OpenSource

We'll discuss how developing RESTful APIs enables services from your team's resources to be utilized by other teams while also allowing for automated testing of the services you provide. 

The speaker has been working on an in-house private cloud solution where Linux virtual machines running on the IBM mainframe are made available to application development and solution teams. The solution offers 'self-service' to the end-user teams and allows for a 'single pane of glass' across the enterprise.

Too often, content authors are the last to meet their tool of work. Despite all the effort focused on UX/UI for the end users, the needs of content authors are still often neglected. In this talk, we'll discuss the needs of content authors, what initiatives are across open source CMSs (Drupal, Wordpress, Contentful) and how tools such as OpenStory can open a new type of SaaS offering: Content As a Service. 

This talk will be an overview of HV's open data initiative (ODI) and efforts towards the formation of a regional data center to serve the mid-Hudson Valley's 7 counties, 15 cities, 235 municipalities and 1.3 million residents. We'll cover the role of the HV Regional Data Center as an information intermediary, the players associated with HV's open data ecosystem, and the innovation opportunities available for app/dev, analysts and publishing professionals, government officials & NGO leaders, academic researchers, and entrepreneurs. 

What does promoting Open Data look like in practice. We'll examine a large research organization was having trouble getting its researchers to comply with their open data policy. An in-depth process involving focus groups, one-on-one interviews, a technology audit, and review of policies and procedures identified factors that were discouraging compliance with the open data policy. This review led to recommendations for policy and procedure changes that will encourage researchers to follow the policy in the future.