From 30 October to 7 November 2014, Paris hosted the Open Source Week. That was an opportunity to show the growing influence of open source code in mobile applications and cloud infrastructure in particular.

Several open source projects are already winning in such a way that IT and telecommunication giants are rallying them. This is the case of Hadoop in Big Data, and OpenStack now virtualizing many features and improving network orchestration in its Juno version unveiled in Paris.

"The true open source 's challenge is to transform technical developments in software components actually used by market participants", said Cédric Thomas, OW2 CEO.

Users and providers are looking for interoperable cloud solutions, able to overcome the adherence between applications, platforms and infrastructure.

"For OW2, the solution lies in open standards such as DMTF' OVF protocol (Open Virtualization Format) or Open Grid Forum' OCCI interface (Open Cloud Computing Interface). A project like OpenCloudware, presented at OpenStack Summit, manage the whole lifecycle of applications regardless the underlying cloud technologies. It's ambitious but ultimately it is perfectly feasible", according to Cédric Thomas.

This article in Solutions IT also lists the four open source awards presented at the OW2con'14 annual conference. Read the full article online (French)

A l’occasion de l'Open Cloud Day d’OW2Con'14 qui se déroulait cette année en même temps que l’OpenStack Summit, à Paris en début de mois, le consortium européen OW2 a indiqué qu’il travaillait sur une initiative dédiée à la sécurité.

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Florent Zara, CTO Henix, a présidé l'Open World Forum 2014, le premier forum libre et open source européen qui s’est déroulé les 30 et 31 octobre à Paris. Il résume cette édition et ses temps forts, à commencer par la sécurité et la confidentialité des données.
Florent Zara remercie toute la communauté OW2 pour son implication dans le programme 2014, ses conférences sur les innovations collaboratives et le sommet des communautés libres, 

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OW2 launches Security and Privacy Initiative at Open Source Week in Paris.  

In the following video interview, Cédric Thomas, CEO of OW2, answers to Guy Hervier, editor-in-chief of  InformatiqueNews French web portal.  
He reveals OW2 cloud computing news, with the launch of OpenCloudware and XLCloud at OpenStack Summit Paris.
He also explains how the RISCOSS platform will extend OW2 SQuAT (Software Quality Assurance and Trustworthiness).

• Video Interview of Cedric Thomas (French)
• More information about Open Source Week

See article in French about OW2con'14 in Solutions IT & Logiciels. 

Date: October 17, 2014. 

Click [here>http://solutions-logiciels.com/actualites.php?titre=Conference-OW2con14-capitaliser-sur-lecosysteme-open-source-mondial&actu=15074] to see the article. 

In Global Security Magazine, Cherche Midi Expo CEO Denis Remy, the Cloud Computing World Expo organizer (in Paris, 9-10 April 2014) mentions the Open Cloud Forum by OW2 as a key highlight for 2014 edition. See the full French interview below.

GS Mag : Quels seront les moments forts du programme 2014 ?

Denis Remy : Il y a plusieurs types de moments forts à partager sur les stands des exposants, tout d’abord, qui dévoilent de nouveaux services et des produits innovants sur le salon, avec de nombreuses offres promotionnelles pour les visiteurs. Nos 63 ateliers et conférences aident à découvrir ces solutions concrètes en détails, puis à croiser les retours d’expériences. Enfin, l’Open Cloud Forum du 9 avril dès 14h, réunit la communauté des développeurs et utilisateurs de projets cloud open source. Organisé par l’association OW2, ce forum fournit des démonstrations très visuelles des plateformes PaaS OpenCloudware et InGeoClouds, des projets Ocean, ModaClouds et OSSMeter, sans oublier les débats pour faciliter le choix et l’intégration de composants open cloud dans son système d’informations.

• Read the full interview of Denis Remy in Global Security Mag
• More information about Open Cloud Forum in Paris, 9 April 2014
• More information about Cloud Computing World Expo, Paris, 9-10 April 2014

At China Cloud Computing Conference, CSDN.net editorial staff asked Cédric Thomas, CEO of OW2, about his perception of open source in the software and services market. 

Future development trends and the OW2 programming contest were also raised during this international exchange.

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The Open Cloud Forum Series are events dedicated to promoting open source cloud projects and market offerings as well as awareness for interoperability in the cloud. The Open Cloud Forum Series leverage OW2's open source expertise and its support for many open cloud projects. The next two events in 2014 will be organised in Paris and in Brussels.

The Open Cloud Forum at Cloud Expo Europe 2014 is designed for technical attendees and project managers. They will acquire technical knowledge on the main open IaaS platforms and discover and learn about major open cloud technologies, including European Commission-supported collaborative projects and cloud initiatives from the OW2 community.

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"Pour la deuxième fois cette année, les OW2con Best Project Awards ont récompensés quatre projets open source. Et les gagnants sont..."

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Article author: Michelle Boisvert, TechTarget

Mention the words "open source" to IT pros interested in adopting cloud computing, and their ears likely will perk up. Open source software offers a solution to the vendor lock-in concerns many enterprises have with committing to a cloud platform. And cloud platforms like the OpenStack Foundation, which fosters 'coopitition' among seeming competitors in the hot cloud computing market, give companies the option to build interoperable open source clouds. But what options do enterprises have when seeking open source PaaS?
Cédric Thomas, CEO of OW2

SearchCloudComputing spoke with Cédric Thomas, chief executive officer of OW2, a Paris-based, independent community focused on creating a code base of open source software for cloud computing. Similar to Apache and the OpenStack Foundation, OW2 concentrates on infrastructure software as well as the tools to develop, deploy and manage applications for approximately 100 projects over a 60-member community that's 22,000 developers strong.

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