Articles by Nithya
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A Week at the United Nations That Reminded Me Why This Work Matters
A Week at the United Nations That Reminded Me Why This Work Matters
We live in a world full of contradictions right now. Technology has never moved faster.
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Open Source at the Intersection of Sovereignty, Startups, and Community
Open Source at the Intersection of Sovereignty, Startups, and Community
Reflections from the Open Source Founders Summit, Paris — May 18–19, 2026 Paris in May is already hard to beat. But…
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Ten Years of CNCF: How the Cloud Native Foundation Grew Up Just in Time for AI
Ten Years of CNCF: How the Cloud Native Foundation Grew Up Just in Time for AI
Next week, thousands of developers, platform engineers, and technology leaders will gather in Amsterdam for #KubeCon +…
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Reflections on our work in Open Source for 2024
Reflections on our work in Open Source for 2024
Welcome to the 2024 Linux Foundation Annual Report. This report marks my seventh year as Board Chair of the Linux…
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Open Source at The United Nations This Week
Open Source at The United Nations This Week
It is important to share a brief history of open source and why this moment of the #OSPOForGood Conference at the…
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Activity
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Excited to attend SIGGRAPH 2026 this year! It's always one of my favorite events. A chance to reconnect with old friends, meet new people, and see…
Excited to attend SIGGRAPH 2026 this year! It's always one of my favorite events. A chance to reconnect with old friends, meet new people, and see…
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It would have been 11 years at Amazon had I stayed till today. But I left it at the start of this month. I already miss my people my engineers my…
It would have been 11 years at Amazon had I stayed till today. But I left it at the start of this month. I already miss my people my engineers my…
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There have been rumors that open-source AI could soon be limited and regulated. I believe the opposite is what’s needed: we need more open-source AI,…
There have been rumors that open-source AI could soon be limited and regulated. I believe the opposite is what’s needed: we need more open-source AI,…
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Publications
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Linux Foundation Open Source Summit Talk: “Developing an Open Source Strategy — The First 90 Days”
The NewStack
See publicationComcast and Open Source - starting an open source office at Comcast and how we engage with Open Source.
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Trends in Corporate Engagement with Open Source
opensource.com
See publicationAs more companies adopt and use technology, they start working with open source. I outline 8 trends happening in how companies are working with open source in areas such as business models, development methodologies and culture. I will also be speaking on this at LinuxCon North America August 22nd and at LinuxCon Europe in October.
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Six essential non-coding Careers in open source
OpenSource.com
See publicationThis article covers some of the non-coding areas that are critical to the success of open source including the role of open source offices in companies to drive open source collaboration.
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Flash and OpenSource, What every datacenter CIO needs to know
CIO Review Magazine
See publicationGuidance for a CIO to get the full benefits of flash and open source software 2 major disruptors in the datacenter. http://magazine.cioreview.com/October-2015/Open-Source/ Pg No.-43
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Is there room for open source in Storage?
SanDisk IT Blog
See publicationOpen source software is not new in the enterprise datacenter. In fact, Linux and other open source tools and utilities have been growing steadily over the past few decades, and are used in most datacenters. Over the past 20 years, open source has matured with increased participation, commercial backing, mature business models and most of all broad awareness and acceptance. With commercial companies such as Red Hat, SUSE and others backing Linux and providing support and services, it has become…
Open source software is not new in the enterprise datacenter. In fact, Linux and other open source tools and utilities have been growing steadily over the past few decades, and are used in most datacenters. Over the past 20 years, open source has matured with increased participation, commercial backing, mature business models and most of all broad awareness and acceptance. With commercial companies such as Red Hat, SUSE and others backing Linux and providing support and services, it has become a trusted staple for mission critical applications. There is now room being made in storage systems for open source based solutions.
Honors & Awards
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All Things Open Open Source Icon 2025
All Things Open Conference
Honoring your dedication and work to support the open source community. We thank you
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O'Reilly Open Source Award 2017
https://www.oreilly.com/ideas/oreilly-open-source-awards-oscon-2017
The O’Reilly Open Source Awards honor exceptional contributions to open source software. I received this at the 13th Annual O’Reilly Open Source Awards will be hosted this May at OSCON in Austin, TX. The awards recognize individual contributors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in the development of Open Source Software. Past recipients have included VM Brasseur, Maírín Duffy, Rikki Endsley, Marjin Haverbeke, and Sarah Sharp. The nomination process is…
The O’Reilly Open Source Awards honor exceptional contributions to open source software. I received this at the 13th Annual O’Reilly Open Source Awards will be hosted this May at OSCON in Austin, TX. The awards recognize individual contributors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in the development of Open Source Software. Past recipients have included VM Brasseur, Maírín Duffy, Rikki Endsley, Marjin Haverbeke, and Sarah Sharp. The nomination process is open to the entire open source community and all entries are judged by the previous winners
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Today I’m on the way to Kraków for the 25 years FSFE birthday party https://lnkd.in/dWhusBK7 #Nextcloud
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20 years at Microsoft today. Hard to believe. It feels like yesterday and a lifetime ago at the same time. What a journey it's been, both with the…
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Earlier this year Pellucid Network received funding from the NC IDEA’s NC Tweener Fund, Powered by NC IDEA. Every small win and validation is…
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Such a fun evening in Barcelona spent with fellow Yellow Jackets, Simon Escapa Otani, David Citrin, Pulkit Saxena , Lloyd Francis . Missed those that…
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