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CCC Streamlines the Author Experience Through RightsLink for Scientific Communications

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Other Professional Services, Legal, Software, Publishing, Data management, Communications, Professional services, Technology, Articles, Human behavior, Human activities, Academic publishing, Electronic publishing, Free culture movement, Open access, Scholarly communication, Innovation, Science

CCC , a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, has streamlined the author experience for those seeking Open Access (OA) publication funding through RightsLink for Scientific Communications , the most widely-adopted market solution to support OA agreements.

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  • CCC , a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, has streamlined the author experience for those seeking Open Access (OA) publication funding through RightsLink for Scientific Communications , the most widely-adopted market solution to support OA agreements.
  • With the explosive growth in institutional usage of RightsLink for Scientific Communications, CCC has responded to market demand for robust tools for managing funding eligibility across pure and mixed-model OA publishing agreements.
  • The latest updates to RightsLink introduce more comprehensive and powerful eligibility functionality, without publisher or institutional intervention.
  • CCC is committed to supporting publishers in helping improve their authors funding eligibility experience, said Roy Kaufman, Managing Director, Business Development and Government Relations, CCC.

Pandio Announces Launch of Its Best-in-Class Presto as a Service Platform

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Friday, July 30, 2021
Articles, Education, Open content, Learning, Free culture movement, Hadoop, Presto, SQL, Machine learning, Extract, transform, load, Open source, Educational technology

Pandio's Presto as a Service offering helps large-scale enterprises significantly improve data access challenges and solve data problems to help drive growth and new product development.

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  • Pandio's Presto as a Service offering helps large-scale enterprises significantly improve data access challenges and solve data problems to help drive growth and new product development.
  • Any engineer, data scientist, or enthusiast can start experimenting with the platform in less than five minutes by setting up a Pandio free trial .
  • Pandio also offers Pulsar as a service (for data movement), and an open-source adaptive machine learning project called PandioML (for ML pipeline creation and deployment).
  • Pandio provides a managed Presto as a service solution that comes with all the benefits of open source without the administrative complexity.

The Linux Foundation, Prometeo, IBM, and Partners Announce New Firefighter Safety Open Source Project

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Computing, Technology, Software, Free culture movement, Linus Torvalds, Operating systems, Business models, Free software, Linux Foundation, Open source, Open-source-software movement, Open-source software

Through the Pyrrha open source project, Prometeo, the Linux Foundation, and IBM aim to accelerate innovation around firefighter health monitoring and safety.

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  • Through the Pyrrha open source project, Prometeo, the Linux Foundation, and IBM aim to accelerate innovation around firefighter health monitoring and safety.
  • "As a huge proponent of open source technology, we see Call for Code as a unique opportunity to deploy real world solutions based on open source technologies.
  • Through the contributions of our partners and the open source community, that dream is becoming a reality through the Pyrrha open source project."
  • Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation is supported by more than 1,000 members and is the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, open standards, open data, and open hardware.

"Open Source, Contribution, and Inspiration" -- The 2nd Anniversary of TDengine Open Source Community

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Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Open content, Collaboration, Articles, Computer law, Intellectual property law, Free culture movement, Collaborative software, Open science, Open source, Open-source-software movement

BEIJING, July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 12, TAOS Data celebrated the second birthday of TDengine Open Source Community.

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  • BEIJING, July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 12, TAOS Data celebrated the second birthday of TDengine Open Source Community.
  • Driven by the power of the open source community, TDengine currently serves hundreds of thousands of users across over 50 cities around the world.
  • He mentioned that it was not only the development team but also the users and contributors in the TDengine open source community that spurred TDengine to go further and stronger.
  • Stimulated by Jeff's inspiring entrepreneurship, TDengine grew to be such an innovative and energetic open source community.

CloudLinux Joins FINOS to Bring Open Source Software and Technology Standards to the Financial Services Industry

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Software, Networks, Internet, Finance, Data management, Professional services, Technology, Security, Articles, Open content, Collaboration, Business models, Standards, Computer law, Intellectual property law, Free culture movement, Open-source-software movement, Open standard, Open source, FINOS, CloudLinux, FINOS, CLOUDLINUX

CloudLinux today announced that it joins FINOS (the Fintech Open Source Foundation) as a silver member to contribute projects within its financial open source community, from its TuxCare security services.

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  • CloudLinux today announced that it joins FINOS (the Fintech Open Source Foundation) as a silver member to contribute projects within its financial open source community, from its TuxCare security services.
  • FINOS is a nonprofit whose mission is to foster adoption of open source, open standards, and collaborative software development practices in financial services.
  • FINOS (The Fintech Open Source Foundation) is a nonprofit whose mission is to foster the adoption of open source, open standards and collaborative software development practices in financial services.
  • It is the center for open source developers and the financial services industry to build new technology projects that have a lasting impact on business operations.

Brightidea and HeroX Partner to Expand Open Innovation

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Articles, Innovation, Crowdsourcing, Free culture movement, Open innovation, Human behavior

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightidea , the #1 customer rated idea management platform, and HeroX , the social network for innovation and the world's leading platform for crowdsourced prize competitions, today announced a partnership that will integrate idea management tools with open innovation.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightidea , the #1 customer rated idea management platform, and HeroX , the social network for innovation and the world's leading platform for crowdsourced prize competitions, today announced a partnership that will integrate idea management tools with open innovation.
  • "We help organizations reach the next level regardless of where they are in their innovation journey," said Vincent Carbone, Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Brightidea.
  • "This partnership is an invaluable opportunity to collaborate and add new tools to our respective innovation arsenals," said Christian Cotichini, Co-Founder and CEO, HeroX.
  • Uniquely positioned as the Social Network for Innovation, HeroX is the only place you can build, grow and curate your very own crowd.

ShiftLeft Brings Developer-First Security to the Open Source Security Foundation

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Software, Technology, Other Technology, Security, Articles, Open content, Computing, Free software, Free culture movement, Business models, Software licenses, Intellectual property law, Linux Foundation, Open-source software, Open source, Open-source hardware, ShiftLeft, the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), the Linux Foundation, SHIFTLEFT, THE OPEN SOURCE SECURITY FOUNDATION (OPENSSF), THE LINUX FOUNDATION

ShiftLeft, Inc. , a leader in application security, today announced it has been accepted into the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) , a cross-industry collaboration that brings together technology leaders to improve the security of OSS.

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  • ShiftLeft, Inc. , a leader in application security, today announced it has been accepted into the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) , a cross-industry collaboration that brings together technology leaders to improve the security of OSS.
  • ShiftLeft joins the OpenSSF to further its commitment to advance supply chain security for open source software and the entire technology and business ecosystem.
  • Developers rely on open source and open source libraries as valuable tools in building modern, scalable applications.
  • Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation is supported by more than 1,000 members and is the worlds leading home for collaboration on open source software, open standards, open data, and open hardware.

R-LABS Partnership Welcomes Strategic Investment from Teranet to Expand its Industry Innovation Platform in Real Estate

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Articles, Crowdsourcing, Free culture movement, Innovation, Open innovation

"We are very excited to work again with the Teranet team in taking R-LABS industry innovation to the next level and help Canada be a global leader in real estate innovation.

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  • "We are very excited to work again with the Teranet team in taking R-LABS industry innovation to the next level and help Canada be a global leader in real estate innovation.
  • "We are very excited to work with the R-LABS team to connect our organizations for the betterment of the Canadian real estate industry at large.
  • This partnership creates exciting opportunities for R-LABS, real estate industry stakeholders, and corporations across other industries that can help solve problems in real estate through open innovation and purpose-driven company building.\nWith this investment in R-LABS, Teranet joins a leading group of industry partners that includes Oxford Properties, Dorsay Development, and Empire Communities.\nR-LABS builds purpose-driven companies that solve major problems in real estate through technology-enabled ventures.
  • R-LABS works closely with a growing group of institutional investors and game changing entrepreneurs to drive positive industry change and create a better future through innovation in real estate.

Linux Foundation Launches Open Source Digital Infrastructure Project for Agriculture, Enables Global Collaboration Among Industry, Government and Academia

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Computing, Articles, Software, Linus Torvalds, Operating systems, Business models, Free software, Linux Foundation, Free culture movement, Linux, Open source, Innovation

b'SAN FRANCISCO, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the launch of the AgStack Foundation, the open source digital infrastructure project for the world\'s agriculture ecosystem.

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  • b'SAN FRANCISCO, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the launch of the AgStack Foundation, the open source digital infrastructure project for the world\'s agriculture ecosystem.
  • "It\'s clear that by using open source software to standardize the digital infrastructure for agriculture, that AgStack can reduce cost, accelerate integration and enable innovation.
  • AgStack - A Linux Foundation\'s Project, is creating this much needed open source digital infrastructure for accelerating innovation.
  • I am confident that AgStack - A Linux Foundation\'s Project, can create this much needed open-source digital infrastructure for accelerating innovation.

The Linux Foundation Hosts Open19 to Accelerate Data Center and Edge Hardware Innovation

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Computing, Operating systems, Linus Torvalds, System software, Free culture movement, Linux Foundation, Computer law, Intellectual property law, Linux, Cloud computing, Open-source hardware, Open source

b'SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced it will host the Open19 Foundation, an open hardware platform for data center and edge hardware innovation.

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  • b'SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced it will host the Open19 Foundation, an open hardware platform for data center and edge hardware innovation.
  • With the addition of Open19, The Linux Foundation is hosting data center hardware and software under one virtual roof.\n"As the open hardware project of The Linux Foundation, the Open19 Project is dedicated to creating solutions that help digital businesses take advantage of specialized infrastructure," said Zachary Smith, Open19 Foundation chairperson and Managing Director of Equinix Metal.
  • "We are excited to join The Linux Foundation to solve the challenges facing modern data centers with collaborative, open, community-led innovation.
  • "\nOpen19 provides a framework for accessing and deploying hardware innovation at any scale, from edge environments to large-scale custom clouds.