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The fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 is a tireless effort for the medical community, first responders, and government agencies. Personnel on the front lines are working together to save lives and mitigate the impact on citizens and businesses. At times like these, the power of community and collaboration come into sharp focus and show us all what we can accomplish when we work together for a common good.

The technology community has a critical role to play in this fight by driving the creation of innovative tools and putting them into the hands of medical and scientific experts that are leading the way. Making those innovative tools as accessible as possible starts with being free and open. Solutions and software based on a free and open philosophy are exactly that free. Because they don't cost anything and have a low barrier to adoption, they can be immediately placed into the hands of responders, volunteers, and others who need them. And because they are open, these tools can be improved again and again. When governments look to free and open source software, they can quickly innovate and deliver solutions to move forward during a crisis like this pandemic.

Software built on open source has proven critical to success during past periods of crisis. When Ebola struck West Africa in late 2014, staff with eHealth Africa leaned on open source solutions to evolve their efforts to collect, link, and analyze data recorded during the epidemic. At the outset of the virus, it was taking weeks between the identification of a suspected case and laboratory confirmation to start contact traces. By using an open source technology to deploy a call center application, workers could record data at a central location and distribute that data to its district centers. Around the country, these centers were able to receive the data, respond to the alerts, and then add in the follow-up alerts and the rest of the data.

Open source-based search engine technology also enabled immediate indexing of different facets of the call center, so indexes were updated quickly as new data sets became available. With these open source tools, eHealth African played a pivotal role in identifying suspected cases and getting contact tracing in motion sooner during the Ebola outbreak.

All of this was only possible because developers were empowered with open source technology to stand up projects quickly. Open source was the fastest, most affordable, and most flexible way to turn a mountain of data into insights and action that saved lives. Solutions built on a free and open philosophy are already being used in the fight against COVID-19, including geospatial technology that assists with social distancing in public spaces. Several applications to assist with contract tracing are also being developed using open source software. As we advance into an uncertain future, open source solutions will be critical to building the innovative tools responders and agencies need to continue the fight.

Since the COVID-19 crisis began to unfold, many enterprise software firms have started offering their solutions and services for free, but only for a limited time. Eventually, these free offers expire and agencies who have adopted them during a crisis emerge worried about which fundamental services of government will encounter vendor lock-in and be forced into closed and proprietary ecosystems. These limited-time free offerings hinder the ability to innovate confidently in a crisis by making the procurement of software a primary concern over fighting the disease.

Alternatively, software built on open source or even free-forever tiers of pricing are free now and always. Nothing changes about the business model once were out of this crisis.

Its still free and open and it remains that way. The free and open model puts tools into the hands of developers now to manage, search, and analyze various data types in real-time, and that gives IT leaders the visibility and transparency they need to truly implement a data-first strategy to modernize their systems tomorrow as well.

The open source community has a history of collaborating to create solutions that benefit society and communities, especially during a crisis like COVID-19. The benefits of placing tools based on a free and open model were well documented before the crisis and it will remain that way after.

By drawing on the strengths of open source solutions -- quick to stand up, completely free with no potential for vendor lock in, and constantly improved upon by the community -- governments can build solutions that can be built upon in the future. Solutions that can be used in the next crisis.

Together with healthcare workers, scientific researchers, government agencies, and the scores of volunteers helping to stamp out this pandemic, it is through open source that we will light the path to innovation in the future.

We believe that the best products are built in the open, in collaboration with a community of passionate developers and users who push the bounds of whats possible. Join us!

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Loves Family of Companies has signed a co-marketing agreement with InMotion Global to make available to all its factoring customers the AscendTMS transportation management system software at no cost.

The agreement will give all Loves Financial customers access to a full premium subscription of the AscendTMS for free. This includes carriers, freight brokers and third-party logistics providers, the companies said in a joint release.

AscendTMS is already the most widely used TMS software in North America, said Tim Higham, president of AscendTMS. AscendTMS software will run the entire trucking or logistics operations of any carrier or freight broker, and the joint customer can directly access Loves Financial funding services from within the TMS software itself.

AscendTMS offers a full suite of technologies to run a business. According to the company, users of the TMS can track daily freight movements, search real-time loads from major load boards, manage driver pre-planning, dispatch, driver tracking, electronic logging device integration, driver texting, document management, accounting, dynamic reporting, factoring, asset management, driver pay, asset maintenance and alerts, IFTA reporting, and driver qualification. There is also a shipper directory with shipper credit scores.

Our goal has always been to provide a high-level of technical software advantage to customers that makes running their business easier and at 95% less cost with no required technical expertise. This joint Loves and AscendTMS offering provides a solution for companies that wish to lower costs, increase profits and to find better freight, and to do it all electronically, said Higham.

Loves Financial recently expanded with the acquisitions of Vero Business Capital and Foley Business Capital. Loves Financial customers have access to the factoring business as well as fuel discounts, tires, maintenance services and no-fee credit lines with a Loves Express Card.

To receive the free AscendTMS, users need to visit http://www.TheFreeTMS.com and create an AscendTMS account. Within 30 days, the user must send an email to support@inmotionglobal.com with proof they are a Loves Financial Customer to get access for one year.

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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has been monitoring the ePedigree software market and it is poised to grow by USD 2.25 billion during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of almost 15% during the forecast period. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment.

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The market is fragmented, and the degree of fragmentation will accelerate during the forecast period. Altair Engineering Inc., Axway Inc., International Business Machines Corp., JDA Software Group Inc., Merit Solutions Inc., Oracle Corp., rfxcel Corp., SAP SE, Siemens AG, and TraceLink Inc. are some of the major market participants. To make most of the opportunities, market vendors should focus more on the growth prospects in the fast-growing segments, while maintaining their positions in the slow-growing segments.

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Executive Summary

Market Landscape

Market Sizing

Five Forces Analysis

Market Segmentation by Deployment

Customer landscape

Geographic Landscape

Drivers, Challenges, and Trends

Vendor Landscape

Vendor Analysis

Appendix

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2020 State of the Software Supply Chain Report

2020 State of the Software Supply Chain Report

Fulton, Md., Aug. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sonatype, the company that scales DevOps through open source governance and software supply chain automation, today released its sixth annual State of the Software Supply Chain Report.

For the second year in a row, Sonatype partnered with researchers Gene Kim from IT Revolution and Dr. Stephen Magill, CEO at MuseDev to examine how high performing teams successfully demonstrate superior risk management outcomes while maintaining high levels of productivity.

The report analyzes over 1.5 trillion open source download requests, 24,000 open source projects, and 5,600 enterprise development teams. Furthemore, in-depth survey research across a wide variety of organizations identified four types of software engineering teams with markedly different levels of performance as it relates to software supply management practices and open source governance.

When compared to their Low Performer peers, High Performers demonstrated:

When compared to Security First teams, High Performers were:

Many have argued that effective risk management practices are always at the expense of developer productivity, but this years report provides strong evidence to the contrary. Faster innovation and better risk management are not mutually exclusive, said Wayne Jackson, CEO of Sonatype. High Performance engineering teams are accelerating velocity while simultaneously reducing security risks. Adding to these successful business outcomes, developers in High Performance teams demonstrate higher levels of job satisfaction.

The report also evaluated 24,000 open source projects to determine practices of the top-performing suppliers feeding components into software supply chains. Researchers found exemplary OSS projects demonstrated:

We found that high performers are able to simultaneously achieve security and productivity objectives, said Gene Kim, DevOps researcher and author of the WSJ bestselling book, The Unicorn Project. Its fantastic to gain a better understanding of the principles and practices of how this is achieved, as well as their measurable outcomes.

It was really exciting to find so much evidence that this much-discussed tradeoff between security and productivity is really a false dichotomy. With the right culture, workflow, and tools development teams can achieve great security and compliance outcomes together with class-leading productivity, said Dr. Stephen Magill, Principal Scientist at Galois & CEO of MuseDev.

The study also reveals new milestones in open source software development, adversarial activity, and government influence, including:

About the State of the Software Supply Chain Report

The 2020 State of the Software Supply Chain Report blends a broad set of public and proprietary data with expert research and analysis to identify exemplary software development practices. Now in its sixth year, it is the longest-running research on open source software development and application security practices of its kind.

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About Sonatype

Sonatype is the leader in software supply chain automation technology with more than 350 employees, over 1,000 enterprise customers, and is trusted by more than 10 million software developers. Sonatypes Nexus platform enables DevOps teams and developers to automatically integrate security at every stage of the modern development pipeline by combining in-depth component intelligence with real-time remediation guidance. For more information, please visit Sonatype.com, or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn.

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2020 State of the Software Supply Chain Report Released; Sonatype Reveals New Speed and Security Benchmarks - GlobeNewswire

The PCI PA-DSS Standard was launched in the year 2008 to help merchants secure their applications and safeguard cardholder data. The Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) applies to all software developed by vendors who store, process, or transmit cardholder data and/or sensitive authentication data. However, the Payment Card Industry Security Standard Council recently rolled out a new framework to improve security standards of applications that accept payments and use payment data in their environment. With the implementation of the new Standards, the PA-DSS Standards would slowly phase out by 2022.

The transition from PA-DSS to PCI SSF

In 2019, the PCI Security Standards Council released the PCI Software Security Framework (SSF) for the secure design and development of payment software. As stated earlier, the PIC-SSF replaces the PA-DSS with new requirements that support a variety of payment software types, technologies, and development techniques.

However, even though PA-DSS Standards are soon phasing out, it is to be noted that, the new Standard will affect the current payment application within the PCI-DSS environment. The new framework is setup with a unique approach to support traditional and modern payment software, including Cloud and Mobile platforms. The framework is designed to validate the security and development practice of both modern and traditional payment software with an objective-based approach.

The new framework is said to provide flexibility for software vendors and facilitate better alignment of secure application development, as per the industry standard. The framework facilitates software vendors to offer PCI-validated payment software. This shall give merchants confidence that the software added to their environment facilitates compliance with PCI DSS and adheres to stringent security controls.

What Is the PCI Software Security Framework?

The PCI Software Security Framework is a new Standard rolled out with a purpose to secure the design and development of payment application software. This is a crucial move towards improving the security of payment applications and further facilitate reliable online payment transactions. The latest objective-based security framework supports the evolving landscape of application design and development practice with a modern approach. The new framework can support security requirements in both modern and traditional payment software. The SSF provides vendors with security standards for building and maintaining payment software that protects payment transactions and data, reduces vulnerabilities, and sets a strong defence against attacks. The new methodology adopted for validating software security facilitates robust security development practices in the industry.

The objective of rolling out PCI Software Security Framework

PCI Software Security Framework is a blend of traditional and modern software security requirements that support evolving technologies, software types, and development methodologies. The new framework was designed and implemented to encourage objective-focused security practices that can support both the traditional methods of good application security and the latest development practices.

Impact of transition on your organization

When PA-DSS v3.2 expires in 2022, the Standard will be formally replaced by the new PCI-SSF. So, during the transitional phase, the validation of all PA-DSS will move to the Acceptable Only for Pre-Existing Deployments on the PA-DSS listing of applications on the PCI Council website. To make it a hassle-free transition for stakeholders, the PA-DSS and SSF Programs will run parallelly with the PA-DSS Program continuing to operate as it does till the date of expiry.

Existing PA-DSS Validated Payment Application

The PA-DSS Program will remain open and fully supported until October 28, 2022, with no changes to the way the existing PA-DSS validated applications are handled. They will remain on the list of PA-DSS Validated Payment Applications until their expiry dates. Further, as per the normal process, vendors can submit changes until the PA-DSS v3.2 expiry date. On the date of expiry, the PA-DSS v3.2 will automatically be replaced by the PCI Software Security Framework.

New PA-DSS submissions

Vendors will be able to submit new payment software products for PA-DSS validation and listing until 30 June 2021.Low-impact changes can still be submitted for currently valid applications until their expiration date. On the date of expiry, all PA-DSS validated payment applications will move to Acceptable Only for Pre-Existing Deployments on the PCI SSC website.

Note- Assessments against the PCI Software Security Framework will have a three-year validity period.

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PA DSS to PCI-SSF: Everything that you need to know about the transition - Lexology