Evaluate Open Source Components Before Use: Open Source Development Tip #5
We’ve been publishing a series of tips on managing open source development to maximize benefits and minimize the risks. In case you missed them, you can find the other posts in the series here and a summary of the entire set of tips here. In today’s post, we continue with a tip on choosing open source components to ensure quality and avoid unnecessary license or security risk. (more…)
Start With a Pilot Program: Open Source Development Tip #4
We’ve been publishing a series of tips on managing open source development to maximize your benefits and minimize the risks. In case you missed them, you can find the other posts in the series here. In today’s post, we continue the series with a tip on getting started with a pilot program. You’ll find a summary of the entire set of tips here. (more…)
Our Customers Told Us To…(the Insight Story)
Last month we launched a new product, Sonatype Insight, to help companies make better use of open source components in application development.
A lot of our long time followers and Nexus users have asked us a simple question: Why? The short answer is because our customers and our community told us to. They said they needed better information to make better decisions about the open source components they’re using. They said they needed to meet management requirements, but weren’t interested in extra bureaucracy.
Want to see the full story? Check out this cool new Prezi (zooming presentation) we put together.
Establish an Open Source Governance Program: Open Source Development Tip #3
Last week we published the first in our multi-part series on managing open source to maximize benefits and minimize risks. In case you missed it, you can find it here. In today’s post, we continue the series with a practical tip on getting started with an open source governance program. You’ll find a summary of the entire set of tips here. (more…)
