open source software (OSS)

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Joeffice, An Open Source Office Suite One Developer Built In 30 Days

Jon Brodkin | Ars Technica | June 16, 2013

Software developer Anthony Goubard may be one of the most ambitious DIYers on the planet. How else can you explain it? One man looks across the landscape of productivity suites—from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice to Google Docs—and says: "I'll just make my own." Read More »

John Wilbanks to Keynote OpenClinica 2015 Conference (OC15)

Press Release | OpenClinica | April 1, 2015


Noted advocate of open access in clinical research and Chief Commons Officer at Sage Bionetworks, John Wilbanks, will deliver the keynote presentation at the 2015 OpenClinica Global Conference (OC15), to be held May 31 - June 1 in Amsterdam. OpenClinica is the largest open source community in the clinical research field, and OC15 will bring together both clinical research and IT professionals to share cutting-edge information and ideas around how open source is being used to transform the clinical research landscape.

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Johns Hopkins APL And Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center Release Open Source Electronic Disease Surveillance Software

Press Release | The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) , Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) | July 1, 2013

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) have released the Suite for Automated Global Electronic bioSurveillance (SAGES), a collection of flexible, open-source software products developed for electronic disease surveillance in all settings. Read More »

Joint Staff Dumps Oracle And PeopleSoft Planning Software For Open Source

Bob Brewin | Nextgov.com | September 25, 2014

...NAVSEA said in a contract notice it plans to issue a new contract to MYMIC LLC of Portsmouth, Virginia, for open source planning software to “reduce the high cost of licenses, technical support and custom modifications” with Oracle and PeopleSoft...

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Jono Bacon Interview-From Open Source Community Management to the XPRIZE

I met up with Jono Bacon at LinuxCon Europe on October 16 this year where he gave a keynote and presented a full day workshop on community management...Read more on community management in open source and at-large in this interview with Jono Bacon.

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Joseph Dal Molin: Implementing VistA Internationally

Staff Writer | Nuffield Trust | July 5, 2012

In this slideshow Joseph Dal Molin, President of the E-cology Corporation and Chairman of WorldVistA, outlines Jordan’s health system and its approach to implementing VistA, an open-source electronic health record. Read More »

Juliana Rotich Maps The Future With Ushahidi #designindaba

Herman Manson | Marklives.com | February 27, 2014

Juliana Rotich, a speaker at Design Indaba 2014, has a remarkable eye. Show her a map of undersea broadband cables connecting to Africa, and she points out that they still follow the sea routes that helped make Africa a continent of colonies not so many decades ago. Read More »

K&L Consulting Services, Inc. Of Fort Washington, PA Selects OpenClinica Enterprise Clinical Trial Software

Press Release | K&L Consulting Services, LLC, OpenClinica, LLC | February 13, 2013

K&L looks to leading commercial open source player to support its growing global CRO practice. Read More »

Kaltura Nabs $25m From Mitsui, ORIX, Intel And More To Grow Its Open Source Video Platform Globally

Paul Sawyers | The Next Web (TNW) | November 20, 2012

Kaltura, the open source video platform that’s powering Wikipedia’s new HTML5 player, has announced a new $25 million funding round from new investors which include Mitsui & Co. Global Investment and ORIX Ventures, with participation from existing investors which include Nexus Venture Partners, Intel Capital, .406 Ventures and Avalon Ventures. Read More »

Kathryn Cave (Kenya) Interview: Laura Walker Hudson CEO, Foundation At FrontlineSMS – The Power Of Text

Kathryn Cave | IDG Connect | April 5, 2013

The Text message is the most basic form of technological communication, possible on even the oldest mobile phone. This makes it open to virtually anyone, anywhere in the world. FrontlineSMS is the Open Source software which enables users to turn any laptop into a hub for sending, receiving and managing SMS over a mobile network. Read More »

Keeping Patient Data Safe with Open Source Tools

Healthcare is experiencing a revolution. In a tightly regulated and ancient industry, the use of free and open source software makes it uniquely positioned to see a great deal of progress. I work at a scrappy healthcare startup where cost savings are a top priority. Our primary challenge is how to safely and efficiently manage personally identifying information (PII), like names, addresses, insurance information, etc., and personal health information (PHI), like the reason for a recent clinical visit, under the regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, HIPAA, which became mandatory in the United States in 2003.

Kenya Rolls Out Open-Source e-Health System

Steve Mbogo | The East African | September 15, 2012

An open source software e-health system being used in Kenya’s public hospitals since February has drastically cut costs and should pave the way for the model to be replicated in other East African countries. Read More »

Kenyan Tech Star Ushahidi Makes Major Design Updates

Toby Shapshak | Forbes | June 14, 2016

Ushahidi, one of the earliest Kenyan tech success stories, has unveiled a major redesign of its key features and its look-and-feel. Launched in December 2008 during the violence that followed the disputed Kenyan elections, Ushahidi (which means “witness” in Swahili) is ranked with M-Pesa as one of Kenya’s greatest start-up successes. US President Barack Obama praised Kenya’s tech entrepreneurs during a visit to the country his father was born in last July: “This continent needs to be a future hub of global growth, not just African growth”...

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Kenya’s BRCK Launch Delayed Until Next Year

Selipha Kihagi | HumanIPO | October 25, 2013

Kenyan technology firm Ushahidi has pushed back the release date of BRCK, an internet device designed by Kenyan technology company Ushahidi to keep people connected to the internet during network downtime, until the first quarter of 2014. Read More »

Kenya’s Ushahidi To Be Redesigned

Tefo Mohapi | HumanIPO | July 24, 2012

The process of redesigning Ushahidi platform, a mobile app enabling users to crowdsource crisis information, is currently on track. The new platform, Ushahidi v3, will be a complete redesign of Ushahidi’s core platform with the front-end set to be more mobile web-focused. Read More »