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  • Eclipse Foundation Opens Marketplace for OpenJDK Binaries

    Eclipse Foundation Opens Marketplace for OpenJDK Binaries

    The Eclipse Foundation this week opened an Adoptium Marketplace through which DevOps teams can access Java binaries based on the OpenJDK specification. OpenJDK was created based on the Java standard edition (SE) of the programming language and virtual machine.

    Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, said the goal is to make it easier for IT teams to access open source binaries via a vendor-neutral marketplace that complies with the Java SE Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) that was created to make sure runtimes based on OpenJDK conform to the original Java specification.

    The marketplace has been set up in collaboration with the Adoptium Working Group that was set up by the Eclipse Foundation to govern OpenJDK, an open source implementation of the Java SE originally created at Sun Microsystems and later acquired by Oracle.

    Members of The Adoptium Working Group include Alibaba Cloud, Azul, Huawei, IBM, iJUG, Karakun AG, Microsoft, New Relic and Red Hat. That group created an Eclipse AQAvit project to test binaries for compliance with the Java SE TCK specification.

    OpenJDK is a reference implementation used by multiple vendors to create their own binaries, which are only guaranteed to be compatible with the standard until the next update arrives; updates are released approximately every six months. The Eclipse Adoptium project will make it simpler for developer teams to identify which binaries are compatible with specific implementations of OpenJDK. Ultimately, the goal is to encourage developers to build applications using frameworks that make use of new OpenJDK features as they are added to the platform versus continuing to rely on older binaries.

    Java remains the dominant language for developers working in enterprise IT organizations. Over the last few years, however, OpenJDK has gained traction as organizations adopted an open source implementation of the specification that enabled providers of application development frameworks to reduce licensing costs.

    It’s not clear at what rate enterprise IT organizations are replacing proprietary editions of Java with OpenJDK. However, during an economic downturn, more organizations tend to rely on open source software. Many organizations are also now looking to build microservices-based applications using Java frameworks based on OpenJDK runtimes.

    It’s obviously taken quite a bit of time for the OpenJDK community to put together a vendor-neutral marketplace. In the meantime, a wide range of other programming languages gained traction in the enterprise. There is still a lot of dependency on Java for building backend applications and services, but it’s more common than ever to see frontends that access those backend applications and services being built using, for example, a framework based on JavaScript.

    Java, of course, isn’t going away any time soon. The sheer number of enterprise developers that rely on it to build applications will ensure its continued longevity. The important thing to note, however, is that as more open source platforms are employed, the pace at which the overall community will innovate should continue to accelerate.

  • Eclipse Foundation Moving to Brussels

    Eclipse Foundation Moving to Brussels

    The Eclipse Foundation announced today it will begin to transition its headquarters from Ottawa to Brussels as part of an effort to advance international expansion.

    Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, said with so many open source organizations based in North America, there is a clear need for an open source organization to have a larger presence in Europe. As nearly half of the strategic members that provide funding to the Eclipse Foundation are based in Europe, it made sense for the Eclipse Foundation to take on that role.

    The Eclipse Foundation is now home to 375 open source projects resulting in more than 240 million lines of code. Some of the most widely employed Eclipse Foundation projects include the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE) and Jakarta, which is a follow-on to Java Enterprise Edition platform, previously owned by Oracle. In total, the Eclipse Foundation’s projects represent more than 13 billion Euros of investment.

    In general, Milinkovich said contributions to open source projects have accelerated in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Developers who are staying home to help combat the epidemic apparently have more time to contribute to projects. The expectation is by moving to Brussels, more European developers will contribute to projects involving technologies such as internet of things (IoT) initiatives that address industrial use cases, he added.

    The Eclipse Foundation plans to establish a new legal entity sometime in July, with personnel relocating or added to a Brussels office over time depending on the nature of the Eclipse project being supported, Milinkovich said.

    It’s not clear to what impact being headquartered in Europe will have on open source projects, which are by their very nature global. However, Milinkovich noted most of the recent live events hosted by the Eclipse Foundation have been held in Europe. It may be a while before anyone is attending an IT conference in person, but Milinkovich noted European developers already play a major role in the Eclipse Foundation projects.

    Between the Eclipse Foundation, the Linux Foundation and the OpenStack Foundation, there is no shortage of opportunities for developers to contribute to open source projects. Many of those projects count on contributions from developers who work for IT vendors that have a vested interest in a specific project. In fact, many open source projects provide a way for IT vendors to defer the cost of creating a core piece of technology that doesn’t provide differentiated value. Rather than reinvent the wheel, it makes more economic sense to share open source code with potential rivals.

    Of course, it’s then up to each IT team to decide whether to employ that open source code themselves versus relying on an IT vendor to provide a curated instance of it under a support contract. Regardless, the total cost of IT would be prohibitively higher right now if it were not for the proliferation of open source software. It’s also worth noting many IT vendors that build platforms on top of open source software would be considerably less profitable.

  • The Eclipse Foundation Launches The Edge Native Working Group to Deliver Production-Grade Code for Open Source Edge Computing

    • New Working Group includes founding members

    ADLINK, Bosch, Edgeworx, Eurotech, Huawei, Intel, Kynetics, and Siemens –

     

     – New Working Group Showcased at Edge Computing World –

    SAN JOSE, Calif. – DECEMBER 10, 2019 – The Eclipse Foundation today announced the launch of the Edge Native Working Group, a vendor-neutral and code-first industry collaboration that will drive the evolution and broad adoption of open source software for edge computing. With edge computing code from the foundation already deployed in production environments, the Edge Native Working Group is focused on the near-term creation of an end-to-end software stack that will support deployments of today’s most transformative technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), autonomous vehicles, and more. Founding members of the Edge Native Working Group include ADLINK, Bosch, Edgeworx, Eurotech, Huawei, Intel, Kynetics, and Siemens.

     

    “Edge computing has emerged over the past few years as the way to process data and deliver services for AI, autonomous vehicles, 5G, IoT, and important industrial use cases by leveraging distributed, localized compute,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. “Within the Eclipse community, we already have a mature code base of open source edge computing platforms with production deployments in the field. The Eclipse Foundation is happy to host this vendor-neutral industry collaboration to accelerate the adoption of distributed applications at the edge.”

     

    Edge computing, a distributed computing architecture that brings compute power and storage physically closer to applications in order to improve performance and increase efficiency, is forecast to generate a market worth $16.5 billion within the next five years (Allied Market Research, 2019). The Eclipse Foundation already hosts production-ready code that enables developers to quickly build, deploy, and manage applications at the edge at enterprise scale.

     

    The working group’s purview will encompass the two flagship projects currently at the Eclipse Foundation including Eclipse ioFog and Eclipse fog05, as well as other projects that are yet to be announced. In addition to the code that the Eclipse Foundation has already released, the Edge Native Working Group will focus on the development of various layers of software at the network edge that will enable others to build customized applications for their own specific implementations. This includes applications for retail, carrier environments, 5G, IoT, and Industry 4.0 or smart manufacturing deployments. Regardless of the applications needed, the Edge Native Working Group will help to solve the challenges endemic to edge computing; a heterogenous hardware landscape, low bandwidth, latency, limited power, and security.

     

    “The Eclipse Foundation is doing the same thing for edge computing that it did for IoT,” said Kilton Hopkins, co-founder and CEO for Edgeworx, Inc. and Eclipse ioFog project lead. “We’re acknowledging that edge computing has its own requirements, challenges, and industry-wide concerns that are different from those found in all other sectors. There’s enough going on in the industry that it’s time to address the particular challenges associated with edge computing in a very focused way.”

     

    The Eclipse Foundation has a proven track record of enabling developer-focused open source software collaboration and innovation earned over 15 years. The Foundation’s IoT community alone represents one of the largest open source collaborations in the world spanning 41 projects from more than 40 members and over 4 million lines of code produced. Overall, the Foundation’s more than 370 collaborative projects have resulted in over 195 million lines of code — a $10 billion shared investment.

     

    To learn more about getting involved with the Eclipse Edge Native Working Group, please review the charter and the Edge Working Group Participation Agreement (WPGA), visit us at https://edgenative.eclipse.org/, or email us at membership@eclipse.org. Individually, developers can join the Edge WG mailing list where the Eclipse Foundation will be sharing the progress of the working group.

     

    The Eclipse Foundation will also be showcasing the Edge Native Working Group at the Edge Computing World conference, taking place in San Jose, California at the Computer History Museum from Monday, December 9 through Thursday, December 12.

     

    Quotes from Eclipse Edge Native Working Group Members

     

    ADLINK

    “Edge Native technologies are an instrumental enabler for the next wave of innovations in telecommunications, transportation, energy, robotics, and IoT in general,” said Angelo Corsaro, PhD, CTO at ADLINK Technologies Inc. “The Eclipse Foundation’s Edge Native Working Group will have a pivotal role in establishing the open source Edge Native reference platform and, as such, accelerate the adoption of edge native architectures. ADLINK is thrilled to be part of this team — let’s shape the future of Edge Computing together.”

     

    Bosch

    “The Eclipse Edge Native Working Group provides an excellent opportunity

    for Bosch to collaborate on standard technology for implementing

    solutions in this trending market segment,” said Stefan Ferber, CEO, Bosch Software Innovations. “We consider this to be a logical next step in addition to our ongoing efforts within the Eclipse IoT Working Group.”

     

    Eurotech

    “Whether it’s healthcare, energy, transportation or Industry 4.0, edge computing is transforming the way data is processed and acted upon to deliver innovative services across myriad industries,” said Marco Carrer, Eurotech’s CTO. “As a founding member of the Eclipse IoT Working Group, we’re excited to contribute to this new initiative of the Eclipse Foundation and to shape the future of edge technology. The Edge Native Working Group will help to drive open collaboration and speed adoption for the entire ecosystem.”

     

    Kynetics

    “The creation of this edge computing-focused working group is an important step forward for the industry and in particular for us and our next OS products. One important innovation that edge computing is bringing to the industry is its agnostic-distributed deployment model. That model will be a great step ahead for embedded systems,” said Nicola La Gloria, CEO of Kynetics. “I have no doubt the Edge Native Working Group will have as much visibility and market presence in developing and shipping great code as the Eclipse Foundation has had with the IoT. We look forward to collaborating with our fellow members to support this important market.”

     

    Huawei

    “Building a strong open ecosystem community for the emerging geo-distributed Edge Native platform is fundamentally important to the success of IoT across various industry sectors,” said Evan Xiao, vice president, Strategy and Industry Development, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. “While edge devices are heterogeneous and domain specific, they share much common decentralized software characteristics towards IT, CT, and OT convergence. We are thrilled to participate in the Eclipse Edge Native Working Group  as contributors to building a unified open distributed edge framework for discovering, sharing, and moving data, as well as storage, analytics, and governance across heterogeneous clients, edges, and clouds.”

     

    About The Eclipse Foundation

    The Eclipse Foundation provides our global community of individuals and organizations with a mature, scalable and commercially-focused environment for open source software collaboration and innovation. The Foundation is home to the Eclipse IDE, Jakarta EE, and over 375 open source projects, including runtimes, tools, and frameworks for a wide range of technology domains such as IoT, automotive, geospatial, systems engineering, and many others. The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit organization supported by over 275 members, including industry leaders who value open source as a key enabler for business strategy. To learn more, follow us on Twitter @EclipseFdn, LinkedIn or visit eclipse.org.

     

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