Open source has become an integral part of business models in numerous organizations regardless of their size and age. For some, the reasons may be ideological, for some pragmatical: OSS brings strategic benefits related to wider spread of software and larger knowledge pool organizations can tap into. A recent study by EUIPO Observatory focusing on Read more about Open Source Software in the European Union: EUIPO Study[…]
Hello All! We are two Stanovsky brothers doing Kayak sports. We are training together with our father as a coach. For us it is not just sport but a passion. Canoe Slalom is truly dynamic and attractive sport for spectators. For us it is the most beautiful and challenging one. We love to get in Read more about Defeating Wild Waters With Evolveum: Stanovsky Brothers’ Story[…]
In the previous article I illustrated model situation when using software requires vendor’s services with particular contracts in place and wrote in more details about Master Service Agreement (MSA). Let’s have a closer look at its inherent part, the Statement of Work (SOW) and why it is important for organizations not to underestimate it. Statement Read more about Open Source and Contracts: MSA and SOW, Part II[…]
In today’s digital era probably everybody of us knows that source code of the Open Source Software (OSS) is publicly available. A good example is GitHub platform. And most of us know where to find such code’s conditions of use. However, what will happen if we need development of new features or qualified and effective Read more about Open Source and Contracts: MSA and SOW, Part I[…]
Working from home became part of our life. Even if the measurements taken with current worldwide situation are less strict than before, some things are staying unreachable for now. One of them are conferences, even though some of them are adapting and transforming to online environment. The last one I managed to attend with Radovan Read more about A Throwback to TIIME 2019[…]
After long months of self isolation we are lucky to enjoy less strict measures taken against coronavirus. People are carefully getting back to more or less normal life. In Košice we used this opportunity in a quite unconventional way: instead of just meeting with everyone in the office, we went on an adventure up to Read more about Teambuilding in Košice: From Behind the Screens to the Treetops[…]
Stay at home they said, it will be fun they said. And they were right! Due to current situation in the world, it is better to self-isolate. Luckily, as the character of our work allows us to do so, the Evolveum team used this opportunity to stay at home. Instead of enjoying friendly atmosphere of Read more about Working remotely at Evolveum: isolate physically, not mentally[…]
Few weeks ago we attended RSA Conference, the biggest cyber security conference in the world. The conference took the whole week starting on Monday February 24th and ending up in the afternoon of February 28th with the great Penn & Teller show. It was exhausting but rich week during which we got a lot of Read more about RSA Conference 2020 and the Human Element[…]
Open source is not a business model. This may sound like a strange statement from a founder of a successful company which is firmly based on open source. But it is true. Open source is not a business model. However, there are many ways how to build a business around open source software. […]
MidPoint ditched workflow engine. Scandal! How dare they? IDM without a workflow engine? Blasphemy! Abomination! Workflow was a holly cow of provisioning for almost 20 years. Hordes of IDM systems were born (and died) with integrated workflow engine. From the cumbersome proprietary workflow engine of Waveset Lighthouse to the open source BPMN engine of Apache Syncope, workflow was a natural part of identity management. Except one pesky little detail: it does not make sense.