Posts Tagged: Open source

Countdown to Drupal Gov Days 2013: Check out these sessions and keynote speakers!

Looking for the future of the Drupal Project or maybe wondering what kind of open source projects are going on at DoD or maybe even in…Canada? On August 14th and August 15th (Wednesday and Thursday) at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Drupal4Gov and Mil-OSS are pulling together a fabulous open source event andRead… Read more »

Countdown to Drupal Gov Days 2013: Register Soon! Gov Days is Only Six Weeks Away

Drupal Gov Days is back and it’s bigger than last year’s smash event! The 2012 Drupal Gov Days had 300+ attendees for a day of sessions on cutting-edge open source applications and topics. For the 2013 event, we have expanded to two days and anticipate 500 attendees from the open source government and contractor community.Read… Read more »

Join Us – Agency of the Future Series: The Impact of Open Source Technology Survey

Agency of the Future Series: The Impact of Open Source Technology Survey GovLoop is working on the Agency of the Future Series, which is a series of reports, interviews and in-person and online trainings. This survey will focus on how open source technology can help create the agency of the future. Together we will exploreRead… Read more »

Join Us – Agency of the Future Series: Cloud Computing Survey

Agency of the Future Series: Cloud Computing Survey GovLoop is working on the Agency of the Future Series, which is a series of reports, interviews and in-person and online trainings. This survey will focus on how cloud technology can help create the agency of the future. Together we will explore the best practices and caseRead… Read more »

To Infinity And Beyond – Using Open Data to Create Space Apps.

Sol is the world’s first interplanetary weather app, it integrates weather data from the Curiosity rover on Mars with weather data from here on Earth. The app was developed by Ingenology for the NASA Space App Challenge. Mike Wilson is the President of Ingenology. He told Chris Dorobek on the DorobekINSIDER program that the appRead… Read more »

Democratizing Softwares: Bristol City Council’s Open Source Strategy Success Story

Last week I wrote about how “What Open Source & Open Standards means to Government and citizens” in response to the open standards consultation that is currently running until the end of April 2012. This time I’m going to bring to you one of those rare but truly inspiring case studies for open source inRead… Read more »

Open-Source Alternatives to Proprietary Enterprise Software

I’ve said in the past, that open-source’s lack of adoption in the enterprise space is due, at least in part, to the lack of “focus-group tested ammunition“. Today, I hope the community can help even the odds with this collaboratively edited list of open-source alternatives to typical government and enterprise software needs I was thrilledRead… Read more »