RTI International is a trade name of Research Triangle Institute 4 th ICT Round-Table Washington, DC, 31 January 2008

Agenda 1.Welcome and introduction Gordon Cressman, Senior Program Director, IDG/ICT, RTI International 2.Open Source Software: Democratizing Content in a Changing Global Climate Tom Rabon, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Red Hat 3.Open floor discussion 4.Next Round-table - Public/Private partnerships: How to encourage private funding to expand ICT in international development projects Group discussion of trends, lessons learned, best practices

Open Source Software: What is it?  Development often a collaborative effort including volunteers  Source code made available under a copyright license  Not necessarily free of license fees, but often is  License addresses redistribution, derived works, integrity of author’s work, and other issues  Good models exist, but must be applied with care

Is it Important in International Development?  Global interest is growing  Latin America: Expanded business and public sector access to IT  Brazil, Peru, Venezuela: promote or require use in public sector to lower costs  China: drives most business and adoption of IP VPN services  Benefits vary based on use and focus  Discussion often clouded by misperceptions  Seldom analyzed dispassionately and objectively The 2006 e-readiness rankings, A white paper from the economist intelligence unit Open Source Software: Perspectives for Development, Paul Dravis, World Bank InfoDev

Why do we use it?  Local ownership and control  Local capacity building  Sustainability  Speed, flexibility, power

What we use it for?  Knowledge sharing & management  Content Management Systems (CMS)  Web 2.0 & social networking  Research data collection & management  Management information systems  Routine health information systems  Systems monitoring, management, server virtualization, redundancy, clustering

ASEAN Member Services & ASEAN Regional Forum Intranet and Extranet Web Sites

Municipal Budget Reform Project, Ukraine USAID Project Web Site, Contract

India Health 2007 Conference Web Site

HealthGov Philippines Project Web Site, Cooperative Agreement

Continuous Medical Education System Iraq Ministry of Health

Zambia Electronic Perinatal Record System (ZEPRS) Electronic First Patient Record and Referral System

Zambia Electronic Perinatal Record System (ZEPRS) Platform Components Platform ComponentSelected Solution Operating SystemRed Hat Enterprise Linux Server BackupArkeia Backup Wireless AuthenticationAEGIS Premium Server Relational DatabaseMySQL ApplicationJava, Struts, JDBC, Apache DBUtils, AJAX – DWR and script.aculo.us, Quartz, Junit, XStream Web Application ServerApache (httpd) Tomcat (servlet container) Cyrus IMAP, Squirrel Mail, Sendmail, Spam Assassin Server Anti-virusAMaVIS

Introduction to Red Hat An Open Source Subscription Services Business Model  Founded in 1993  Premier Linux and open source provider  Most recognized Linux distribution in the world  Subscription support model for enterprise customers  Free and open source distribution for anyone  Headquartered on the NC State Centennial Campus, Research Triangle, NC  Offices in 24 countries in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific