Презентация Д.Комиссарова на LinuxCon Europe 2011

1Dmitry Komissarov: FOSS Deployment in Russia – Path to Success

FOSS Deployment in Russia:Path to success

Dmitry Komissarov

VP and Board Member

CEO

CEO

October 2011


Agenda

FOSS in Russia: History

School project

Some Facts

2010

National Software Platform

How to join National Software Platform

What is success?


FOSS in Russian Public Sector: History

1991 Communism → Capitalism

1993 The first Linux team in Russia (Linux Ink)

Early 2000

GPL Terms translated and adopted to Russian


School Project2007

Pilot project 4 Secondary Education System initiated

2008

3 regions, 2000 schools migrated to FOSS

FOSS Support Center established

2010

27 Education Applications and 4 Linux OS included into FOSS Education Kit

57 000 schools connected to FOSS Support Center and received FOSS Education Kit

Government sponsored Linux HW drivers and plugins development


Some Facts

Up to 600 calls per day to FOSS Support Center

(www.SPOHelp.ru)

2011 – 2013 Government spending on FOSS support for schools are expected to be less than $1M

300K – 400K PC (35% of all school computers) migrated to FOSS Education Kit


Government FOSS Deployment Overview

06/2010 – ODF standard accepted as a Russian Government standard

06/2010 Information Society (2011-2020) Government program approved:

• Russian National Software Platform.

• FOSS based.

• To be released in 2011.

12/2010 – Russian Prime Minister Mr. Putin signed Decree №2299 «Federal Government Structures and Executive Bodies FOSS Migration Plan in 2011-2015». Goals:

To address typical state organisations IT-solutions requirements;

To start pilot deployment projects;

To educate state employees on FOSS solutions usage;

To work out common standardisation procedures


Main Principles of the Russian National Software Platform

• Operating systems (OS) are Linux-based.

• Multiple OS implementations united by an open standard (like Linux Standard Base or Android Compatibility Program).

• Open source applications whenever is possible and proprietary products for “unique” cases.

• Typical solution stacks for specific applications (for example automating marriage registration).


Government and Other Users

Russian National Software Platform

The Main Platform Repository(+ Build System and Lifecycle Management)

Quality, Functional and Security Verification Tools

WEB Portal (Catalog, Classification, Statistics, etc.)

Upstream Developers and Vendors


Russian National Software Platform

The Main Platform Repository(+ Build System and Lifecycle Management)

Typical Solutions

Uptream Developers and Vendors

Operating Systems Applications

QA


Current OS Vendors in NSP

• AltLinux (originally forked from Mandrake)

• MSVSphera (RedHat based)

• NauLinux (Scientific Linux based)

• ROSA (Mandriva based)


Joining the Platform

• Mandatory: availability of a local competence center able to provide local support (including ability to rebuild the product from source code).

• Mandatory: compliance of the product with the requirements of the open NSP standard.

• Recommended: membership in the Russian Open Source Association - RASPO (affiliate membership for foreign companies)


What is Success?

Risks

Problems

Upcoming 4 years


Call To Action

FOSS deployment in Russia: mission impossible? - We badly need Your feedback!

Please share Your success stories, ideas and vision to enhance Russian National Software Platform

Evaluate Russian Market Business Potential

Welcome to consult and partner with RASPO to join National Software Platform:

[email protected]


Thank You!

Dmitry [email protected]


Back Up Slides


Presentation DescriptionOct 27th 10:15 – 11:15

Free Open Source Software Deployment in Russia: Path to Success

This presentation will provide an overview of IT, political and economical factors resulted in positive acceptance of FOSS in Russia.

It will cover details of collaboration with Russian government structures and how FOSS position was promoted and secured there. Russian Government structures FOSS migration plan and Russian National Software Platform concept and ISV membership critical qualification criteria will be overviewed.

Audience: ISVs interested in Russian business, Sales, BizDev and Alliance managers, Government Advisors, FOSS enthusiasts.

Dmitry Komissarov, Mandriva/ROSA/PingWin Software

Dmitry has a profound experience in IT. He starting early 90s in the largest Russian VAR IBS there he was promoted to CIO position. He worked for other local and international IT companies (DataFort, Arsenal, IT).

In 2008 Dmitry became a CEO of PingWin Software - company focused on FOSS solutions and services to business and government customers. PingWin Software is a member of Linux Foundation, service provider of choice for Russian Secondary Schools.

In 2010 Dmitry orchestrated Mandriva shares acquisition by NGI VC fund. He was appointed as Mandriva VP of Product Marketing and Board Member. Dmitry is a co-founder and CEO of ROSA. ROSA is focused on FOSS products development to serve Russian public and enterprise sector.

In October 2011 PingWin Software won Government tender to develop Russian National Software Platform concept and prototype.

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Презентация Д.Комиссарова на LinuxCon Europe 2011