While app development is faster and easier, security remains a concern. In an era of continuous integration and deployment, DevOps, and daily software updates, open-source components are becoming increasingly important in the software development scene.
In a report released last year, silicon design automation firm Synopsys discovered that 97 percent of codebases in 2021 contained open source and that open source software (OSS) was present in 100 percent of audited codebases in four of 17 industries studied – computer hardware and chips, cybersecurity, energy, and clean tech, and the Internet of Things (IoT). The other verticals had at least 93 percent open source. It can contribute to increased efficiency, cost savings, and developer productivity.
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