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FDC3 Survey 2019

November 20, 2019

As we approach the end of the first year of the FDC3 1.0 standards, FINOS would like to  get your feedback on how well FDC3 - both the project community and the technical standard - is doing addressing the needs of financial organizations, and how we can better help and support both companies adopting FDC3 as well as contributors involved in building out and further developing the specification.

 

OSSF PRIMER: From laggard to open source power house—a transformative journey to successfully build a strong open source culture

November 14, 2019

UnlockOpen Principal, Tobie Langel, is speaking at the FINOS flagship event, the Open Source Strategy Forum (OSSF) this November 20th in New York City. 

His talk "From laggard to open source power house—a transformative journey to successfully build a strong open source culture" will give look at what happened behind the scenes of companies which successfully transformed their culture to morph into open source power houses, and how your company can do so too. 

What follows is some primer material to his OSSF talk.

 

Developer Scholarships - Made Possible by GitHub

November 12, 2019

GitHub is making Developer Scholarships available for developers and technologists at the FINOS flagship event, the Open Source Strategy Forum (OSSF) this November 20th in New York City. 

While there are many new features attendees will notice at the 2019 Open Source Strategy Forum, one of the ones we're most proud of is our increased focus on developers, and the trickle-down effect of there being more developers in attendance on November 20.  
 

OSSF PRIMER: Improving the Impact of your Enterprise Open Source Development and Participation

November 12, 2019

Linux Foundation AI (LF AI) Foundation Executive Director, Ibrahim Haddad, is speaking at the FINOS flagship event, the Open Source Strategy Forum (OSSF) this November 20th in New York City. 

His talk "Improving the Impact of your Enterprise Open Source Development and Participation" will offer a practical guide to a number of practices that enterprises can adopt to help them grow their footprint in open source projects. Furthermore, the talk touches on the challenges enterprises face and how to overcome them. 

What follows is some primer material to his OSSF talk.

 

OSSF PRIMER: Case Study: Challenges to Supporting Open Data, Richard Robinson, Bloomberg

November 11, 2019

Bloomberg Head of Strategy and Standards for Open Data, Rich Robinson, is speaking at the FINOS flagship event, the Open Source Strategy Forum (OSSF) this November 20th in New York City. 

His talk "Case Study: Challenges to Supporting Open Data" will give a synopsis of the work Bloomberg L.P. Has done with the Object Management Group in the development and support of the Financial Instrument Identifier (FIGI), the only open data identification framework for financial instruments. 

What follows is some primer material to his OSSF talk.

 

Why Open Source Software is Critical to the Future of Financial Services

November 07, 2019

By: Balazs Fejes EVP, Co-Head of Global Business, EPAM Switzerland

In recent years, we’ve written at length about how increasing regulatory pressures, rising customer expectations, innovative technologies and the threat of newer, nimbler challengers have combined to disrupt financial services like never before. In this quickly shifting landscape, banks of all shapes and sizes need to find every possible way to respond and compete.

 

OSSF PRIMER: HOW NOT TO BE TOMORROW'S HEADLINE - DAVID MCLOUGHLIN, FLEXERA

Flexera Director of Solutions Engineering, David McLoughlin is speaking at the FINOS flagship event, the Open Source Strategy Forum (OSSF) this November 20th in New York City. His talk "How Not To Be Tomorrow's Headline" warns that even though Open source enables organizations to spread their wings, explore, and easily scale solutions that drive true competitive advantage; in the words of Spiderman's Uncle - "With great power comes great responsibility." What follows is some primer material to his OSSF talk.

 

Journey to InnerSource with James McLeod of FINOS and Danese Cooper of NearForm

October 21, 2019

FINOS Director of Community, James McLeod was the inaugural guest of the new Nearform podcast - Journey to Innersource, with open source legend, Danese Cooper.

 

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