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Black Duck & North Bridge, Along With Forrester Research, Announce Seventh Annual Future Of Open Source Survey

Press Release | Black Duck Software, North Bridge Venture Partners | February 28, 2013

Nearly 30 Leading Organizations, Influencers Collaborate to Uncover OSS Trends, State of Open Source Industry Read More »

Black Duck Software & North Bridge Launch Ninth Annual Future of Open Source Survey

Press Release | Black Duck Software, North Bridge Partners | February 6, 2015

Black Duck Software...and North Bridge Partners...today announced the launch of the ninth annual Future of Open Source Survey. As an annual assessment of the state of the open source industry and analysis of future trends, the survey reflects the insights of open source software (OSS) industry leaders and collaborating organizations, and is open to participation from the technology community. Read More »

Couchbase and the Future of NoSQL Databases

Couchbase is a NoSQL, document-oriented database for building interactive applications. Trends in the open source database industry show positive growth as NoSQL is used for web, mobile, and the Internet of Things (IoT). In this interview, Arun Gupta, VP of Developer Advocacy at Couchbase, shares his views on how open source has made an impact on the database industry, and the challenges that lie ahead for the NoSQL industry. Also, find out which open source tools and methodologies Couchbase has adopted...

Data Breaches Through Wearables Put Target Squarely on IoT in 2017

Ryan Francis | Java World | January 3, 2017

Security needs to be baked into IoT devices for there to be any chance of halting a DDoS attack, according to security experts. Read More »

Forrester: open source project explosion driving a "golden era" in app development

Paula Rooney | ZDNet | November 28, 2012

The explosion in open source projects in the HTML, mobile, cloud and big data spaces such as Android, jQuery, PhoneGap, Sencha, Hadoop and Cordova are driving a new model and a golden age of "app" development, Forrester Research says. Read More »

The Future Of Open Source in Clinical Research

C. Collins | The OpenClinica Blog | April 15, 2014

It was a privilege for OpenClinica to help with the “Future of Open Source” survey recently completed by Michael Skok of North Bridge Ventures, Black Duck and Forrester. The survey polled users and other stakeholders across the entire spectrum of OSS.

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The Reasons Businesses Use Open Source Are Changing Faster Than You Realize

Matt Asay | ReadWrite | April 7, 2014

Open-source software, once used primarily because it was cheap and "good enough," now gets top ranking for delivering high quality, according to the latest Future of Open Source survey.  While lowering costs remains the top reason companies elect to participate in open-source projects, they now view open source as a way to drive innovation, shorten time to market, and improve the quality of their software.

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