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The Open at Intel podcast covers open source innovation and Intel’s commitment to an open ecosystem as we build the future together. Join us for critical conversations about security, AI, IoT, edge computing, Linux, and more, bringing together some of the best minds from Intel and the open source community.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    The Open Source AI Definition

    In this episode, Katherine speaks with Nick Vidal, Community Manager at the Open Source Initiative (OSI), about his role and the organization's work in defining open source AI. Nick shares insights into the challenges and discussions surrounding AI, software licenses, and the necessity for clear definitions and community consensus. He also elaborates on the Clearly Defined project aimed at securing the software supply chain and the importance of community feedback in evolving the OSI's stance on open source AI. 00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction00:37 Nick Vidal's Role at OSI01:04 Community Involvement and Challenges03:43 Defining Open Source AI06:21 Handling Feedback and Criticism13:14 Overview of Open Source AI Definition16:16 Future Plans and Community Involvement18:09 Closing Remarks and Invitation to Join   Resources: The Open Source AI Definition   Guest: Nick Vidal is Community Manager at the Open Source Initiative and former Outreach Chair at the Confidential Computing Consortium from the Linux Foundation. Previously, he was the Director of Community and Business Development at the Open Source Initiative and Director of Americas at the Open Invention Network.

    21 min

  2. DEC 11

    Empowering Enterprises: OPEA, AI, and the Future of Storage

    In this episode, Daniel Valdivia, an engineer from MinIO, discusses his participation at KubeCon and his work in Kubernetes integrations and AI initiatives. We discussed the significance of object storage standardization via the Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA), emphasizing the flexibility and scalability of MinIO's offerings. Daniel highlights MinIO's contributions to open source projects like PyTorch and Spark and shares insights on new hardware technologies like PCIe Gen 5. Daniel also announces the launch of MinIO's new AI store, designed to empower enterprises to efficiently manage exascale infrastructure and AI pipelines. 00:00 Introduction00:13 Meet Daniel Valdivia: Engineer at Minio00:24 The Importance of Kubernetes Integrations00:43 Intel's Open Platform for Enterprise AI00:58 MinIO's Unique Object Storage Solutions 01:56 Community Participation and Contributions 02:18 Ensuring Compatibility with AI Hardware 03:20 The Role of OPEA in Enterprise AI 05:56 Open Source Contributions and Challenges 09:12 Future of AI and Hardware Innovations 13:23 Big Announcement 14:40 Conclusion and Final Thoughts   Guest: Daniel Valdivia is an engineer with MinIO where he focuses on Kubernetes, ML/AI and VMware. Prior to joining MinIO, Daniel was the Head of Machine Learning for Espressive. Daniel has held senior application development roles with ServiceNow, Oracle and Freescale. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara and Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey.

    16 min

  3. DEC 4

    Inside CISA: Enhancing Cybersecurity Through Collaboration and Open Source Initiatives

    In this episode, Jack Cable, Senior Technical Advisor at CISA, discusses the agency's role in securing the technology ecosystem, particularly focusing on open source software security. Jack explains what CISA is, its mission to protect critical infrastructure, and the significance of the 'Secure by Design' initiative. The conversation covers the collaboration efforts with the open source community, resources available for developers, and the importance of integrating security into software development. Jack also shares his personal journey into cybersecurity and emphasizes empowering developers to enhance security measures from the start. 00:00 Introduction00:45 What is CISA?01:26 CISA's Mission and Mandate02:51 CISA's Role in Open Source Security03:55 Collaborations and Initiatives05:18 Open Source as Critical Infrastructure07:11 Secure by Design and Developer Resources10:41 Jack Cable's Journey into Cybersecurity12:52 Empowering the Open Source Community17:11 Bridging the Gap Between Developers and Security Communities19:24 Conclusion and Final Thoughts   Resources: Secure by Design CISA on Open Source Security Guest: Jack Cable is a Senior Technical Advisor at CISA, where he helps lead the agency’s work on open source software security and Secure by Design. At CISA, Jack authored CISA’s Open Source Software Security Roadmap and has co-led community efforts to standardize the security of package repositories. Prior to that, Jack worked as a TechCongress Fellow for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, advising Chairman Gary Peters on cybersecurity policy, including election security and open source software security. There, Jack was the principal author of the Securing Open Source Software Act. He previously worked as a Security Architect at Krebs Stamos Group. Jack also served as an Election Security Technical Advisor at CISA, where he created Crossfeed, a pilot to scan election assets nationwide. Jack is a top bug bounty hacker, having identified over 350 vulnerabilities in hundreds of companies. After placing first in the Hack the Air Force bug bounty challenge, he began working at the Pentagon’s Defense Digital Service. Jack holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford University and has published academic research on election security, ransomware, and cloud security.

    21 min

  4. NOV 27

    AI, Community, and the Future of Generative Applications

    In this engaging conversation at the All Things Open conference, Tim Spann, Principal Developer Advocate at Zilliz, discusses the importance of community collaboration in advancing AI technologies. He emphasizes the need for diverse perspectives in solving complex problems and highlights his work with the Milvus open source vector database. Tim also explains the evolving landscape of retrieval augmented generation (RAG) and its applications and shares insights into the future of AI development. The conversation concludes on a lighter note with Tim describing his creative use of Milvus in a fun Halloween project to catalog and identify ghosts. 00:00 Introduction00:41 Meet Tim Spann: Principal Developer Advocate01:35 The Importance of Community in AI02:56 Advanced RAG and Multimodal Models06:17 The Future of Agentic RAG09:04 Challenges and Excitement in AI Development13:35 Building AI the Right Way17:50 Fun with AI: Capturing Ghosts19:24 Conclusion and Final Thoughts   Guest: Tim Spann is a Principal Developer Advocate for Zilliz and Milvus. He works with Apache NiFi, Apache Kafka, Apache Pulsar, Apache Flink, Flink SQL, Apache Pinot, Trino, Apache Iceberg, DeltaLake, Apache Spark, Big Data, IoT, Cloud, AI/DL, machine learning, and deep learning. Tim has over ten years of experience with the IoT, big data, distributed computing, messaging, streaming technologies, and Java programming. Previously, he was a Principal Developer Advocate at Cloudera, Developer Advocate at StreamNative, Principal DataFlow Field Engineer at Cloudera, a Senior Solutions Engineer at Hortonworks, a Senior Solutions Architect at AirisData, a Senior Field Engineer at Pivotal and a Team Leader at HPE. He blogs for DZone, where he is the Big Data Zone leader, and runs a popular meetup in Princeton & NYC on Big Data, Cloud, IoT, deep learning, streaming, NiFi, the blockchain, and Spark. Tim is a frequent speaker at conferences such as ApacheCon, DeveloperWeek, Pulsar Summit and many more. He holds a BS and MS in computer science.

    21 min

  5. NOV 20

    Growing the Helm Community

    In this episode, Matt Butcher, CEO of Fermyon and a creator of the Helm project, returns to discuss his work with Helm—a nearly ubiquitous project in Kubernetes management. Matt provides insights into Helm's evolution from version 2 to version 3 and shares his vision for Helm 4. He emphasizes the importance of maintaining stability while embracing necessary changes and highlights the role of community contributions in open source projects like Helm. The conversation covers the new features and architectural changes planned for Helm 4, as well as how individuals can get involved in its development. Matt reflects on the significance of fostering a supportive and inclusive community and encourages new contributors to join the effort, noting the current opportune moment to influence Helm's future. 00:00 Introduction00:37 The Helm Project01:08 WebAssembly and Spin 301:54 Helm's Evolution and Future 04:22 Philosophy Behind Helm 4 11:35 Community Involvement and Contribution 18:46 Encouraging New Contributors   Guest: Matt Butcher is co-founder and CEO of Fermyon, the serverless WebAssembly in the cloud company. He is one of the original creators of Helm, Brigade, CNAB, OAM, Glide, and Krustlet. He has written or co-written many books, including Learning Helm and Go in Practice. He is a co-creator of the Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes series. These days, he works mostly on WebAssembly projects such as Spin, Fermyon Cloud and Bartholomew. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy. He lives in Colorado, where he drinks lots of coffee.

    23 min

  6. NOV 14

    Trust, Value, and Open Source: Inside Open Source Databases

    In this episode, Ann Schlemmer, CEO of Percona, discusses the company's 18-year journey rooted in open source principles, customer-centric approaches, and performance enhancements. She describes Percona's solutions for major databases like MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, and their recent venture into the Redis space with the Valkey project. Anne emphasizes the importance of offering open source alternatives to proprietary licenses, maintaining trust and value with customers, and the need for businesses to contribute to and sustain the open source community. She also touches on the future of open source business models, the impact of security considerations, and how the open source ecosystem can adapt and evolve in the coming years.   00:00 Introduction and Welcome00:14 Overview of Percona01:33 Importance of Open Source Alternatives02:45 Challenges in the Open Source Database Landscape06:43 Percona's Community Contributions09:01 Sustainability and Governance in Open Source15:36 Future of Open Source Business Models19:55 Unexpected Uses and Innovations  Guest: Ann Schlemmer is the CEO of Percona, a leader in open source database software, support and services. In this role, Schlemmer builds upon Percona’s legacy of open source excellence, leading the company on its mission to help businesses make databases and applications run better through a unique combination of expertise and open source software. Having joined Percona in 2013, Schlemmer has held various leadership positions in the organization, including President, General Manager, Vice President of Customer Success, and Senior Director of Consulting.

    23 min

  7. NOV 6

    Open Source Observability

    In this episode, Katherine Druckman interviews Dotan Horvits, a CNCF ambassador involved in the cloud native and open source community. Dotan shares insights on his passion for DevOps, observability, and his podcast 'Open Observability Talks.' He discusses his recent focus on CI/CD observability within the CNCF realm, the value and challenges of standardizing observability in release pipelines, and the role of AI in future observability improvements. The conversation also touches on the importance of developer experience, the evolving landscape of observability, and upcoming advancements in projects like Jaeger and Prometheus. Dotan emphasizes the importance of open source collaboration and invites listeners to get involved in related communities and projects. 00:00 Introduction00:29 Dotan's Background and Experience02:49 Current Projects and Passions03:05 CI/CD Observability and OpenTelemetry08:06 Developer Experience and Productivity13:49 The Impact of AI on Observability20:48 Future of Observability and Industry Trends Guest: Dotan Horovits lives at the intersection of technology, product and innovation. With over 20 years in the hi-tech industry as a software developer, a solutions architect and a product manager, he brings a wealth of knowledge in cloud and cloud-native solutions, DevOps practices and more.Horovits is an international speaker and thought leader, as well as an Ambassador of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). He runs the successful OpenObservability Talks podcast, where he evangelizes on Observability in IT systems using popular open source projects such as Prometheus, OpenSearch, Jaeger and OpenTelemetry.

    29 min

  8. OCT 31

    Democratizing AI: Collaborative AI Development with InstructLab

    In this episode, we have an insightful discussion with Carol Chen from Red Hat at the All Things Open conference. Carol, who works in the Open Source Program Office at Red Hat, shares her experiences and insights on her ongoing project, InstructLab, a collaboration with IBM aimed at applying open source methods to building and training large language models. The conversation covers the importance of democratizing AI, reducing the fear and misconceptions surrounding AI technology, and making AI tools and concepts more accessible and understandable for everyone, including those who are not tech-savvy. Carol also discusses the social responsibility associated with AI development, emphasizing the need for transparency and community collaboration.   00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:17 Carol's Background and Role at Red Hat 01:00 AI and Open Source 03:13 Challenges and Opportunities in AI 06:43 InstructLab: Making AI Accessible 12:09 Personal Journey into AI 15:37 AI Ethics and Open Source Guest: Carol Chen is a Community Architect at Red Hat, supporting and promoting various upstream communities such as InstructLab, Ansible and ManageIQ. She has been actively involved in open source communities while working for Jolla and Nokia previously. In addition, she also has experiences in software development/integration in her 12 years in the mobile industry. Carol has spoken at events around the world, including DevConf.CZ in Czech Republic and OpenInfra Summit in China. On a personal note, Carol plays the Timpani in an orchestra in Tampere, Finland, where she now calls home.

    21 min
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The Open at Intel podcast covers open source innovation and Intel’s commitment to an open ecosystem as we build the future together. Join us for critical conversations about security, AI, IoT, edge computing, Linux, and more, bringing together some of the best minds from Intel and the open source community.

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