Executive Director Gabriele Columbro's session on open source at Symphony Innovate 2016

1. “Open”: tearing down the walls of dysfunctional collaboration
Gabriele Columbro
Executive Director
Symphony Software Foundation

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• Open: the cornerstone of collaboration
• Symphony Software Foundation is
Open for business
• Join our Community!
• Q/A
Agenda

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Symphony is a network based platform

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Open Standards, Open Source, Open Platform

8. Features
Schedule Cost
Jeffrey Hammond, Forrester
Open source is a ‘silver bullet’ that allows simultaneous
improvement along all three dimensions of the software
‘iron triangle’ of cost, schedule, features.
Open Source is the “silver bullet”

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Everybody is going to the Open - fast!
https://www.blackducksoftware.com/2016-future-of-open-source
65%
Usage
using
Open Source
(+5% from 2015)
65%
Contribution
contributing to
Open Source
(+2% from 2015)
33%
Commitment
have a full time
resource dedicated
to Open Source
50%
Compliance
have no formal
Open Source policy

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Real life FinServ OSS benefits
http://www.bearingpoint.com/ecomaXL/files/Open_Source_Drives_Innovation_In_Financial_Services.pdf

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What Open source is not
• Disclosure of confidential information
• Leakage of competitive Intellectual property and trade secrets
• Free as in “Free Beer”
• Straightforward to engage in, individually and enterprise-wide
Industries have overcome open source myths through active engagement

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FinServ OSS maturity stages
http://www.bearingpoint.com/ecomaXL/files/Open_Source_Drives_Innovation_In_Financial_Services.pdf

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(some) Foundations of Open collaboration

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Hosts an ecosystem of open source projects
on Github around the Symphony messaging
and collaboration platform. Projects are
community driven and are licensed under
the enterprise-friendly Apache v2 license.
Open Source
Members and contributors can access Symphony APIs,
developer tools and documentation, and an enterprise-grade
software lifecycle that ensures high quality, IP and security
compliance of its project releases.
Open Developer Platform (New!)
The Symphony Software Foundation is “Open” for business
Open
Open Standardization
Fosters open innovation and interoperability for the
industry through transparent Working Groups for
the Member organizations.
Open Governance
Implements an open, inclusive and
meritocratic governance model for each
of its governing entities, which include
a board of directors, engineering
steering committee, working group and
a project team.

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Platinum Members
Gold Members
Silver Members (FinTech) At-Large Members (Thought Leaders)

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Any Member or Contributor
Open Standardization through Working Groups
Ecosystem impact through Contribution
The Symphony Open Developer Platform
FinTech & data providers
Leveled playing field in the Symphony community
Become a de facto standard
Marketing visibility and access to industry leaders
Symphony End User firms
Enterprise Grade Bots and apps ecosystem
Reduced cost to solve common challenges on Symphony
Open Source strategic readiness and compliance
Thought Leaders
Revolutionize Financial Services collaboration
Bring Open Source in from the main door
Have an Open and transparent arena of discussion
So what can the Foundation do for you?

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github.com/symphonyoss
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twitter.com/symphonyOSS
Propose a Project Idea
Working Groups
Raise Issues
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Participate our Community!

20. Thank You.
For more information,
please visit
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