org_vFINAL_04.pdf Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Hiring junior employees and training them to become productive members of the team has gotten "out of style" due to the perceived or real problems with longer term employee retention. In this episode, we take a deeper look at this "sticky" topic. For this episode, we found inspiration in the following web resource: How to get reskilled employees to stick around - Protocol Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

In recent time it has become more and more obvious that the security of Open Source software is something to be taken seriously. For this reason, the Linux foundation, under the banner of the OpenSSF, is experimenting with a new project, prosaically names the Alpha & Omega Project. The Alpha & Omega project was recently introduced to the world on a webinar that is currently available here. And the project is looking for community members: Get involved in OpenSSF Working GroupsSecuring Critical ProjectsIdentifying critical open source projects (feed into Alpha & Omega)Best Practices for OSS DevelopersBuilding high quality “leave behind” material for maintainers when we engageVulnerability DisclosuresImprove the vulnerability disclosure processJoin Alpha-Omega announcements mailing listSlack channel: #alpha_omega at slack.openssf.orgFill out the interest form Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topi

Some Cloud updates today where apparently AWS is no longer lagging behind and also, should AI influence business operations, or the other way around? There's something to be said for both opinions, and we don't hold back! This episode was inspired by the following online resources: It’s time for a new cloud price warhttps://www.protocol.com/newsletters/protocol-enterprise/aws-price-war-microsoft-google?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1  Do Companies Have To Adjust To AI Or Vice Versa?https://www.forbes.com/sites/naveenjoshi/2022/02/24/do-companies-have-to-adjust-to-ai-or-vice-versa/?sh=409cfd742e6a Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

It's not a secret that Open Source is widely used in organizations everywhere. At least, for our listeners this should definitely be no secret! In this episode, we discuss a couple of stats that Dave found on the internet and we're not quite agreeing with them... Shocker! I know! In this episode, we used the following online resource as inspiration: Open source is more important than ever, say developers. Here's what's driving adoptionhttps://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-is-more-important-than-ever-say-developers-heres-why/ Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Cloud statistics apparently cause insomnia, or at least the internet claims that to be true... As true defenders of a good night's sleep, your co-hosts will get to the bottom of this for you and see if we can keep the night terrors at bay! In this final part, we look at budget and costs and why it's never as rosy as you might have predicted! The following website was the inspiration for this episode: https://www.thesslstore.com/blog/19-cloud-computing-statistics-that-will-keep-you-awake-at-night/ Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Cloud statistics apparently cause insomnia, or at least the internet claims that to be true... As true defenders of a good night's sleep, your co-hosts will get to the bottom of this for you and see if we can keep the night terrors at bay! In this second part, we concentrate on the topic of Cloud Security, or lack thereof! The following website was the inspiration for this episode: https://www.thesslstore.com/blog/19-cloud-computing-statistics-that-will-keep-you-awake-at-night/ Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Cloud statistics apparently cause insomnia, or at least the internet claims that to be true... As true defenders of a good night's sleep, your co-hosts will get to the bottom of this for you and see if we can keep the night terrors at bay! In this first part, we concentrate on the topic of Cloud Adoption. The following website was the inspiration for this episode: https://www.thesslstore.com/blog/19-cloud-computing-statistics-that-will-keep-you-awake-at-night/ Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

In todays episode, we started talking about the trends towards no-code and low-code, got a bit side tracked towards commoditized A.I. and ended up talking mostly about the apparent voluntary atrophy of internal I.T. knowledge due to outsourcing knowledge to applications. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Open Source is definitely making a lot of head way in the corporate world and today the Roaring Elephant takes a look at how far this adoption of the new reality has actually progressed. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

A cry for help or wanton vandalism by Open Source Project maintainers? Last week, the maintainer of the popular NPM package manager was responsible for breaking compatibility far and wide. As it turns out, this was a cry for attention for the plights of small but important OSS projects that are used widely by "Billion Dollar mega corporations" while the few (or even single) maintainers are merely scraping by to pay the bills. A little bit of research proves that this is far from a solitary issue an neither is it a recent development. Over the last decade, many projects that you and I use every day have almost disappeared because the maintainer just could not spend the time for free anymore. How did it get this far and how could this possibly be improved? Listen to this episode to hear our thoughts on the matter. Here are the articles we used in this episode: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dev-corrupts-npm-libs-colors-and-faker-breaking-thousands-of-apps/https://increment.com/o

Cloud Computing is everywhere and apparently more companies feel it's a good idea to claim a piece of that fluffy pie. Recently, the parent company of the well know supermarket chain Lidl decided to join in the fun and they have now solidified their initiative by gobbling up a cloud security firm.... Is this a sign of things to come, or is the new Lidl cloud destined to stay... little? We also take a quick look at how the UK government is going to penalize unsafe password policies... A good thing, for sure, but why is the suggested law already full of security holes? Here are the articles that were referenced in this episode: Lidl parent company becomes cloud provider | Computable.nlSchwarz Group Acquires Israeli Hybrid Cloud Cybersecurity Innovator XM Cyber (prnewswire.com)Huge fines and a ban on default passwords in new UK law - BBC News Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us t

The yearly job report from The Linux Foundation was releases in cooperation with Edx. In last week's first part we went over the findings of the Linux Foundation and in this episode, we'll cover the Edx angle a bit more. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

The yearly job report from The Linux Foundation was releases in cooperation with Edx. In this first part we'll go over the findings of the Linux Foundation and in next episode, we'll cover the Edx angle a bit more. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

When we saw IBM put up a "Guide to open source development in the Cloud" website, we were expecting so much.... And we got so little... While we've often lauded IBM for their open source initiatives, this "guide" reads incomplete and pretty much a waste of space. See if you agree with us? Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Today we are going deeper, higher, farther and better than we ever went before: it's HPC time at the Roaring Elephant and since we definitely do not qualify as experts on that particular matter, we are overjoyed to welcome Walter Lioen and Valeriu Codreanu who are Surf's rocket scientists, when it comes to High Performance Computing! Snellius Top500 & Green500 Since this episode was recorded, the new TOP500 and Green500 have been announced and the newly launched Dutch supercomputer Snellius scored a respectable 313st and 403rd place on the top500 and an absolutely incredible 6th spot in the Green500! Huge congratulations to Walter and Valeriu and the entire team at Surf for this outstanding result! Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Today we are going deeper, higher, farther and better than we ever went before: it's HPC time at the Roaring Elephant and since we definitely do not qualify as experts on that particular matter, we are overjoyed to welcome Walter Lioen and Valeriu Codreanu who are Surf's rocket scientists, when it comes to High Performance Computing! As it turned out, we had way too much contect for a single episode so look forward to part 2, next week. Snellius Top500 & Green500 Since this episode was recorded, the new TOP500 and Green500 have been announced and the newly launched Dutch supercomputer Snellius scored a respectable 313st and 403rd place on the top500 and an absolutely incredible 6th spot in the Green500! Huge congratulations to Walter and Valeriu and the entire team at Surf for this outstanding result! Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.