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Javier Perez

Chief OSS Evangelist and Senior Director of Product Management

Passionate about technology and open source software, Javier is the Chief Open Source Evangelist and Senior Director of Product Management at Perforce Software. He is responsible for technical thought leadership and advocacy for open source software while driving the OpenLogic by Perforce offering. Javier has been in the application development, open source, cloud, app security, AI, SaaS, and mobile industries for 25+ years. As a speaker and blogger, he has had the opportunity to present at industry events all over the world. Javier holds an honors degree in Computer Systems and an MBA.

Latest Content from Javier Perez

Blog

2024's Top Open Source Infrastructure Technologies

In this blog, learn which open source infrastructure technologies are the most popular according to the State of Open Source Report.
Web Infrastructure
Blog

Introducing Bootstrap LTS From OpenLogic

Bootstrap LTS from OpenLogic allows you to stay on Bootstrap 3 or 4 through 2030. Get information about Bootstrap releases, end of life, and long-term support.
Bootstrap
Blog

Comparing CentOS Alternatives

With the upcoming EOL of CentOS 7, companies are searching for CentOS alternatives. Get an overview of best CentOS replacements in this blog.
Operating Systems
Blog

How Does Open Source Licensing Work?

Get an overview of open source licensing options so you can stay in compliance and get the type of license that best suits your business needs.
Open Source
Blog

AngularJS CVE 2024-21490: Are You at Risk?

CVE 2024-21490 is a high severity vulnerability that can be exploited in AngularJS. Read this blog to find out how to prevent your applications from being compromised in a ReDoS attack.
AngularJS, Security
Blog

The Top 5 Open Source News Stories of 2023

In this blog, we recap the biggest news and events in the open source world from the past year.
Open Source
Blog

CVE-2023-4911: High Severity "Looney Tunables" Vulnerability Impacting Open Source Software

CentOS 8 CVE Patch for High-Severity CVE-2023-4911 Impacting Major Operating Systems, Including CentOS
Operating Systems, Security
Blog

CVE-2023-4863: High Severity Vulnerability on libwebp

CVE-2023-4863 is a high severity CVE impacting popular open source software, including CentOS 7 and CentOS 8. OpenLogic has published a new patch to address this vulnerability.
Operating Systems, Security
Blog

Beyond CentOS 7 End of Life: The Long-Term Support Outlook

In this blog, our expert gives insight into the long-term outlook for CentOS 7 enterprise support, including community, EOL, and commercial support for CentOS options.
Operating Systems, Open Source