NUREMBERG, Germany, January 24 /PRNewswire/ --
- OSBF Presents the Open Source Business Award 2008
Open Source Business Foundation e.V. (http://www.osbf.de), a European network for the open source sector with its headquarters in Nuremberg, has presented this year's "Open Source Business Award". The winner was announced at the "Open Source Meets Business" Conference in Nuremberg on the evening of January 23. Carrying a total of EUR 75,000, the Open Source Business Award has the highest prize money of all business plan competitions in Europe. The decision of the high-ranking jury, which consisted of 17 members, was unanimous. All award winners were commended as outstanding, innovative examples for the European open source sector. First place, earning prize money to the tune of EUR 50,000, went to Rapid-I, an open source data mining specialist from Dortmund (http://rapid-i.com). Second prize, carrying EUR 15,000, was taken by Open Bravo S.L., an open source ERP company from Pamplona in Spain (http://www.openbravo.com). The third place and EUR 10,000 were presented to brox IT-Solutions GmbH from Hanover, a specialist in data optimization and the personalized tracking of information (http://www.brox.de ). A special award in the shape of a 4 processor computer was presented to the Freiburg-based coresystems GmbH (http://www.coresystems.de). This year's premium sponsor of the Open Source Business Award was MAX21 AG of Darmstadt, a holding company specializing in the implementation of business models developed by young open source firms. Other sponsors included Intel Capital, S-Refit and TVM.
The Open Source Business Foundation e.V. (OSBF)
Open Source Business Foundation e.V. (OSBF), an association headquartered in Nuremberg, is a European network of companies, institutions and individuals whose shared interests lie in open source development and business models. For business founders and established companies from all over Europe, OSBF is a business platform that not only offers them contacts but also supports and promotes their business ideas. In its wide-ranging activities, OSFB always has its focus on the commercial use of open source software. OSBF was established at the end of 2007 as the successor organisation of Linux Business Campus Nürnberg e.V. Today, OSBF already has 120 members from all over Europe.
Contact Open Source Business Foundation e.V. Richard Seibt Maxfeldstrasse 9 90409 Nürnberg Germany Tel. +49(0)911-18015-01 Fax +49(0)911-18015-05 E-mail: richard.seibt@osbf.de Möller Horcher Public Relations GmbH Gabriele Horcher Ludwigstrasse 74 63067 Offenbach Germany Tel. +49(0)69-809096-52 Fax +49(0)69-809096-59 gabriele.horcher@moeller-horcher.de
Contact: Open Source Business Foundation e.V., Richard Seibt, Maxfeldstrasse 9, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany, Tel. +49(0)911-18015-01, Fax +49(0)911-18015-05, E-mail: richard.seibt@osbf.de; Möller Horcher Public Relations GmbH, Gabriele Horcher, Ludwigstrasse 74, 63067 Offenbach, Germany, Tel. +49(0)69-809096-52, Fax +49(0)69-809096-59, gabriele.horcher@moeller-horcher.de
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