The Open Current
The Open Current is a current-events conversation between two leaders who share that premise — and don't always interpret the news the same way. Every episode starts with a question reasonable people could answer differently. Not a news roundup. Not an interview show. Not a product podcast. A running dialogue about what enterprises are actually being asked to trade for convenience, speed and managed everything.
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The Case for Global Open Source Security
Global open source security is the debate of the summer. Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation, joins Alan Shimel to unpack the European Cyber Resilience Act, the Mythos vulnerability wave and why the next chapter has to be a federated global effort, not another US-only i...
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AI Lock-In, Open Source and Sovereignty Collide | The Open Current Ep 3
### AI Lock-In Raises New Questions About Control
AI lock-in is becoming a central issue as enterprises decide which models, platforms and AI stacks they will trust. In this episode of The Open Current, Alan Shimel and Margaret Dawson examine whether AI is creating another public-cloud-style loc...
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Modern Virtualization: One Platform for VMs, Containers and AI
Modern virtualization is reshaping the way IT leaders run VMs, containers and AI workloads on a single cloud native stack. On this episode of The Open Current, Alan Shimel is joined by co-host Margaret Dawson, CMO of SUSE, to unpack what the post Broadcom VMware world is doing to virtualization s...
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Open Source, AI and Tech Sovereignty Take Center Stage: The Open Current Ep 1
The Open Current Begins With a Timely Tech Conversation
In the first episode of The Open Current, Alan Shimel and Margaret Dawson launch a new conversation series. The show focuses on the forces reshaping enterprise technology. The discussion starts with the purpose of the podcast. It quickly mov...
