Open Source and the Cloud Native Data Center

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The number of open source components inside services and applications continues to increase exponentially, and this adoption is creating a lot of change in how software is created, deployed and managed. In 2016, applications had an average of 86 open source software components. Today, the average number of components is 528, according to https://www.synopsys.com/software-integrity/resources/analyst-reports/open-source-security-risk-analysis.html by https://www.synopsys.com/software-integrity.html?utm_content=inline-mention.

Open source infrastructure is increasingly API-driven, especially compared to over 25 years ago when Hinkle started his career, he said.

Open source adoption and the number of associated choices are also creating more complexity at the data center, Vargas said.

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