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Caixa Mgica Software:
An overview of what we do

Paulo Trezentos:Paulo.Trezentos@caixamagica.pt http://twitter.com/PauloTrezentosPartner / Technical DirectorJohn Thomson:John.Thomson@caixamagica.ptResearcher

Thursday, 17th December 2009

A brief summary:

Caixa Mgica is a software and solutions provider for GNU/Linux based Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) Systems.

Linux- Caixa Mgica is the main Linux Distribution available in Portugal and in 2000 one of the co-founders was awarded the Prmio Milnio 2000 Expresso award for the project.

Originally based in the research arm of ISCTE,
ADETTI it soon outgrew the available resources
and has relocated twice to larger offices.

Caixa Magica's main office is now found in the
building that used to be the main Portuguese
Stock Exchange.

Our vision:

We wish to be a leader in the Open Source industry and we want to realise them through various aspects:Software: Linux Caixa Mgica 'The' Portuguese distribution

Appliances: CAMES powered by Ipbrick

Consulting: Projects and involvement in F/OSS and areas relating to technology.

R & D: Innovation at all levels and through all aspects.

Business: Helping customers realise the benefits that F/OSS allow for.

Professional Services: Integration and assisting clients.

Unified Team-work:A strong team with unique competencies.

Main product Linux Caixa Mgica 14

New version with new features:Speed boot, KDE 4.2 , better support of 3G

Continuation of the partnership with Mandriva as a base.

Choice of Gnome 2.26 /KDE 4.2.

Many packages and applications have
had partial if not full translations to
Portuguese.

RPM based system that uses a port
of APT, APT-RPM.

Live CD (Pen)

Who, where and what?

The distribution is available at hundreds of Portuguese Computer stores and specialised resellers.

It is a SME and has 15 full time staff as well as many more that work under other companies but work on Caixa Mgica projects.

Along with working for the incumbent Telecommunication operator, Portugal Telecom, CMS works with a variety of other companies and government bodies.

The Caixa Magica Operating System is installed on many Hospital, Municipal Authorities and more than 1,100 schools as well as over 10 universities.

The System has also been installed in many enterprise environments and over 650,000 computers as part of widescale Portuguese initiatives.

Who we work for continued

Caixa Mgica works also with the Portuguese Army for deploying more than 120 GNU/Linux based security appliances.

Since 2006 CMS has been sub-contracted by the Portuguese Ministry of Justice for maintaining Linux servers in critical data-centers.

Nagios remote configuration management

Magalhes (www.magalhaes.caixamagica.pt)

Government sponsored hardware/software solution for primary school students in Portugal.

450,000+ Magalhes with dual boot: Linux CM 12 Mag & Windows XP

Updates from GCompris (Community help & IFILP)

Most popular application - SuperTuxSuperTux

The game has been modified to allow for uploading of scores

A dedicated website for new levels and points scored

Partnerships:Angulo Slido, IFILP,
Assoc. Ensino Livre, ESE Santarm

Objectives: Mesh networking in the classroom

Sugar and creating other dedicated apps.

Connecting with the community

Sites targeted to particular groups of users

Forums:comunidade.caixamagica.pt

foruns.escolas.caixamagica.pt

Error reportingdudf.caixamagica.pt

User package submissionscontribware.caixamagica.pt

Team skills:Perl, Python, C/C++

Development in PHP / JS

Culture of Open Source

Summer schools and internships

CAMES (Powered by Ipbrick)
The power of partnerships...

CAMES.IC SW for Intranet servers and communications

CAMES.GT Tele-Communications centre Voice, Information

CAMES.KAV Security Appliance Servers

CAMES.SOHOAppliance servers with features for small businesses

3 Reasons to choose CAMESImprove the overall experience with Ipbrick with its in-built configuration services.

All the benefits of Linux Caixa Mgica

A team with users and expertise with a proven track-record in integrating complex systems for large companies.

CAMES & Ipbrick

Ipbrick + CM = CAMES

Advanced teaching and learning

In 2009/2010:First Masters course in Open Source Software

Course recognised by Ministrio da Cincia e Ensino Superior

In partnership with UOC Universidade Aberta da Catalunha

http://moss.dcti.iscte.pt

In 2010/2020European Masters courses in OSS

Results of research show that there has been a great impact on primary schools.

LINUXIntroduction to LinuxAdvanced Linux usageAdministrating Linux SystemsSecurity and Admin of networks

OfficeIntro. to OpenOffice e StarOffice Advanced usage of Writer / CalcCalc for accountants

Programming/script languagesand using frameworksAdvanced PHPPythonPerl / Perl for DevelopersMySQL / PostGresLAMP

Teaching: Open Source technologies

e-Schools & KTE

e-Escolas & Insys GameforceIn partnership with Inforlandia / TMN

DeFacto Hardware

Linux CM 14 ready for use with 3G

More than 50,000 units sold

Back to school 2009Stylish hardware with a new processor

Linux Caixa Mgica 14

Development into 3G drivers/integration

Outfitted with technology suitable for schoolsIn partnership with HP

110,000+ PCs

Authentication support for 802.1X & EdgeBox

European based research projects

Caixa Mgica works in many multi-national European based research projects. After the conclusion of the EDOS (EU FP6 STREP) based project it is now actively working on another, MANCOOSI.

Many other projects in the pipeline and that have been bidded for.

Work with a multitude of top-tier Universities and research institutions.

International research

MANCOOSI project of 7 FP

Managing software complexity (e.g. Software packages)

Main points:2008-2011

4.4 M Euros (CM: 594 K euros)

10 partners from 6 countries

Portugal: CM & INESC

Principle objectives for R&D for CM:Development of a new generation of meta-installers

Involvement in two proposals for FP7 - bidded October 2009

DUDF error reporting

On the context of the MANCOOSI European project we developed dudf.caixamagica.pt, a reporting platform about installation problems that users have with our package installer, apt-rpm.

It has been collecting reports and generating statistics about problems and corresponding packages since September 2009.

It serves both as a source of information for Caixa Magica QA and as input for the MANCOOSI solver competition.

Caixa Mgica Software 2010 / 2020

Making our product more competitiveInternational and National Research and Development

Objective results: improve meta-installers

Understands the importance of collaborationImprove the team

Expand internationally

Work in partnerships

Working with clients:Improvement of CM versions 15 and beyond

Research new ideas

Help existing clients solve problems

We are actively recruiting...

The economic crisis has not stopped Caixa Mgica from recruiting and is looking for talented young individuals.

All manner of positions are available for people who show creativity, ingenuity and have a genuine interest in F/OSS and Computing in general.

We recently travelled out to Portel in the Alentejo region famous for its wines and country-side and enjoyed a Christmas dinner with family invited too.

Conclusion

Thank you very much for your timeMuito Obrigado!

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