OW2 - Open Source Software for Corporate Information Systems

Open Research Webinars

Open Collaboration in European Research Projects

World Health Organization: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public

Project of the month: DocDokuPLM

DocDokuPLM is a robust state-of-the-art open source PLM (Product LifeCycle Management) solution. DocDokuPLM won the 2015 OW2 Best Project Community Award.

OW2con'21: Leveraging the European Open Source Ecosystem 1.0

The OW2con'21 Call for Presentations is closed.
Please visit the conference website and check out the sponsorship prospectus.

Open Research Webinars - June 1, 2021 1.05

Next instalment of the webinar series we launched in cooperation with the Eclipse Foundation to introduce european software research projects that help shape the future of open source software and the IT industry.

FASTEN Virtual Workshop, April 8, 2021 1.06

OW2 co-organizes with FASTEN H2020 European project a workshop on "Risk Mitigation with Software Composition Analysis and Dependency Management".

OW2 2021 Board Election 1.1

The OW2 election of the Board of Directors process has ended now and the new Board of Directors for the year 2021 is announced.

OW2 Welcomes Recommendations in MP Eric Bothorel's Report

The OW2 community supports the recommendation of the French Parliamentary mission to set up a central open source competency center and offers to help by sharing its expertise.

OW2 Co-signs Op-ed Article Endorsing MP Bothorel's Report.

OW2 CEO Cedric Thomas co-signs op-ed in Le Monde with Stefane Fermigier and Prof. Roberto Di Cosmo in support of MP Eric Bothorel's recommendation to set up a specialized open source bureau for the French administration.

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What is OW2

OW2 is an independent, non-profit community organisation dedicated to promoting industry-grade open source software for corporate information systems and to fostering their business ecosystems.

Why Join OW2

Make a stand, focus your open source efforts, help steer the community, increase your open source visibility, promote your projects, and join renowned industry leaders, SMEs, academics and individuals.

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OW2 hosts some one hundred open source projects spanning application platforms, components, middleware, cloudware and tools for the development, deployment and management of distributed and cloud applications.

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At OW2 it usually starts with an open source project. We provide resources, governance and help build awareness for your project. Checkout the project life cycle and fill in the submission form. Join the code base.

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Facilitate the market adoption of your project with our suite of freely accessible quality tools and with OW2's unique Market Readiness Levels project assessment program.

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The Good Governance initiative develops a blueprint to help implement corporate-wide open source policies and improve the competitiveness and sustainability of the European open source ecosystem.

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Leveraging open source to foster collaborative innovation is a powerful strategy. OW2 is an experienced Open Source Software community for collaborative R&D projects. We provides community support and dissemination services and community building services to multinational open source collaborative projects and large collaborative R&D projects. In particular, OW2 has established itself as the reference dissemination and community platform for complex government-supported, open source-oriented projects.