RTI International is a trade name of Research Triangle Institute

4th ICT Round-TableWashington, DC, 31 January 2008

Agenda

1. Welcome and introductionGordon Cressman, Senior Program Director, IDG/ICT, RTI

International

2. Open Source Software: Democratizing Content in a Changing Global Climate

Tom Rabon, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Red Hat

3. Open floor discussion

4. Next Round-table - Public/Private partnerships: How to encourage private funding to expand ICT in international development projects

Group discussion of trends, lessons learned, best practices

Open Source Software: What is it?

Development often a collaborative effort including volunteers

Source code made available under a copyright license

Not necessarily free of license fees, but often is

License addresses redistribution, derived works, integrity of author’s work, and other issues

Good models exist, but must be applied with care

Is it Important in International Development?

Global interest is growing Latin America: Expanded business and public sector access to IT Brazil, Peru, Venezuela: promote or require use in public sector to

lower costs China: drives most business email and adoption of IP VPN services

Benefits vary based on use and focus

Discussion often clouded by misperceptions

Seldom analyzed dispassionately and objectively

The 2006 e-readiness rankings, A white paper from the economist intelligence unit

Open Source Software: Perspectives for Development, Paul Dravis, World Bank InfoDev

Why do we use it?

Local ownership and control

Local capacity building

Sustainability

Speed, flexibility, power

What we use it for?

Knowledge sharing & management

Content Management Systems (CMS)

Web 2.0 & social networking

Research data collection & management

Management information systems

Routine health information systems

Systems monitoring, management, server virtualization, redundancy, clustering

ASEAN Member Services & ASEAN Regional ForumIntranet and Extranet Web Sites

Municipal Budget Reform Project, UkraineUSAID Project Web Site, Contract

India Health 2007Conference Web Site

HealthGov PhilippinesProject Web Site, Cooperative Agreement

Continuous Medical Education SystemIraq Ministry of Health

Zambia Electronic Perinatal Record System (ZEPRS) Electronic First Patient Record and Referral System

Zambia Electronic Perinatal Record System (ZEPRS)Platform Components

Platform Component Selected Solution

Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Server Backup Arkeia Backup

Wireless Authentication AEGIS Premium Server

Relational Database MySQL

Application Java, Struts, JDBC, Apache DBUtils, AJAX – DWR and script.aculo.us, Quartz, Junit, XStream

Web Application Server Apache (httpd) Tomcat (servlet container)

E-mail Cyrus IMAP, Squirrel Mail, Sendmail, Spam Assassin

E-mail Server Anti-virus AMaVIS

Introduction to Red HatAn Open Source Subscription Services Business Model

Founded in 1993

Premier Linux and open source provider

Most recognized Linux distribution in the world

Subscription support model for enterprise customers

Free and open source distribution for anyone

Headquartered on the NC State Centennial Campus, Research Triangle, NC

Offices in 24 countries in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific