The Journey to Open Source at Capital One w/ Tapabrata "Topo" Pal

The Journey to Open Source at Capital One w/ Tapabrata "Topo" Pal

Author: The OWASP Podcast Series October 29, 2018 Duration: 19:44
Why would you allow open source usage in your company. What are the compelling reasons to take the risk. In this discussion, I talk with Topo Pal and Derek Weeks about the industry perception of open source and what's really happening behind the curtain at large enterprises. Topo had just finished his keynote presentation at DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018 and I wanted to dive a little deeper into some of the things he talked about. About Topo Pal Dr. Topo Pal is Senior Director & Sr. Engineering Fellow Capital One. His main areas of expertise are in DevOps/DevOpsSec/ Rugged DevOps and Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery. Topo is also interested in Natural Language Processing, Information Extraction, Architecture Strategy, Application Architecture and Integration Architecture. About Derek Weeks Derek E. Weeks, Vice President, Sonatype. Derek is a huge advocate of applying proven supply chain management principles into DevOps practices to improve efficiencies and sustain long-lasting competitive advantages. He currently serves as vice president and DevOps advocate at Sonatype, creators of the Nexus repository manager and the global leader in solutions for software supply chain automation. Derek is also the co-founder of All Day DevOps, an online community of 40,000 IT professionals, and the lead researcher behind the annual State of the Software Supply Chain report for the DevOps industry. In 2018, Derek was recognized by DevOps.com as the "Best DevOps Evangelist" for his work in the community.

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