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Topics include Supply Chain Security, Vulnerability Management, Neat Tricks, and Contributor insights.

Posts in 2024
  • 2024 Ortelius Non-functional Requirements

    Thursday, February 29, 2024 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    What are Non-functional Requirements Non-functional requirements specify criteria that define the operation of a system rather than its specific behaviors. They describe attributes such as performance, security, scalability, reliability, and …

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  • What are non-functional requirements and why do they matter?

    Wednesday, February 28, 2024 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    In the modern DevSecOps world, we are often building the system (plane) as it is flying; at least that is the saying. The point of this adage is that we often build as we go and without any documentation, including making sure that we’ve thought …

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  • 2024 BlogAThon

    Friday, January 12, 2024 in Ortelius News

    2024 BlogAThon Join the Ortelius community for the 4th annual BlogAThon. Whether you are new to open source or an expert at it, the Ortelius BlogAThon is a way for you to create meaningful content to educate and inform others. The goal of the …

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Posts in 2023
  • Utkarsh Sharma Achieves Gold Legend Status

    Monday, December 11, 2023 in Ortelius News

    The Ortelius Community Congratulates Utkarsh Sharma, their First Contributor to Achieve Gold Legend Status The Ortelius community is pleased to congratulate Utkarsh Sharma, the first recipient of the Ortelius Gold Legend Recognition Award. Gold …

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  • Ortelius Holiday Gathering December 2023

    Friday, December 08, 2023 in Ortelius News

    Celebrating our Amazing Community of Committers On December 8, 2023, 9AM MT, the Ortelius community held their 2nd ‘Holiday Gathering’ to celebrate the community committers of Ortelius. The celebration started with “Beer and …

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  • Exposing and Controlling Open-Source Within Your Supply Chain

    Wednesday, November 08, 2023 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    Introduction Open-source software has witnessed a remarkable evolution over the past few decades. The concept of freely sharing code and collaborating on software development has given rise to a vast ecosystem of open-source projects and …

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  • Hacktoberfest 2023

    Monday, August 14, 2023 in Ortelius News

    Digital Ocean celebrates open source by hosting Hacktoberfest each October. During this month, you can earn limited edition swag by contributing changes to the Ortelius project. Everyone is invited to participate regardless of your expertise level …

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  • Ortelius 2023 Technology Oversight Committee

    Thursday, July 06, 2023 in Ortelius News

    The 2023 Ortelius Technology Oversite Committee Election Results Congratulations and ’thank you’ to the first Ortelius Technology Oversight Committee. The general community thanks all of you who are willing to step up and take on a …

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  • Emporous Joins Ortelius as a Sub-project

    Sunday, May 07, 2023 in Ortelius News

    Ortelius Announces the Emporous Subproject Ortelius adopts Emporous, a universal data aggregation framework, to aid in cataloging software supply chain assets. May 8th, 2023 - Vancouver, Canada. Today, Ortelius, an open-source project incubating at …

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  • Getting Started as an Ortelius Open Source Contributor

    Monday, April 10, 2023 in Ortelius Committer Insights

    First - Don’t Get Overwhelmed Are you interested in becoming an Open Source Project contributor but feeling a bit overwhelmed with getting started? If so, don’t worry, because you’re not alone. Many developers feel the same way …

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