Liberty Alliance Announces openLiberty Project
The Liberty Alliance, a global identity consortium working to build a more trusted Internet for consumers, governments and businesses worldwide, has announced the openLiberty Project and openLiberty.org. The openLiberty Project is a global initiative to provide resources and support to open source developers building identity-based applications. openLiberty.org is a portal where developers can collaborate and access tools and information for "jump-starting" the development of more secure and privacy-respecting applications based on the Liberty Federation and Liberty Web Services standards.
The openLiberty Project was launched under the direction and leadership of the Liberty Alliance Open Source Special Interest Group, which was formed to coordinate and identify the open source libraries developers need to build applications that interoperate with Liberty Federation, which consists of ID-FF 1.1, 1.2 and SAML 2.0, and Liberty Web Services, which consists of ID-WSF 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and Liberty People Service specifications. openLiberty.org is designed to serve as a comprehensive resource for the global open source community.
At openLiberty.org, anyone interested in contributing to the architecture, design and development of the openLiberty Project will be able to participate in the project wiki, document repository and discussion lists. The portal will allow developers to access information about other relevant open source efforts, build their relationship to the openLiberty Project, and establish links to those efforts. Using a standard Apache licensing model, developers will have access to downloadable member-contributed open source code for building applications based on standards from Liberty Alliance. IBM is a sponsoring member of the Liberty Alliance.
Red Hat Launches Certified Service Provider Program
Red Hat has announced the North American launch of its Red Hat Certified Service Provider Program. The Certified Service Provider (CSP) Program is designed to encourage the growth of open source service practices through collaboration between Red Hat Global Professional Services and service-oriented channel partners with open source expertise and resources.
Through the CSP Program, partners will have the ability to learn and implement Red Hat methodologies for core service offerings, including core build, health check and satellite implementation services. The core build service standardizes the build and deployment process, allowing clients to deploy and manage hundreds of thousands of systems effectively. Through the health check service, clients are enabled to optimize their IT infrastructure through an on-site check by experienced consultants at client facilities. For end-users with 20 or more servers, the satellite implementation service involves designing, installing and configuring a Red Hat Network satellite, allowing for premium system management. The program will launch globally in the future, Red Hat officials said.
Novell Unveils New Open Source Services
Novell has announced the open source availability of the openSUSE Build Service, a framework that provides an infrastructure for software developers to easily create and compile packages for multiple Linux distributions, as well as the immediate availability of KIWI, a system imaging tool to create live media, including Xen virtual images. With these releases, open source developers can more quickly build a Linux distribution that meets their particular use case, rigorously test it to ensure product quality, and easily package it for quick installation.
"The openSUSE Build Service is now completely open source, giving developers and users free and full access to build their choice of Linux packages," said Holger Dyroff, vice president of outbound product management for SUSE Linux Enterprise at Novell. "The openSUSE Build Service is the unique distribution development platform for the creation of Linux packages for multiple distributions and broad user audiences."
With the openSUSE Build Service, open source developers can maintain and build packages at a single location for multiple Linux distributions. From this repository, developers can create complete system images using KIWI. Developers can use the user-friendly, automated process in the openSUSE Build Service to build open source packages and resolve dependencies with other packages. The build service is completely free, offering packages for a variety of Linux distributions. |
