Open Source in the Enterprise Open Source – Are You Engaged? There is “still an insufficient perception of the value of Open Source to the Customer” -- Bruce Perens  How many of your enterprises have incorporated open source code into your systems? (internal, embedded, product)  How many of your enterprises consider themselves “members” of the open source community?  How many of your enterprises have engaged the open source community in the development of your software systems?  How many of your enterprises make use of established open source products within your enterprise?  Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP, PERL, Sendmail, …

Open Source in the Enterprise Open Source Engagements  Procurement, implementation, integration and deployment of existing Open Source products  Participation in existing Open Source projects with subsequent use within the Enterprise  Starting and managing an Open Source project with or without initial IP contribution  Starting and managing an Enterprise project using Open Source processes internally

Open Source in the Enterprise Open Group Challenge – Business Issues  Critical Business Issues  IPR  Software Patents, Licensing, TCPA & MDCA implications  Confidence  Mission Critical Open Source?  Integration  Interfaces, Standards, Skills  Support  External vs Internal, Skills, etc.  Business case  TCO, Risk, etc.

Open Source in the Enterprise Open Group Challenge – Foundations  What can The Open Group do to facilitate addressing these issues?  What can / should be standardized?  How could / should one ensure that Open Source apps conform to standards?  What is claimed? What does it mean?  How could / should one certify Open Source?  Applications? Infrastructure?  What role could / should The Open Group play in homesteading?  How does The Open Group build strong relationships with the Open Source community?

Open Source in the Enterprise Open Group Challenge – Possible Activities  What Open Source Projects might be initiated within The Open Group  How can Boundaryless Information Flow be enabled by Open Source?  How can we define useful ‘lumps of functionality’ (TOGAF Building Blocks?) in the application and infrastructure arenas?  Might we establish guidelines for engaging Open Source within the Enterprise?  What might be some potential Open Source opportunities of interest to Open Group members?

Open Source in the Enterprise Ideas from Cannes (replay) Cannes Burlingame Today Tomorrow Act! Open Source Developers continue as is Groups share how to do OSBBs Open Source ready for consumption Value chain Architectur e Tested, works The quick brown fox Secure demo  Define & operate infrastructure for communities to agree, publish and license open source BBs (“product” feel, but open core)  Forum in which open source projects (esp. “captive” ones) can share experiences, record best practices for re-use, get guidance on legal issues  Open Source BBs inside TOGAF  IOP-Fests for open source projects  Projects demonstrating open source in customer projects License Spec, version Compatibility map

Open Source in the Enterprise Objectives for this afternoon  Broaden the engagement among members  Cannes focus was informative and exploratory  Burlingame focus is on opportunities and next steps  Identify candidate opportunities  Identify opportunities of interest to members  Possibly from within Technical Forums  Agree on a few candidate work projects  Solicit volunteers for engagement  Initiate planning for project success Cannes Burlingame Today Tomorrow Act!

Open Source in the Enterprise Open Source in the Enterprise, Today  Technology Perspective  Good penetration in opportunistic areas  Proponents are technical experts, heated engagement demonstrates their commitment to progress  Business Perspective  Few use Open Source strategically in mainstream IT  Proponents are seldom business experts, they tend to adhere to an “underground” mindset  Opponents are concerned and skeptical, they need to be convinced of new approach viability  Balance Point  Very conservative, even when positive business case can be made Cannes Burlingame Today Tomorrow Act!

Open Source in the Enterprise Open Source in the Enterprise, Tomorrow?  Technology Perspective  Open Source process excels within the Enterprise  Shares knowledge among organizations  Leverages technical resources and skills across organizations  Open Source extends the Enterprise  Engages knowledge and skills beyond the Enterprise  Keeps innovation alive through the “Commons”  Business Perspective  New cross-Enterprise business patterns drive the “Commons”  System infrastructure  Application infrastructure  Commoditization  Proprietary value focused on new inventions  Commonly developed solutions to common problems  Balance Point  As aggressive as necessary  Open Source is the strategic core of infrastructure Cannes Burlingame Today Tomorrow Act!

Open Source in the Enterprise Today’s agenda  Part 1 – Strategic use of Open Source  Open Source in Enterprise IT – experiences  Identify opportunities  Develop a rational way to make Open Source part of the Enterprise Architecture (add to TOGAF?)  Technical Forum opportunities  Part 2 – Best practices  Identify issues and best practices,  Develop a compendium of best practices  Part 3 – Report and attract  Use the BoF to expand participation  Goal 1: Collect critical factors regarding Open Source within The Open Group membership  Goal 2: Identify at least 2 work areas with sufficient interest to start work Cannes Burlingame Today Tomorrow Act!