4. General Belief
Free and Available Source code
• Downloadable software for free (or not)
• Play with it easily
Open Source Applications & Products
• 1000’s of applications ; Source Forge downloads
Pro-Linux and Anti-Microsoft
• Ahh !! Open Source – Do you mean Linux?
• Hey !! Open Source has squashed Microsoft
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5. The Real Open Source
Choices
Innovation
Open Flexibility
Source
Distribution
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6. What open source really means for Young India?
You and Open Source
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7. Open Source for Young Workforce
Jobs
Industry
Contacts You Business
Insights
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8. Open Source Offers
Become Open
Source
Get visibility as Entrepreneurs
Pioneers and
Innovators in the
Implement eye of Business
innovative ideas Stakeholders
and get them
funded from
Build things in organizations
your own labs
and project
work and
distribute
Ability to them as show
Experiment cases
& Learn
concepts in
a practical
manner
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9. What industry is saying where the Key Opportunities in Open
Source are
Key Opportunities in Open
Source
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11. Some Tips
Content & Knowledge
Business Intelligence Search
Management
Drupal Pentaho BI Suite Apache Lucene
Liferay Portal Talend Apache Solr Engine
Alfresco ECM Jasper Reports NUTCH
Alfresco Share Jfree Report
Apache Jackrabbit
Plone
Wordpress (start with
it !!!)
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12. What career options are with dedicated Open source focus
starting today
Winning Career with Open
Source
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13. Career Path with Open Source
Focus
Chief Technology
Officers
Research and
Development
Heads
Product Managers
and Architects
Open Source
Architects and
Design
Consultant
Open Source
Development
& Research
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14. Domains to Focus
Specialist
Open
Source
Companies
Open
Banking
Source Government
Domains
Education
Sector
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15. How to start building a career with Open Source
Where to Start
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16. Jumpstarting Your Career
•Key Open Source Join •Find Mentors
Frameworks •Showcase Your work
•Experiment and Share •Communities Actively •Get Involved in Pilot
Code •Tell about Your work Projects from Industry
•The 2 Community Rule •Attend Open Source
Business Conferences
Adopt Network
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17. Structure & History Business Domains & Geography People & Infrastructure
• InfoAxon Group • Services • Government • 8000 sq. ft. Innovation
• InfoAxon • Innovative Open • International Human Center – NOIDA
Technologies INDIA Source “Platforming” Development Sectors Electronic City
Limited • Open Source • Telecom & Media • 80 Passionate Open
• InfoAxon Integration Services • Financial Services Source:
Technologies UK • Open Source • Start Ups • Architects
• Successful Track record Consulting & Strategy • Developers
of 8 years • Solutions • Artisans
• Geography
implementing Open • Knowledge • Project Managers
Source • 30+ customers
Management worldwide • Offices
• Origins as Offshore Solutions
• United Kingdom • Electronic City,
Software Development • Business Intelligence
• INDIA NOIDA, INDIA
Company
• Content Management • Bracknell, United
• Changed Focus to Open • South Africa
Kingdom
Source Niche since • United States
2002
• INDIA’s FIRST Open
Source Integration
Company
• Pioneers in Open
Source based business
model in INDIA
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18. Who we are
INDIA’s leading & innovative Open Source Solutions
Provider of Knowledge Management & Business
Intelligence Solutions
We provide “enterprise ready” solutions and services to
bridge the gap between Open Source and business needs.
• Specific Industry Domain Solutions
• Government & International Development sector
• Telecom & Media
• BFSI (Financial Services)
• White Label Open Source powered SaaS / PaaS platforms
(Microsoft/Open Source)
• Open Source Integration & Customization
• Open Source Development, R&D & Consulting
INDIA’s First Open Source Integration Company
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19. The spade What it Who was
work !! led to !! it for !!
Six Large platforms developed ; 250,000 Housing aspirants in Leading London Social Housing
More than 50 custom applications London use services running Service
in or around open source through our Platforms
UK’s Second Largest Telecom
85,000 sales quotes; Annual Provider
Thousands of Lines of original
Revenue GBP 300 million passes
OSS Code
through our Pricing Platform
Worlds Largest Human
Development Organization
More than 4000 man months of Largest Open Source ECM uses
Development using Open Source InfoAxon Calendar Component
Leading Indian Banks
12,000 UN Solution Exchange
More than 100 separate Open
Members use our Platform to
Source Technology Integrations AIDS Development Organizations
capture Knowledge
Adopted and Developed in almost 30,000 AIDS community members
all leading Open Source use our knowledge management World 3rd largest Air Force
Development Technologies solution
20. Our ability to integrate open source technologies as “whole
product” solutions is through our innovative open source
integration expertise and development model within our business
Open Source Integration
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21. Open Source Integration – The Big
Picture
•Solution and Services
•Domain Specific Solutions
•Enterprise Solutions for
Knowledge Management and
Business Intelligence
•Custom Solutions
•White Label SaaS Platforms
for:
Our Ability to •Startups
Services
“Innovate” and •SaaS Service Providers
•Cloud Computing
“Integrate”
using Open
Source and
Mixed Source Solutions
components
drives Platforms
powered by
everything we Open Source
do leading to Open Source
Integration
“Whole Product” •Core Open Source
Integration Expertise
solutions for •Research and Development
Businesses •Integration
•Technology Platforms
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