The Linux Foundation Announces 18 New Silver Members

SAN FRANCISCO, June 30, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced that 18 new organizations have joined the Foundation as Silver members. Linux Foundation members help support development of the greatest shared technology resources in history, while accelerating their own innovation through open source leadership and participation.

With the support of its members, The Linux Foundation hosts open source projects across technologies including networking, security, cloud, blockchain and more. This collaborative development model is helping technology advance at a rapid pace in a way that benefits individuals and organizations around the world.

"The Linux Foundation is proud to welcome the support of such a great group of new Silver members," said Jim Zemlin, executive director, The Linux Foundation. "These organizations are taking this step which demonstrates their immense dedication to the open source community and principles."

In addition to joining the Foundation, many of these new members have joined Linux Foundation projects such as Automotive Grade Linux, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, EdgeX Foundry, Hyperledger and Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP). For a full list of members, visit https://www.linuxfoundation.org/members/corporate.

New members include:

    --  Absolute Software creates self-healing endpoint security to make
        security stacks stronger to recover instantly from user errors or
        attacks.
    --  ACEDEMAND IT Services has the experience with software architecture and
        software development support to help with enterprise software projects.
    --  AlphaPoint is a financial technology company that powers digital asset
        networks and provides institutions a Distributed Ledger Platform to
        digitize, trade, and manage any asset.
    --  Beijing RZXT Technology is committed to becoming one of the industry's
        leading blockchain technology export service providers.
    --  ChangeHealthcare is one of the largest, independent healthcare
        technology companies in the United States.
    --  China Standard Software (Beijing) provides Linux OS information security
        services and customized operating system development services.
    --  CITIC Group Corp is a large Chinese state-owned multinational
        conglomerate with a wide range of businesses covering finance, energy
        and resources, manufacturing, engineering contracting, real estate and
        others.
    --  Datto protects essential business data for tens of thousands of the
        world's fastest growing companies.
    --  Emind Software Company Ltd is a high-tech enterprise engaged in
        development of infrastructure software, cloud computing and cloud
        service of intelligent translation of ASEAN languages.
    --  Ernst & Young (EY) is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and
        advisory services.
    --  Karamba Security offers ECU endpoint security to protect the connected
        car.
    --  Mavenir Systems accelerates and redefines network transformation for
        service providers by offering a comprehensive product portfolio across
        every layer of the network infrastructure stack.
    --  Parallel Machines is creating an "Intelligence Overlay Network" (ION),
        that couples distributed data, computational assets, interconnected ML
        and DL applications, with overarching management capabilities and
        business interfaces.
    --  PCCW Global is a leading telecommunications provider, offering the
        latest voice and data solutions to multinational enterprises and
        communication service providers.
    --  Schroders is an independent, dedicated asset manager with a strong
        heritage and culture based on over 200 years' experience of investment
        markets.
    --  TDT GmbH is Germany's leading router manufacturer.
    --  Veon is a global provider of connectivity, with the ambition to lead the
        personal internet revolution for the 235 million+ customers it currently
        serves, and many more in the years to come.
    --  Windstream Communications offers customizable network solutions for
        specialized verticals.

About The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world's top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.

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