With a large customer base of mainstream users, OCS Inventory is an established outsider in its market (MRL Level 8). The software is recognized. It is supported by an appropriate financing and an active community. View OCS Inventory Market Readiness synthesis.
Projects Market Readiness Levels Focus: OCS Inventory
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OW2con'25 - June 17-18, 2025 in Paris (Châtillon) 0.1
That's a wrap for OWcon'25! An incredible moment with high-quality talks, fantastic keynotes speeches and networking times. Thanks to everyone for this great energy! Photos and videos are available.
Mark your calendar for OW2con'26 : June 9-10, 2026.
OW2con'25 Best Project Awards 0.2
🏆 We are happy to reveal the winners of the OW2 Best Project Awards 2025, which were just announced at the OW2con'25 Conference: LDAP tool Box (Technology Award), Linphone (Market Award), CryptPad (Community Award).
MoreOpen Source Experience, December 10-11, 2025 0.4
OSXP 2025 preparation is launched ! With a new venue this year : City of Sciences, in Paris. We will share our community booth with OW2 members and projects coming from the NGI world. Contact us for more info!
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With more than 300 attendees, 16 sponsors and 40 speakers, the 2025 edition was a huge success. Be ready for AlpOSS 2026, February 17, 2026 with a new exceptional venue to be revealed soon!
MoreOSPO OnRamp Webinar Series 0.7
OW2 is co-organizing monthly webinars about open source software management, in the framework of the OSPO Alliance.
To discover the next topic and speaker, visit the OSPO Alliance website.
NGI Zero Commons Fund - Results of Open Calls 0.9
More than 300 digital commons and open source projects will be funded by 2027. For a detailed list with descriptions, please visit NLnet website.
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