At OpenStack Summit in Austin, OW2 reveals AppHub, the open source vendor-neutral and OpenStack friendly marketplace.

Austin (TEXAS), USA, April 25, 2016 - OW2  the global community for open source infrastructure software and application platforms, is exhibiting on booth #B32 at OpenStack Summit Austin, showcasing the AppHub open source marketplace. The AppHub project allows seamless deployment of open source software to OpenStack public or private infrastructures. It combines the services for vendors to reach out the market, easing continuous configuration and delivery of enterprise cloud applications or services.

AppHub three main components are:

1. the Directory provides information about R&D projects, industrial and SME software.
2. the Factory builds software appliances for physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures.
3. the Store offers a selection of enterprise sofware, ready-to-run on a physical, virtual or cloud infrastructure, including OpenStack.

The AppHub project is supported by the European Commission, and brings together the OW2 community, UShareSoft software vendor and Fraunhofer Fokus research institute.

For more information about AppHub technologies and services at OpenStack Summit Austin:

1. Visit the market place demo theater, on Thursday April 28 at 12:40am
2. Follow the TechTalks session, on Thursday April 28 at 2:00pm
3. Meet the AppHub project team and ask your questions on OW2 booth #B32
   Visit the AppHub website : https://www.apphub.eu.com

Contacts

OW2 Management Office - mo@ow2.org
Press: Catherine Nuel - catherine.nuel@ow2.org

OW2 brings open cloud demonstrations and presentations from international expert speakers.

London, UK, April 12, 2016 -  OW2 is exhibiting at Cloud Europe Expo, April 12-13, in London ExCel center, on booth CF9. The global community for open source infrastructure software and application platforms, is contributing to the conference programme, with 14 Open Cloud sessions and a public Panel.

While visiting the show, attendees can ask for software demonstrations from OW2 members and partners such as ActiveEon, Ikoula and from three European collaborative projects:

• AppHub, the European open source marketplace
• OCCIware, the framework for managing everything as a service
• CHOReVOLUTION, automated synthesis of dynamic, secured choreographies for Internet 

“We are delighted to present the outcomes of three outstanding collaborative projects involving European industry partners and researchers, and innovative open cloud solutions from two fast-growing companies in Europe", says Cédric THOMAS, CEO of OW2.

The Open Cloud Park Sessions are starting Tuesday April 12, 2016 with presentations from:

• Steven Mogg, Suse ; Nicolas Trauwaen, Ikoula ; Steven Willmott, Open API Initiative
• Dov Litmanovitz, StratoScale ; Denis Caromel, ActiveEon ; Giuliano Casale, DICE project
• Andrew Cheel, Unify ; Cédric Thomas, AppHub Project

On Wednesday April 13, 2016, you'll be able to attend more presentations from:

• Cédric Carbone, Nanocloud ; Marc Dutoo, OCCIware ; Massimiliano Rak, SPECS Project  
• Lee Carter, Bright Computing ; Simon Briggs and Patrick Fitzgerald, Suse
• Philippe Massonnet, BEACON project. 

Do not miss the Panel Session on April 13 at 12:00, moderated by Cédric THOMAS, OW2 CEO, in the Service Provider & Cloud Ecosystem Technology Theatre: 

• Why should you care about open source software and open standards?
  With Marc Dutoo, Open Wide ; Steven Willmott, OpenAPI Initiative, Alan Sill, Open Grid Forum.

For more information:

• Please visit the Cloud Expo Europe London 2016.   
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Paris, March 30, 2016 - OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software and application platforms announces the new Board of Directors, in charge from March 22, 2016 to March, 21, 2017. The board has re-elected Yury Glikman as its Chairperson and President of OW2 for the second consecutive year. 

A long-term board member of OW2, Dr. Yury Glikman is a researcher and a group leader at Fraunhofer FOKUS in Berlin. His group is currently working on open data and IoT platforms for Public Sector with a special focus on technical interoperability.

"OW2 should strengthen its position as a recognized centre of excellence for Open Source Governance. A significant amount of work has been done in this direction during the previous years. OW2 is now well positioned to foster methods and practices that both commercial and academic Open Source projects can refer to", declared Yury Glikman, OW2 Chairperson of the Board.

Wei-Tek Tsai (Beihang University) and Yury Glikman (Fraunhofer FOKUS) were candidates. We are greatly appreciative to Wei-Tek Tsai for his continuous support of the OW2 Board.

The new Chairperson of the Board was officially announced during the OW2 General Assembly, at Cloud Computing World Expo, March 23, in Paris. Find more information about OW2 presence at Cloud Computing World Expo 2016

The OW2 community announces the Open Cloud Village at Cloud Computing World Expo Paris showcasing two open source software vendors and three collaborative projects.

Paris, France, March 23, 2016 - OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software and application platforms, is exhibiting at Cloud Computing World Expo, March 23-24, in Paris, Porte de Versailles Hall 5.1. The international association leads the Open Cloud Village on booth G07 with innovative cloud solutions from ActiveEon and Nanocloud software vendors, and the AppHub, OCCIware and CHOReVOLUTION collaborative projects.
 
“We are delighted to present the outcomes of three outstanding collaborative projects involving European industry partners and researchers, along with innovative open cloud solutions from two fast-growing companies based in France", says Cédric THOMAS, CEO of OW2. 

While visiting the Open Cloud Village, attendees can take their chance to win a connected watch. They can validate their participation in the draw after attending at least three presentations on the booth G07 among ActiveEon ProActive, Nanocloud, AppHub, OCCIware and CHOReVOLUTION. The draw will take place on March 24 at 16:00.

Do not miss the Open Cloud Forum by OW2 sessions on March 23, from 14:00 to 18:00 with:

• 14:00-14:55 Presentations: AppHub, OCCIware, CHOReVOLUTION, OSCAR quality program
• 15:00-15:55 Panel 1: Cloud computing and open source: Is there a right governance strategy for open source software in the organizations? Animated by Ce?dric THOMAS (OW2) avec Ce?dric CARBONE (Nanocloud), Ludovic DUBOST (XWiki) Alexandre LEFEBVRE (UshareSoft), Quentin PATOU (Scalair) and Nicolas TRAUWAEN (Ikoula). 
• 16:00-16:55 Panel 2: Cloud, IoT and smart transportation: how to develop in a cloudified world? animated by Stéphane LAURIERE (OW2) with Denis CAROMEL (ActiveEon), Marc DUTOO (Open Wide), Yousri KOUKI (Linagora) and Guillaume LAFORGE (OpenAPI Initiative).
• 17:00-17:55 Panel 3: Cloud computing and Security: securing cloud access and providing end-to-end traceability, animated by Olivier BOUZEREAU (OW2) with Sébastien KELLER (Thales), Benoit MORTIER (OpenSides) and Clément Oudot (Savoir-Faire-Linux).

La communaute? OW2 pre?sente le Village Open Cloud au salon Cloud Computing World Expo Paris avec deux e?diteurs de logiciels open source et trois projets collaboratifs.

Paris, le 23 mars 2016 - OW2, la communaute? internationale des logiciels d'infrastructure et des plateformes applicatives open source, expose sur le salon Cloud Computing World Expo, les 23 et 24 mars a? Paris, Porte de Versailles dans le Hall 5.1. L'association pre?sente sur le Village Open Cloud du stand G07 les solutions cloud des e?diteurs ActiveEon et de Nanocloud ainsi que les projets collaboratifs AppHub, OCCIware et CHOReVOLUTION.

“Nous sommes ravis de montrer les re?sultats de trois projets collaboratifs remarquables qui impliquent des partenaires industriels et des chercheurs Europe?ens, ainsi que les solutions cloud ouvertes et innovantes provenant de deux e?diteurs Franc?ais en forte croissance", de?clare Ce?dric THOMAS, le CEO d'OW2.
Lors de leur de?couverte du Village Open Cloud, les visiteurs du salon peuvent tenter leur chance et gagner une montre connecte?e. Ils valident leur participation au tirage au sort en participant a? trois de?monstrations au moins sur le stand G07, parmi ActiveEon ProActive, Nanocloud, AppHub, OCCIware et CHOReVOLUTION. Le tirage au sort est pre?vu le 24 Mars a? 16:00 sur le stand G07.

Ne ratez pas les sessions suivantes de l'Open Cloud Forum by OW2 le 23 mars de 14:00 a? 18:00 avec :

• 14:00 Pre?sentations AppHub, OCCIware, CHOReVOLUTION et le programme qualite? OSCAR
• 15:00 Table Ronde 1 : Cloud computing et open source : quelle strate?gie de gouvernance pour l'entreprise utilisatrice ? Anime?e par Ce?dric THOMAS (OW2) avec Ce?dric CARBONE (Nanocloud), Ludovic DUBOST (XWiki) Alexandre LEFEBVRE (UshareSoft), Quentin PATOU (Scalair) et Nicolas TRAUWAEN (Ikoula).
• 16:00 Table Ronde 2 : Cloud, IoT et transports intelligents : comment de?velopper dans un monde “cloudifie?” ? anime?e par Ste?phane LAURIERE (OW2) avec Denis CAROMEL (ActiveEon), Marc DUTOO (Open Wide), Yousri KOUKI (Linagora) et Guillaume LAFORGE (OpenAPI Initiative).
• 17:00 Table Ronde 3 : Cloud computing et Securite? : prote?ger les acce?s au cloud et offrir une trac?abilite? de bout-en-bout, anime?e par Olivier BOUZEREAU (OW2) avec Se?bastien KELLER (Thales), Benoit MORTIER (OpenSides) et Cle?ment Oudot (Savoir-Faire-Linux).

At Cloud Computing World Expo 2016, OW2 showcases CHOReVOLUTION Studio, an Integrated Development Environment to develop large-scale applications that integrate IoT and web services.

Paris, France, March 23, 2016 - OW2, he global community for open source infrastructure software and application platforms is exhibiting at Cloud Computing World Expo, March 23-24, in Paris, Porte de Versailles Hall 5.1. The international association announces the alpha release of CHOReVOLUTION Studio, an open source outcome of the H2020 CHOReVOLUTION project.

CHOReVOLUTION Studio is an Eclipse IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that helps develop applications based on automated synthesis of fully distributed, dynamic and secured choreographies. The innovative CHOReVOLUTION Studio allows the transparent reuse of existing software services, and the automated generation of connectors for composing and coordinating these services.

Learn more about CHOReVOLUTION in the Open Cloud Village and OW2 booth G07, at Cloud Computing World Expo 2016 Paris, and during both Open Cloud Forum by OW2 sessions:

1. Se?bastien KELLER, CHOReVOLUTION project coordinator, gives a talk on the project objectives and first results after one year of R&D, March 23, 2016 at 14:00 (Amsterdam room).
2. Se?bastien KELLER will also join the round table “Securing cloud access and providing end-to-end traceability”, with Benoi?t MORTIER, CEO of OpenSides and Cle?ment OUDOT, Security expert at Savoir Faire Linux, March 23, 2016 at 16:00 (Amsterdam room).

Visit the OW2 booth G07 at Cloud Computing World Expo 2016, and ask for a CHOReVOLUTION presentation. Take this opportunity to win a connected watch. To validate your participation, attend at least two more presentations on the Open Cloud Village: ActiveEon ProActive, AppHub, Nanocloud and OCCIware. The draw will take place on March 24 at 16:00.

About CHOReVOLUTION

CHOReVOLUTION provides a development environment to design innovative applications in areas such as smart cities and intelligent transportation systems. It integrates existing services, connected things and new services through fully distributed choreographies. The CHOReVOLUTION 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 will be published under an open source licence and be publicly made available through the OW2 community. For more information on the project, please visit the website: http://www.chorevolution.eu/

Discover AppHub Marketplace, at Cloud Computing World Expo 2016, OW2 booth G07, with Ready-to-Run Open Cloud Services for the Enterprise.

Paris, France, March 23, 2016 - OW2, OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software and application platforms is exhibiting at Cloud Computing World Expo, March 23-24, in Paris, Porte de Versailles Hall 5.1. The international association demonstrates the AppHub marketplace, a unique distribution channel for free ready-to-use enterprise software. Examples of pre-packaged software include BonitaBPM, SpagoBI, Spago4Q, Hammr and OpenFoam.

Through detailed demonstrations of the AppHub Factory attendees will learn how to generate templates and images that can be seamlessly deployed on any public or private cloud. Currently, 12 cloud formats (including Amazon AWS, MS-Azure, OpenStack, VMware vCloud Director) and 12 virtual formats (including VMware Server, MS-Hyper-V and KVM) are available.

Learn more about AppHub in the Open Cloud Village and OW2 booth G07, at Cloud Computing World Expo 2016 Paris, and during both Open Cloud Forum by OW2 sessions:

1. Alexandre Lefebvre, UShareSoft Professional Services, gives a talk on AppHub, The European Open Source Marketplace, March 23, 2016 at 14:00 (Amsterdam room).
2. Alexandre Lefebvre will also join the roundtable “Cloud computing and open source: Is there a right governance strategy for open source software in the end-user organizations?”

This roundtable, moderated by OW2 CEO Ce?dric THOMAS, will also involve Ludovic DUBOST, CEO of XWiki, Jean-Pierre LORRE from Linagora and Ce?dric CARBONE from Nanocloud, March 23, 2016 at 15:00 (Amsterdam room).

While visiting the Open Cloud Village and OW2 booth G07, ask for an AppHub presentation and you might win a connected watch. To validate your participation, attend at least two more presentations of the other projects showcased in the Open Cloud Village: ActiveEon ProActive, Nanocloud, OCCIware and CHOReVOLUTION. The draw will take place on March 24 at 16:00.

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

Hammr, Spago4Q, DocDoku, and ProActive receive unique recognition from the community for their contribution to the improvement of OW2 code base.

Paris, December 1, 2015 - OW2, the global community for open source infrastructure software, announces the winners of OW2con'15 Best Project Awards. The OW2con Best Project Awards recognize OW2 projects for their outstanding contribution in four categories: innovation, community development, market performance and quality.

Read the full OW2con'15 Awards Press Release

RISCOSS reveals GitHubAnalyser, the public instance of its powerful decision-support platform designed to facilitate open source adoption.

October 26, Amsterdam, OSCON Europe 2015 - The RISCOSS Consortium showcases its open source decision-support platform that facilitates the integration of open source components by mainstream users, system integrators and product developers.
The RISCOSS consortium has recently released a public version “RISCOSS GitHubAnalyzer”, tailored to analyse GitHub projects.

Read the Press release. 

Open Source Software quality and governance will be adressed with a program of world class presentations and one day colocated with the Paris Open Source Summit.

Paris, France, September 1, 2015 – OW2, the open source community for infrastructure software introduces its annual conference OW2con'15, November 17-18 in Paris. This annual community event will bring together technology experts, software architects, IT developers, project managers and decision-makers from all around the world. This year's conference will take place in two different location. 

Read the full OW2con'15 announcement Press Release in French or English