Hello there,
I had the chance to briefly discuss our initiative with Cedric Thomas,
CEO of OW2 (in CC to this e-mail) and he was so kind to pack some
information that might be really interesting for us: see his e-mail
reported below.
Looking forward for hearing your feedback.
Regards.
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Dear Francesco,
We have two types of activities at OW2: Projects and Initiatives.
- Projects: the deliverable of a project is code, for example, Syncope
and LemonLDAP are projects.
- Initiatives: they are joint efforts by members and non-members of OW2
to address a market segment; the deliverable of an initiative is market
outreach, this includes, for example, joint proposals, collaborative
projects, joint sessions at conferences, sharing booth at exhibitions,
etc.
At OW2, we have four initiatives [1], they address segment where we
want to be proactive: cloud, big data, IoT, Privacy and Security.
Here is the link to our "Privacy and Security initiative" [2]. Note
this initiative is in its inception phase. We have identified the need
to go there, it has been endorsed by the board: that means OW2
Management Office can work on it, promote it, support its participants,
etc. Think of it as a space which has been open but which is still
quite empty.
It seems to me there are great potential synergies between our "Privacy
and Security initiative" and the Open Source Identity Ecosystem you are
working on.
I would be happy to discuss further with you and explore how we could
work together.
I look forward to hearing from you soon,
Kind regards,
Cedric
[1]
http://www.ow2.org/bin/view/Activities/Initiatives
[2]
http://www.ow2.org/bin/view/Security/
Cedric Thomas
CEO OW2
www.ow2.org
C:+33 611 430 431 @cedricth S:cedricthomas
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