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Business chambers eye shift to free, open source software amid rising operating costs
KORONADAL CITY, Sept. 18 (PNA) – The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is taking another look at the free and open source software (FOSS) as a possible option to help reduce the rising operating costs of mainstream businesses and industries in the country.
*** (CLOSED) APPLICATION PERIOD EXTENDED to SEPT 21st *** Final Call: Asia Source 3, Silang, Cavite, Philippines, November 6-12, 2009
Open Source in Laos
Interview on Anousak Souphavanh - Chief Technical Advisor Organisation of Lao Open Source, Lao PDR
FOSS Bridge EU-Vietnam: High level training material and networks
FOSS Bridge EU-Vietnam has been promoting Southeast Asian software industries and cooperation with Europe through innovative collaboration on FOSS and business development since 2006.
FOSS Training / workshop under ASEAN Cooperation at C-DAC, Chennai, India
Nepal's first FOSS Training and Research Center Opened
Nepal's first FOSS Training and Research Center is opened at Brihaspati Vidyasadan School (BVS) at Naxal, Kathmandu, Nepal. This Center has been made possible by the financial help from Help Nepal Network and BVS Alumni and technical help from FOSS Nepal, the community involved in spreading free and open source technologies in Nepal.
SFD2008 Competition: FOSS Nepal makes it two in a row
FOSS Nepal Community has been declared one of the winners of Software Freedom Day 2008 Best Event Competition. The other winners are from Nicaragua and the Philippines. This is the second time in a row that the Nepal team has been able to win the award.
Celebration of SFD in Basilan a success
Mindanao Open Source Society together with the COMTECH Institute Inc. and D’COMTECHIAN has successfully celebrated FOSS@CLASS.
EXTENDED to OCTOBER 10th -- CALL FOR INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION: IOSN-InWEnt Training of Trainers on the FOSS Toolkit for SMEs
Manila, November 4 to 7, 2008
"Open Source & More IT for African Business" - release of advanced e-learning courses on Information Technology by InWEnt/it@ab
01.09.2008 - InWEnt/it@ab releases a series of advanced e-learning courses on Information Technology (IT)- "Open Source & More IT for African Business" focussing on the needs of business related IT consultancy in Africa. The course is now online at the following URL: http://cle2.it-inwent.net/LearningSpace/osam/
One Nation: Unity for Software Freedom. Celebrating Software Freedom Day 2008 in the Philippines
Philippines to celebrate Software Freedom Day
Malaysia's schools get OpenOffice.org
The Malaysian government has unveiled plans to roll out OpenOffice.org in schools across the nation--a move that will affect some 300,000 PCs.
FFEHR, an Open Source Electronic Health record, Makes Headway
FFEHR is an electronic health record implemented using the Mozilla Application Framework. It is released under GPLv3 by DabaweGNU with support from IOSN ASEAN and IDRC.
Malaysian State of Kedah moves to OpenOffice.org
A case study submitted to the Open Source Competency Center by the Center of Information Technology, Office of the Chief Minister and State Secretary of Kedah, has indicated that OpenOffice.org has been installed in 70% of the computers in the Kedah state government agencies. There are currently 2,202 installed seats and by the looks of it, the numbers will just keep rising!
Malaysian state of Pahang moves to OpenOffice.org
Its just been made official that the government of the State of Pahang is migrating all its productivity suites to OpenOffice.org.
Davao City : Bearing the Fruits for FOSS
Davao City is giving its share in the strong advocacy and use of FOSS.
SFD at Isabela City
The Mindanao Open Source Society will host the 1st biggest I.T. event in Isabela City, Basilan, Philippines dubbed FOSS@CLASS in connection to the celebration of Software Freedom Day 2008.
IOSN and Practical Action conduct discussion on Poverty Reduction
