En devenant AppHub Cloud Source Partner, Ikoula renforce sa position dans l’hébergement de logiciels open source professionnels ainsi que son partenariat avec la communauté OW2.

Paris, 15 novembre 2016 - OW2, la communauté internationale dédiée au développement de logiciels open source d'infrastructure, et Ikoula, spécialiste de l’hébergement informatique, des serveurs dédiés et du Cloud français depuis 1998, sont fiers d’annoncer leur partenariat autour de la place de marché OW2 AppHub. Ikoula devient AppHub Cloud Source Partner.
En tant que partenaire référencé AppHub Cloud Source Partner, Ikoula est dorénavant lié directement à la plateforme AppHub. Ikoula assure le déploiement, en self-service sur son infrastructure cloud, de plusieurs dizaines de solutions open source disponibles sur la place de marché AppHub, sous forme de VM prêtes à l’exécution. Les partenaires AppHub Cloud Source Partners offrent un canal de distribution aux projets et composants open source.

Testez AppHub sur le stand OW2 
Les visiteurs du stand OW2 (C18-D19) peuvent tester le portail AppHub les 16 et 17 novembre aux Docks de Paris, à l’occasion du salon Paris Open Source Summit. L’équipe OW2 sur place leur montre comment choisir un logiciel pré-configuré et comment le télécharger sous forme d’image prête à l’exécution.

“Ikoula est ravi de devenir le premier partenaire cloud Français de la place de marché AppHub. Ce partenariat nous permet d’offrir aux concepteurs et aux utilisateurs de logiciels open source une plateforme d’exécution à la fois souple et performante dans le cloud public CloudIkoulaOne”, déclare Jules-Henri Gavetti, fondateur et PDG d’Ikoula.
Début 2017, AppHub deviendra la plateforme de déploiement self-service orientée cloud de la communauté OW2.

“En visitant la place de marché OW2 AppHub, l’utilisateur peut choisir et personnaliser sa propre pile de logiciels open source. Il peut désormais déployer une image prête à l’emploi sur son environnement privé ou bien sur une infrastructure externalisée telle que le cloud public CloudIkoulaOne”, précise Cédric Thomas, le CEO d’OW2.
La place de marché AppHub contient environ 100 projets et plusieurs dizaines d’images prêtes au déploiement. Conçue et opérée par Fraunhofer FOKUS, UShareSoft et OW2 pour une distribution pratique et gratuite des logiciels open source, la plateforme AppHub réunit de bonnes pratiques en matière de qualité des logiciels à une faculté de génération automatique d’images machines.
Les utilisateurs et les producteurs de logiciels open-source pour l’entreprise ainsi que les prestataires cloud sont invités à tester AppHub dès maintenant.

Webinaire Ikoula-AppHub le 24 novembre 2016
Apprenez à sélectionner un logiciel open source à partir de la place de marché AppHub puis à le déployer en quelques minutes sur l’infrastructure CloudIkoulaOne en suivant le webinaire gratuit du 24 novembre 2016, à 10:30. Enregistrez-vous en ligne : https://www.ow2.org/bin/view/Webinars/
Découvrez nos prochains événements et nos opportunités de partenariats sur le site web : apphub.eu.com

A propos d’Ikoula
Ikoula est votre spécialiste de l’hébergement informatique, des serveurs dédiés et du Cloud français depuis 1998. Nous possédons nos propres Data Centers en France ainsi qu’une filiale en Pays-Bas. Notre Cloud, basé sur la technologie Open Source CloudStack, est disponible sur 3 continents (Asie, États-Unis et Europe). Reconnu pour notre fiabilité et notre performance, nous avons reçu le prix du "Meilleur Service Cloud d'Infrastructure" aux Trophées EuroCloud 2015. En plus de nos solutions, nos clients TPE, PME, Pure Players et grands comptes bénéficient d'un accompagnement commercial personnalisé et d'un support technique en 24/7. Visitez www.ikoula.com

A propos d’AppHub
AppHub soutient la sensibilisation et la conquête des marchés ciblés par les solutions open source issues de  PME et de projets collaboratifs européens. Cette place de marché procure un canal de distribution simplifiant leur connexion aux utilisateurs potentiels. AppHub a reçu le soutien du programme de recherche et d’innovation Horizon 2020 de l’Union Européenne. Visitez apphub.eu.com  

A propos d’OW2
OW2 est une communauté informatique dédiée au développement de logiciels d'infrastructure en open source et à l’animation d’une communauté et d’un écosystème d'affaires. OW2 héberge une centaine de projets technologiques dont ASM, Bonita, Chameleon, CLIF, DocDoku, Easybeans, Emerginov, Fractal, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, PetalsESB, ProActive, SAT4J, Spagic, Spago4Q, SpagoBI, Talend Studio, Telosys, WebLab, XWiki. Visitez www.ow2.org

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At POSS 2016, OW2 is showcasing a new open source platform designed for IoT, large-scale applications leveraging BPMN2 diagrams and distributed web services.

Paris, November 16, 2016 - OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software, is showcasing the CHOReVOLUTION platform, a new Eclipse-based IDE and execution platform for service providers and IoT business users at Paris Open Source Summit, 16-17 November 2016.

Visit the OW2 booth #C18 and ask for a demonstration of this innovative platform, a direct result of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. IoT professionals, analysts and journalists are invited to interact with the project team on Nov. 16, from 14:00 to 16:00.

“I’m working in a use case related to Urban Traffic Control in Göteborg, within a research institute mostly involved in the transport sector. We are bringing sustainable transport solutions to the society”, explains Lei Chen, Senior Researcher at Viktoria Swedish ICT, and POSS 2016 speaker.

On Wednesday, November 17, from 11:00 to 12:30pm Lei Chen will talk about his experience with the new Eclipse-based IDE, in room Lausanne:

CHOReVOLUTION Studio helps ITS teams design and run new service compositions without programming expertise.

Using the CHOReVOLUTION platform, Viktoria ICT is building an application that provides a highly responsive traffic solution to car drivers, with real time information on the road situation, accidents, congestions, and the most eco-friendly route to help them reduce their carbon emission and save fuel.  

ITS and IoT professionals can find more information reading the project factsheet and the white paper. Developers will grab more technical details on the project’s forge and on the documentation section of the website. 

About CHOReVOLUTION
CHOReVOLUTION provides a development environment to design innovative applications in smart cities and intelligent transportation systems. It integrates existing services, connected things and new services through fully distributed choreographies. The project is developed by a consortium of eight partners and has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The CHOReVOLUTION software is publicly available through the OW2 community. More: http://www.chorevolution.eu/   

About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to developing open source software infrastructure and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. The OW2 Consortium hosts some one hundred technology projects, including ASM, Bonita, Chameleon, CLIF, DocDoku, Easybeans, Emerginov, Fractal, FusionDirectory, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, PetalsESB, Prelude, ProActive, SAT4J, Spagic, Spago4Q, SpagoBI, Talend Studio, Telosys, WebLab, XWiki. Visit https://www.ow2.org 

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OW2 sera largement visible lors du salon POSS 2016, avec cinq sessions pilotées par la communauté et six membres et partenaires de l’association exposants sur le Village open source OW2.

Paris, 8 novembre 2016 – OW2, la communauté internationale du logiciel d’infrastructure open source annonce une forte présence sur la deuxième édition du Paris Open Source Summit, les 16 et 17 novembre aux Docks de Paris.
Forts du succès de leur participation au salon en 2015, les membres de la communauté se sont mobilisés pour étendre encore davantage la visibilité de la communauté pour l’édition 2016. Six membres et partenaires seront ainsi visibles sur le stand communautaire :  ActiveEon, OpenSides, Wakanda, SpagoBI, iKoula, Xwiki, et OW2 qui présentera les projets R&D collaboratifs CHOReVOLUTION, AppHub et OCCIware.  De nombreuses démonstrations de produits et de projets seront proposées aux visiteurs du Village OW2 tout au long des deux journées du salon.  

Une large contribution au programme est par ailleurs apportée par l’équipe OW2, avec la coordination de cinq sessions: 

• Community Summit, le 17 novembre de 13h30 à 16h30 (en Anglais) : Le rendez-vous annuel des praticiens des grandes communautés open source du monde, avec pour thème cette année la chaine de valeur du logiciel open source. 

• European Collaborative Innovation, le 17 novembre de 11h à 12h30 (en Anglais) :  Cette session propose une série de présentations de grands programmes européens d'innovation et recherche collaborative et une discussion sur les cbonnes pratiques pour réussir dans ces programmes.

• Open Source Software Metrics, le 16 novembre de 11h à 12h30 : Cette session porte sur les multiples données pouvant être recueillies sur les logiciels open source et sur les manières de les analyser afin de mieux apprécier la qualité et la pérennité de ces logiciels.

• Les technologies et les bonnes pratiques de l'open source pour favoriser l'accessibilité, le 17 novembre de 11h à 13h00 : Cette session proposera un état des lieux sur les technologies dont toutes les organisations peuvent bénéficier pour améliorer conformité avec les attentes en matière d'accessibilité. 

• Open Source in Big Cities, le 17 novembre de 9h à 11h : S’appuyant sur l’initiative OW2 OSS in Big Cities lancée réecemment avec la Ville de Paris, cette session rassemblera des cadres de grands systèmes d'information municipaux qui débattront de leurs décisions en faveur de l'open source. 

La communauté sera très active sur le stand C18/D19. Une animation « Free Beer Party » est prévue le 16 novembre à 18h sur le stand. Plus d’informations :https://www.ow2.org/bin/view/Events/Paris_Open_Source_Summit_Les_Docks_de_Paris

A propos d’OW2
OW2 est une communauté informatique mondiale indépendante dédiée au développement de logiciels d'infrastructure en open source et à l’animation d’un écosystème d'affaires pour valoriser cette base de code. OW2 héberge une centaine de projets technologiques dont ASM, Bonita, Chameleon, CLIF, DocDoku, Easybeans, Emerginov, Fractal, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, PetalsESB, ProActive, SAT4J, Spagic, Spago4Q, SpagoBI, Talend Studio, Telosys, WebLab, XWiki. Visitez www.ow2.org. 

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At OpenStack Summit in Barcelona attendees can win a prize by trying the AppHub self-service, cloud-oriented deployment platform for enterprise open source software on OW2 booth #A19.

OpenStack Summit, Barcelona, October 24, 2016 - OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software, launches the “Try AppHub” campaign to promote the self-service cloud- oriented deployment platform for enterprise-grade open source software. Attendees at the OpenStack Summit, October 24-28, in Barcelona, are invited booth #A19 to execute a deployment from the AppHub cloud-oriented self-service deployment platform and enter the raffle to win a connected watch.

“With this campaign, our objective is to rapidly achieve 50 successful deployments and learn from the feedback to improve the platform.” says OW2 CEO Cedric Thomas. All open-source end-users and contributors are welcome to try AppHub and give their feedback now. The AppHub team will be at OpenStack Summit in Barcelona.

The AppHub marketplace already showcases some 100 projects and sports several dozens of ready- to-deploy open source software. The platform is designed and operated by Fraunhofer FOKUS, UShareSoft and OW2. It combines software quality best practices and machine image automation in a free and convenient distribution channel for open source software. AppHub is made of the following integrated components:

• The AppHub Open Source Directory helps end-users identify and select the project assets.
• The AppHub Store enables end-users to view software installation information, then to import pre-configured software into the AppHub Factory.
• The AppHub Factory generates machine image to the format of the end-user choice, allowing to download the image on a local infrastructure or to publish it to a cloud infrastructure 

As of January 1st, 2017, AppHub will become the cloud-oriented self-service deployment platform for the OW2 community. The sustainable marketplace will continue to grow with the OW2 open source code base, international software and services. Follow the community and check out the AppHub website for more events and partnership opportunities: https://apphub.eu.com

As of January 1st, 2017, AppHub will become the cloud-oriented self-service deployment platform for the OW2 community. The sustainable marketplace will continue to grow with the OW2 open source code base, international software and services. Follow the community and check out the AppHub website for more events and partnership opportunities: https://apphub.eu.com

About AppHub
AppHub supports the market outreach strategies of EU-supported open source and provides a distribution channel to facilitate the connection between the projects and their potential markets. AppHub received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Visit https://apphub.eu.com 

About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to developing open source software infrastructure and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. The OW2 Consortium hosts some one hundred technology projects, including ASM, Bonita, Chameleon, CLIF, DocDoku, Easybeans, Emerginov, Fractal, FusionDirectory, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, PetalsESB, Prelude, ProActive, SAT4J, Spagic, Spago4Q, SpagoBI, Talend Studio, Telosys, WebLab, XWiki. Visit https://www.ow2.org 

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By supporting AppHub's aspiration to become a key dissemination platform for open source software DreamHost further strengthens its leadership in the OpenStack marketplace.

OpenStack Summit, Barcelona, October 24, 2016 - OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software, and DreamHost, a global leader in web hosting and cloud services for entrepreneurs and developers, are proud to announce their partnership on the AppHub marketplace, DreamHost becomes AppHub’s first Cloud Source Partner.

As an AppHub Cloud Source Partner, DreamHost is now directly linked to the AppHub platform and guarantees optimized self-service deployment to OpenStack to a large number of open source solutions available as ready-to-run VMs from the AppHub marketplace. AppHub Cloud Source Partners provide a distribution channel for open source components and projects.

Attendees at OpenStack Summit in Barcelona, October 24-28, can try the AppHub platform at OW2 booth #A19. Engineers on-site will show visitors how to select pre-configured open source software and download a ready-to-run software image.

“DreamHost is proud to be the first AppHub OpenStack-based Cloud Source Partner. The combination of the DreamHost Cloud with the dozens of ready-to-use enterprise applications on AppHub will provide tremendous value for open source producers, developers and consumers. We're delighted to offer new ways for open source developers to run applications in the cloud,” explains Stefano Maffulli, Director of Community and Marketing at DreamHost.

By early 2017, the AppHub marketplace will become the cloud-oriented self-service deployment platform for the OW2 community. “Browsing the OW2 AppHub marketplace, developers and end-users can select and customize innovative open source software stacks. They are now able to deploy ready-to-run images on their local environments or on their preferred cloud infrastructures including DreamHost's DreamCompute, a leading public cloud in the developer community,” adds OW2 CEO Ce?dric Thomas.

The AppHub marketplace sports some 100 projects and several dozens of read-to-deploy images. The platform is designed and operated by Fraunhofer FOKUS, UShareSoft and OW2. It combines software quality best practices and machine image automation in a free and convenient distribution channel for open source software. Open-source end-users, producers and cloud service providers are welcome to try AppHub now. More events and partnership opportunities on he AppHub website at https://apphub.eu.com

About DreamHost
Since 1997 DreamHost has helped entrepreneurs and developers the world over bring their dreams to life on the Internet. From domain registrations to web hosting and even powerful cloud storage and computing services, more than 400,000 customers trust DreamHost to be their online home. Focused on WordPress and packed with unbelievable value, DreamHost is the best place to launch a blog, website, or web application into the stratosphere. Learn more at www.DreamHost.com.

About AppHub
AppHub supports the market outreach strategies of EU-supported open source and provides a distribution channel to facilitate the connection between the projects and their potential markets. AppHub received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Visit https://apphub.eu.com

About OW2
OW2 is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to developing open source software infrastructure and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. The OW2 Consortium hosts some one hundred technology projects, including ASM, Bonita, Chameleon, CLIF, DocDoku, Easybeans, Emerginov, Fractal, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, PetalsESB, ProActive, SAT4J, Spagic, Spago4Q, SpagoBI, Talend Studio, Telosys, WebLab, XWiki. Visit https://www.ow2.org

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Attendees at CloudForward in Madrid and at the OpenStack Summit in Barcelona are invited to add their own software to the 100 projects and 30 templates already available on the platform.

Madrid, Spain, October 17, 2016 -  OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software, launches a campaign to attract open source software for free distribution on the AppHub cloud-oriented self-service deployment platform at CloudForward, October 18-20, in Madrid, and at the OpenStack Summit, October 24-28, in Barcelona.

Open source software producers and European R&D collaborative projects attending these events are invited to create their own deployable templates on the AppHub platform and validate their participation at the OW2 booth for a chance to win a digital watch.

The AppHub marketplace already showcases some 100 projects and 30 open source ready-to-deploy software. The platform is designed and operated by Fraunhofer FOKUS, UShareSoft and OW2. It combines software quality best practices and machine image automation so as to offer a free and convenient distribution channel. AppHub is made of the following integrated components:

- The AppHub Open Source Directory helps end-users identify and select the project assets.
- The AppHub Store enables end-users to view software installation information, then to import pre-configured software into the AppHub Factory.
- The AppHub Factory generates machine image to the format of the end-user choice, allowing to download the image on a local infrastructure or to publish it to a cloud infrastructure.

All open-source end-users, producers and cloud service providers are welcome to try AppHub and to give their feedback now. Feel free to interact with the AppHub team at CloudForward in Madrid or at OpenStack Summit in Barcelona.
As of January 1st, 2017, AppHub will become the cloud-oriented self-service deployment platform for the OW2 community. The sustainable marketplace will continue to grow with the OW2 open source code base, international software and services. Follow the community and check out the AppHub website for more events and partnership opportunities: https://apphub.eu.com

About AppHub
AppHub supports the market outreach strategies of EU-supported open source and provides a distribution channel to facilitate the connection between the projects and their potential markets. AppHub received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Visit https://apphub.eu.com 

About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to developing open source software infrastructure and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. The OW2 Consortium hosts some one hundred technology projects, including ASM, Bonita, Chameleon, CLIF, DocDoku, Easybeans, Emerginov, Fractal, FusionDirectory, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, PetalsESB, Prelude, ProActive, SAT4J, Spagic, Spago4Q, SpagoBI, Talend Studio, Telosys, WebLab, XWiki. Visit https://www.ow2.org 

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At OW2con'16, open source projects Authzforce, FusionDirectory, Lutece, Nanocloud, and Prelude  receive unique recognition from the community for their contributions to the OW2 code base. 

Paris, September 28, 2016 - OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software, announces the winners of OW2con'16 Best Project Awards. The OW2con Best Project Awards recognize OW2 projects for their outstanding contribution in several categories including innovation, community development, market performance and quality. 

The winners of the OW2con'16 Best Project Awards are: 

• Innovation Award: Nanocloud wins the OW2 Innovation Award, for its outstanding technological breakthrough that makes it possible to run any legacy desktop application in the cloud without a single line of code rewrite. 

• Quality Award: Lutece receives the OW2 Quality Award for the high quality level of its processes and of its documentation which led the project to get recognized as a Mature Project of the OW2 Code Base earlier this year. 

• Community Award: Prelude receives the OW2 Community Award for its success with the IDMEF and IODEF standards which not only got referenced in the Referentiel General d'Interoperabilité in France, but also sparked interest of multiple OW2 project leaders who are considering to develop Prelude agents complying with these standards. 

• Market Award: FusionDirectory wins the OW2 Market Award for its recent success with its customer the TGIR Huma­-Num (Très Grande Infrastructure Numérique) for whom OpenSides has set up a centralized solution for the management of business applications across a large number of sites. 

• Technology Council Special Prize: AuthZForce receives the OW2 Technology Council Special for being the single open source ABAC solution supporting full XACML standard v3.0 with a cloud­ready multi­tenant REST API for both PDP and PAP, and standard­ based XML optimization. 

The OW2con'16 Best Project Awards was organized in the framework of OW2con'16, the community's annual conference organized this year in the Paris Mozilla Space. 

About OW2
OW2 is an independent community dedicated to developing open source code infrastructure (middleware and generic applications) and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. The OW2 Consortium hosts some one hundred technology projects, including ASM, Bonita, Chameleon, CLIF, DocDoku, Easybeans, Emerginov, Fractal, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, PetalsESB, ProActive, SAT4J, Spagic, Spago4Q, SpagoBI, Talend Studio, Telosys, WebLab, XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org

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Les 21 et 22 septembre à Paris, OW2con'16, la conférence annuelle de la communauté OW2 révèle les solutions et les technologies open source de pointe et explore les fondations des programmes open source adaptés au marché.

Paris, le 29 août 2016 – La communauté pour les logiciels d’infrastructures open source OW2 annonce sa conférence annuelle OW2con'16, qui aura lieu les 21 et 22 septembre à l’espace Mozilla de Paris. OW2con'16 propose des présentations et démonstrations de projets, de prestigieux orateurs invités, une table ronde, un déjeuner gratuit et la désormais célèbre fête de la bière OW2 ! L’inscription est gratuite.

Le thème de l’année est "Du code au produit : relever les défis de la distribution des logiciels open source." La conférence explore tous les compléments nécessaires au code informatique pour qu’il devienne un véritable produit. Les présentations révèlent la maturité du logiciel open source, tandis que les témoignages success stories démontrent sa faculté à répondre aux besoins des entreprises. 

Quelques temps forts de la conférence :

• les présentations inaugurales de Craig Box de Google sur Kubernetes et de David Wheeler de l’Institute for Defense Analyses sur le programme CII Best Practices Badge de la Linux Foundation, 
• une session spéciale et une table ronde sur l’adéquation au marché et la qualité du logiciel open source, 
• deux sessions dédiées aux initiatives récentes d’OW2 : OSAi (Open Source Accessibility initiative) consacrée à l’accessibilité et PRISi (Privacy and Security initiative) centrée sur la sécurité et la vie privée. 

Pour la huitième année consécutive, OW2con réunit toute sa communauté et son écosystème international. OW2con'16 rassemble des experts techniques et de la communauté, des architectes logiciels, des développeurs informatiques, des chefs de projets et des décideurs de nombreux pays. 

OW2con’16 a pour but de promouvoir des projets de la base de codes OW2 et des projets issus de la communauté open source mondiale. La conférence offre aux participants une opportunité unique de rencontrer et d’établir des relations avec les membres et les experts technologiques de la communauté, tout en approfondissant leurs connaissances sur les toutes dernières technologies. 

OW2con'16 se tient à l’Espace Mozilla de Paris. Toutes les sessions se déroulent en anglais. L’inscription est gratuite. Pour obtenir plus d’information et s’inscrire, visitez : http://www.ow2con.org.

A propos d’OW2

OW2 est une communauté informatique dédiée au développement de logiciels d'infrastructure en open source et à l’animation d’une communauté et d’un écosystème d'affaires. OW2 héberge une centaine de Projets technologiques dont ASM, Bonita, Chameleon, CLIF, DocDoku, Easybeans, Emerginov, Fractal, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, PetalsESB, ProActive, SAT4J, Spagic, Spago4Q, SpagoBI, Talend Studio, Telosys, WebLab, XWiki. Visitez www.ow2.org

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From September 21-22, in Paris, OW2con'16, the annual conference of the OW2 community will showcase leading edge open source technologies and solutions, and explore the foundations of open source software market readiness.

Paris, August 29, 2016 – OW2, the open source community for infrastructure software announces OW2con’16, the annual community event, which will take place from September 21-22 at the Paris Mozilla Space. OW2con'16 offers project presentations and demonstrations, guest speakers, a roundtable, free lunch and OW2's now legendary free beer party! Registration is free of charge.

This year's theme is "Code to Product: Addressing the delivery challenge of open source software.” The conference will explore what software requires to become an actual product. Presentations will showcase the maturity of open source software while success stories will demonstrate its capability to address the needs of real enterprises. 

Highlights of the conference include:

• keynote presentations by Craig Box of Google on Kubernetes and by David Wheeler of the Institute for Defense Analyses on the Linux Foundation's CII Best Practices Badge program, 
• a special session and roundtable on open source software quality and market readiness, 
• two sessions dedicated to the recently launched OW2 Privacy and Security initiative (PRISi) and OW2 Open Source Accessibility initiative (OSAi). 

Held for the eighth consecutive year, OW2con is the global gathering of the OW2 community and its ecosystem. OW2con'16 brings together the OW2 community and technology experts, software architects, IT developers, project managers and decision-makers from all around the world. 

OW2con’16 aims at promoting OW2 code base projects as well as third party projects from the global open source community. It offers participants a unique opportunity to meet and network with members and technology experts from the community, while enhancing their knowledge of the latest technologies. 

All sessions will be held in English. Registration is free of charge. For more information and registration, please go to: http://www.ow2con.org.

About OW2

OW2 is an independent community dedicated to developing open source software infrastructure and to fostering a vibrant community and business ecosystem. The OW2 Consortium hosts some one hundred technology projects, including ASM, Bonita, Chameleon, CLIF, DocDoku, Easybeans, Emerginov, Fractal, JOnAS, JORAM, JOTM, LemonLDAP:NG, Lutece, PetalsESB, ProActive, SAT4J, Spagic, Spago4Q, SpagoBI, Talend Studio, Telosys, WebLab, XWiki. Visit www.ow2.org

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At OSCON, OW2 announces Open Source Accessibility initiative (OSAi), a new community initiative aimed at fostering vendor-neutral technologies to ensure and manage accross-the-board accessibility.

OSCON, Austin, TX, May 17, 2016 - OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software and application platforms announces the OW2 Open Source Accessibility initiative (OSAi), a community driven initiative designed to develop open source technologies and share best practices in the field of accessibility.

Read the full Open Source Accessibility Initiative Press Release