Durham, N.C., March 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Open Invention Network (OIN), the largest patent non-aggression community in history, announced today that Rakuten, Inc. has joined as a community member. Rakuten is a global leader in internet services, offering over 70 services in e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications. In addition, Rakuten is pursuing an ambitious new network build out to become the worlds first end-to-end fully virtualized, cloud-native mobile network, using open source mobile carrier architecture to drive its $600 billion investment. By joining OIN, Rakuten is demonstrating its commitment to open source software (OSS) as a foundation for its platforms.

The online commerce, mobile communications, and fintech services industries are experiencing rapid growth. Global leaders that recognize these market opportunities, and the benefits of shared innovation inherent in open source, are building robust, feature-rich services that help make them more desirable to consumers, said Keith Bergelt, CEO of Open Invention Network. We are pleased that Rakuten has joined our community and committed to patent non-aggression in Linux and adjacent open source technologies.

At Rakuten, our businesses continue to evolve as we address new market opportunities. Because of this, we are a user and strong advocate of open source software, said Tareq Amin, CAO, Group Executive Vice President, Rakuten, Inc. We are building the first 100% fully virtualized mobile network, enabling us to scale rapidly and offer the best quality-of-service (QoS) available. By joining Open Invention Network, we are demonstrating our commitment to open source software, and supporting it with a pledge of patent non-aggression.

OINs community practices patent non-aggression in core Linux and adjacent open source technologies by cross-licensing Linux System patents to one another on a royalty-free basis. Patents owned by Open Invention Network are similarly licensed royalty-free to any organization that agrees not to assert its patents against the Linux System. The OIN license can be signed online at http://www.j-oin.net/.

About RakutenRakuten, Inc. (TSE: 4755) is a global leader in Internet services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Founded in Tokyo in 1997 as an online marketplace, Rakuten has expanded to offer services in e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications to about 1.4 billion members around the world. The Rakuten Group has over 20,000 employees, and operations in 30 countries and regions. For more information visithttps://global.rakuten.com/corp/.

About Open Invention NetworkOpen Invention Network (OIN) is the largest patent non-aggression community in history and supports freedom of action in Linux as a key element of open source software (OSS). Patent non-aggression in core technologies is a cultural norm within OSS, so that the litmus test for authentic behavior in the OSS community includes OIN membership. Funded by Google, IBM, NEC, Philips, Sony, SUSE and Toyota, OIN has more than 3,200 community members and owns more than 1,300 global patents and applications. The OIN patent license and member cross-licenses are available royalty-free to any party that joins the OIN community.

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Why is open source a particularly important community for driving innovation in the tech industry?originally appeared onQuora:the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world.

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I got a chance to deeply understand the world of OSS (Open Source Software) while I was at Docker, which is one of the most popular and used open source projects. I have to confess that I fell in love with this method of writing and consuming software.

Since then, I've been a fierce advocate of open sourcing projects and supporting the OSS community. There are many reasons for it and it is a beautiful win-win for companies, communities and software users. Obviously, the availability of software that is open and the ability of a passionate community of developers to evolve is great and known. But consider also these angles if you are a tech company:

Open source is a great opportunity to elevate your tech portfolio as a company, showcase your innovation, and tap into great talent. People who join your company can be instantly productive in areas where you use open source.

It allows companies, entrepreneurs and anyone who uses the code to rely on a great community of developers. It empowers the users of OSS with the ability to evolve a component that they rely on.

Yes, one of the most exciting reasons for me is that it allows a project to get life. When you open source a project, you take code that was typically only shared within a company, and you open it up to the world. When you put your code out to the world, suddenly it becomes part of the industry. Your software continues to evolve, and it continues to stay relevant, as people adopt and contribute to your code. It breathes new life and meaning into the project, and allows it to live on.

For us at Intuit, were really supportive of our engineers using open source, contributing to open source and most importantly - open sourcing their projects. We want engineers to put their code out there, and evolve it together with the OSS community for the benefit of the industry.

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If theres anyone who knows about network automation, its Rakuten Mobile CTO Tareq Amin. Hes leading the charge to build a greenfield LTE network in Japan that will launch commercially in early April.

In advance of FierceWireless'virtual panel about network automation on Tuesday, March 24,Amin spoke with FierceWireless about Rakutens network automation work.

Rakuten has worked with a bevy of vendors, and its also orchestrated open source software to build this fully virtualized network, which currently has about 188 virtual network functions and 6,000 virtual machines. Amin said, The truth is this was not easy, but I have never, ever felt for a moment of my life this will not work.

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He added, We stumbled quite a bit, not in the areas I thought we would be most challenged. I thought RAN would be most complex. But of all my challenges I have faced, I attribute 10% to radio and 90% to everything else.

Amin said Rakuten acted as a systems integrator for its own network. And it had to orchestrate all the pieces and parts together from the virtualized core to the virtualized RAN, to the back-office systems. It was taxing. We really had to become the glue for everybody.

It was the little things that caused some of the biggest headaches. For instance, working with the new BSS/OSS system for policy and charging was a challenge. The company is actually planning to acquire a start-up BSS/OSS company that it worked with on the project. Amin refused to name the company at this point because the deal is in final negotiation stages. But he said to look for an announcement in about three weeks.

BT

Neil McRae, BTs managing director and chief architect, will be participating in Tuesdays panel on network automation. BT belongs to the O-RAN Alliance, which is developing standardized open interfaces for the radio access network (RAN). But the British operator isnt all that enamored with commercial solutions that use O-RAN, yet.

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BT isnt religiousabout virtualization for its own sake. We think sometimes youre increasing the complexity of operations, McRae said. Today I talk to my supplier, and they resolve it. In a disaggregated network, I have to talk to more than one supplier; I have to have a programmer on my own staff to de-bug it. Weve got a lot to learn how to operate the infrastructure. We will use the best solution for customer experience and that allows us to make a return. When you look at O-RAN its still not clear to me thattheres a really strong single direction for the parties involved.

Amin acknowledges that its a lot of work to manage multiple vendors and open source software and act as your own systems integrator. He said Rakuten Mobiles engineering organization is very flat, and he has a lot of direct reports, which makes his job even more demanding. But he wanted to make sure Rakuten was in charge of its own destiny.

For its part though, BT must deal with an old, established network. McRae said Rakuten doesnt have to worry about 20 years or more of legacy equipment. In cost terms, do we see any benefits of disaggregation in the mobile core? No, we see the opposite is true, McRae said. Its more costly to run and with greater likelihood of problems.

Vodafone, however, also must deal with a legacy network. But its become an early adopter of open RAN technologies. In November 2019, Vodafone announced that it would issue a request for quotes for open RAN technology for its entire European footprint.

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Mostafa Essa, an AI and data analytics distinguished engineer with Vodafone, said, If you use a specific vendor for the RAN and ask him to carry some new features for something you are needing that is impacting your customers, they have to go back to their R&D and build up features. Then well test and give feedback. Right now, by using the open RAN concept, you can build up whatever you want whenever you want. Its not connected to vendors roadmaps.

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DellOro analyst Stefan Pongratz has said, Given the current progress and the overall readiness with both the open RAN and non open RAN virtualization tracks, we anticipate that the benefits with purpose-built RAN will continue to outweigh the benefits with virtual RAN over the near-term.But he adds that open RAN momentum is accelerating as the ecosystem develops, as partnerships are formed and as operators experiment with trials.

Rakutens Amin said, When you deal with software, life is slightly a bit easier. I know I can fix software. Were getting really good at isolating and fixing the problems."

Among its many leading-edge (or perhaps bleeding-edge) innovations, Rakuten has changed the process of how a vendor partner delivers software to Rakuten. It created a lab management platform in which its cloud and the R&D cloud of the vendor partners are tightly linked so that software development can go much faster. Amin said the dev/ops processes that in the past typically took sixmonths have been sped up to a matter of days.

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Scientific questions and crippling logistical challenges surrounding the global response to the fast-moving coronavirus pandemic have led many to help look for solutions, stoking a burgeoning DIY biology movement.

Spurred by the insecurity, students, scientists, developers and health professionals have taken to online biology forums in recent weeks to help investigate potential vaccines and innovative methods of testing.

Many of these online communities have been around for years, but the fast spread of coronavirus has further ignited them, said Josh Perfetto, founder of a Santa Clara, California, biological testing startup and member of DIYbio, an online forum for DIY scientists.

Biohacking used to be a fringe space, but I think this is becoming a kind of breakout moment for things like DIY biology and community labs and hacker spaces, he said. Even if we contain coronavirus, this is starting to become a big need. This wont be the last pandemic.

The DIY efforts come as more than 190,000 coronavirus cases have been reported worldwide, numerous countries have issued new regulations in an effort to curb its spread, and more and more cities in the US go on lockdown. Meanwhile, US officials are scrambling to make more test kits available to its population after weeks of undertesting, and a vaccine remains many months away.

Amid the crisis, the international online science coalition Just One Giant Lab (JOGL) announced on 4 March a call to its followers to work together to develop solutions to the myriad challenges posed by the coronavirus. Since then, the group has seen a record number of engagement on its platforms, it says, with 380 members from every continent on the planet except Antarctica working together to develop coronavirus tools.

Members of the group communicate primarily through a public Slack messaging channel and a weekly international video and phone call.

The ultimate goal of the JOGL challenge was initially to develop an open source (publicly shared) methodology to safely test for the virus using tools as common as possible. But other projects have also emerged from the forum, including tracking the spread of the virus using open source software and finding more accessible ways to make masks and open source ventilators, the devices that help sick patients breathe, particularly important as the disease comes with severe respiratory effects.

Sophie Liu, a high school student in Washington and a JOGL member, is working on making lab testing for coronavirus more accessible.

Liu got into the online biology movement when, as a 15-year-old in 10th grade she had trouble finding any labs who would hire a teen, and joined the coronavirus project in early March.

The tests she has developed are in early stages, she said.

This project means a lot to me because the virus is spreading in Washington, and I have been skipping out on a lot of school I am extremely behind on coursework and exams she said. I havent been able to hang out with my friends or attend social gatherings.

Members of JOGL hope to create viable solutions to potentially be distributed to NGOs after being reviewed by JOGLs biosafety advisory board, composed of international biosecurity and safety experts, said Kat Holo, another Washington high school student involved in the group.

She has been involved the community biology space for more than three years and said the group has never had such a large amount of engagement from such a large volume of scientists.

Weve seen such a big response since this pandemic has affected everyones lives in one way or another, no matter where they live or who they are, she said. There is a common consensus and belief in the power of the community and the common desire to help the international community in such a time of need.

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Microsoft will soon control more of the open source software development ecosystem.

GitHub, which Microsoft bought in 2018, said Monday that it will acquire NPM, which offers a crucial service for JavaScript developers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

GitHub is the most popular place to host open source software on the web and is home to around 100 million code repositories. NPM, short for "node package manager," hosts packages written for the popular JavaScript programming platform Node, and provides tools for managing those packages. According to a blog post from NPM cofounder Isaac Schlueter, the company hosts 1.3 million packages, which are downloaded 75 billion times per month. The company's website says customers include Slack, Netflix, Visa, and Nike.

The companies are important because developers today tend not to write applications entirely from scratch. Instead they typically stitch programs together from open source packages of codelike those hosted on NPMthat handle common features, like communication with databases or verifying passwords.

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If you wanted to create an open source Node package, you might upload the code to GitHub in order to work with other programmers on it. But you'd probably also upload it to NPM, from which developers would install and manage it. GitHub also launched its own package management service last year called GitHub Package Registry.

NPM raised $8 million in venture capital in 2015. Like GitHub, NPM charges users who want to host code on its service privately instead of making it publicly available. Companies might want to do this so that they can manage open source and proprietary software through the same tools.

Despite the important role it plays in software development, NPM struggled. The Register reported last year that the company had laid off around 20 or 25 percent of its employees, including an employee only a month away from vesting his stock options and three people who were attempting to form a union at the company. NPM was the subject of five complaints last year with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging "coercive statements" and retaliation. All the complaints were closed following informal settlements, according to the NLRB website. NPM declined to comment, and GitHub did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Commentary: As bad as things may get due to COVID-19, open source just might make life a little better, at least regarding an economic downturn and possible recession.

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Over the last few weeks, there's been plenty of bad news. The way things are looking with the coronavirus pandemic, we're in for even more bad news over the coming weeks and, likely, months. In a time when people's health is at risk, money doesn't matter much. Even so, economists are starting to utter the "R" word, as consumers and businesses delay spending amidst novel coronavirus uncertainty, which will, in turn, create even more hardship.

One bright spot is that more organizations will turn to open source as they seek to do more with less, which was the case from 2007 to 2008 during theGreat Recession, as well as during the dot-com bust of 2000 to 2001. Open source adoption has been accelerating for a long time, but as open source vendors and communities experienced during the last recession, it tends to do even better as things get bad.

According to McKinsey & Co. analysis, there are at least three possible outcomes to the coronavirus pandemic. In the best case scenario, the world responds in somewhat similar fashion to China, and we see GDP growth for 2020 fall from roughly 2.5% to 2.0%. In this scenario, the US economy recovers by the end of the first quarter. Happy(ish) days.

Of course, few companies operate like China with strong state control, which means we're more likely to see something like McKinsey's second scenario: A global slowdown. This is the world in which we're currently living, where governments and private entities are combining to have workers stay home, public gatherings are banned, etc. Even with such measures, global GDP gets chopped in half, falling to between 1% and 1.5%, according to McKinsey. Days are not so happy, but by the middle of Q2 life becomes somewhat normal again.

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In the final scenario--pandemic and recession--coronavirus turns out to not be seasonal, pushing problems well in Q3, which means economic recovery doesn't really kick in until Q4. Global GDP falls to between 1.5 and 0.5%. Nothing remotely happy in this scenario.

All of these scenarios portend financial hardship for people around the world, compounding the physical hardships we will already endure. To minimize the negative impacts on individuals throughout this time, companies will need to figure out how to operate more efficiently. As in the 2007/2008 recession, open source will become ever more appealing.

Minus the serious health concerns, the economic fallout could be similar to what we're about to experience globally. Talk to those who lived through that recession, however, and a different narrative emerges for those working at open source companies. Without wanting to smugly minimize the economic hardships that others experienced, it's worth digging into open source as a way to benefit all.

According to Nick White (then at SpringSource), "The impact on open source companies lasted 90 days and then we were back hiring and in fact acquiring other companies." This tallies with my own experience, working at the time for Alfresco. We went through the recession profitable, with revenue growing strongly each year. As I wrote in 2008 for CNET (Open-source innovation in a recession), "Open source breeds communities, which in turn add value to the software, making this innovation more of a group effort (and, hence, potentially a less costly effort)."

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Today, buying into open source requires even less risk than it did back then, when companies were still testing the waters. Today for things like data infrastructure, open source is already recognized as the safe, innovative choice. Adding to this, there are a number of open source companies that have been thriving as they increasingly deliver open source software as a service, and should do even better as companies try to make the most of tightened budgets:

There are other companies, from MariaDB to DataStax to Percona and beyond, that have experienced exceptional results. In talking with sources at a range of these companies, the slowdown seems to be giving them a bump, as suggested above.

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I cite these examples because it's publicly available data, but of course much of the benefits that organizations will derive from open source in this difficult time will come from unpaid adoption of open source software. They'll use Apache Flink for event-driven applications; Envoy as an edge proxy; and more. They'll be more willing to trade time to save money (rather than trading money to save time with commercially supported open source). It will end up being a good thing for those companies and the people who work for them.

Not that it will make things easy. These next few months are going to be hard, and especially for those who don't know anything about open source software like Flink, Envoy, Elasticsearch, etc. But in some way, if their jobs are saved because a smart engineer figured out how to do more with less using open source, they're going to benefit, even if they don't know who to thank.

SEE: How open-source software is tackling COVID-19 coronavirus (ZDNet)

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There could be a method to Purism's madness, because the Librem 5 mobile device proves one very important thing.

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What do you do when you're sent a device for review that is clearly not ready for public consumption--or even ready for review? That's a tough question to answer, but it's one I will attempt to do in the following paragraph in my review of the Purism Librem 5 Linux-based smartphone.

This is one of the smartphones I've been anticipating for quite some time and, based on the product updates, I assumed the Librem 5 would be something mind-blowingly special.

My mind was blown. Unfortunately, not in the good way.

You must go into this, as I did, knowing that the reviewed product is in early beta.

I was unable to get the Librem 5 to make calls.

The Librem 5 is plastic and massive.

The Librem 5's battery lasts about an hour or two tops (which I was informed of by Purism).

The Librem 5 device gets really hot when charging (again, I was made aware of this).

Wireless was incredibly slow,

The Librem 5's screen is less-than responsive.

I could go on and on about downsides to the Librem 5, but considering this phone is so far away from being review or consumer ready, I decided to take a different approach.

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At first blush, it is be really easy to draw the conclusion that Purism is struggling to get this device consumer ready. Purism started the Librem 5 crowdfunding campaign in 2017, and three years might as well be an eternity in tech time.

I don't generally like to approach the easy conclusions; instead, I want to look at one particular aspect of what Purism has done with the Librem 5: The company proved the Linux smartphone can work.

You're probably thinking, "Aren't you contradicting yourself?" I know, I know--the Librem 5 is far from truly "working." In fact, every time you go to use the far-too-clunky device, your first thought is, "Will it work this time?" And half the time the answer to that unnerving question is "no."

But Librem is a mostly functioning example of what Linux can actually do to "be a smartphone."

How can I say that, when so much of the phone doesn't function? Because the Librem 5 at least gives us the bones of an open source smartphone. And even if this device never makes it to market, it should serve as a sign of hope to the open source community that it can be done. To me, that proves there is a method to Purism's madness.

I remember back when I had a Ubuntu Touch phone for review; this device had moderately spec'd hardware, but an interface that hobbled the phone out of the box. From my perspective, the Ubuntu Phone failed for one reason: The operating system.

The Librem 5 took a lesson from that failure and brought to life a mobile version of PureOS that actually functions. Yes, even though the phone is riddled with problems, the interface works quite well. In fact, this mobile platform requires zero learning curve. Take the device out of the box, power it on, walk through whatever welcome/onboarding screens that are necessary, and start using your new Linux-powered phone.

If Purism manages to reach a consumer-level release, that will be the initial experience for users of all skills. And if the Librem 5 proves only that Linux can be made into a fantastically user-friendly mobile platform, it's a success.

These are the items Purism needs to immediately address with the Librem 5:

The phone must be able to actually make phone calls. Even after inserting a working SIM card, the review unit was still unable to place that first call.

The screen must be more responsive. At the moment, you have to be very deliberate in your tapping and swiping; otherwise, nothing registers.

Wi-Fi speed must be improved. Even using a gigabit network, page loading speeds of everyday sites was abysmal.

The hardware is WAY too big. No consumer will carry around a 6 x 3 x .5 plastic brick. Until Purism reduces the thickness of the Librem 5 by half, this phone will only sell to Linux enthusiasts who want a web server in their pocket (Figure A).

Figure A

The Purism Librem 5 compared to a OnePlus 6 Android smartphone.

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Notice that I didn't say anything about the UI--that's because the interface is the one thing Purism has done seriously right with the Librem 5. It's really good. In fact, how about a screenshot? In order to do that, I had to walk through the following steps:

Install openssh-server, grim, and libnotify-bin.

SSH into the phone.

Create a bash script that uses the grim command.

Give the bash script the proper permissions.

Run the command.

Use the scp command to copy the photo from the phone to the desktop.

The screenshot shows the gist of how the interface works (Figure B).

Figure B

The Purism Librem 5 homescreen is somewhat reminiscent of an upside down version of previous Android releases.

You have running apps on top and installed apps on the bottom, both delineated by an app search bar. Everything is a quick tap away, and applications can be installed from within GNOME Software. That's right, GNOME Software. So you'll have access to plenty of open source software. I even installed LibreOffice, just to see if it could be done. Although the office suite did install, launching it caused the device to choke. What does that mean? The hardware isn't up to the task of running such a large desktop application. In fact, while attempting to run LibreOffice while the device was charging, it made the hardware almost too hot to touch. Lesson learned.

The Librem 5 requires zero learning curve as I have ever witnessed with a mobile device. It wouldn't matter which platform you were coming from (Android or iOS), you could be up to speed on PureOS in seconds.

And that, my friends, is what Purism has proved: Linux does have a successful path to the mobile phone rank and file. The Librem 5 is a long, long, long way off from being consumer ready. But if Purism can fix the problems and find more consumer-friendly hardware, this Linux smartphone could finally gain traction in an incredibly challenging market.

And, yes, just for fun I did install the Apache web browser onto the phone (Figure C).

Figure C

Running the Apache web server on the Purism Librem 5 smartphone is actually quite simple.

Clearly, the Librem 5, once it's ready, will have a lot of Linux goodness up its sleeve that most other phones cannot touch.

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BERLIN, March 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Open-source software provider Camunda is powering Deutsche Telekoms customer service sector with its successful Process Automation platform. The leading German telecommunications provider has embraced process automation to drive digital transformation company-wide and replace inefficient processes. At Deutsche Telekom, Camunda enables the orchestration of more than 2,500 individual software robots (RPA bots), as well as the transition of the current frontend automation to a less maintenance-intensive and better-integrated backend automation, providing further automation and savings opportunities.

Deutsche Telekom aims to better support the customer service function digitally and improve process automation. The company has moved further than most European businesses in developing an army of more than 2,500 RPA bots to automatically handle and improve manual processes, resulting in annual savings of approximately 100 million euros. The next step for the company is to transform this "front-end automation" technology which is expensive to maintain, manage errors and control business processes end-to-end into backend automation, integrated more strongly with core IT systems.

With Camunda BPM, there is now a central platform for process automation that ensures IT systems and RPA bots can be addressed directly via APIs, and all required information can be exchanged digitally from start to finish. Going forward, these RPA bots will be increasingly replaced by API-based interfaces, which is easily done without having to further adapt the business processes in Camunda. This shift will provide a smooth migration to an IT infrastructure that enables a sustainable digital transformation.

"We are proud to have made the move towards digital transformation very early on and built one of the largest RPA platforms in Europe," says Marco Einacker, Vice President Service IT at Deutsche Telekom. "Building on our RPA experience, we are now entering the next phase, automating processes from start to finish with the help of Camunda to accelerate digital transformation quickly and sustainably."

"Automated processes are at the heart of any digital enterprise," says Jakob Freund, CEO, Camunda. "To achieve this, business and IT must effectively collaborate and processes must be continuously managed across a wide range of technical systems. RPA is a useful short-term solution for many companies to selectively automate the work of individual components in legacy systems. The next step is to include these isolated RPA bots in continuous process control and, where possible, gradually replace them with real API services. We are delighted to accompany Deutsche Telekom on its way to becoming a digital enterprise with Camunda BPM."

With Camunda BPM software, complete processes and complex decisions can be designed, automated and improved. This cohesive approach makes it easier for companies to manage complex processes across multiple IT systems automatically, much faster and more cost-effectively than before. Camunda supports the established BPMN and DMN standards, which enables effective communication between business stakeholders and software developers. With end-to-end management in Camunda, there is a complete overview across all processes, including the involved RPA bots used to monitor individual operations, which is especially important for improving the overall performance of processes.

The new solution with Camunda BPM was introduced within Deutsche Telekom in 2019 and has been in production since the beginning of 2020.

About Camunda

Camunda is an open source software company innovating process automation with a developer-friendly approach that is standards-based, highly scalable and collaborative for business and IT.

A community of thousands of users across companies such as Allianz, ING and T-Mobile design, automate and improve mission-critical business processes end-to-end with Camunda, enabling them to build software applications more flexibly, collaboratively and efficiently, gaining the business agility, visibility and scale needed to drive digital transformation. One of the fastest growing companies in EMEA as ranked by Deloitte, Camunda is based in Berlin with offices in San Francisco and Denver, USA. To learn more visit: https://camunda.com/

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