MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --OpenLogic by Perforce, the leading provider in agnostic open source support, now provides an enterprise-class alternative to Oracle Java by offering the most widely-used OpenJDK distributions backed by OpenLogic support.

The expansion of OpenLogic's Java Support offering with OpenJDK builds follows an overall growth trend for the business of almost 40% since its acquisition by Perforce Software in March 2019. This success has been underpinned by growth in the customer base, increased services and strategic partnerships with open source industry leaders.

"With organizations deploying several open source packages in production environments, managing the technology stack with multiple support vendors has become unsustainable," said Tim Russell, Chief Product Officer at Perforce. "OpenLogic provides product-agnostic, consolidated open source support so companies can reduce to one vendor for their entire stack. This enables organizations to simplify issue resolution and receive unbiased innovation guidance, while cutting costs and risks so they can confidently deploy open source in business critical systems."

In addition to supporting their own OpenJDK builds, OpenLogic also offers commercial support for all Java distributions, including Adopt OpenJDK, IBM, and Oracle's Java. Java support from OpenLogic includes security patches and bug fixes, in addition to guidance for the usage and administration of Java and the JVM.

"The licensing changes from Oracle have left many organizations looking for guidance on Java alternatives" explained Justin Reock, Chief Architect for OpenLogic at Perforce. "Because OpenLogic supports all Java, we are uniquely positioned to help organizations better understand their Java needs today vs tomorrow, reduce their TCO, and plan their overall open source strategy moving forward."

OpenLogic's OpenJDK builds are fully compliant with the Java SE specifications. All JDKs and JREs are verified with an inhouse test suite that validates execution. OpenLogic provides and supports free distributions for Linux, Windows, and MacOS. These distributions will be updated quarterly, with critical security patches on-demand.

The OpenLogic OpenJDK distributions are available from the OpenLogic website at openlogic.com/openjdk-downloads. After downloading an OpenJDK build, your team can choose to connect with an OpenJDK expert from OpenLogic if you're looking to get support.

In addition to supporting OpenJDK, OpenLogic provides commercial support for over 400 open source packages and common Java stack elements including Spring, ActiveMQ, Tomcat, JBoss/Wildfly, Kafka, Camel and CentOS.

About OpenLogic

OpenLogic provides enterprise-level support and services for organizations using open source software as part of their infrastructure and application stacks.

OpenLogic's team of experienced enterprise architects delivers commercial SLAs for critical open source packages including key enterprise components and platforms such as CentOS, OpenJDK, Jenkins CI, Apache, Docker, and Kubernetes.

For more information, visit http://www.openlogic.com.

About Perforce

Perforce powers innovation at unrivaled scale. With a portfolio of scalable DevOps solutions, we help modern enterprises overcome complex product development challenges by improving productivity, visibility, and security throughout the product lifecycle.

Our portfolio includes solutions for Agile planning & ALM, API management, automated mobile & web testing, embeddable analytics, open source support, repository management, static & dynamic code analysis, version control, and more.

With over 15,000 customers, Perforce is trusted by the world's leading brands to drive their business critical technology development.

For more information, visit http://www.perforce.com.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --During the coronavirus pandemic, Zoom, Skype, and other videoconferencing systems have become our lifelines for workplace communication. But while those platforms work well for many kinds of virtual meetings and conferences, their capacity to replicate the kinds of spontaneous, informal interactions that take place when people are together in person is limited.

Enter Minglr,a new software platform developed by researchers at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Minglr is designed to support the kinds of impromptu, private conversations that individuals have before and after meetings, in the lobby during breaks of conferences, and around the office coffee machine. By making these interactions possible online, systems like Minglr can further boost the desirability and feasibility of remote work, learning, and professional networking.

"I think ad-hoc interactionsthose 'hallway conversations'are among the most important things that people miss in today's work-from-home environment," says Thomas W. Malone, the Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor of Managementat MIT Sloan and the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, who led the Minglr research team. "From a collective intelligence standpoint, lots of research suggests that those random encounters are key to creative innovations in cities, research labs, companies, and elsewhere. And we know from our own personal experiences that they are also critical to making new professional connections, forming social bonds, and building camaraderie in a group. But most people don't realize how straightforward it is to create videoconferencing software that supports these ad-hoc interactions."

"We want to demonstrate what is possible, and we hope that all major videoconferencing systems will implement functionality like that in Minglr."

To create Minglr, Prof. Malone teamed up with Jaeyoon Song, an incoming MIT Sloan PhD student, and Chris Riedl,associate professor for Information Systems and Network Science at the D'Amore-McKim School of BusinessatNortheasternUniversity. Together, they developed a prototype of the software, building on an open source videoconferencing system called jitsi.

The team plans to make Minglr available as open source software to anyone who is interested in using the tool, including developers who would like to contribute to it.

It works like this: At a virtual meeting or conference, participants and attendees log on to Minglr and see a list of people who are available to talk. The system lets them select the ones they want to speak with. They can also see the people who want to talk to them. And if they select one of those people, then both parties enter into a private video room where they can chat for as long or as short a time as they wish.

A working paper the team just released describes a pilot test of Minglr at the June MIT Collective Intelligence 2020 meeting, which was held online as a virtual conference. In one survey reported in the working paper, conference attendees indicated thatconversations in hallways, lobbies, and at social events were the most important part of attending an academic conference. And in another survey, 86% of participants who used the Minglr system successfully said that they thought future online conferences should employ something like it.

"The positive feedback we received on Minglr has helped us see new pathways for its functionality," says Song. "We knew that the system could be valuable at virtual business meetings and professional conferences, but now we see potential uses in virtual classes, parties, and other kinds ofsocial engagements. Minglr allows you to meet new people, chat with folks you already know, and spark different kinds of conversations. With Minglr, we see a future that involves much richer and deeper online interaction."

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The expansion of OpenLogic's Java Support offering with OpenJDK builds follows an overall growth trend for the business of almost 40% since its acquisition by Perforce Software in March 2019. This success has been underpinned by growth in the customer base, increased services and strategic partnerships with open source industry leaders.

"With organizations deploying several open source packages in production environments, managing the technology stack with multiple support vendors has become unsustainable," said Tim Russell, Chief Product Officer at Perforce. "OpenLogic provides product-agnostic, consolidated open source support so companies can reduce to one vendor for their entire stack. This enables organizations to simplify issue resolution and receive unbiased innovation guidance, while cutting costs and risks so they can confidently deploy open source in business critical systems."

In addition to supporting their own OpenJDK builds, OpenLogic also offers commercial support for all Java distributions, including Adopt OpenJDK, IBM, and Oracle's Java. Java support from OpenLogic includes security patches and bug fixes, in addition to guidance for the usage and administration of Java and the JVM.

"The licensing changes from Oracle have left many organizations looking for guidance on Java alternatives" explained Justin Reock, Chief Architect for OpenLogic at Perforce. "Because OpenLogic supports all Java, we are uniquely positioned to help organizations better understand their Java needs today vs tomorrow, reduce their TCO, and plan their overall open source strategy moving forward."

OpenLogic's OpenJDK builds are fully compliant with the Java SE specifications. All JDKs and JREs are verified with an inhouse test suite that validates execution. OpenLogic provides and supports free distributions for Linux, Windows, and MacOS. These distributions will be updated quarterly, with critical security patches on-demand.

The OpenLogic OpenJDK distributions are available from the OpenLogic website at openlogic.com/openjdk-downloads. After downloading an OpenJDK build, your team can choose to connect with an OpenJDK expert from OpenLogic if you're looking to get support.

In addition to supporting OpenJDK, OpenLogic provides commercial support for over 400 open source packages and common Java stack elements including Spring, ActiveMQ, Tomcat, JBoss/Wildfly, Kafka, Camel and CentOS.

About OpenLogic

OpenLogic provides enterprise-level support and services for organizations using open source software as part of their infrastructure and application stacks.

OpenLogic's team of experienced enterprise architects delivers commercial SLAs for critical open source packages including key enterprise components and platforms such as CentOS, OpenJDK, Jenkins CI, Apache, Docker, and Kubernetes.

For more information, visit http://www.openlogic.com.

About Perforce

Perforce powers innovation at unrivaled scale. With a portfolio of scalable DevOps solutions, we help modern enterprises overcome complex product development challenges by improving productivity, visibility, and security throughout the product lifecycle.

Our portfolio includes solutions for Agile planning & ALM, API management, automated mobile & web testing, embeddable analytics, open source support, repository management, static & dynamic code analysis, version control, and more.

With over 15,000 customers, Perforce is trusted by the world's leading brands to drive their business critical technology development.

For more information, visit http://www.perforce.com.

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Industrial robots are now being used to assemble everything from airplanes to smartphones, using human-like arms to mechanically repeat the same processes over and over, thousands of times a day with nanometric precision.

But according to a new report entitled Rogue Automation," some robots have flaws that could make them vulnerable to advanced hackers, who could steal data or alter a robots movements remotely, like a scene out of science fiction.

Attacks on industrial environments in these sectors could have serious consequences, including operational failure, physical damage, environmental harm and injury or loss of life," according to Federico Maggi, a researcher at Trend Micro Inc, and Marcello Pogliani, an information security researcher at Politecnico di Milano, in a research report reviewed by Bloomberg. The report will be presented on Wednesday at a virtual forum organized by Black Hat, which provides cybersecurity events around the world.

Robots are often connected to networks and run via software, according to the report, and previously unknown vulnerabilities could allow hackers to hide malicious code in them and other automated, programmable manufacturing machines. The researcher found flaws in software produced and distributed by the Swedish-Swiss multinational ABB Ltd, one among worlds largest industrial robot maker. They also found other vulnerabilities in one of industrys most popular open source software called Robot Operating System Industrial", or Ros-I, adapted for ABB and for Kuka AG, a German robot maker.

Maggi and Pogliani said two years ago they stumbled upon something we had never seen before," an app store run by ABB for heavy industrial machines including robots. The apps were written in ABBs proprietary programming language used to automate industrial machines, the types of robots used to assemble cars or handle processed food. They downloaded and reverse engineered some of the apps to figure out how they worked and discovered a vulnerability in one of the apps for ABB robots -- just the type of thing a hacker could exploit, they said.

The flaw would have allowed an attacker on the network to exfiltrate any files from the robot controller, including potentially sensitive data. ABBs app store itself also had a vulnerability, according to the researchers. Hackers could upload apps from the store by bypassing validation procedures and making them immediately available to the public even if still pending approval, the researchers said.

Industrial secrets are traded for very high prices in underground marketplaces and have become one of the main targets of cyber warfare operations," the paper said. A vulnerability scanner designed by the researchers discovered another class of flaws into a Ros-Is software component for Kuka and ABB robots that could have allowed an attacker to interfere with robots movements, according to the report.

Vulnerabilities related to ABB have been acknowledged and solved by the company while flaws found into Ros-I software have been mitigated by Ros consortium and confirmed by the US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, also known as CISA.

A spokesman for ABB said the company has fixed the concerns in the Trend Micro tests, which helped us provide greater security for equipment in the market." There is no indication of data exfiltration nor any customers affected by it, he added.

A spokeswoman for Kuka said Ros-I is an open source project, not developed by Kuka and not part of our portfolio." Universities and research institutes decide whether they want to integrate Ros-I via the interface themselves, shed added.

Industrial robots are a fast-growing area in the industrial sector, with historical growth rates exceeding 20% in unit terms, with an annual value of $16 billion, based on International Federation of Robotics data, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mustafa Okur said. Even as Chinas foray into the robots is slowing and the sector may see a decline in 2020, long-term fundamentals remain largely intact, driven by factors such as aging demographics and demand for quality, he added.

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Our entire world is now digital, surrounded by a myriad of apps, and software and services. Weve become so prone to gadgets and devices that we firmly believe we cannot live without them even for a day. (Yes, its true) From ordering food online to watching our favorite movies and TV shows, we certainly are dependent on technology.

Have you heard of the term open source software? Well, you may have surely used open source software at least once or more. So, before we proceed towards the software list, lets get a thorough understanding of this term.

So, what is open-source software? And how is it different from closed source software or any other software? You can think of open-source software as a collaborative initiative where anyone can make changes in the code to make it better.

Unlike a closed or proprietary software where only the owners are exclusively allowed to make changes in the source code, open-source can be easily altered by anyone. When an open source software is designed, the authors or developers make the code available to anyone where people can use it to enhance the existing software, study it, or use it; however, they like.

Whether you want to use a media player, create a document, edit a soundtrack or video, theres an open source software available for almost anything. Using an open-source tool has numerous benefits, which include better control over the code, collaboration, stability for initiating long-term projects, and more. Open source software can be of any type, including open source software for Windows, open-source web browser, open source software for Android, or for any platform or requirement.

Well, that entirely depends on the author or initial developers of the program whether they want to roll out the product on a free of cost basis or if they want to charge users for the usage. But yes, a majority of people have a false impression of thinking that all open-source tools are free of charge, and thats not true.

Some of the most common open source software include VLC Player, Libre Office, Audacity, and more. Open-source tools are available for various platforms, including Windows, Android, iOS, Linux, and more. So, in this post, weve compiled a list of some of the best open source software of 2020 that can make our lives simpler.

Also Read: Dont forget to check out the 8 best open-source apps for Android that are worth your attention.

Lets get started.

Yes, weve all heard of this one for sure! VLC Media Player is one of the best open source software used by a mass audience around the globe. Agree or not, but theres a sense of comfort in VLCs environment that nothing wont ever go wrong by using it. The VLC media player supports almost all video file formats, and is undoubtedly one of the most popular cross-platform (Windows, macOS, iOS and Android) media players one can rely upon. Every now and then, VLC Media player keeps on offering new updates and performance improvements, which makes this media player best from the rest.

Next on our list comes Audacity, which is an open-source digital audio editor available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and other Unix based operators. Audacity is initially developed by a bunch of teen volunteers, and the software comes loaded with all advanced features and tools needed for multi-track audio editing. Audacity supports almost all major audio file formats, including MP3, WAV, FLAC, MP2, and more. So, whether you want to record live audio, make changes to an existing soundtrack, Audacity open-source editor can get the job done for you effortlessly.

Avidemux is a light-weighted video editing tool that is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. It is one of the best open-source tools for video editing supporting a variety of file formats, including AVI, DVD, MPEG, MP4, and many more. So, whether youre newly stepping into the image or video editing or if youre a professional editor, Avidemux can be your ideal companion.

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is next to pop on our open source software list. GIMP is a popular image editing platform that comes loaded with a bunch of advanced editing toolset. If youre looking for a decent Adobe Photoshop alternative, GIMP can be your pick. Whether you are a graphic designer, photographer, illustrator, or scientist, GIMP is equally ideal for beginners as well as creative professionals from any background.

Rediscovering new music with Amarok is a whole new experience. Amarok is a powerful open-source audio editing tool where you can not just play or edit audio tracks but also explore new music of different genres. Amarok is more like an iTunes alternative available for Windows, Linux, and macOS platforms.

Looking for an open-source web browser? Well, TOR is the first name that will strike your mind. TOR is an intuitive web browser that keeps your privacy intact and allows you to surf the Internet without being tracked. As more and more cybercriminal cases are occurring around us, using the TOR web browser can help you in keeping your identity concealed from hackers. TOR offers multi-layer encryption that strictly prevents you against any kind of surveillance and tracking, so you got nothing to worry about.

Apache OpenOffice is a free and open-source office productivity package that offers you various programs, including Writer like MS Word, Calc like MS Excel. Impress like MS PowerPoint and many other productivity tools. Apache OpenOffice can serve as an MS Office alternative and is used by a majority of users worldwide, not just because it comes free of cost but because it includes an advanced set of tools, features, and functions.

Almost similar to MS Office and Apache OpenOffice, LibreOffice is another open-source office utility tool available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. LibreOffice has a huge user community who are continually working on it to make this product better with each new update. LibreOffice includes all basic and additional features and extensions that are a must in any office suite utility.

Inkscape is an open-source professional vector graphics editor available for Windows, macOS, and Linux OS. If youre looking for an Adobe Illustrator alternative, Inkscape can be your fresh change of choice. Inkscape offers you a bunch of flexible drawing tools, supports a majority of file formats, powerful and advanced image editing tools, and many other useful features that are suitable for both beginners and professionals.

Blender is an amazing 3D creation tool that supports modeling, rendering, motion tracking, compositing, and all possible tasks that can be tagged under the 3D pipeline. If youve heard of Autodesk Maya, then Blender Graphics tool can compete as a strong contender alternative for 3D animation. On Blender, you can easily create full-length animation films to VFX effects, all for free.

KeePass is a decent open-source password manager pick that is not just easy to use but keeps your security on utmost priority. KeePass comes free of cost, and you can easily rely on this tool for trusting with your passwords. KeePass carefully binds all your passwords in one safe place. So, now you just have to remember one password (master password) to access KeePass. Cool, isnt it?

Weve all used WinZip at some point in our lives or other, right? Well, if youre bored of WinZip or looking for a decent alternative, then 7-Zip can impress you with its sharp features and compression tools. 7-Zip is a cross-platform compression tool available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Mozilla Thunderbird is one of the best open source software which serves as an email client for users. Mozilla Thunderbird can act as an Outlook alternative and comes loaded with a bunch of useful features. On Mozilla Thunderbird, you can manage your entire inbox, chat with your clients, receive RSS feeds, and more. Thunderbird is highly secure and keeps all your emails preserved so that you can have peace of mind.

Looking for a free open-source antivirus security tool for Windows? Well, youll be pleased to download ClamWin on your system. ClamWin is an open-source anti-virus utility tool for Windows that can keep your machine safe from viruses and malware of any kind. ClamWin regularly offers new updates that protect your system for any kind of spyware or viruses.

Clonezilla is a free open-source disk cloning and data recovery utility tool available for Windows and Linux OS. Clonezilla can easily get you through with system backup and restore disk cloning, image restoring, and more. Also, to secure all your data backup and restore sessions, Clonezilla uses AES-256 encryption as a security measure.

Yes, you guessed that right. BRL-CAD is an AutoCAD alternative available for Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms. BRL-CAD is a powerful application development tool that supports high-performance ray tracing, rendering, geometry editing, and other interactive features that you find on AutoCAD.

Next on our open-source software list comes Bluefish that is an ultimate website creation tool for both beginners and professionals. Bluefish is used by a majority of web developers around the world for writing pieces of code and scripts. Bluefish is available for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Windows, OpenBSD, and Solaris.

Taking notes is something that we love to do, whether its about creating a grocery list, penning down an important phone number, or any piece of information. Well, NixNote is a light-weighted open-source note-taking tool for Windows and Linux, which you can use for creating and managing your day to day notes. On NixNote, you can not only create notes but also save pictures, documents, audio tracks in a well-organized space.

Were all aware what CCleaner does, right? Well, Bleach Bit is an open-source alternative almost similar to CC cleaner that quickly scans your system and frees up disk space by deleting junk files, temp files, cleaning browsing history, cached data and more to optimize your systems performance.

Octave is an open-source educational tool available for Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. It allows you to perform numeric computations in an easy to use, the interactive platform just like MATLAB.

PDF creator is an ideal PDF creation and reader tool for Windows that comes loaded with exceptional features and tools. On PDF creator, you can compress and resize images, encrypt your PDF docs with AES security, customize and tighten security settings, and more.

So, fellas, this wraps our open source software list of 2020. Here were some of the best open source software of various categories and genres. And yes, do let us know which one is your most favorite open-source tool from this list. Wed be more than happy to hear from you.

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Microsoft has invested in the security of open-source software for many years and today Im excited to share that Microsoft is joining industry partners to create the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a new cross-industry collaboration hosted at the Linux Foundation. The OpenSSF brings together work from the Linux Foundation-initiated Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII), the GitHub-initiated Open Source Security Coalition (OSSC), and other open-source security efforts to improve the security of open-source software by building a broader community, targeted initiatives, and best practices. Microsoft is proud to be a founding member alongside GitHub, Google, IBM, JPMC, NCC Group, OWASP Foundation, and Red Hat.

Open-source software is core to nearly every companys technology strategy and securing it is an essential part of securing the supply chain for all, including our own. With the ubiquity of open source software, attackers are currently exploiting vulnerabilities across a wide range of critical services and infrastructure, including utilities, medical equipment, transportation, government systems, traditional software, cloud services, hardware, and IoT.

Open-source software is inherently community-driven and as such, there is no central authority responsible for quality and maintenance. Because source code can be copied and cloned, versioning and dependencies are particularly complex. Open-source software is also vulnerable to attacks against the very nature of the community, such as attackers becoming maintainers of projects and introducing malware. Given the complexity and communal nature of open source software, building better security must also be a community-driven process.

Microsoft has been involved in several open-source security initiatives over the years and we are looking forward to bringing these together under the umbrella of the OpenSSF. For example, we have been actively working with OSSC in four primary areas:

Helping developers to better understand the security threats that exist in the open-source software ecosystem and how those threats impact specific open source projects.

Providing the best security tools for open source developers, making them universally accessible and creating a space where members can collaborate to improve upon existing security tooling and develop new ones to suit the needs of the broader open source community.

Providing open-source developers with best practice recommendations, and with an easy way to learn and apply them. Additionally, we have been focused on ensuring best practices to be widely distributed to open source developers and will leverage an effective learning platform to do so.

Creating an open-source software ecosystem where the time to fix a vulnerability and deploy that fix across the ecosystem is measured in minutes, not months.

We are looking forward to participating in future OpenSSF efforts including securing critical open source projects (assurance, response), developer identity, and bounty programs for open-source security bugs.

We are excited and honored to be advancing the work with the OSSC into the OpenSSF and we look forward to the many improvements that will be developed as a part of this foundation with the open-source community.

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NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Duality Technologies, a leading provider of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) enabling collaboration between organizations on sensitive data, announced today a new partnership with NumFOCUS, a non-profit organization which sponsors the use of open-source software in research, data science and scientific computing. The partnership between Duality and NumFOCUS is aimed at creating a privacy-preserving collaboration platform enabling academic institutions and public agencies to evaluate the effects of grant-making, scholarships and other financial support on students' performance, future occupations and contributions to academic research.

In cooperation with the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) at the University of Michigan, Duality will develop a privacy-preserving data science framework based on the PALISADE open-source Homomorphic Encryption (HE) library in order to carry out secure analysis of sensitive student data while keeping Personally Identifiable Information (PII) private.

The new framework offers academic institutions and public agencies tools to conduct privacy-preserving research on the impact and the societal benefit of financial support for students. Previously, researchers had not been able to comprehensively analyze relevant data held by different public agencies due to data privacy regulations and agencies' reluctance to share such sensitive information. Socio-economic data indicative of scholarship recipients' lifestyles and occupations are inherently sensitive and until now, researchers had to undertake cumbersome anonymization processes with available data, limiting the studies' scope and reliability.

The development of the framework is also supported by the Albert P. Sloan Foundation, which issued a grant to NumFOCUS to promote the development of the open-source software for scientific research based on the PALISADE library.

"We are excited to launch this new collaboration with the remarkable people at NumFOCUS and the University of Michigan's IRIS research group, one of the leading institutions in its field," said Dr. Kurt Rohloff, Co-Founder and CTO of Duality Technologies. "Together, we are enabling academic teams to leverage sensitive data held by a variety of public agencies. Highly sensitive personal data must be protected, and now research teams can collaborate with public agencies on such rich data in order to glean important insights without compromising on data privacy."

The framework utilizes Homomorphic Encryption (HE), an advanced encryption method that protects data during computation, allowing multiple parties to run privacy-preserving analytics on encrypted data. Already deployed and proven in the financial industry, this will enable academic institutions and public agencies for the first time to comprehensively measure the impact of their grant-making and to maximize the impact of such support for students.

"Homomorphic Encryption is a secure and standardized method which is being used more and more frequently to conduct privacy-preserving data analytics in a wide variety of disciplines," said Leah Silen, Executive Director of NumFOCUS. "The framework under development by Duality represents a real breakthrough in research on social data, and we are proud to make the open-source PALISADE library widely available to the research community. Our heartfelt appreciation to the Sloan Foundation for its grant, which will allow more academic teams to engage in collaborative analytics on such sensitive data."

The PALISADE open-source HE library, which forms the basis for the new framework, was co-founded by Dr. Kurt Rohloff with Dr. Yuriy Polyakov and Dr. Dave Cousins, both Principal Scientists at Duality Technologies, with initial funding from DARPA and additional sponsorship by NumFOCUS.

"The privacy-preserving framework being developed by Duality will include interfaces and tools that integrate seamlessly with our current research environments," said Prof. Jason Owen-Smith, Executive Director of the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) at the University of Michigan. "It will enable our teams to utilize proven methods while facilitating access to sensitive data, which will translate into greater efficiency and deeper insights, all while preserving individual privacy. This projectfits perfectly into our mission to understand, explain and improve the public value of research and higher education."

About Duality Technologies

Founded by world-renowned data scientists and cryptographers, Duality Technologies is at the forefront of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs), setting a new standard for privacy-preserving data collaborations. Duality SecurePlus, a leading PET platform, uniquely combines advanced Homomorphic Encryption and data science, enabling organizations to derive insights without exposing their sensitivedata. Duality's products are used by companies across regulated industries including financial services, healthcare, telecommunications and more. Duality was recently listed on Fast Company's 2020 Most Innovative Companies List in the Data Science category. Duality has also been recognizedas a Gartner "Cool Vendor" for Privacy Preservation in Analytics.For more information, please visit dualitytech.com.

About NumFocus

NumFOCUS is a 501(c)3 public charity in the United States. The mission of NumFOCUS is to promote sustainable high-level programming languages, open code development, and reproducible scientific research. We accomplish this mission through our educational programs and events as well as through fiscal sponsorship of open source scientific computing projects.

NumFOCUS envisions an inclusive scientific and research community that utilizes actively supported open source software to make impactful discoveries for a better world.

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RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that it is accepting nominations for the 2021 Red Hat Innovation Awards.

Since 2007, the Red Hat Innovation Awards have recognized organizations from around the world and across industries for the transformative projects and outstanding results they have experienced with Red Hat's open source solutions. Open source has helped transform technology from the datacenter to the cloud and the Red Hat Innovation Awards showcase its transformative impact in organizations around the world.

Nominations should showcase successful IT implementation and projects that made a difference in organizations using open source. Entries for the Innovation Awards will be judged in five areas:

Submissions will be accepted until Sept. 13, 2020, and will be evaluated by a panel of business and open source technology experts including Ashesh Badani, senior vice president, Cloud Platforms, Red Hat; Caroline Chappell, research director and industry analyst, Analysys Mason; Stefanie Chiras, vice president and general manager, Red Hat Enterprise Linux business unit, Red Hat; Leigh Day, vice president, Marketing Communications, Red Hat; Alberto Iglesias Fraga, deputy director, INNOVADORES Supplement, La Razon; Sean Michael Kerner, freelance technology journalist; and Chris Wright, vice president and chief technology officer, Red Hat.

A total of five winners will be chosen. From those five winners, the 2021 Red Hat Innovator of the Year will be selected by the community through online voting, and will be announced during Red Hat Summit 2021 taking place in April of 2021. In addition, up to five honorable mention submissions may be recognized by the judges.

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Tech giant IBM has signed a three-year public cloud agreement with Crown Commercial Services and the UK Cabinet Office, allowing preferential commercial terms for public sector organisations, including the NHS.

Under the Memorandum of Understanding, the public sector will be enabled to embark on a secure public cloud journey and innovate with digital solutions and services to help evolve essential services for UK citizens, according to an IBM press release.

Eligible organisations will have access to a suite of solutions including IBM Multicloud Manager, IBM Cloud Paks, Red Hat OpenShift, Cloud Garages, Power Virtual Servers on Cloud, VMware and Cloud Migration Services.

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WHY IT MATTERS

IBMs public cloud is built on a foundation of open source software with more than 190 cloud-native APIs, such as AI, blockchain, Internet of Things, serverless and DevOps.

The deal aims to break down barriers to public cloud adoption by enabling public sector organisations to access services without vendor lock in and capitalise on the speed and agility of the public cloud.

THE LARGER CONTEXT

The move follows a UK government deal with Google Cloud in June, which enabled public bodies, including the NHS, to benefit from discounts on products.Google Cloud said the deal would make it easier and more affordable for public sector agencies to leverage its services in order to increase innovation and deliver digital transformation.

Meanwhile, UK leading cancer centre, The Royal Marsden, recently launched its first AI virtual agent using IBM Watson, delivered via the IBM public cloud.It aims to enable hospitals to manage its workforce efficiently while alleviating additional stress key workers may be experiencing during the COVID-19 crisis.

ON THE RECORD

Simon Tse, chief executive of Crown Commercial Service (CCS), said: This agreement with IBM provides great value for public sector organisations as they continue to innovate and improve essential services for citizens throughout the UK.

Janine Cook, vice president for public sector at IBM UK and Ireland, said: As the public sector continues its rapid digital transformation, government organisations crossing many industries need a reliable, resilient and secure technology environment to meet the needs of citizens and address complex security and regulatory requirements.

An open hybrid cloud platform, built and managed with IBMs deep industry expertise, can allow the public sector to accelerate its innovation and offer a more agile way to develop new digital services and take the next step along their cloud journeys.

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