It’s a mistake to believe that running open source in the cloud will protect you from vendor lock-in. But open source certainly offers freedom and independence to developers. There’s a lot of wishful ...

Open-source code plays a crucial role in the digital transformation of enterprises’ cloud strategies, and tech giants are catching on. Microsoft, for example, acquired GitHub in October 2018, and IBM ...

As cloud computing, by many accounts, is poised to shake the very foundation of high-tech and IT, it's only fitting that the open-source community has taken notice, spawning a smattering of ...

While the cloud is playing an increasingly pivotal role in the modern business world, companies migrating to remote infrastructure face a host of challenges — and arguably chief among them is the ...

A scene from the KubeCon/CloudNativeCon 2018 open-source conference in Shanghai. (Cloud Native Computing Foundation Photo, via Flickr.) At the peak of its power, open-source software is having an ...

It's hard to believe that GIMP is already three decades old as I write this. It's always been the first choice for those who ...

These include model context protocol (MCP), which recently saw expanded support within Google Cloud, as well as agentic ...

The years-long friction between the open source camp and cloud computing platforms still lingers, a recent report reveals. The friction is caused by cloud vendors using open source software as the ...

Zoho.com provides a glimpse into the future of the software industry: a lot of open-source software mixed with a cloud delivery strategy. Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written ...

In addition to integration and intellectual property challenges, companies may not have the technical expertise to customize or secure open source software. Open source is a polarizing topic in IT and ...

The 10 coolest open-source software tools in 2025 include software for developing AI agentic applications, managing streams ...

Google Photos has been the undisputed king of convenience that offers powerful organization and effortless sharing – but at ...