May2010Newsletter

May 2010 Newsletter

OW2 Newsletter - May 2010 - From the OW2 Management Office

Dear OW2 Members, Dear All,

Our high point this month is the launch of the OW2 Open Source Cloudware Initiative.

On May 5, we announce the OW2 Open Source Cloudware Initiative lead by strategic members Bull, France Telecom and INRIA. We believe this is a unique community effort that will help define the future of open source cloud computing. Indeed, there will be no open cloud without open source middleware for the cloud.

Check the OW2 Open Source Cloudware Initiative page here. As we explain in the press release, the Initiative is based upon a bedrock of OW2 projects providing open source solutions for on-demand, scale-out capabilities with overall capacity optimization - the foundations of cloud computing and complex information systems.

The 2010 Programming Contest is open: contestants should register now here and sponsors are still invited to check our sponsoring packages. This year, along with the programming contest, we are organizing a business networking meeting for Chinese and International participants. Join us in Beijing, September 21 (more).

This year the Annual Conference will be held October 13-14 in Paris, France. All info posted and regularly updated here. Save the date!

A quick reminder to project leaders: use the OW2 Forge to tell everybody about your project updates. News will appear on the OW2 home page and in this newsletter! Do not hesitate to write to us if you need help, we are here .

Thank you for your contributions,

Cedric Thomas

PS: follow and contribute to OW2 on Twitter and LinkedIn.

>Project Updates

29 Apr 10: Bonita Open Solution 5.1.1 is available (Posted by: mvaldes)
29 Apr 10: Bench4Q Roadmap is announced (Posted by: duanzhiquan)
29 Apr 10: XWiki Enterprise and XWiki Enterprise Manager 2.2.6 released (Posted by: tmortagne)
29 Apr 10: XWiki Enterprise and XWiki Enterprise Manager 2.3 released (Posted by: jvdrean)
21 Apr 10: XWiki full package appliance available now (Posted by: cnuel)
21 Apr 10: Petals Studio 1.0 released (Posted by: mlebreton)
21 Apr 10: SpagoBI Analytical Appliance (Posted by: scamuzzo)
21 Apr 10: XWiki Enterprise 2.2.5 released (Posted by: tmortagne)
21 Apr 10: XWiki Enterprise Manager 2.2.5 released (Posted by: tmortagne)
21 Apr 10: XWiki Enterprise 2.3 Release Candidate 1 released (Posted by: jvdrean)
21 Apr 10: Orchestra 4.4.0 is available (Posted by: lejeuneg)
21 Apr 10: Telosys 1.0.4 (Posted by: lguerin)
21 Apr 10: SpagoBI 2.5 now available ! (Posted by: cazzin)
21 Apr 10: Petals ESB now has a SE Talend (Posted by: mlebreton)

>Community News

OW2 Election and next board meeting

The results of the election were published on Thursday April 15, here. The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be held May 19.

OW2 Open Source Cloudware Initiative launch

OW2 is launching its Open Source CloudWare Initiative this week. OW2 members and non-members alike are invited to join this unique community effort. More.

Solutions Cloud Computing

OW2 will be exhibiting at the Solutions Cloud Computing trade show and conference in Paris, May 5-6, 2010. A unique opportunity to position the Consortium in this exciting new trend. More.

OSCON

OW2 will once agin exhibit at OSCON on July 19-23, in Portland, Oregon. That same week we will also attend the Community Leadership Summit. Will you be there? Let us know! More.

OW2 Annual Conference: Save the date!

The 2010 OW2 Annual Conference will be held 13-14 October, in Paris. The two-day event will be packed with presentations and round tables. More.

OW2 programming contest: registration is open

Come and demonstrate your programming skills! Register here. We have over 30 topics for you and, of course, we are still welcoming sponsors. More.

On the OW2 Infrastructure

OW2 has negotiated an agreement with UShareSoft granting all OW2 projects the benefits of the UShareSoft Community Account. Projects leaders can now make their projects available as pre-configured software appliances. More.

In the OW2 Business Ecosystem

Engineering has contributed a new success story - Directorate General for Regional Policy of the European Commission - and anounces a software appliance with Ingres -SpagoBI Analytical Appliance for Ingres RDBMS - more on the BI Initiative page.