Growing the Open Source Footprint at NI (National Instruments) NI (formerly National Instruments) has responded to the industry's shift toward open source by growing its open source footprint. This case study describes some successes and lessons learned in a growing open source program.
Comcast: Focusing on the Business Needs Comcast has two major divisions - the NBC broadcasting business and the cable delivery business. Comcast learned that both of its businesses had unique needs for an open source program office.
Driving Dropbox’s Open Source Program Dropbox was started and built on a foundation of open source code. But Dropbox did not always have a formal Open Source Program. This case study discusses the development of the open source function at Dropbox.
Capital One: Open Source in a Regulated Environment When you about how banks work, open source might not be at the top of your mind. But more and more companies—including those in the financial sector—have learned that open source software is often more reliable and secure than closed source.
Open Source and Innersource at Autodesk Autodesk is a traditional software company that has also embraced open source, as shown by its large and increasing presence on Github (at https://autodesk.github.io/). In this case study, Guy Martin (@guyma) talks about developing the open source program.
Helping Salesforce Succeed: The Open Source Program Office Salesforce is well-known in the enterprise for its Software-as-a-Service offering. Many people don't know that open source is a key part of what keeps Salesforce innovating.
Managing an Open Source Company: Red Hat As the largest open source company in the world, Red Hat is all-in on open source. This case study describes some of the lessons learned over two decades of working in the open source community.
Open Source at Verizon Media This open source office case study comes from Verizon Media (formerly Oath). Through its predecessor companies, Verizon Media has a long history with open source.
Establishing an Open Source Program Office at SAP SAP’s climb to higher visibility is a sign of its continued commitment to excellence in open source. Peter Giese, director of SAP’s Open Source Program Office and Michael Picht, chief development architect, contributed this case study.
Open Source Program Case Studies: Uber Our Open Source Program Guides cover case studies from the industries leading open source programs. This case study features another well-known name: Uber.
The Open Source Program at Microsoft: How Open Source Thrives It may be surprising to some that Microsoft is now one of the biggest contributors to open source. But that evolution was the result of deliberate work - and a thoughtful open source program.
Open Source at Facebook: "Core to Our Engineering DNA" "Open source is core to our engineering DNA. We believe that sharing our code and even hardware designs accelerates the pace of innovation in the world." Christine Abernathy, Open Source Developer Advocate at Facebook, features in this case study of the well-known tech giant.
Open Source at SanDisk Our next open source office case study comes from SanDisk, the maker of computer storage equipment. Open source is a key part of SanDisk's entire production pipeline.
Twitter: Why We Run an Open Source Program This case study features Chris Aniszczyk (@cra) who established the Open Source Program Office at Twitter and is now the Executive Director of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
Creating an Open Source Program Office at Box This case study features Benjamin VanEvery (@bvanevery) and Nicholas Zakas (@slicknet), who oversee the open source activities at Box. They see their open source program as an extension to the type of work Boxers do every day.
Why We Run an Open Source Program at Yahoo! Yahoo was another initial member of the TODO Group. This case study was provided by Gil Yehuda (@gyehuda), who is in charge of open source at Yahoo!.
GitHub: At the Center of Open Source This is the fourth in a series of case studies from TODO Group members, explaining why each company is committed to open source software. This case study was provided by Brandon Keepers (@bkeepers), who previously headed open source efforts at GitHub (now part of Microsoft).
Why We Run an Open Source Program at Walmart Labs Walmart was one of the initial members of the TODO Group, a group of companies founded to share the benefits of having an open source program. This case study was provided by Dion Almaer (@dalmaer) for the TODO Group.