The Ericsson Software Technology team recently had the pleasure of attending the Open Source Summit North America, hosted by the Linux Foundation in the scenic state of Colorado. This event provided an excellent opportunity to reconnect with peers from the open source community, and to facilitate in-person meetings among our own teams—bringing together colleagues from across the United States, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, and Germany.
We invested considerable effort into our presence at the Event Showcase, where our booth served as a hub for engaging discussions on key topics such as security and supply chain resilience, advancements in cloud infrastructure, embedded Linux, AI, and open source governance. A highlight in the booth was our sketchbot portrait machine, which attracted a steady stream of visitors and is sure to inspire a few new profile pictures.
During his keynote, Phil Robb highlighted Ericsson Software Technology’s active role in strengthening the security posture of open source communities—contributing to 106 projects in 2024 alone. We continued these conversations during the OpenSSF Community Day, focusing on how companies can share their engagement experiences to meet the growing demands in this space. We look forward to deepening this collaboration with the support of OpenSSF.
Another standout keynote came from Frank Nagle, Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School, who explored the economic impact of open source. His empirical insights offered valuable guidance on how to frame and evaluate open source engagement and investment from a business perspective—an area that is often complex and nuanced.
Talks from our own staff covered a variety of topics and we've been sharing these in our news feed.
In addition to the keynotes, I followed several insightful sessions focused on supply chain observability and the evolving maturity of associated tooling. "Agent to Agent" discussions explored the potential of AI-driven collaborative frameworks. There was also significant interest in model signing as a countermeasure to supply chain threats within generative AI workflows, and in the use of eBPF-based observability techniques to enhance system observability and performance.
Next the team turn their attention to Open Source Summit Europe and we are already looking forward to it.
