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March 07, 2008
We're looking for industry-specific open source software

Attention all open source software (OSS) projects and organizations: I am researching the next in a series of OSS-related application research articles for ebizQ.

This month we are looking for open-source software and projects specific to an industry such as manufacturing/distribution, financial services (banking, insurance, and securities) or other services industries, government or education.

Information on both infrastructure software (e.g., messaging middleware, connectors, data integration, and so forth) and applications (e.g., a bill of materials processor) will be included.

The article is tentatively scheduled for release in mid-April 2008. It will be similar to recent ebizQ reports on open source business process management software and ERP open source software (OSS) applications (ebizQ Gold Club membership required but there is no charge to join). Your company’s product(s) may be mentioned based on my secondary research but if you would like to formally participate, please download and return the attached 1-page survey form by Friday March 21, 2008 to dennis@ebizq.net.

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If you do not offer industry-specific software but have a partner that uses your OSS product to support specific industries, pass this on (and let me know your partner’s company name). The partner can be a systems integrator or other type of services provider. Industry-specific open source software delivered as a service (SaaS) will also be covered.

OSS service providers--let me know what you are doing as well although the survey form might not be approrpiate. Just describe your activity in an email to dennis@ebizQ.net.

Note that as the survey indicates, software products will be covered in the report if they use OSS (e.g., bundle in an OSS application server product such as Geronimo) even if they are not “sold” as OSS themselves and no matter how they are monetized.