http://www.zeapartners.org Zea Partners and Zea Members cases studies daily 1 2007-01-30T12:07:26Z http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/kent-connects-case-study001 UK public organizations in Kent and Medway collaborate in an innovative open source project. The Kent Connects Information Sharing Portal has been developed to create a flexible, virtual online space for any Kent Connects partner to share information via the internet in a secure way. This allows groups, communities, partnerships or individuals across these partner organisations to access documents, minutes, agendas etc from a central, secure store. No publisher xavier cases-studies 2009-11-26T14:01:27Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/quasar A Plone "Intelligent Intranet" suite of applications, integrating document and dossier management with ISO 9001:2000 - certified organization processes, used in a mid-sized Italian Public Organization, is going to be reused by other similar organizations of the Italian PloneGov subcommunity No publisher cesare Plone cases-studies 2009-07-02T10:23:07Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/newport-news-2009 Open eGov is an award winning project launched by the City of Newport News, Virginia - USA. The intent is to create a collaborative software ecosystem, where government organizations, non-profits and the private sector work together to share the cost of enhanced capabilities. The software and related documentation is available today for free download. No publisher xavier cases-studies 2009-06-30T08:22:33Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/water-quality-management001 The Water Quality Management System (WQMS) for South African authorities on the open source application server Zope. The WQMS is in use by 160 South African local governments and can be used by Water Service Authorities (local government), provincial and national government to guide the tracking, reviewing and improving of water quality. The project, which bears the potential of being shared with neighboring nations, is a new example of open source software being an enabler for innovation and social progress. No publisher xavier cases-studies 2009-06-24T13:52:58Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/osor003 CommunesPlone, a PloneGov SubCommunity, has released its first finished applications, such as a meeting management tool, PloneMeeting, and a module, Teleservices that allows citizens to file documents and submit requests online. By releasing these applications, the CommunesPlone collaborative has quickly attracted more municipalities to the group, which recently reached its 100 local government. No publisher xavier cases-studies 2009-06-19T12:33:20Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/osor006 PloneGov wants to grow. This project aims to reach more and more public organizations, and set up successful collaborations between them. It seeks to connect people who already have a strong base of Plone applications and are active in the sector. This article investigates the challenges between structuring a project and remaining flexible enough to maintain its attractiveness. No publisher xavier cases-studies 2009-06-19T10:26:12Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/one-northwest008 ONE/Northwest is a US non-profit supporting the environment and grass roots organizations through the use of technology. For over a decade, ONE/Northwest has helped over 800 environmental organizations fuse technology with new ways of doing their work. The organization relies intensively on open source software, for example, offering websites powered by the Content Management System Plone in order to help environmental NGOs make the leap to the Internet age. No publisher xavier planetplone cases-studies 2009-04-20T07:37:22Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/oneworld002 OneWorld South Asia (OWSA), the south Asian centre of OneWorld International Foundation, works to facilitate human rights and sustainable development in the region by leveraging a range of media and Information Communication Technologies (ICTs). For its IT projects, this international NGO, rely intensively on Plone, an open source Content Management System (CMS) and Zope an open source application server. No publisher xavier cases-studies 2009-04-12T10:33:28Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/osor005 PloneGov applications are easily transferable to similar foreign authorities and their potentials for replication are enormous. This project open the way to international software collaboration. The development of such software sharing initiatives helps underpin the sustainability of public services and save public money. No publisher xavier cases-studies 2009-04-11T06:08:23Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/weblion2008 Effective Web content management remains a painful problem for many institutions of higher education. Old methods and tools used in maintaining static web sites are costly and inefficient, and the quality of content is often poor. Content management systems (CMS) offer solutions, but do you buy or build? And how to get buy-in from independent-minded academic units? How are new systems and capabilities integrated with the CMS? No publisher xavier cases-studies 2009-04-03T14:25:52Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/free-software-users-groups001 Free software has an important difference compared to privative models: their users are able to cross the line of being just consumers and become providers of technology. This fosters the development of a social environment in which users, developers and different organization join with the purpose to socialize, study, improve software, share knowledge and promote. Such spaces are known as Users Groups. No publisher xavier cases-studies 2009-04-02T10:22:27Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/plonegov-italy002 The Italian PloneGov community has been growing at an impressive rate since the launch of its national branch in September. This article presents in details a number of Plone based open source projects developed by a number of Italian public administrations. No publisher xavier cases-studies 2008-12-09T13:37:39Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/osor004 PloneGov is an innovative collaborative e-government initiative. The project is open to any collaboration from any country. After 1-year existence, it already reaches 20 countries in 4 continents. This article investigates why over 100 public organizations including towns, cities, regions and parliaments from as many countries are working together to share software and best practices. No publisher xavier cases-studies 2008-09-19T20:00:57Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/Members/menttes/UNC-001 The National University of Cordoba (UNC), Argentina, recently launched its new institutional website built on Plone 3, the open source content management system. This project results from a close collaboration between the University development team with the support and assistance from menttes, a local Zea network member business. No publisher menttes cases-studies 2008-07-03T12:16:31Z News Item http://www.zeapartners.org/articles/undp001 The successful deployment of free and open source software (FOSS) in projects in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America are described in a publication entitled "Breaking Barriers" by UNDP's Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme. In line with the book findings, Zea Partners, a non-profit network of Open Source businesses, provides additional cases studies outlining the positive impact of Open Source software as a tool for Social progress. No publisher nbossut cases-studies 2008-06-06T17:47:37Z News Item