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Black Duck Announces 2016 Open Source "Rookies of the Year"
Black
Duck, the global leader in automated solutions for securing and
managing open source software, today announced the ninth annual Open
Source (News - Alert) Rookies of the Year, recognizing the top new open source projects
initiated in 2016.
"This recognition is a tribute to the success and momentum of these
projects," said Patrick Carey, Director of Product Management, Black
Duck, who heads the annual Rookies selection process. "The selections
for 2016 show how diverse and ambitious open source software development
has become. From communications to healthcare and beyond, they offer
innovative solutions to a range of consumer- and enterprise-grade
problems."
The 2016 Rookies class reflects several industry trends shaping the
future of open source software including:
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Stretching the Blockchain: Many open source projects are
exploring ways to extend blockchain technology to uses well beyond
cryptocurrency.
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Beyond Basic Database Data: Open source projects are striving
to accelerate data analysis, increase database efficiency, and blur
the line between the traditional database and blockchain technologies.
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Diving into Deep Learning: Projects seeking to simplify machine
learning to encourage broader adoption across industries and
applications.
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Redefining Software-Defined Networks: Projects applying open
source technology aimed at making networks as agile and flexible as
the virtualized server and storage infrastructure of the modern data
center.
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Controlling Container Clutter: A number of this year's open
source projects have found remarkable opportunities to simplify the
world of containers.
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Network Security: Several projects are striving to
revolutionize network security by leveraging cutting edge machine
learning and software-defined network capabilities.
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Revolutionizing Education: Open source projects with the goal
to make learning resources readily available to students and teachers
worldwide.
The 2016 Black Duck Open Source Rookies of the Year
Blockchain
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Sawtooth
Lake: Intel's (News - Alert) new distributed ledgerplatform for the
Hyperledger blockchain, developed to address concerns about the
scalability and security of existing blockchain technologies.
Big Data
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CarbonData:
A unique approach to data organization, multi-level indexing, and
optimization allows for faster data filtering, better compression, and
enhanced search and query processing for more-efficient use of compute
resources.
Deep Learning
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Deep Scalable Sparse Tensor Network Engine: DSSTNE
("Destiny") seeks to evolve the neural networks landscape by
optimizing for data sparseness and scalability and focusing on optimal
use of multiple GPUs.
Software-Defined Networking
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OpenCORD:
An end-to-end solution which combines SDN, NFV, and Cloud with
commodity infrastructure to bring datacenter-grade scale and agility
to service provider networks.
Network Security (Co-Winners)
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Poseidon:
The Poseidon project seeks to answer two key questions: What is on
your network, and what is it doing? It answers these questions by
providing situational awareness to the items being added or removed
from your network, as well as the traffic being generated.
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Trireme:
Trireme allows the creation of security policies at-scale and
application segmentation through end-to-end authentication and
authorization.
Containers
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Ansible
Container: The result of the Ansible development team's desire for
an alternative to Docker files, Ansible Container works to automate
the container build, deployment, and management process using nothing
but Ansible Playbooks.
Education
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Kolibri:
Kolibri seeks to make learning resources available to students and
teachers in areas with limited education resources, from rural schools
and after-school programs to refugee camps and orphanages.
For more information about the 2016 Black Duck Open Source Rookies of
the Year, please visit https://www.blackducksoftware.com/open-source-rookies-2016
About Black Duck Software (News - Alert)
Organizations worldwide use Black Duck's industry-leading products to
automate the process of securing and managing open source software,
eliminating the pain related to security vulnerabilities, compliance and
operational risk. Black Duck is headquartered in Burlington, MA, and has
offices in San Jose, CA (News - Alert), Vancouver, London, Belfast, Northern Ireland,
Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing. For more information,
visit www.blackducksoftware.com.
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