Open Sistemas

Within the project scope Open Sistemas develops for Iavante different works related with technology innovation environments and R+D in Technology and Health.

• Identified Demand / Problem

  • Need to improve the definition of the positioning of the institution
  • Need to find the best ways of communication in an innovation environment

• Description

  • Iavante is a foundation oriented to technology innovation in heath
  • Communication and strategy fields present a particular case in innovation

• How the problem was solved

  • Consulting team with experience in health and technological innovation
  • Open source related technologies and strategies application
  • Combined communication strategies design

• Business outcome:

  • Perceived positioning improvement
  • Communication proceedings improvement

The project Sanos was defined within the scope of the Health Agency from Valencia as an Open Source Migration office, through which new projects and technologies are analyzed and the feasibility of being tackled through open solutions is studied, or the analysis of migration to open source of existing projects and infrastructures.

• Identified Demand / Problem

  • Analyze the suitability of open software to migrate systems
  • High cost on massive deployments
  • Application on hospital environments

• Description

  • Big environments with massive deployments
  • Very heterogeneous environments

• How the problem was solved

  • Technical team expert in open source and Linux solutions
  • Migration consulting works development
  • Diverse matters: virtualization, data bases, e-learning

• Business outcome

  • Drastic decrease of license cost
  • Guidelines creation and homogeneity

The project consisted on the development of interactive contents and games for learning the English language through contents provided by Vaughan. Contents and games based in puzzles where integrated in the environment of the Univadis portal and offered a more dynamic and entertaining model to learn English.

• Identified Demand / Problem

  • MSD wants to offer English courses in the portal www.univadis.es
  • Attractive, competitive and recreational system

• Description

  • Each module is a puzzle that the user must uncover as the correct translation of the questions is done
  • Ranking between users of the portal with the best time of execution of each phase

• How the problem was solved

  • Adobe Flex is used to develop an attractive web application
  • Database with questions, correct and incorrect translations and the application interacts with them.
  • Different launching phases are scheduled so great expectation is created in the users.

• Business outcome

  • Application hosted more than four years in Univadis.es portal
  • Records of the HCP times

The project implied giving a training course on JBoss technology for the Ayuntamiento de Alicante. JBoss is an open source J2EE application server. Being based in Java, JBoss can be used in any operative system where Java is available. The main developers work for a service company, JBoss Inc., acquired by Red Hat in April 2006, founded by Marc Fleury, the creator of the first version of JBoss.

• Identified Demand / Problem

  • Plan, design and execute formative courses regarding JBoss technology
  • Execute specifically a course on JBosss App Server

• Description

  • Course and content design according to student type, time schedule, means and availability
  • Training is supported through an online model

• How the problem was solved

  • Design and execution of custom-made courses
  • Follow-up
  • Blended learning model, with wide support of e-learning systems

• Business outcome

  • Successful integration on JBoss technology use
  • Extension to other areas due to the success obtained

The Regional Association of Popular Universities of Extremadura (AUPEX) needed to deploy projects in Ajax and Squeak. These technologies are valid in multiple platforms and operative systems, as they are based in open standards like JavaScript and DOM. These need oriented the execution to several training courses in this environment.

• Identified Demand / Problem

  • Plan, design and execute formative courses around Linux technologies
  • Impart specifically Ajax and Squeak courses as innovative technologies for education

• Description

  • Courses and contents designed depending on student type, timetables, means and availability
  • Training is supported with an online model

• How the problem was solved

  • Design and deployment of customized courses
  • Subsequent follow up
  • Blended learning model, with wide support of elearning systems

• Business outcome

  • Extremadura one of the biggest Squeak communities in the world
  • Use of Squeak in education for content generation

The migration to Linux environments and open source applications supposes a huge advantage based on the license cost saving. Open Sistemas analyzed for Unidad Editorial the impact that a migration of this kind could generate in the group.

• Identified Demand / Problem

  • Linux environment migration
  • License saving / environment homogeneization
  • Different levels of profile and work stations
  • Need of integration with LDAP, Samba, Agata, Proyecta, ...

• Description

  • 200 Windows servers aprox. and 2300 work stations
  • Alñternative to MSExchange: Zimbra
  • Network services, VPN, etc. Alternatives to Nortel products and voip
  • Important license cost with non homogeneous environment and service issues

• How the problem was solved

  • Migration proposal from VMWare to RHEV ( 30 hypervisors )
  • Backup Bacula solution
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers
  • Supported by open source technology and Linux (KVM)

• Business outcome

  • License cost saving, easier administration
  • Virtualization presentations superior to VMWare

The distribution working environments are characterized by a high number of sales points. This involves huge necessities of client and server equipments. Many of these systems execute general activities and the impact of migration to an open environment with lower license cost provides real cost reduction advantages. The goal of this project consisted precisely in the analysis of these advantages for several environment and the design of a prototype solution.

• Identified Demand / Problem

  • Cost saving in software licenses by hypermarket
  • Solution to integration and control problems
  • Solutions equivalent to Lotus Domino, SAP, DHCP, DNS and network services

• Description

  • Integration and coexistence with current systems
  • Migration roadmap towards new environments and user training
  • More than 200 servers and 2000 work stations. Need of backup
  • LDAP, AD, Samba integrations
  • High cost of software licenses
  • Excessive dependence on providers

• How the problem was solved

  • Desktop solution with Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS) and Red Hat 5 servers
  • The prototype was composed of a server and a group of work stations, all with Linux
  • Impact analysis, training and migration roadmap
  • Selection of the demonstration centre as case of use

• Business outcome

  • Cost saving of software licences
  • New scalable and connectable model