“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!

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Symphony is a network based platform

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Open Standards, Open Source, Open Platform

Features

Schedule Cost

Jeffrey Hammond, ForresterOpen 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%

Usageusing

Open Source (+5% from 2015)

65%

Contributioncontributing to Open Source (+2% from 2015)

33%

Commitmenthave a full time

resource dedicated to Open Source

50%

Compliancehave no formal

Open Source policy

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Real life FinServ OSS benefitshttp://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 stageshttp://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 StandardizationFosters open innovation and interoperability for the industry through transparent Working Groups for the Member organizations.

Open GovernanceImplements 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 ContributorOpen Standardization through Working Groups

Ecosystem impact through ContributionThe 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 LeadersRevolutionize Financial Services collaboration

Bring Open Source in from the main doorHave an Open and transparent arena of discussion

So what can the Foundation do for you?

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Follow Contribute Become a Membersymphony.foundation

github.com/symphonyoss dev@symphony.foundation twitter.com/symphonyOSS

Propose a Project IdeaWorking Groups

Raise Issues

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Participate our Community!

Thank You.

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