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Nexedi is one of the largest open source software publishers in Europe with a portfolio more than 10 original software products and a total code base of more than 15,000,000 lines. Nexedi original activity consists of deploying complex, mission critical "Enterprise Applications" based on ERP5 open source ERP/CRM/ECM/e-business framework. ERP5, Nexedi's most famous software product, has been deployed in companies such as Airbus, Central Bank of West Africa, Fortuneo, Kyorin, Mitsubishi, SANEF, PSA Groupe etc. that are looking for more flexibility and higher quality than traditional "Enterprise Application" products. Since 2010, Nexedi group's ViFiB has operated a distributed mesh cloud (DMC) present in more than 10 countries and 35 sites. DMC is an evolution of Cloud Computing which - according to HP's CTO Martin Fink - will render current centralised Cloud architectures obsolete by 2018, in particular for Big Data. ViFiB is one of the inventors of edge computing with the SlapOS edge computing and orchestration solution being used to deploy most of Nexedi's client applications. Nexedi developed in 2010 the first open data portal in France. Nexedi launched in 2010 a Big Data as a Service (BDaaS) commercial offer based on "SlapOS Webrunner". Since early 2014, Nexedi has concluded a strategic partnership with "scikit-learn" community with the goal to create Wendelin, a big data solutiondesigned to surpass Cloudera or Hortonworks HADOOP in the field of industrial Big Data. In 2017, Nexedi launched NMS, an open source telecommunication network management system, which combines elements of most of the above solutions to provide a solution specifically tailored to telecommunications. With OSIE, Nexedi aims to create a similar solution for industrial automation benefiting from the evolving portfolio of open software components.

For more info, please refer to: https://www.nexedi.com

Linutronix GmbH is one of the global leaders regarding all aspects of Linux related service provision in industrial and manufacturing environments. One key aspect in industrial use cases is deterministic timing behaviour - and Linutronix is the creator of PREEMPT_RT patch - the de facto standard for Linux and Real-Time. On behalf of the Linux Foundation, Linutronix is responsible for integrating deterministic timing behaviour into the mainline Linux kernel. Linutronix main business activities focus around in the technical segments of automation and industrial controllers in automotive, entertainment, infotainment and tolling industries. The company work closely with worldwide chip manufacturers such as Intel, TI, NXP and Renesas which entrust Linutronix to enable Linux support for their new chip generations. Linutronix is committed to actively furthering the development of Linux, is maintainer of the x86 architecture and has also developed essential parts of the flash driver infrastructure to name only two areas of substantial open source development. Relating to the OSIE project, the company has funded some parts of OPC-UA PubSub development via OSADL and is affiliated with the AccessTSN project which aims to develop modular open source drivers for real time applications within a TSN based network.

For more info, please refer to: https://www.linutronix.de

Olimex Ltd is a leading open hardware manufacturer and specialist for development tools and programs for embedded markets. The company was founded in 1991 as ET OLIMEKS which was transformed into today's Olimeks ODD in 1994. Olimex is located in Plovdiv and has 28 years of experience for designing, prototyping and manufacturing printed circuit boards, sub-assemblies as well as complete electronic products - such as open hardware, ready-to-assemble laptops. Their main product line, OLinuXino (Open Source Hardware Boards) as well as many other components are available in commercial and industry-grade versions - the latter with added temperature resistance among other factors. Olimex has extensive experience in analogue, digital and microcontroller design and offers their own-design development boards, programmers and emulators for rapid prototyping ARM, AVR, MSP430, MAXQ and PIC microcontrollers. The company is recognised as an approved Third Party Hardware Developer by companies such as Texas Instruments Inc, Maxim Integrated, Atmel Inc, NXP Inc. ST Microelectronics Inc, IAR Systems AB, Cirrus Logic Inc, OKI Semiconductor Inc, Energy Micro Inc and Microchip Inc.. Olimex has over 30.000 active client accounts regularly using services for electronic board development and prototyping. Their design capabilities are backed by a PCB prototype production and assembly facility - this way Olimex can assure that all designs are created and optimised for reliability and cost-effectiveness. Olimex operates its own 5000 m2 production plant situated in Plovdiv as well.

For more info, please refer to: https://www.olimex.com/

Fraunhofer FOKUS researches digital transformation and its impact on society, economics and technology. Since 1988 it supports commercial enterprises and public administration in the shaping and implementation of the digital transformation. For this purpose, Fraunhofer FOKUS offers research services ranging from requirements analysis to consulting, feasibility studies, technology development right up to prototypes and pilots in the business segments Digital Public Services, Future Applications and Media, Quality Engineering, Smart Mobility, Software-based Networks, Networked Security, Visual Computing and Analytics. With about 420 employees in Berlin and an annual budget of 31 million euros, Fraunhofer FOKUS is the largest ICT institute of the Fraunhofer Society. Around 70% of its budget is generated through projects from industry and the public domain. Within the Fraunhofer FOKUS IIoT Center industrial network technologies, standard-based connectivity and communication mechanisms, Fog/Edge/Cloud computing infrastructures, machine-to-machine communication, device management, orchestration and data analytics platforms enable a new generation of highly reliable, highly secure, near-real-time and intelligent IoT applications.

For more info, please refer to: https://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/