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Who would have thought software could rattle the White House? But a vulnerability in Log4J, a popular open source software project, exposed critical digital infrastructure to remote code execution attacks. This prompted the US Government to engage big tech, infosec professionals, and open source organizations to come together to help secure open source software.

Many enterprises still struggle to get security right. To protect their business, it is critical they focus on security during the entire infrastructure and application lifecycle, including continuous integration (CI). Developers are becoming more autonomous as they transition to a DevOps way of working, with more people requiring access to production systems.

There are such cloud services that can drastically accelerate your innovation and reduce your time to market by providing you with functionalities that are simple, ready-to-use and that allow you to add a real added-value to your users. Azure Communication Services is one of those. In this article, we’ll have an overview of what Azure Communication Services (“ACS” for short) is, what functionalities it provides and what are some of the use cases in which it can be leveraged.

Welcome to the 7th edition of Open Source Matters: our regular publication about the latest happenings in open source! Let’s dive into the news.