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Open Source: A necessity for IoT
Gaël Blondelle @gblondelle
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Open source as a strategic enabler
Participation in open source has emerged as a potent force for competitive advantage
Engineering Strategy
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The shifting impact of open source
Before: Open source as a commoditization strategy (OSes, LAMP)
Now: Open source is how innovation happens (Cloud, AI, Edge, IoT)
Cost Value
Open source participationOpen source participation
(# of projects, contributors, ecosystem participants, lines of code)
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Different flavors of open sourceGitHub Single-Vendor
Open SourceOpen Source Foundation
Thriving developer community
High quality code that solves complex problems
Ecosystem development and marketing services to drive adoption and monetization
Predictable processes and guidance to deliver large-scale innovation on a regular cadence
Vendor-neutral governance model to support industry-wide collaboration
Business-friendly IP and licensing services to enable commercialization
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Open Source as an enabler for fruitful business ecosystems
Value Line
Governance LayerThe Eclipse Foundation provides an open, vendor-neutral development environment to enable collaboration
Product-Ready Technologies
Requirements& Use Cases
Collaboration LayerTechnology Producers jointly define roadmap and build core capabilities
Competition LayerCommercial Adopters focus resources on rapidly building differentiating features
➔ Innovation through integration ➔ Permissionless innovation
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KEEP CALMAND
INNOVATE
Innovation
➔ Far higher levels of experimentation
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TheEclipse EdgeOpsMatrix
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Few thoughts about Open Source and Open Standards
● Not the same meaning of the word “Open”● Open Source and Open Standards are very much complementary● Mature open source projects can be standardized● Open Source reference implementations of standards are powerful to
○ Ensure interoperability○ Foster adoption
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DISRUPT IOT WITH OPEN SOURCE!
Thank You!
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