Commercial Open Source Software

During the Public Administrations Innovator barcamp I have been interviewed by Cogo Gigi, one of the organizers, to talk about sustainable innovation in software for public administrations.

In Italy innovation is a 21st century buzz-word, but even limiting to properly reuse existing open source software and practices would be great if done right.

Continue reading ‘About Reusing Open Source in Italian Public Administrations’

As mentioned in a previous post, ForumPA - the greatest Italian event of and about Public Administration - asked me to chair the only open source conference taking place in the event.

Italian and international speakers provided the audience with an insight into how to effectively deploy open source software in a significant way.

Continue reading ‘Open Source Adoption in Italian Public Administrations: Some Real Cases’

Talking about Alfresco’s business strategy I happened to mention that the European open source observatory released guidelines for open source procurement.

The OSOR guideline draws on the extensive analysis conducted by the Dutch government’s OSOSS in 2005, followed by a guide published later by the successor organization to the OSOSS program (Netherlands Open in Verbinding).

Continue reading ‘European Open Source Procurement Guidelines: How Do you Like Them?’