OSCC MAMPU Malaysia Oct 2008 Newsletter

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1. OSCC Newsletter OSCC Newsletter October 2008 MyGOSSCON 2008 – November 5-6 The MyGOSSCON 2008 is back this year on the 5th November and 6th November 2008 held at Putrajaya International Convention Centre, (PICC) Putrajaya. This conference will be officiated by the Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia, Y. Bhg Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan. The Open Source Competency Centre (OSCC) has successfully completed Phase I of the Malaysian Public Sector OSS Master Plan Programme, which focused on Laying the Foundation and Early Adoption stages. The programme is currently in Phase II - Accelerated Adoption stage, which targets to further accelerate OSS adoption in Public Sector. The Malaysian Government Open Source Software Conference (MyGOSSCON) is an event held to support the Phase II - Accelerated Inside Adoption. Following the success of the first MyGOSSCON in 2007, this popular event is back again this year to bring you the latest trends in OSS. ● MyGOSSCON 2008 A host of local and international speakers will present 35 papers covering ● Latest OSS Adoption global trends, technology, education, success stories and many more Trend interesting topics. The OSS Showcase Exhibition will have about 40 booths ● Linux Certified displaying various OSS solutions available for both public and private Administrator 01 sector users. ● OSS Case Study Awards 2008 OSCC Newsletters covers the latest issues and updates related to Open Source Software in Malaysia. OSCC Newsletters are developed by Open Source Competency Centre, MAMPU. MAMPU, is the central KSN officiating MyGOSSCON 2007 agency responsible for leading change and modernisation in the public service. MAMPU's Open Source Competency Centre is first and single point of reference for support and guidance in the implementation of Open Source Software in the Public Sector. For more information visit http://www.oscc.org.my or contact@oscc.org.my The views expressed in this newsletter do not necessarily represent those of the Government of Malaysia. This document is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License Malaysia. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/my/ OSS Showcase Exhibition
2. OSCC Newsletter OSCC Newsletter October 2008 In line with the Phase II targets, the theme for this year is “Accelerated OSS Adoption for Innovative Public Service Delivery”. Upcoming Objectives Events • To enhance the quality of public service delivery through OSS November 22nd and 23rd • To proliferate OSS development and implementation in the public National Healthcare Seminar. sector • To enhance synergy between Business, Public Higher Education For more information, please visit : Institutions and Public Sector Communities http://bpio.amdi.usm.edu.my/incoss • To stimulate and increase growth of the local ICT industry h2008 • To provide a platform for sharing of knowledge and experience November 5th & 6th among the participants MyGOSSCON 2008 at PICC For more information, please Target Participants* visit: • Government agencies http://mygosscon.oscc.org.my/ • National Higher Education Institutes (Universities and Colleges) • Non-Government Agencies (NGOs) • Business / Industry Sector utilizing OSS Upcoming • OSS Communities / Groups Training • November 10th to 13th * The Conference participants are by invitation only. The OSS Linux Network Administrator Showcase Exhibition is open to the Conference invitees as well as to the general public. November 13th Using MyMeeting November 17th Latest OSS Adoption Trend Certified Linux Administrator 01 Training Putrajaya 6th October 2008 – The number of government agencies adopting the Open Source Software has been increasing. Latest statistics show that 327 agencies have implemented OSS with over 936 known Other Highlights implementations. OSSRA The breakdowns of OSS Adoption among Public Sector Agencies into solution areas is depicted below:- Open Source Software Reference Architecture is now available for download from OSCC portal. Breakdown of OSS Adoption Among Public Sector Agencies For more information, please visit http://www.oscc.org.my/content/view /201/243/ 258 Desktop Solution WAG Infrastructure So- 295 lutions Web Application Guidelines now Application Solu- available for download from OSCC tions Portal Workload Consol- idation For more information, please visit: High Performance http://www.oscc.org.my/content/view Computing /202/246/ Distributed En- terprise 75 30 73 205
3. OSCC Newsletter OSCC Newsletter October 2008 Other Highlights Linux Certified Administrator 01 (Continued) The increase of OSS adoption have led to a substantial need to increase the number of personnel with relevant OSS skills in the Public Sector. The Certified Linux Administrator 01 (CLA01) is the main certification for Linux Administrators who need to install and maintain enterprise solutions using Linux and its administrative tools. Resources The certification path as shown requires the candidates to do a OSS Implementation practical and written test. This will be followed by a report on the Guidelines candidates participation of an OSS related project. Full details of the certification can be found at the OSCC portal. OSS Implementation Guidelines is now available for download from OSCC portal OSCC Mailing list To subscribe to our mailing lists please visit: http://lists.oscc.org.my/ mailman/listinfo OSS Development Toolkit A collection of OSS tools suitable for use in Windows environment and intended to be used for application development. For more information, please visit: http://knowledge.oscc.org.my/solutio n-areas/application/oss- development-toolkit/oss- development-toolkit/view OSS Case Study Awards OSCC is calling for submission of OSS case studies for the purpose of knowledge sharing. Those who have submitted before are also encouraged e-Marketplace to resubmit their improved/edit version of their case studies. The best case Government agencies can now post service requests and find service studies will be eligible for the National OSS Case Study Awards at providers with the new e- upcoming MyGOSSCON 2008. Marketplace. Please submit enquiries and case studies, to casestudy@oscc.org.my. http://knowledge.oscc.org.my/e-marketpla before the deadline on 10th October 2008, 5.30 p.m. If the case study files are too large to be sent by email, please provide a link. Knowledge Bank More information including templates at the following link: New and updated knowledge bank is now available. http://www.oscc.org.my/content/view/194/128/ http://knowledge.oscc.org.my Additional Resources OSS Implementation Case Studies http://knowledge.oscc.org.my/case-studies/malaysian-case-studies OpenOffice.org The free and open productivity suite http://www.openoffice.org