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News from the Mercedes-Benz Open Source Team
OUR FOSS HIGHLIGHTS IN 2024 - OSS Summit in Vienna
by Ann-Kathrin Plapp, October 22, 2024
Reading time: 5 minutesAs the year draws to a close, it's time to look back at our FOSS highlights of 2024. In a short series of articles, our team would like to reflect on our personal highlights and celebrate the successes we've achieved together. This time: Vienna Calling! For the Open Source summit, a highly recommended conference if Open Source is your thing.
SDV Community Day in Sindelfingen: Spotlight on for the programmers!
by Nina Julie Kleber, June 14, 2024
Reading time: 3 minutesThis was the motto of the SDV-Community Day on June 5 and 6, jointly organized by Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation and Mercedes-Benz. In this article, we will take you on two great days with exciting talks and inspiring conversations.
How to make our developers happy
by Nicolas Krischker, April 30, 2024
Reading time: 5 minutesIn March, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2024 took place in Paris, and we were pleased to be part of it!
Some Insights from this year’s FOSS Backstage in Berlin
by Nicolas Krischker, April 26, 2024
Reading time: 8 minutesA few weeks ago colleagues from Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation, Mercedes-Benz and MBition had the great opportunity to join the FOSS Backstage conference in Berlin. In addition to exciting talks and discussions this year was a special one, as Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation was premium sponsors. In this article we want to share some more highlights from the conference with you.
The Mercedes-Benz Booth at KubeCon24
by Marie Eichner, April 19, 2024
Reading time: 6 minutesIMercedes-Benz Tech Innovation recently attended KubeCon+CloudNativeCon Europe 2024 in Paris and represented Mercedes-Benz as a Gold Member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and a Platinum sponsor of the event.
Mercedes-Benz at KubeCon Europe 2024
by Marie Eichner, April 09, 2024
Reading time: 5 minutesIn March, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2024 took place in Paris, and we were pleased to be part of it!
We are now a Gold Member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation!
by Ann-Kathrin Plapp, March 12, 2024
Reading time: 4 minutesWe have recently upgraded our membership in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) to Gold Member status, in addition to being a sponsor of KubeCon Europe 2024 in Paris
SDV Community Day @ EclipseCon 2023
by Ann-Kathrin Plapp, December 21, 2023
Reading time: 3 minutesThe Automotive and Eclipse SDV Community Day took place on October 16th and 17th, 2023, as part of the EclipseCon 2023 conference in Ludwigsburg.
Merry Christmas
by Ann-Kathrin Plapp, December 20, 2023
Reading time: 1 minuteThe Year is over - we look back to some great Highlights in 2023
Some Highlights from the Open Source Summit Europe 2023
by Ann-Kathrin Plapp, December 18, 2023
Reading time: 5 minutes“The Open Source Summit Europe continues to be one of the premier events in the Open Source landscape. This year, it took place in September in the beautiful city of Bilbao.
Bringing the Open Source world to Stuttgart: The Mercedes-Benz FOSS Convention 2023
by Anna Maria Ewerlin, November 27, 2023
Reading time: 7 minutesWow! - The second Mercedes-Benz FOSS Convention! Two days full of interesting talks, exciting discussions and inspiring workshops at the halls of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart.
FOSS SBOM Management @ Mercedes-Benz: This is how we do it!
by Nicolas Krischker, November 22, 2023
Reading time: 5 minutesFind out more about how we do SBOM Management at Mercedes-Benz by digitizing and automating our FOSS disclosure process.
And… Action! Mercedes-Benz meets Cloud Native Computing Foundation – A Blockbuster Movie
by Ann-Kathrin Plapp, November 20, 2023
Reading time: 3 minutesCelebrating Cloud-Native Excellence: Top End User Award, CNCF collaboration video and what’s to come
Recap of the First Mercedes-Benz FOSS Convention 2022
by Ann-Kathrin Plapp, October 12, 2023
Reading time: 4 minutesLast year, Mercedes-Benz celebrated a remarkable event in the technology and Open Source world - the first Mercedes-Benz FOSS Convention.
Celebrating Our Fourth Round of GitHub Sponsors: Empowering Open Source Projects
by Wolfgang Gehring, August 09, 2023
Reading time: 5 minutesWe are thrilled to announce the completion of our fourth round of GitHub Sponsors!
The Importance of Open Source at Mercedes-Benz
by Ann-Kathrin Plapp, August 07, 2023
Reading time: 2 minutesA conversation worth listening: Richard Littauer, host at “Sustain” podcast, interviewed FOSS Ambassador Wolfgang Gehring at FOSS Backstage, Berlin.
Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation to Sponsor InnerSource Commons
by Dr. Wolfgang Gehring, July 11, 2023
Reading time: 8 minutesWe are proud and happy to announce that we are an official supporter and sponsor of the InnerSource Commons!
CNCF Presents Top End User Award to Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation
by Nicolas Krischker, July 07, 2023
Reading time: 10 minutesThe subsidiary designing technology for the automotive giant now runs nearly 1,000 Kubernetes clusters in production
How Mercedes-Benz Expanded Its Kubernetes Fleet Management with Cluster API to Public Clouds
by Ann-Kathrin Plapp, June 26, 2023
Reading time: 10 minutesA case study about how we had to create our own Kubernetes solution.
Vancouver Calling – Open Source Summit North America
by Dr. Wolfgang Gehring, June 06, 2023
Reading time: 10 minutesA short article about my journey to the Open Source Summit North America in Vancouver. Spoiler: It was a blast.
Continental and Siemens publish FOSS Manifesto
by Dr. Wolfgang Gehring, May 24, 2023
Reading time: 3 minutesBoth Continental AG and Siemens AG have published their versions of an Free and Open Source Manifesto.
Let’s talk about the Security Platform SecHub
by Nicolas Krischker, April 12, 2023
Reading time: 5 minutesIn our Blog we want to give you an insight into Open Source projects @ Mercedes-Benz. Today we focus on SecHub, a security platform which enables the operation and integration of various security tools with one central API in a development environment. Let’s find out more!
The State of Open Source Software – the Octoverse Report 2022
by Ann-Kathrin Plapp, April 12, 2023
Reading time: 2 minutesAt the end of 2022, GitHub published its annual Octoverse Report. In it, the company looks back at the past 10 years and talks about the advancement of Open Source and the developments since the first Octoverse report. It also deals with the investigation of how people, organizations, and companies work together and invest in Open Source software.
Our trip to the FOSS Backstage in Berlin 2023
by Anna Maria Ewerlin, April 12, 2023
Reading time: 5 minutesLaughter, friendly but passionate discussions, and in the background a table full of colorful stickers from Open Source and non-profit organizations, the unofficial currency of software conventions. Natali and I were at the FOSS Backstage Berlin in March 2023 - an event focused on the behind-the-scenes and non-technical aspects of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), such as mindset, communities, cultural change, sustainability and funding. As these are also important aspects of FOSS for us, we supported the FOSS Backstage not only by sponsoring as Premium Partner, but also with a talk about “A vision of FOSS at Mercedes-Benz” by Wolfgang Gehring.
Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation joins Software Defined Vehicle Working Group as Strategic Member
by Dr. Wolfgang Gehring, February 23, 2023
Reading time: 3 minutesMercedes-Benz Tech Innovation is part of the Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) Working Group within the Eclipse Foundation! As a founding member of the Eclipse Foundation Europe, we are now taking the next step to follow our approach to go Open Source where possible and to collaborate with other players in the industry.
Driving FOSS through Sponsorship
by Wolfgang Gehring, September 01, 2022
Reading time: 5 minutesAt Mercedes-Benz, we want to help drive forward Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) – and we want to invest in the software that we depend on and use on a daily basis. Therefore, we are sponsoring Open Source financially by paying money to projects proposed by our community.
Learning by Contribution – Twice as nice with Open Source
by Wolfgang Gehring, May 09, 2022
Reading time: 5 minutesHow Open Source contributions help you and your company to become smarter
How to Kick-start A Community (without the stress)
by Wolfgang Gehring, January 18, 2022
Reading time: 5 minutesCommunities are all the rage these days! Well ok, actually, they have been ever since the existence of humankind, but let’s not nit-pick here. ;-) In our context, we are talking about communities that circle around your project, your platform, or your favorite topic.
Results of the Bitkom Open Source Monitor 2021
by Nicolas Krischker, December 17, 2021
Reading time: 5 minutesTwo thirds of German companies are open to the topic of Open Source software, but oftentimes a strategy is missing – this is one of the results of the Bitkom Open Source Monitor 2021.
Merry FOSS-mas and a FOSSy New Year!
by Anna Maria Ewerlin, December 17, 2021
Reading time: 1 minuteWe wish you a happy holiday season
The Mercedes-Benz FOSS Manifesto - Our commitment to be truly open
by Dr. Wolfgang Gehring, August 02, 2021
Reading time: 5 minutesOver the last few years, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has become the foundation of just about every application across the industry. At Mercedes-Benz, we have been transforming our approach towards software development for quite a while – away from a strict “we develop our own code” attitude towards embracing Open and Inner Source. To fully embrace Open Source means to become a good citizen of the worldwide Open Source Community. It doesn’t suffice to just “use” Open Source. We want to actively give back, contribute to Open Source and share code of ours that might be useful to the outside world as well. In order to support this goal and drive forward our transformation, we have created the Mercedes-Benz FOSS Manifesto.
Hello (Open Source) World!
by Nicolas Krischker, July 30, 2021
Reading time: 2 minutesHello! Welcome to our website, and welcome to our blog. We are very excited to be taking another step into the Open Source world with our Open Source Landing page. We want to share our path in developing software at Mercedes-Benz with you, along with all its challenges. We know we still have a lot to do, and a lot to learn – especially from you, the Open Source community. So, thank you for visiting our site!