The Linux Foundation Announces 21 New Silver Members

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced the addition of 21 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.

"There has been fantastic momentum in open source this year, and our newest Silver members reflect that," said Jim Zemlin, executive director, The Linux Foundation. "These organizations will contribute resources and knowledge to supporting a vibrant, global open source community. The consistent growth in Linux Foundation membership is an indicator of the health of the projects we host and of growing interest from across industries and geographies in open source."

In addition to joining the Foundation, many of these new members have joined Linux Foundation projects like Cloud Native Computing Foundation, EdgeX Foundry, Hyperledger, ONAP and more. For a full list of members, visit https://www.linuxfoundation.org/members/corporate.

November's new members:

    --  AppsCode - which enables anyone to provision Kubernetes clusters on any
        cloud provider - builds various open source cloud native tools and
        participates in the Kubernetes development process to have a voice in
        its future development.
    --  ARCUS Global, Inc. is a bold new company created to reinvent the video
        monitoring industry with solutions that better optimize business
        decisions as well as make the world a safer place.
    --  Centra Tech offers blockchain products to store and spend digital
        assets.
    --  Datadog is a SaaS-based monitoring and analytics platform for
        large-scale applications and infrastructure.
    --  Embleema combines Blockchain with HIPAA-compliant cloud solutions and
        interoperability standards such as HL7 to provide patients a trustworthy
        and comprehensive view of their medical history across care centers.
    --  F5 makes apps go faster, smarter and safer for the world's largest
        businesses, service providers, governments and consumer brands.
    --  Grafana Labs is the company behind Grafana - the leading open source
        software for time series analytics, and offers an official, fully
        managed hosted Grafana stack with GrafanaCloud.
    --  GXChain is a company dedicated to the innovation of blockchain
        technology.
    --  Hangzhou Langhe Technology Co. Ltd. (Netease) develops and operates some
        of China's most popular PC-client and mobile games, advertising
        services, email services and e-commerce platforms.
    --  HCL Technologies delivers innovative technology solutions built around
        digital, IoT, cloud, automation, cybersecurity, analytics,
        infrastructure management, and engineering services.
    --  Humio is limitless log management for developers and operations teams -
        unlocking the power of unlimited system data and logging everything to
        answer anything.
    --  Hyperloop One will move people and goods, and unlock unprecedented value
        for governments, businesses, and consumers.
    --  JFrog offers world-class infrastructure for software management and
        distribution.
    --  Kerlink provides reliable solutions for Internet of Things networks.
    --  LG Uplus strives to create meaningful changes in customers' lives
        through Triple Play Service (TPS), a service that includes
        telecommunication service, ultra-high speed Internet, VolP, and IPTV
        Service, and through data service business.
    --  PetroBloq LLC - the first Blockchain based platform developed
        exclusively for the supply chain needs of the oil and sas sector.
    --  Schreder SA is an international lighting group, specializing in outdoor
        lighting, represented in 33-countries.
    --  Styra helps reconcile agility and security by providing an adaptive,
        context-aware, distributed authorization system for the modern cloud
        stack.
    --  Upbound produces the Promasys Software Suite HSEQ software, a flexible
        and scalable health, safety, and environment management software.
    --  Wise2C is one of China's leading enterprise application-centric PaaS
        platform providers for the finance industry.
    --  YDreams Global works as a partner with companies and brands to reframe
        their strategy through relevant initiatives that integrate the digital
        experience with physical presence and space.

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.

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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