This document provides an overview of software business fundamentals, trends, and opportunities. It begins with background on the presenter, Jyrki Kontio, who has extensive experience in software development, management, research and consulting. The document then outlines key topics to be covered, including the importance of software business, its challenges, how it differs from other businesses, and current and future trends. It also defines software business and the software ecosystem, describes characteristics of software like complexity and changeability, and discusses how these impact business aspects such as deployment and economies of scale.
Has the time come to collaboratively develop the software the language industry needs? To be more creative than any single company by sharing ideas, effort and costs? Instead of being suspicious competitors, is the language industry ready to work together and share ideas?
Many companies in the industry express the need for tools, which
- truly support Open Standards
- can be extended, customized and integrated the way they need it
- are driven by the latest research
- are well supported
- are affordable
The OSELI initiative hopes to achieve traction.
This document discusses policies and laws related to the IT industry. It covers topics such as the need for IT policies and regulations to prevent threats, software contracts and liability, standards for working, license agreements, and intellectual property rights. The document is presented as a lecture on current topics in computer technology by Rohana K Amarakoon and provides information on each topic over several pages with definitions and examples.
This document summarizes the key topics from the first chapter of Ian Sommerville's Software Engineering textbook. It introduces software engineering and explains its importance in developed economies. It discusses what software engineering entails, how it differs from computer science and system engineering. It also covers software processes and models, costs of software development, methods and CASE tools. Finally, it discusses professional responsibilities and ethical issues for software engineers.
OSGi DevCon - Innovation Through an Apps Competitionmfrancis
By David Foote (CTO of the Hitachi division responsible for telecom and networking products and technology in the Americas )
or . . . . how some of the basic principles of Johnny Appleseed (educate, motivate, promulgate, innovate) were achieved when we helped create and implement an OSGi-based application development competition at a top 10 science and engineering university. This presentation will summarize: a) the inception of the competition; b) the roles of the major participants; c) the process of educating the students and professors on OSGi; d) feedback from the students and professors on the process, the competition and their assessment of the OSGi environment; e) how the competition took advantage of other wider R&D activities in the university community especially for health/wellness technology, smart home technology and human factors research; f) some examples of the creative apps generated by the teams; g) lessons learned: how well (or not) the senior level and graduate level students in the competiting teams learned and applied OSGi development principles as well as implemented compliant apps; . . . and finally . . . h) how the lessons learned can be used to help promote and expand the adoption of OSGi in the wider apps development and software development communities.
The Smart Grid Maturity Model (SGMM) and the Smart Grid Interoperability Maturity Model (SGIMM) are two maturity models for assessing smart grid implementations. While the SGMM focuses on internal utility planning and the SGIMM focuses on interoperability between systems, the document suggests they are complementary rather than competing tools. It provides overviews of the key elements and uses of each model to help stakeholders understand how they fit into the broader smart grid landscape.
This white paper outlines the realities of internationalization project work, and how outside support services can make it all come together - on time, and in budget.
Have you ever asked yourself how can you leverage open source for selling your products or services, attracting talent and innovating? In the first part of this lecture I’ll give a historical context about how open source has transformed the Software industry and changed the way we develop, collaborate, communicate, organize and think about business values. In the second part I will talk about open source opportunities, challenges and what it means to successfully plan and implement an open source project from the practical side. I will also share my own Open Source management experience at Intuit.
Has the time come to collaboratively develop the software the language industry needs? To be more creative than any single company by sharing ideas, effort and costs? Instead of being suspicious competitors, is the language industry ready to work together and share ideas?
Many companies in the industry express the need for tools, which
- truly support Open Standards
- can be extended, customized and integrated the way they need it
- are driven by the latest research
- are well supported
- are affordable
The OSELI initiative hopes to achieve traction.
This document discusses policies and laws related to the IT industry. It covers topics such as the need for IT policies and regulations to prevent threats, software contracts and liability, standards for working, license agreements, and intellectual property rights. The document is presented as a lecture on current topics in computer technology by Rohana K Amarakoon and provides information on each topic over several pages with definitions and examples.
This document summarizes the key topics from the first chapter of Ian Sommerville's Software Engineering textbook. It introduces software engineering and explains its importance in developed economies. It discusses what software engineering entails, how it differs from computer science and system engineering. It also covers software processes and models, costs of software development, methods and CASE tools. Finally, it discusses professional responsibilities and ethical issues for software engineers.
OSGi DevCon - Innovation Through an Apps Competitionmfrancis
By David Foote (CTO of the Hitachi division responsible for telecom and networking products and technology in the Americas )
or . . . . how some of the basic principles of Johnny Appleseed (educate, motivate, promulgate, innovate) were achieved when we helped create and implement an OSGi-based application development competition at a top 10 science and engineering university. This presentation will summarize: a) the inception of the competition; b) the roles of the major participants; c) the process of educating the students and professors on OSGi; d) feedback from the students and professors on the process, the competition and their assessment of the OSGi environment; e) how the competition took advantage of other wider R&D activities in the university community especially for health/wellness technology, smart home technology and human factors research; f) some examples of the creative apps generated by the teams; g) lessons learned: how well (or not) the senior level and graduate level students in the competiting teams learned and applied OSGi development principles as well as implemented compliant apps; . . . and finally . . . h) how the lessons learned can be used to help promote and expand the adoption of OSGi in the wider apps development and software development communities.
The Smart Grid Maturity Model (SGMM) and the Smart Grid Interoperability Maturity Model (SGIMM) are two maturity models for assessing smart grid implementations. While the SGMM focuses on internal utility planning and the SGIMM focuses on interoperability between systems, the document suggests they are complementary rather than competing tools. It provides overviews of the key elements and uses of each model to help stakeholders understand how they fit into the broader smart grid landscape.
This white paper outlines the realities of internationalization project work, and how outside support services can make it all come together - on time, and in budget.
Have you ever asked yourself how can you leverage open source for selling your products or services, attracting talent and innovating? In the first part of this lecture I’ll give a historical context about how open source has transformed the Software industry and changed the way we develop, collaborate, communicate, organize and think about business values. In the second part I will talk about open source opportunities, challenges and what it means to successfully plan and implement an open source project from the practical side. I will also share my own Open Source management experience at Intuit.
Beyond Free/Open Source Software
How can open formats, data and digital services make governments and society more effective, save public money and stimulate local economy?
This document introduces a software engineering course. It discusses the course structure which includes theory classes and lab classes. It also mentions that the theory classes will cover topics from the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK), which is maintained by the IEEE Computer Society and helps define the body of knowledge for the software engineering profession. Evaluation and bibliography are also mentioned as course components.
The Chinese software industry faces several general, technical, and governmental challenges. Generally, the industry is composed of many small domestic firms with limited ability to compete globally. Technically, few Chinese firms have achieved high levels of CMM certification. Government historically played a large state role but has reduced involvement since market reforms in 1992, allowing more foreign investment and accelerated growth, though China still lags India in software maturity.
Some Internet Topics: Horizontals, the IETF, and IPv6Internet Society
This document discusses different aspects of internet infrastructure and standards. It describes the layers of the internet including the application layer, network access layer, and IP layer. It discusses various players that operate networks and exchange IP packets. It provides an overview of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and some of the key technologies they develop including IPv6, encryption, and protocols like BGP, SIP, and HTTP. It emphasizes how cooperation, open standards, and voluntary adoption have contributed to the growth and success of the internet.
The document discusses several topics related to ethics in information technology including: the concept of privacy and related laws; government surveillance laws; forms of data encryption; identity theft; consumer profiling; responsible treatment of customer data; workplace monitoring; spam; and advanced surveillance technologies. Key issues addressed include balancing security with individual privacy and establishing reasonable limits on data collection and usage.
Incorporation of GlobalIssue factors in SDLC by using Inverse Requirementiosrjce
IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of computer engineering and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in computer technology. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
Tero Peltola is a PhD candidate and researcher at the Center for Innovation and Technology Research (CITER) at Tampere University of Technology. He gave a presentation on online collaboration tools where he discussed:
1) His background and research on how social media tools can enhance internal collaboration and absorptive capacity.
2) Examples of online collaboration tools like BlueKiwi, an enterprise social network, and factors to consider in tool selection and implementation.
3) Quantitative and qualitative research findings that show social media tool usage increases communication and absorptive capacity, leading to better new product development performance.
Frederick Blodgett Jr. is a senior mechanical engineer with over 25 years of experience in new product development from concept to production. He has extensive experience in diverse markets including medical devices, computer hardware, defense, and more. His qualifications include an MSME and BSME and expertise in CAD, materials innovations, systems experience, and more. Testimonials praise his problem solving skills and ability to develop solutions to complex engineering problems.
This document discusses the importance of software skills for businesses. It notes that industries using technology have seen a widening performance gap between leading and lagging firms. To have a high-growth business, one should couple themselves to Moore's Law by moving processes digital, empowering employees, and investing in human capital. The document argues that software skills are needed to exploit technology, manage software development/outsourcing/purchasing, and create software. It claims that software is now everywhere and every company needs software skills.
InduSoft hosts a special webinar to introduce our users to the new On Demand Consulting services for InduSoft Web Studio projects. This webinar will explain more about what the service offers, how to sign up, and how InduSoft approaches the challenge of quickly designing and optimizing InduSoft Web Studio applications.
How to scale a global software business.
Talk by Stephen Allot, Crown Representative for SMEs at Business of Software Conference Europe 2015.
Product
Plan
People
Processes
Problem Solving
GoFusion is a software focused IT company having its corporate office in Delhi NCR and base in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Indonesia. We have our exclusive focus on services around Oracle product portfolio that includes oracle apps and technology related services, Enterprise product development, Implementation, migration and Integration.
Rob Castaneda of ServiceRocket talks at BoS Conference USA 2016.
See all talks here: http://businessofsoftware.org/2016/07/all-talks-from-business-of-software-conferences-in-one-place-saas-software-talks/
The document discusses various enterprise information systems and business architectures. It describes key systems like ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), SCM (Supply Chain Management), PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), ECM (Enterprise Content Management), BPM (Business Process Management), and EAI (Enterprise Application Integration). For each system, it provides details on what it is used for, advantages, challenges, and examples of applications.
Software Architecture Reconstruction: Why What and HowMehdi Mirakhorli
Every system is a legacy system, the moment a programmer writes a line of code it becomes a legacy. Therefore in even relatively new systems similar to long lived systems, developers are faced with a body of code that they need to understand, and from which they need to extract architectural knowledge. Unfortunately, anecdotal evidence has shown that such knowledge tends to be tacit in nature, stored in the heads of people, and inconsistently scattered across various software artifacts and repositories. Furthermore, architectural knowledge vaporizes over time. Given the size, complexity, and longevity of many projects, developers therefore often lack a comprehensive knowledge of architectural design decisions and consequently make changes in the code that inadvertently degrade the underlying design and compromise its qualities.
This technical briefing will answer three fundamental questions about software architecture recovery: Why? What? and How? Through several examples it articulates and synthesizes technical forces and financial motivations that make software companies to invest in software architecture recovery. It discusses “what” are the pieces of design knowledge that can be recovered and lastly demonstrates a methodology as well as required tools for answering “how” to reconstruct architecture from implementation artifacts.
The Freemium talk was given as a keynote to the Software Summit that Macrovision ran for years. It was in the early days of companies using free as a customer acquisition strategy and business people wanted to know how to make money from free.
OSS - enterprise adoption strategy and governancePrabir Kr Sarkar
The document discusses open source software (OSS), including its benefits and risks. It covers four main parts:
1. What is OSS and its benefits, such as lower costs, access to source code, and continued innovation.
2. The risks of using OSS, including technical issues, regulatory compliance, security vulnerabilities, legal risks, and impacts to brand.
3. The need for an OSS strategy and policy to maximize benefits while minimizing risks. Critical policy elements are discussed.
4. The importance of governance to ensure effective OSS management, avoid legal issues, and address security and support challenges. Lack of governance can result in technical failures, security breaches and legal action.
Beyond Free/Open Source Software
How can open formats, data and digital services make governments and society more effective, save public money and stimulate local economy?
This document introduces a software engineering course. It discusses the course structure which includes theory classes and lab classes. It also mentions that the theory classes will cover topics from the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK), which is maintained by the IEEE Computer Society and helps define the body of knowledge for the software engineering profession. Evaluation and bibliography are also mentioned as course components.
The Chinese software industry faces several general, technical, and governmental challenges. Generally, the industry is composed of many small domestic firms with limited ability to compete globally. Technically, few Chinese firms have achieved high levels of CMM certification. Government historically played a large state role but has reduced involvement since market reforms in 1992, allowing more foreign investment and accelerated growth, though China still lags India in software maturity.
Some Internet Topics: Horizontals, the IETF, and IPv6Internet Society
This document discusses different aspects of internet infrastructure and standards. It describes the layers of the internet including the application layer, network access layer, and IP layer. It discusses various players that operate networks and exchange IP packets. It provides an overview of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and some of the key technologies they develop including IPv6, encryption, and protocols like BGP, SIP, and HTTP. It emphasizes how cooperation, open standards, and voluntary adoption have contributed to the growth and success of the internet.
The document discusses several topics related to ethics in information technology including: the concept of privacy and related laws; government surveillance laws; forms of data encryption; identity theft; consumer profiling; responsible treatment of customer data; workplace monitoring; spam; and advanced surveillance technologies. Key issues addressed include balancing security with individual privacy and establishing reasonable limits on data collection and usage.
Incorporation of GlobalIssue factors in SDLC by using Inverse Requirementiosrjce
IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of computer engineering and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in computer technology. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
Tero Peltola is a PhD candidate and researcher at the Center for Innovation and Technology Research (CITER) at Tampere University of Technology. He gave a presentation on online collaboration tools where he discussed:
1) His background and research on how social media tools can enhance internal collaboration and absorptive capacity.
2) Examples of online collaboration tools like BlueKiwi, an enterprise social network, and factors to consider in tool selection and implementation.
3) Quantitative and qualitative research findings that show social media tool usage increases communication and absorptive capacity, leading to better new product development performance.
Frederick Blodgett Jr. is a senior mechanical engineer with over 25 years of experience in new product development from concept to production. He has extensive experience in diverse markets including medical devices, computer hardware, defense, and more. His qualifications include an MSME and BSME and expertise in CAD, materials innovations, systems experience, and more. Testimonials praise his problem solving skills and ability to develop solutions to complex engineering problems.
This document discusses the importance of software skills for businesses. It notes that industries using technology have seen a widening performance gap between leading and lagging firms. To have a high-growth business, one should couple themselves to Moore's Law by moving processes digital, empowering employees, and investing in human capital. The document argues that software skills are needed to exploit technology, manage software development/outsourcing/purchasing, and create software. It claims that software is now everywhere and every company needs software skills.
InduSoft hosts a special webinar to introduce our users to the new On Demand Consulting services for InduSoft Web Studio projects. This webinar will explain more about what the service offers, how to sign up, and how InduSoft approaches the challenge of quickly designing and optimizing InduSoft Web Studio applications.
How to scale a global software business.
Talk by Stephen Allot, Crown Representative for SMEs at Business of Software Conference Europe 2015.
Product
Plan
People
Processes
Problem Solving
GoFusion is a software focused IT company having its corporate office in Delhi NCR and base in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Indonesia. We have our exclusive focus on services around Oracle product portfolio that includes oracle apps and technology related services, Enterprise product development, Implementation, migration and Integration.
Rob Castaneda of ServiceRocket talks at BoS Conference USA 2016.
See all talks here: http://businessofsoftware.org/2016/07/all-talks-from-business-of-software-conferences-in-one-place-saas-software-talks/
The document discusses various enterprise information systems and business architectures. It describes key systems like ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), SCM (Supply Chain Management), PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), ECM (Enterprise Content Management), BPM (Business Process Management), and EAI (Enterprise Application Integration). For each system, it provides details on what it is used for, advantages, challenges, and examples of applications.
Software Architecture Reconstruction: Why What and HowMehdi Mirakhorli
Every system is a legacy system, the moment a programmer writes a line of code it becomes a legacy. Therefore in even relatively new systems similar to long lived systems, developers are faced with a body of code that they need to understand, and from which they need to extract architectural knowledge. Unfortunately, anecdotal evidence has shown that such knowledge tends to be tacit in nature, stored in the heads of people, and inconsistently scattered across various software artifacts and repositories. Furthermore, architectural knowledge vaporizes over time. Given the size, complexity, and longevity of many projects, developers therefore often lack a comprehensive knowledge of architectural design decisions and consequently make changes in the code that inadvertently degrade the underlying design and compromise its qualities.
This technical briefing will answer three fundamental questions about software architecture recovery: Why? What? and How? Through several examples it articulates and synthesizes technical forces and financial motivations that make software companies to invest in software architecture recovery. It discusses “what” are the pieces of design knowledge that can be recovered and lastly demonstrates a methodology as well as required tools for answering “how” to reconstruct architecture from implementation artifacts.
The Freemium talk was given as a keynote to the Software Summit that Macrovision ran for years. It was in the early days of companies using free as a customer acquisition strategy and business people wanted to know how to make money from free.
OSS - enterprise adoption strategy and governancePrabir Kr Sarkar
The document discusses open source software (OSS), including its benefits and risks. It covers four main parts:
1. What is OSS and its benefits, such as lower costs, access to source code, and continued innovation.
2. The risks of using OSS, including technical issues, regulatory compliance, security vulnerabilities, legal risks, and impacts to brand.
3. The need for an OSS strategy and policy to maximize benefits while minimizing risks. Critical policy elements are discussed.
4. The importance of governance to ensure effective OSS management, avoid legal issues, and address security and support challenges. Lack of governance can result in technical failures, security breaches and legal action.
Why open source is good for your economyDirk Riehle
On Feb 11, at FOSS 2019 in Muscat, Oman, I gave a talk about the benefits of sponsoring open source software development to about anyone who isn't the software vendor whose product is getting replaced by that open source software.
Open Source and its role in a new IT ecosystemBruno von Rotz
Bob Gett presents Optaros' view on how Open Source influences the overall IT eco system and how it's a key ingredient of many of the new business models we currenlty see developing
Cultivating Sustainable Software For ResearchNeil Chue Hong
Keynote given at the NSF Cyberinfrastructure Software and Sustainability Workshop, March 26th-27th 2009, Indianapolis.
Exploration of software sustainability based on experiences from UK.
Tracking the Solutions Powering the Next Generation of Embedded Systems in Q4...VDC Research Group
The embedded software and solutions market remains highly competitive as software and systems manufacturers continue to require new solutions that help them create, test and manage the designs necessary to power the next generation of embedded systems. During this webcast, Steve Balacco, Director of VDC Research’s Embedded Software & Tools practice will provide an update and 2011 outlook for embedded device & systems manufacturers and their embedded solutions providers. Specifically, the webcast will address: The state of the embedded software solution market, what the competitive landscape looks like, how multi-core requirements are impacting embedded software development, embedded engineering trends and what suppliers and solution providers should prepare for in 2011.
The embedded market is currently experiencing a number of disruptive forces. It is moving into a world of connectivity and inter connectivity, where the information and the data produced by embedded systems are essential. In parallel, and as a result of the consumerization of the industry, user expectations are increasing in terms of ergonomics, user experience and performance. This complexity significantly impacts the way embedded systems and connected devices are designed and developed, and moves the primary success factor from a main dependency on technical expertise to the optimization of the system integration. This implies the need of a strong know how about architecture design, hardware and software compatibility, interaction testing, IP integration, and a deep multi OS and multi technologies expertise. This creates the need for a new kind a player, the system software integrator.
This document presents a statistical study and analysis of open-source software. It analyzes data from 482 projects across 24 countries to identify factors that contribute to open-source software success. The document finds that large tech companies like Microsoft, Google, and Red Hat have significantly increased their contributions to open-source software from 2016 to 2021. However, many open-source projects still fail due to lack of interest, resources, or internal issues. The document also discusses the importance of open-source software in providing transparency, flexibility, speed of development, and security compared to proprietary alternatives.
The document discusses the economic value of open source software for Europe. It estimates that 35% of implemented software functionalities are based on reused open source code, providing a cost savings of 31% or 75 billion euros per year for European businesses. Additionally, reduced failure rates from using open source could save another 4.9 billion euros per year. In total, the estimated annual economic value from cost savings due to the use of open source software in Europe is 114 billion euros.
Experiences with enterprise architecture using togaf and ibm rational system ...james_dzidek
The document discusses DnB NOR's experience using TOGAF 9 and IBM Rational System Architect for enterprise architecture. It provides background on DnB NOR, their expectations for enterprise architecture, and discusses their progress, framework, metamodel, and tool use. It also includes an outline, biography of one speaker, and details on DnB NOR as a company.
The document discusses several megatrends and changes that are shaping the global software ecosystem over the next decade, including the rise of cloud computing, global software development, evolving business models, and increasing mobility. It identifies some of these changes as important for companies to react to immediately, such as the move to cloud platforms and new revenue models. The document tasks participants with discussing which trends are most relevant to their businesses and how they might impact them. Participants are also asked to develop two scenarios for the Finnish software industry by 2022 that take into account the most significant changes.
This document provides an introduction to software engineering, including definitions of software and why software engineering is important. It discusses key questions about software engineering, such as the differences between software engineering and computer science. The document also covers software types, attributes of good software, challenges in software engineering, and costs associated with software engineering. The objectives are to understand what software engineering entails and introduce the systems development life cycle.
This document provides an introduction to software engineering through a series of slides presented by Dr. S. HAMMAMI. It defines what software and software engineering are, explains why software engineering is important, and discusses frequently asked questions about the field. The objectives of software engineering are outlined as understanding what it is, knowing key introductory questions, and understanding important ethical issues. Common software engineering activities like requirements specification, design, implementation, and maintenance are also summarized.
Software development for the diversification of Nigeria EcomonyPatrick Ogbuitepu
The sole existence and survival of mankind till date has been based on our unique ability to adapt to constant change. Thousands of years ago, our ancestors survived changing climatic conditions by creating clothing & shelter to protect their bodies & thus was the rise of invention, which led to the creation of societies & economies.
In our life time, we have seen how the world has constantly changed. Not too long ago, photographic film manufacturers and film developers played vital roles in photography but this is no longer true with widespread availability of digital cameras, old job roles have been replaced by new job roles such as digital photo album software developer and cloud storage software developer etc.
Likewise more industries and job roles will continue to be replaced, and it’s upon us as a nation to decide whether we want our children to enjoy the economic benefits of being part of a global workforce or suffer the challenges that would be faced as more jobs continue to disappear & economic earnings decline.
This document discusses the economic value of free/libre open source software (FLOSS) in Europe. It begins by outlining criticisms that have been leveled against FLOSS, claiming it does not generate profit. However, it then presents data showing FLOSS reuse provides significant economic benefits through reduced costs, increased innovation, lower failure rates, and greater efficiency. Overall, the document estimates the total annual value of FLOSS reuse in Europe is 114 billion euros through these factors. It also discusses positive secondary effects of reinvesting these savings.
This document discusses software engineering. It aims to introduce software engineering and provide a framework for understanding the course. It discusses objectives like understanding what software engineering is and why it is important. It also discusses factors for software failures like increasing demands and low expectations of software quality. The history of software engineering is discussed, noting the term was coined in 1968 to address the "software crisis" of unreliable, over budget software projects. New techniques were then developed throughout the 1970s-1980s to help address these issues.
Developing a National Software Strategy: Some IP Considerationsipspat
The document discusses factors to consider in developing a national software strategy, including how a country can optimize use of its limited software capacity across economic development activities that rely on software like modernizing government systems, attracting foreign investment, and developing software exports. It notes intellectual property policies are important to consider for different types of software activities and economic development goals.
Open Source is now in day to day use in Governments across Europe – some with great success, but others are still using it to a degree well below its opportunity level. But why is this? Is it because of lack of understanding or trust, is it because of lack of political will or leadership, is it because it is just too difficult because of past technical decisions? Or all of these?
Are the blockers to progress technical, financial or political? Or all of these?
A new report to be published by the London School of Economics for the UK Government, and which will be previewed during the talk, examines the TCO of Open Source for Government, but also examines the wider drivers and opportunities. Maybe here are the clues on just how we can increase the momentum for its use across Government.
5. Growth Forum
Jyrki Kontio
Board Member
Software Entrepreneurs’ Association
Finnish Information Processing Association FIPA
www.jyrkikontio.fi
6. Growth Forum
• A national, industry-driven initiative jointly with
academia, goverment organizations and small and
large software firms
• Objectives:
– Understand how important software is for the Finnish
economy
– Find out the biggest challenges for growth
– Propose concrete action to overcome these challenges
7. New Insights
• Industry has had continuous strong growth
• Over 2% of GNP
– Substantial addtional impact on the economy
• Willingness to grow is the most important factor
influencing the growth of a firm
• IT industry is very international already now
• Internationalization is the most important growth path
for practically all growth-driven firms
8. Challenges
Industry’s Internal Challenges
1. Sales and marketing (1)
2. Small company size (2)
3. Poor understanding of the market and the customer (3)
4. Difficulties in defining a growth strategy (4)
National Challenges
1. Lack of enteprenerial culture (5)
2. Small size of Venture Capital market (6)
3. Poor willingness to take risks (7)
4. Poor ability to take risks (8)
Global Challenges
1. Long distance to markets and innovation hubs (10)
2. Global competition in products and solutions (12)
9. Challenges
Industry internal challenges National challenges Global challenges
1. Shortcomings in sales and
marketing (1)
2. Small company size (2)
3. Poor knowledge of the market
and the customer (3)
4. Difficulties in creating the growth
strategy (4)
5. Insufficient partnership networks
(9)
6. Leadership challenges during
growth (11)
7. Managing the growth (13)
8. Increasing complexity of
management due to growth (14)
9. Poor compatence and skills
development (16)
1. Cultural anti-
entrepreneurial climate (5)
2. Small size of the capital
market (6)
3. Low willingness to take
risks (7)
4. Poor ability to take risks
(8)
5. Difficulties of measuring IT
benefits (15)
6. Young people are not
interested in the field (18)
1. Long distance from
the markets and
innovation centers
(10)
2. Global competition in
products and
solutions (12)
3. Competition of other
economic areas for
workforce and firms
(17)
4. Price competition
from offshore
competitors (19)