SFScon22 - Elena Marchisa - Roberto Palazzetti - Business partnership in open source the experience of Osmosit and KNOWAGE.pdf

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Osmosit and KNOWAGE are partners since years. This talk will give a glimpse on the path done together in the context of Italian open source. The collaboration has over time taken various forms: data analysis training in universities, support to other companies in the adoption of open source, collaboration for the evolution of KNOWAGE suite and for the development of new products as KeyRef, the cloud solution for the management of school canteens and related services, that will be showcased during the talk. The talk aims to share a successful partnership model and foster a better collaboration between companies involved in open source.

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BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP IN OPEN-SOURCE:
the experience of Osmosit and KNOWAGE
Elena MARCHISA
Communication Specialist
Roberto PALAZZETTI
CEO

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
IN OPEN-SOURCE
ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
• Open source and open standard
• Responsive GUI, ready for mobile
• Multiple data sources
• Full range of analytical capabilities
• OEM enabler
• Cloud ready
• Easy to use and share
• Community edition with full capabilities
• Enterprise edition with maintenance and services
DOWNLOADS CLIENTS
+100
COUNTRIES
> 2 ML >150

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
IN OPEN-SOURCE
Modern BI with self-service
capabilities on multitenant
environment
Static reports with pixel-
perfect and ready-to-print
layout
KPIs, and real time alerts,
thresholds, scorecards
Spatial or geographical
information
What-if simulation,
R/Python extensions
Solr indexes faceted view
and full text search

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
IN OPEN-SOURCE
12.000 professionals
+ 60 offices
12 countries
+ 450 researchers and data scientists
+ 20 companies
Digital Finance
Smart Government & E-Health
Augmented Cities
Digital Industry
Smart Energy & Utilities
Digital Telco & Multimedia

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
IN OPEN-SOURCE
Osmosit Services Organization
Modeled on the Information
Technology, offers solutions and
services based on Open Source
platforms supporting information
systems of public and private
organizations.

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
IN OPEN-SOURCE
Joint participation to ADempiere
community event in Berlin
1st KEyRef release
1st customer supported in the
migration from SpagoBI to
KNOWAGE (Regione Umbria)
Osmosit developed the
integration with Liferay
“In the analytics world” initiative
@Perugia university
Osmosit contributed to
KNOWAGE OLAP development
2010 2012 2018
2015
Joint participation to Open
Opportunity
(4 editions)
2006
1st Osmosit customer
adopts KNOWAGE
(ASL1 Umbria)
Osmosit became Integrator and
Technology partner
2009
First joint presentation
of KeyRef @ FIWARE
Global Summit
2019
16 YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP
Communication
activities
Commercial
milestones
Technical
developments

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
IN OPEN-SOURCE
THE PARTNERSHIP
OTHER PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: RESELLER, COMMUNITY SUPPORT
• Enterprise Edition license for study
• Dedicated webinar and sales training
• Credits to spend on support or education
• Discounts on price list for resale

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
IN OPEN-SOURCE
KEYREF platform
The KeyRef platform a Cloud solution
that could manage the chain of
collective catering in school canteens
of a city.

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
IN OPEN-SOURCE
KEYREF ecosystem
MUNICIPALITY PARENTS
DOCTOR RESTAURANT
COMPANY
FOOD
INSPECTOR
CHILD

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
IN OPEN-SOURCE
KEYREF users and data
checks the members and if they
pay the service
checks the food prescribed
books the meal, checks the status of
the service
what to produce, when and where to
deliver it
checks the entire process

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
IN OPEN-SOURCE
KEYREF – health and cultural integration
GENERAL SATISFACTION ON
THE DISHES
76,4 % rated as «liked» or «quite
liked» the dishes
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS
CONSUMPTION
Some results of data analysis:
75,3% kids like eating vegetables and fruits during first
and second course and during snaks while 50,2% of
them doesn’t like vegetables as side dish

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
IN OPEN-SOURCE
KEYREF – further evolution
With the new future of KNOWAGE also KeyRef entry in the word of AI.
The further evolution of 2023
- Augmented Analytics with NLQ on KeyRef Data from school community
- Augmented Analytics with Data Profiling on KeyRef Data from Parents community

Thank you!
www.knowage-suite.com
knowage@eng.it
www.osmosit.com

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