A number of innovative public sector organizations have embraced new models of development utilizing open source in order to meet the challenge of the next decade. This webinar outlines the current state of open source in the public sector and presents two innovative use cases - Indiana University and the City of San Francisco. Each is deploying new models of open source adoption and usage.

Three IT executives (Amazon, Washington Post, and Bank of America) with extensive experience using open source software in their organizations talk about the open source software acquisition and support challenges they have faced and some of the solutions they have developed to overcome the challenges.

This informative session presents several best practices for open source governance. It will help you realize improved development productivity, higher quality results and improved maintenance efficiency in addition to managing the legal risks. The webinar discusses open source policy formulation, open source process design principles, and how to leverage communities

This presentation discusses how top organizations are incorporating community into their strategic and tactical plans. The adoption of social networks, user forums, and message boards has never been higher, and today's top-performing enterprises are finding ways to leverage this.

This presentation provides a summary of:

• What executives need to know about open source, the opportunities and the challenges
• How open source can supercharge product development to accelerate innovation at lower cost
• Best practices for open source use and risk management
• Practical approaches to realizing the advantages of open source

This presentation is an overview of the organizational impact and key process elements required for successfully implementing an online community.

This white paper briefly outlines the benefits of Open Source software and development processes. It also describes the rationale for, and benefits of, engaging with the Open Source community. Finally a high level process is suggested for deciding to deploy Open Source and how to engage with the community.

This white paper addresses the foundational components of successful open source software IP management, including challenges, success factors and best practices. Open source software IP management is relevant to almost every type of software development today from infrastructure to applications, from large enterprises to small startups.

This white paper explores organizational policies that can prevent, or can be modified to enable effective engagement with Open Source communities or internal use of the Open Source development model.