Today during my keynote at Solutions Linux in Paris this morning, I announced the creation of the European Chapter of the Open Solutions Alliance, the open source consortium Talend co-founded one year ago. For the OSA, this means “acting local”, while still “thinking global”.Indeed, more open source projects have originated in Europe than anywhere else in the world, which gives the region a unique foundation for building business value for users. Even for global vendors like Talend, it is important for open-source companies to work together to maximize the opportunities for open solutions in the European market.

This new chapter structure will better enable the OSA to address the needs of vendors such as Talend, who are deploying business-ready open solutions all over the world, but with a regional focus that is tailored for regional differences in culture, business practices, regulatory environments and open source adoption patterns.

Over the course of the next three months, we will finalize the creation of this chapter. Stay tuned for more information.

Bertrand