Open source tools open door to adopt new technologies quickly at lower costs, with SUSE's Alan Clark

Open source solutions are becoming an increasingly important part of enterprise systems. And in many cases, they’re giving federal agencies a superior and more secure alternative to using proprietary applications. There are hundreds of thousands of open source projects out there today, and demand for enterprise open source solutions continues to grow, according to Alan Clark, who works in SUSE’s CTO Office focusing on emerging technologies and open source. One reason, he says, stems from the evolution within the open source community to adopt emerging technology solutions including containerization, microservices and artificial intelligence. The community also has been instrumental in helping to quickly spot and fix security flaws. As a result, open source solutions are actually more secure than many proprietary applications, where the coding often remains hidden “in a black box.” Sponsored by SUSE. Guest: Alan Clark, CTO Office, SUSE Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group Look for more coverage of “IT Modernization in Government” on www.fedscoop.com/listen