Nithya Ruff

Nithya Ruff

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  • Reflections on our work in Open Source for 2024

    Reflections on our work in Open Source for 2024

    Welcome to the 2024 Linux Foundation Annual Report. This report marks my seventh year as Board Chair of the Linux…

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  • Open Source at The United Nations This Week

    Open Source at The United Nations This Week

    It is important to share a brief history of open source and why this moment of the #OSPOForGood Conference at the…

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Publications

  • Linux Foundation Open Source Summit Talk: “Developing an Open Source Strategy — The First 90 Days”

    The NewStack

    Comcast and Open Source - starting an open source office at Comcast and how we engage with Open Source.

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  • Trends in Corporate Engagement with Open Source

    opensource.com

    As more companies adopt and use technology, they start working with open source. I outline 8 trends happening in how companies are working with open source in areas such as business models, development methodologies and culture. I will also be speaking on this at LinuxCon North America August 22nd and at LinuxCon Europe in October.

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  • Six essential non-coding Careers in open source

    OpenSource.com

    This article covers some of the non-coding areas that are critical to the success of open source including the role of open source offices in companies to drive open source collaboration.

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  • Flash and OpenSource, What every datacenter CIO needs to know

    CIO Review Magazine

    Guidance for a CIO to get the full benefits of flash and open source software 2 major disruptors in the datacenter. http://magazine.cioreview.com/October-2015/Open-Source/ Pg No.-43

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  • SanDisk IT Blogs

    My blog on creating inclusion in open source.

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  • Is there room for open source in Storage?

    SanDisk IT Blog

    Open source software is not new in the enterprise datacenter. In fact, Linux and other open source tools and utilities have been growing steadily over the past few decades, and are used in most datacenters. Over the past 20 years, open source has matured with increased participation, commercial backing, mature business models and most of all broad awareness and acceptance. With commercial companies such as Red Hat, SUSE and others backing Linux and providing support and services, it has become…

    Open source software is not new in the enterprise datacenter. In fact, Linux and other open source tools and utilities have been growing steadily over the past few decades, and are used in most datacenters. Over the past 20 years, open source has matured with increased participation, commercial backing, mature business models and most of all broad awareness and acceptance. With commercial companies such as Red Hat, SUSE and others backing Linux and providing support and services, it has become a trusted staple for mission critical applications. There is now room being made in storage systems for open source based solutions.

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Honors & Awards

  • O'Reilly Open Source Award 2017

    https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/oreilly-open-source-awards-oscon-2017

    The O’Reilly Open Source Awards honor exceptional contributions to open source software. I received this at the 13th Annual O’Reilly Open Source Awards will be hosted this May at OSCON in Austin, TX. The awards recognize individual contributors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in the development of Open Source Software. Past recipients have included VM Brasseur, Maírín Duffy, Rikki Endsley, Marjin Haverbeke, and Sarah Sharp. The nomination process is…

    The O’Reilly Open Source Awards honor exceptional contributions to open source software. I received this at the 13th Annual O’Reilly Open Source Awards will be hosted this May at OSCON in Austin, TX. The awards recognize individual contributors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in the development of Open Source Software. Past recipients have included VM Brasseur, Maírín Duffy, Rikki Endsley, Marjin Haverbeke, and Sarah Sharp. The nomination process is open to the entire open source community and all entries are judged by the previous winners

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