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07Nov/21

Linux Foundation’s Open Source Climate Welcomes Airbus, EY and Red Hat

November 7, 2021InnovationAirbus, Computer architecture, Computing, Cross-platform software, IBM, Linus Torvalds, Linux, Linux Foundation, Linux kernel, Operating systems, Red Hat, Technologysmbale

The Linux Foundation’s OS-Climate has announced that Airbus and EY have joined its cross-industry coalition seeking to accelerate the global transition to net zero through open data and open source decision-making tools for companies, investors, banks, and regulators. This follows the news in September that Red Hat (an IBM company) had joined and is contributing a world-class team of data scientists and developers to build the OS-Climate platform. Also announced is Airbus’ contribution of a scenario analysis modeling platform to analyze the clean energy transition. Continue reading

11Aug/21

The Linux Foundation and Fintech Open Source Foundation Announce the Agenda for Open Source Strategy Forum London 2021, Oct 4-5

August 11, 2021InnovationArticles, Business models, Financial technology, Free software, Innovation, Linux, Linux Foundation, London, Open content, Open source, Open-source software, Science and technology, United Kingdomsmbale

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, and co-host Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), a nonprofit whose mission is to accelerate adoption of open source software, standards and best practices in financial services, today announced the conference agenda for Open Source Strategy Forum London 2021 (OSSF). The event takes place October 4-5 in London, England. The schedule can be viewed here. Continue reading

22Mar/21

IBM Launches Fourth Annual Call for Code Global Challenge to Tackle Existential Threat of Climate Change

March 22, 2021InnovationComputer architecture, Computing, David Clark, Free software, IBM, Linus Torvalds, Linux Foundation, Linux kernel, New York Stock Exchangesmbale

Together with Call for Code Creator David Clark Cause, Charitable Partner United Nations Human Rights, and the Linux Foundation, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the launch of the 2021 Call for Code Global Challenge. This year’s competition invites the world’s software developers and innovators to combat climate change with open source-powered technology. Continue reading

20Jul/20

Tech Leaders and Health Authorities from Around the Globe Collaborate to Combat COVID-19

July 20, 2020HealthcareCanada, Cisco, Computer architecture, Computing, IBM, Ireland, Linus Torvalds, Linux, Linux Foundation, Linux kernel, Operating systems, Tencent, United States, VMwaresmbale

he Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today launched a new initiative to use open source technologies to help public health authorities (PHAs) around the world combat COVID-19 and future epidemics. The new Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) initiative is launching with seven Premier members – Cisco, doc.ai, Geometer, IBM, NearForm, Tencent, and VMware – and two hosted exposure notifications projects, COVID ShieldTM and COVID GreenTM, which are currently being deployed in Canada, Ireland, and several U.S. states. Read more

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