May 2012 Newsletter
>Project News
>Project Updates
02 May 12: XWiki Enterprise and Enterprise Manager 4.0 Released (Posted by: tmortagne)
29 Apr 12: XWiki Enterprise and Enterprise Manager 3.5.1 Released (Posted by: sdumitriu)
19 Apr 12: First WebLab Bundle Released (Posted by: a-saval)
17 Apr 12: Talend Open Studio for Data Integration 5.1.0RC1 available (Posted by: pcoffre)
17 Apr 12: SpagoBI 3.4 now available! (Posted by: bernabei)
11 Apr 12: XWiki Enterprise 4.0 Release Candidate 1 Released (Posted by: sdumitriu)
05 Apr 12: JOnAS 5.3.0 M6 available (Posted by: benoitf)
05 Apr 12: XWiki Enterprise 4.0 Milestone 2 Released (Posted by: tmortagne)
>New Projects
One new project has been accepted in the OW2 code base:
SugarCRM: CRM software suite, built on a LAMP stack and providing full sales, support, and marketing automation for all types of organizations. World leader in its category, it has been downloaded over 10 million times since 2005.
>Community News
New! CompatibleOne White-Paper
Download the white-paper here; it provides a comprehensive overview the architecture and introduces the core concepts of CompatibleOne, the first the Open Source Cloud Broker. More.
New! OW2 Project Success Story
France Telecom-Orange deploys OW2 JOnAS and OW2 JORAM for its mission-critical business applications. More.
XLcloud Public Website Open
OW2 is a partner in the XLcloud collaborative project. We are pleased to announce the project website at http://www.xlcloud.org. More.
Brazil Open Source Solutions Roadshow
The 2012 OW2 Open Source Solutions Roadshow in Brazil, May 8-11, showcasing SpagoBI, eXo Platform and Bonita witll stop off in Sao Paulo, Brazilia and Rio De Janeiro. More.
Berlin Open Source Day 2012
The 2012 Berlin Open Source Day will take place on May 29th in the Fraunhofer FOKUS Institute. This year's topic is "Open Cloud". More.
OW2 Programming Contest
Register now! Participants must now select their subject from the list of topics. Once you have selected a topic, go to the Registration page for registration instructions. More.
Solutions Linux
Come and visit us at Solutions Linux on June 19-21, Paris La Défense. OW2 and its collaborative projects will be showcased together with other projects and community members: ActiveEon (ProActive), Engineering (SpagoBI) and INRIA. Do not miss the OW2 Conference Track in the afternoon of June 20. More.
China Open Source Week
The China Open Source Week 2012 website is now open and we are now ready to launch the promotion of the event. Check out the COSW'12 sponsorship opportunities. More.
Technology Council
The next OW2 Technology Council face to face meeting will be held at Solutions Linux, June in Paris. A meeting by IRC will be held before mid-May (date to be confirmed soon). More.
>Outlook
Cloud Expo Santa Clara
We are planning the global launch of the CompatibleOne open source cloud broker at Cloud Expo Santa Clara on November 5-8, 2012. More details coming soon, Stay tuned! More.
OSCON
OW2 has applied for a booth in the .org area of the OSCON exhibition floor. Availability is limited to 15 .orgs, so we will let you know in the next newsletter if we have been selected.
OW2con'12
OW2con'12, the OW2 community annual conference, is scheduled for November 28-29 and will take place again at Orange Labs in Issy Les Moulineaux in Paris. Check out the Call For Presentations and Sponsorship opportunities to be launched soon!
Dear OW2 Members, dear All,
This month we are reaching out to promote our projects and meet with our members. Join us next week in Brazil for an OW2 première: the OW2 Open Source Solutions Brazil Roadshow. The OW2 caravan will stop off in the country's three main business hubs to present some outstanding OW2 projects which include the CompatibleOne open source broker, SpagoBI, eXo Platform and Bonita. Later in May, we will be in Beijing to launch the promotion of the China Open Source Week 2012. COSW'12 will be held this year in Beijing, Nanjing and Wuxi. Sponsors welcome! Download the sponsorship prospectus here.
Exciting news on the technology side. First, we are pleased to announce that SugarCRM, the world's leading open source CRM software suite, is now a new project in the OW2 code base. Second, we take this opportunity to announce the availability of the long-awaited CompatibleOne white paper; download it to discover the logical model and core concepts of The Open Source Cloud Broker.
I'd like to finish by welcoming two new members to the OW2 Management Office, George Lu, our new China Local Chapter Coordinator, and Brian Henry, our new Collaborative Project Coordinator.
Thank you for your on-going support,
Cedric Thomas
PS: Project leaders: Do not forget to use the OW2 Forge to tell everybody about your project updates. News will appear on the OW2 forge, our home page and in this newsletter