For the first time, a VPN provider has open sourced the source code of all its Windows, macOS, Android and iOS applications. Proton is the company that has marked this important milestone in the history of Open Source. In addition, in a clear commitment to transparency and for the safety of its users, this company has announced that it is undergoing independent security audits.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) will start using this year 2020 the Kopano email server and stop using Microsoft Exchange. This decision is part of the project promoted by this entity to migrate from proprietary software to Open Source alternatives. Another of the actions in this line is the launch of a new portal that will guide both its software developers and other users to contribute to CERN’s Open Source software projects.
The Red Hat community distribution based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source code and designed for business use, CentOS 8.1, is now available for download. This new version incorporates all the news of RHEL 8.1 and some included in the previous release.
As you know, the UDS Enterprise and XCP-ng developer companies have been working together for some time to offer customers a highly competitive 100% Open Source VDI solution both technically and economically.
From the beginning, the XCP-ng community has shown great interest in the connection broker for desktop and application virtualization. The UDS Enterprise team receives daily requests to download the software, inquiries about its operation and about the integration with the hypervisor developed by Vates. Therefore, a few months ago we decided to open a specific thread in the XCP-ng forum on the compatibility of both solutions.
The sanctions imposed by the United States on Huawei have motivated this company to take certain measures to avoid the possible consequences once the extensions granted by the Trump Administration come to an end, such as the deprivation of access to Windows and Android operating systems, have ended . Among them, they have developed EulerOS, their own Linux distribution based on CentOS. It was officially launched last September 2019 and now they have released their source code, which is already available on Gitee, the Chinese counterpart of GitHub.
There is no doubt that the digital transformation is already a reality . Most companies and organizations have changed and improved the way they work thanks to the important advances in technology. IT evolves vertiginously and provides the opportunity to explore new opportunities with each new project and, eventually, to adopt the best solutions for the business.
