Widenius sijoittaa IT Milliin

  11.11.2008  Jäsenet tiedottavat

Toinen MySQL:n perustajista ja maailmalla mainetta niittänyt open source -guru Michael ”Monty” Widenius sijoittaa suomalaiseen RIA-työkaluja kehittävään IT Milliin. Widenius kertoo luottavansa IT Millin tulevaisuuteen, yhtiön omaavien houkuttelevien tuotteiden ja selkeän näkemyksen vuoksi. Sijoituksensa myötä Widenius siirtyy myös yrityksen johtoryhmään. Widenius uskoo avoimen lähdekoodin pystyvän 30% osuuteen Suomen ohjelmistomarkkinoilla ja näkee Suomessa olevan 10-15 potentiaalista sijoituskohdetta.

Press release: A large amount of public procurements may be illegal in the EU

  03.11.2008  COSS tiedottaa

A recent study by Open Forum Europe (OFE) has shown that 25% of all the procurements published in EU’s Tenders Electronic Daily service from 1.2. to 25.4.2008 may brake legistlation. These procurement documents (34 of them) contained mentions about software brand names, which is against the law.

Read the whole press release and report

Tiedote: EU:ssa merkittävä osa julkisista tietotekniikan tarjouspyynnöistä voi rikkoa lakia

  03.11.2008  COSS tiedottaa

COSS Tiedote 3.11.2008, julkaistavissa heti

Julkisissa hankinnoissa avoimuus ja läpinäkyvyys hankintoja tehtäessä on rehdin kilpailun ehto. Organisaatiot pyrkivät ottamaan työssään nämä periaatteet huomioon monilla eri tavoilla.

Open source procurement guide open for comments

  14.10.2008  COSS tiedottaa

Open source procurement guide for Finnish public sector is available for comments. The guide, prepared by COSS, is intended to publish as a Public Administration Recommendation.

Recommendation draft and instructions how to send feedback are available at http://www.jhs-suositukset.fi//web/guest/alho-palautep2008-10-13 (only in Finnish). Please send your feedback before 10th October 2008.

Avoimen lähdekoodin hankintaopas kommentoitavana

  14.10.2008  COSS tiedottaa

JHS-jaosto pyytää palautetta Suomen open source -keskus COSSin tuottamasta suositusluonnoksesta Avoimen lähdekoodin hankintaopas. Suosituksen tarkoitus on opastaa julkisen hallinnon organisaatioita avoimen lähdekoodin ohjelmistojen hankinnassa ja käyttöönotossa. Lisäksi se tarjoaa perustietoa avoimesta lähdekoodista ja sen hankintaan liittyvistä juridisista kysymyksistä.

Avoin lähdekoodi ei ole tavaraa

  11.10.2008  Uutiset

Linkki: Talouselämä: Avoin lähdekoodi ei ole tavaraa

Nagios keeps watch at KCI Konecranes

  23.09.2008  Uutiset

Seclan Oy constructed IT maintenance system for KCI Konecranes based on
open source solution. Low cost and adaptability convinced KCI
Konecranes that Seclan’s Nagios-based offer was the best one to fill
the needs of the company.

The whole case study is available only in Finnish.

Turva-Tane filtering Internet traffic

  23.09.2008  Uutiset

Turva-Tane
by Xetpoint Oy is utilized in filtering web traffic in province-wide
network of Northern Karelia. The solution is based on open proxy server
Squid and filter extension squidGuard. With 13 200 workstations and 17
000 users in the network, filtering unwanted traffic has a huge effect
on both usability and security of the network.

The whole case study is available only in Finnish. To read it, click the ”suomeksi” link in the top navigation.

Linux succeeds at schools

  22.09.2008  Uutiset

Linux based client-server system is cost efficient and fits to the
school environment perfectly. With a centralized solution maintanance
is easy and tailored desktop for the teaching brings efficiency to the
learning.

Vitikkala school in Jämsä decided to order a Linux based client-server system to their new media and computer room.

OpenGroupware for a furniture reseller

  22.09.2008  Uutiset

Open
source OpenGroupware software outwitted others when Maskun Kalustetalo
Oy, a furniture reseller chose their new groupware software.

The whole case study is available only in Finnish.

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http://www.opengroupware.org/
http://www.masku.com/
Tietoteema Ltd.

Pupesoft suits for medical wholesale trade

  22.09.2008  Uutiset

Open source software Pupesoft proved to be most efficient as wholesale
trader of medical eguipment, Walki Medical Oy, needed a financial
management system. Because the company wanted the system to be
integrated with its current e-marketing environment, ability to
customize the system was a key feature. The software was distributed by
Kilocode Oy.

The whole case study is available only in Finnish. To read it, click the ”suomeksi” link in the top navigation.

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New information systems created for learning in Kauniainen

  19.09.2008  Uutiset

Finnish schools in Kauniainen got rid of their IT problems by changing to Ubuntu Linux and LTSP based solution. The solution made it possible to focus on learning and enhance the use of IT in teaching, but to reduce the need of resources at the same time.

The schools bought 120 thin Linux clients and did a service contract with Opinsys Oy, who will be responsible for administrating and developing the system when needed. The system has about 1200 users overall in three schools.

Services

  19.09.2008  Uutiset

COSS services are targeted for COSS members and their business and technology partners providing, utilizing, or supporting open source products, services, and solutions.

Partners

  18.09.2008  Uutiset

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