Deadlines and guidelines for all InfoWorld Best of Open Source Software Award candidates. Credit: IDG InfoWorld’s Best of Open Source Software Awards, aka Bossies, recognize the best open source software for businesses and professional users. InfoWorld’s central mission has always been to identify the most innovative products available to developers and IT organizations. Increasingly, those products—ranging from application development tools to platforms and infrastructure software to big data analytics and machine learning tools—come from open source projects. Bossie winners are chosen by InfoWorld editors and reviewers. To nominate your favorite open source project for InfoWorld, please email Executive Editor Doug Dineley at any time. In addition to the name of the specific software project you’re suggesting, please include a link to the project’s main page or repository. A few sentences on why the software is important and worthy of our coverage would be helpful but is not required. Previous InfoWorld Bossie winners 2022 InfoWorld Bossies 2021 InfoWorld Bossies 2020 InfoWorld Bossies 2019 InfoWorld Bossies 2018 InfoWorld Bossies 2017 InfoWorld Bossies 2016 InfoWorld Bossies 2015 InfoWorld Bossies 2014 InfoWorld Bossies 2012 InfoWorld Bossies Promotional materials for Bossie winners Marketing/PR: Congratulations on winning our award! Look here for all the information you’ll need to tell the world. Related content analysis Beyond the usual suspects: 5 fresh data science tools to try today The mid-month report includes quick tips for easier Python installation, a new VS Code-like IDE just for Python and R users, and five newer data science tools you won't want to miss. By Serdar Yegulalp Jul 12, 2024 2 mins Python Programming Languages Software Development analysis Generative AI won’t fix cloud migration You’ve probably heard how generative AI will solve all cloud migration problems. It’s not that simple. Generative AI could actually make it harder and more costly. By David Linthicum Jul 12, 2024 5 mins Generative AI Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing news HR professionals trust AI recommendations HireVue survey finds 73% of HR professionals trust AI to make candidate recommendations, while 75% of workers are opposed to AI making hiring decisions. By Paul Krill Jul 11, 2024 3 mins Technology Industry Careers how-to Safety off: Programming in Rust with `unsafe` What does it mean to write unsafe code in Rust, and what can you do (and not do) with the 'unsafe' keyword? The facts may surprise you. By Serdar Yegulalp Jul 11, 2024 8 mins Rust Programming Languages Software Development Resources Videos