Some days ago I had the opportunity to give a lesson at ALMA Graduate School in Bologna (Italy), within the Master in Business Administration of the Information Systems course by prof. Danilo Montesi. It’s an annual appointment for me, in which I’m honoured to participate as a testimonial.
This is a real opportunity to launch new [...]
Posts Tagged ‘open source’
What’s a Big Data platform?
Monday, April 8th, 2013Actually, I’ve no complete answer to this question. However I know that a Big Data platform should help us to address emerging and future – partially unknown – needs, as well as to start solving present issues.
First of all we need to get a clear insight into the big data context. This blog may be [...]
Open Source Strategies for the Enterprise
Friday, October 19th, 2012Last week, during my flight to Paris, I finally had the chance to read Simon Phipps’ book entitled Open Source Strategies for the Enterprise.
Buy it. Great value at zero price!
I read it quite fast because I already knew its main contents: in fact, the book is a rational selection of Simon’s posts that you can [...]
Next FLOSS events in 2012 that you cannot miss, and I will attend!
Friday, October 19th, 2012I know that the following list may be perceived as self-referral since it includes events in which I will personally take part. However, my aim is also to encourage you to come, if you can. They will be great events. Not all information is available on the related websites yet. Therefore, as an insider, I’ll [...]
How to build an industrial open source policy – Let’s learn from France
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012France is one of the main adopters – or probably the larger adopter – of open source software at the public level.
Last week, at Open World Forum 2012, the French National Council for Open Source Software (CNNL) presented a list of 10 indications sent to Fleur Pellerin, French Ministry for SMEs, Innovation and Digital Economy.
I [...]