When it comes to maintaining and evolving open source software, particularly infrastructure software, many organizations struggle to stay on top of patches and updates and fall behind with end-of-life software. In fact, recent surveys from OpenLogic and Zend showed more than a third of OSS users have trouble keeping up with updates and patches, while nearly two thirds of PHP users are running an end-of-life PHP version.
There is, however, a better way — if organizations adopt a proactive, as opposed to reactive, approach to managing their OSS lifecycles. By developing processes and practices to smooth upgrades and standardize patch management, teams can make transitions between versions less painful and keep their stacks more secure.
About the Webinar
Join OpenLogic Director of Product Development Tim Carroll, Perforce Chief OSS Evangelist Javier Perez, and Zend Senior Product Manager Matthew Weier O’Phinney in this on-demand webinar for an in-depth conversation about proactive strategies for OSS lifecycle management. The panel will cover topics such as:
- How Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) help identify outdated software in your stack
- Regular security scans and other best practices to keep your software up to date
- Extended long-term support (LTS) options for EOL open source software
- Challenges upgrading between major releases
- And more!
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Presenters
Javier Perez
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.
Tim Carroll
Tim Carroll is a senior leader at Perforce Software, influencing product development and guiding innovation across the portfolio, including OpenLogic, Zend, SourcePro, IMSL, Akana, and Gliffy brands. He brings more than 25 years of experience in software development, including over a decade as Director of Software Development at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Throughout his career, Tim has focused on promoting open source adoption and strategy. He was a founding member and served for 10 years on the Board of Directors of the Apereo Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the use of open source in higher education. He also helped establish the Java Special Interest Group (JASIG) project incubation process and oversight group, which was later adopted and implemented at Apereo. Tim has written and presented on topics ranging from Hadoop administration and Linux migration strategies to open source lifecycle management and governance. He is particularly motivated by providing software solutions that enable people to look beyond solved problems, and mobilizing resources to overcome new interesting obstacles.
Matthew Weier O’Phinney
Matthew Weier O’Phinney is the Principal Product Manager at Perforce OpenLogic and Zend, where he focuses on creating the tools and support developers need to build and deploy their applications. He has been using and contributing to open source software since 2002, counting a patch to the Blackbox window manager as his first public OSS contribution.
Matthew has led large open source projects, including Zend Framework, which he started developing on before its first public release, leading the project from 2009 to 2019. He has also contributed to standards bodies, has advised and participated in open source foundations such as The PHP Foundation, and is the Project Lead for the Laminas Project. He has contributed to many open source projects and communities, many of which can be found on github and his personal website.