FreeRTOS vs ThreadX vs Zephyr: The Fight For True Open Source RTOS
From scheduling tasks to enabling high-level languages, one of the most important components of today’s embedded systems is the real-time operating system (RTOS). Two real-time operating systems dominate the market:…
Top Four Methods to Protect Your Open Source Software
What the “Old Ways” for Source Code Security Are Lacking Open source software, in its three decades of existence, has experienced rapid growth and adoption within the software development landscape—and…
Cybersecurity Risks for Open Source Code
The adoption of open source code has increased exponentially over the past decade, with a large percentage of commercial software now containing it. Developers are constantly sharing common features and code functionality…
Why Open Source Software Powers Innovation at the Edge
The industrial world has a long history of modernizing their process controls in order to keep production running efficiently and safely while minimizing downtime. Yet many are locked in established…
Why Open Source Works for Industrial IoT
The industrial world has a long history of modernizing their process controls in order to keep production running efficiently and safely while minimizing downtime. Yet many are locked in established…
Can AI research be stopped? No, but it should become more open, democratic and scientific
Should AI research stop even temporarily? In my view, no, as AI is the response of humanity to a global society and physical world of ever-increasing complexity. As the physical…
How to save resources using Satellite IoT
Low-cost satellite IoT will making agricultural water use more efficient and less environmentally harmful. While organizations around the world are waking up to their obligation to protect the environment, progress…
Protecting IT and OT Resources Against Advanced Threats in Manufacturing
Manufacturing organizations manage expensive and sophisticated equipment at their factories—and the systems that run the machinery are increasingly being connected to the internet. The cybersecurity implications of this trend are…
Industry 4.0 and Open Innovation
One buzzwords nowadays is “4th Industrial Revolution”. Let’s ask ourselves: What are we talking about when we say “4th Industrial Revolution”? For sure, we are talking about a huge potential of…
Remote Monitoring Can Help Speed Re-Opening
Everyone is asking some form of the same question: “When will we reopen?” When will schools reopen? When will we eat inside restaurants again? When can I go back to…