Open source software expectations in retail businesses of Igualada : an exploratory study

The emergence of open source software in the last years has become a common topic of study in different fields, from the most technical characteristics to the economical aspects. This paper examines the current status about the literature dealing with economics of open source and explores the uses, infrastructure and expectations of retail businesses and institutions of the town of Igualda about it. This qualitative case study finds out that the current equipment and level of uses of ICTs are low and that the current situation of the town stores is receptive to a potential introduction of open source software.

Preventive medicine for epidemic outbreaks and risky behavior through mobile devices and ubiquitous computing

In this work, we have developed the first free software for mobile devices with the Android operating system that can preventively mitigate the number of contagions of sexually transmitted infections (STI), associated with risk behavior. This software runs in two modes. The normal mode allows the user to see the alerts and nearby health centers. The second mode enables the service to work in the background. This software reports the health risks, as well as the location of different test centers.

Using free data mining software and clustering algorithms to find predictors from student qualifications

In this project a research both in finding predictors via clustering techniques and in reviewing the Data Mining free software is achieved. The research is based in a case of study, from where additionally to the KDD free software used by the scientific community; a new free tool for pre-processing the data is presented. The predictors are intended for the e-learning domain as the data from where these predictors have to be inferred are student qualifications from different e-learning environments. Through our case of study not only clustering algorithms are tested but also additional goals are proposed.

Contribution to Asterisk Open Source Project

With this final master thesis we are going to contribute to the Asterisk open source project. Asterisk is an open source project that started with the main objective of develop an IP telephony platform, completely based on Software (so not hardware dependent) and under an open license like GPL. This project was started on 1999 by the software engineer Mark Spencer at Digium. The main motivation of that open source project was that the telecommunications sector is lack of open solutions, and most of the available solutions are based on proprietary standards, which are close and not compatible between them. Behind the Asterisk project there is a company, Digum, which is the project leading since the project was originated in its laboratories. This company has some of its employees fully dedicated to contribute to the Asterisk project, and also provide the whole infrastructure required by the open source project. But the business of Digium isn't based on licensing of products due to the open source nature of Asterisk, but it's based on offering services around Asteriskand designing and selling some hardware components to be used with Asterisk. The Asterisk project has grown up a lot since its birth, offering in its latest versions advanced functionalities for managing calls and compatibility with some hardware that previously was exclusive of proprietary solutions. Due to that, Asterisk is becoming a serious alternative to all these proprietaries solutions because it has reached a level of maturity that makes it very stable. In addition, as it is open source, it can be fully customized to a givenrequirement, which could be impossible with the proprietaries solutions. Due to the bigness that is reaching the project, every day there are more companies which develop value added software for telephony platforms, that are seriously evaluating the option of make their software fully compatible withAsterisk platforms. All these factors make Asterisk being a consolidated project but in constant evolution, trying to offer all those functionalities offered by proprietaries solutions. This final master thesis will be divided mainly in two blocks totally complementaries. In the first block we will analyze Asterisk as an open source project and Asterisk as a telephony platform (PBX). As a result of this analysis we will generate a document, written in English because it is Asterisk project's official language, which could be used by future contributors as an starting point on joining Asterisk. On the second block we will proceed with a development contribution to the Asterisk project. We will have several options in the form that we do the contribution, such as solving bugs, developing new functionalities or start an Asterisk satellite project. The type of contribution will depend on the needs of the project on that moment.

Personalized touristic routes implementing semantic web on GIS

Nowadays, when a user is planning a touristic route is very difficult to find out which are the best places to visit. The user has to choose considering his/her preferences due to the great quantity of information it is possible to find in the web and taking into account it is necessary to do a selection, within small time because there is a limited time to do a trip. In Itiner@ project, we aim to implement Semantic Web technology combined with Geographic Information Systems in order to offer personalized touristic routes around a region based on user preferences and time situation. Using ontologies it is possible to link, structure, share data and obtain the result more suitable for user's preferences and actual situation with less time and more precisely than without ontologies. To achieve these objectives we propose a web page combining a GIS server and a touristic ontology. As a step further, we also study how to extend this technology on mobile devices due to the raising interest and technological progress of these devices and location-based services, which allows the user to have all the route information on the hand when he/she does a touristic trip. We design a little application in order to apply the combination of GIS and Semantic Web in a mobile device.

Email system upgrade : project report

Final degree project report. It summarizes the email upgrade project that was held at CELLS by Sergio Vicente.

Búsqueda, selección e implantación de un sistema online de software libre para revisión por pares en congresos científicos

Este proyecto tiene como objetivo implementar un sistema libre bajo GNU/Linux para la recepción y evaluación de trabajos presentados a un congreso argentino sobre sistemas embebidos. Además, se piensa en un futuro en organizar un evento de software libre con revisión de pares, para lo cual sería coherente utilizar un sistema con licencia de software libre.

IpViSix : Distribución LiveCD GNU/Linux con herramientas IPv6

Este documento describe qué contiene IpViSix, cómo se ha construido y para qué puede ser útil esta distribución de GNU/Linux que incorpora una serie de herramientas basadas en software libre que permiten tanto probar aplicaciones y redes como implementar servicios de red básicos.

Implantación de sistema VoIP en alta disponibilidad y distribución de carga

Este documento describe el proceso de diseño, configuración e implantación de un sistema clúster VoIP basado íntegramente en software libre.

Servidor d'escriptori remot

Prova de concepte per connectar escriptoris remots mitjançant el protocol NX usant el programari lliure FreeNX.

Análisis de complementos y herramientas GNU/Linux en el campo educativo de las matemáticas y el cálculo numérico

El primer objetivo del TFC es la revisión de las características definitorias de calidad y eficiencia del software libre frente a soluciones privativas de uso amplio en ambientes educativos o de ingeniería.

Baleike.com

Dirección, migración y desarrollo de un medio de comunicación utilizando herramientas de software libre. Sobre todo desarrollos avanzados sobre Wordpress.

Migración a software libre del Excmo. Ayto. de Alicante

Este proyecto aborda la migración de los sistemas de información de una administración pública de tamaño medio con las simulaciones más importantes propuestas.

GesRetail : software de gestión integral

El proyecto surge con el fin de crear una aplicación que responda a las necesidades de gestión y control de las actividades que se desarrollan en empresas minoristas dedicadas al sector de la electrónica de consumo. Este tipo de establecimientos aunque están muy especializados y proporcionan un trato excelente al público, suelen tener deficiencias técnicas a la hora de gestionar y controlar su negocio. Muchos de ellos carecen de programas informáticos adaptados a sus necesidades, e incluso en algún caso no disponen de ninguno por el alto coste que les supone. Dicho software tiene dos objetivos: por un lado atender las necesidades de este sector y por otro que el desembolso de la adquisición e implantación del mismo sea asequible. Para conseguir este último objetivo se utilizará software libre.

Treball Final de Master - Servidor de Comunicacions Unificades

L'objectiu d'aquest projecte és la creació d'una prova de concepte de comunicacions unificades utilitzant productes de programari lliure existents. Aquesta prova de concepte servirà per poder fer demostracions del funcionament general del programari implicat amb el mínim de preparacions, instal·lacions i configuracions prèvies possibles. El projecte es dividirà en dos appliances o LiveCD, creats a traves de Suse Studio, anomenats Comunicacions Unificades i Comunicacions Unificades 2.Els productes de programari lliure que composen el Servidor de Comunicacions Unificades els podem classificar en productes principals, plugins o addons dels productes i productes secundaris.Com a productes principals tenim els següents servidors que cobreixen les necessitats principals del Servidor de Comunicacions Unificades:Asterisk v1.8.3 : Servidor de telefonia amb veu sobre IP (VoIP).FreePBX v2.9.0beta2 : GUI de control i administració d'Asterisk.Openfire v3.7.0 : Servidor de IM basat en el protocol XMPP.BigBlueButton v0.71a : Sistema de conferència web. Pendent finalitzar-ne l'implementació.I els seguents productes principals que cobreixen les necessitats del servidor de Comunicacions Unificades 2:Zimbra v7.0.1 : Servidor de correu electrònic i de calendari. Pendent resoldre conflicte inicialització LDAP.Funambol v9.0.0 : Sincronització Zimbra amb mòbils.Com a plugins o addons del productes tenim, classificats segons el producte:Asterisk addons: chan_jingle i chan_gtalkZimlets: Asterisk, Google Translator, Funambol i SocialsOpenfire pugins: Asterisk, Facebook i GmailCom a productes secundaris tenim els clients necessaris per poder utilitzar l'appliance:Firefox: Navegador web que servirà com a interfície d'usuari per les diferents eines d'administració i la demostració.Pigdin o Spark: Clients de missatgeria instantània, per l'appliance Comunicacions Unificades.A més d'instal·lar aquests productes, s'implementa una interfície web, mitjançant Drupal, en format HTML per enllaçar les diferents eines d'administració dels productes, per a cadascun dels dos appliances i es realitzara un Kiosk appliance per a familiaritzar-se amb l'entorn SuseStudio.