Video of opentaps SEAS at VOLTTRON Days
This is a video of a presentation for the VOLTTRON Users’ Conference last week, covering both where we are now with opentaps SEAS development and what our business model is for open source energy:
Author: Si Chen
ERP to Smart Energy in 3 Charts
Why are we developing a smart energy software after creating open source ERP? First, the Internet Of Things means that the future of software, especially business applications, is connected devices: Second, falling cost of renewable energy means that this huge industry is ready for major transformation: Finally, we need to do something about climate change–and […]
opentaps Smart Energy Applications Suite (SEAS) released on github
Today, a new opentaps is publicly available on github at https://github.com/opentaps/opentaps_seas Here’s what it looks like: This new opentaps helps you to manage energy more intelligently by collecting and analyzing energy data. It lets you create and track a portfolio of your buildings and equipment, gather data from your devices through standard protocols such as […]
Why the Android of Energy will be Open Source
What would you do if you could go back in time? Way, way, way back to the days when Nokia and Symbian ruled the mobile phone world? Would you have known that one day, you could develop Instagram? Amazingly, we have a chance to do it over again. The energy industry is digitizing, and it’ll go […]
The Greatest Opportunity for Open Source in Our Time
Energy might be the biggest and most important industry in the world. Everyone you know, everything you use, everything you do — They all depend on energy. Our decisions about energy also change the world in big ways: From the Industrial Revolution to Climate Change, they all happened because of decisions we’ve made about energy. Amazingly, open source can […]
Is Blockchain the Ultimate Open Source Disruptive Technology?
Is blockchain an even more disruptive technology than the web? Could IOT be the best place for blockchain to take off? Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures has been talking a lot about the blockchain recently, so I decided to learn more about it. I read the Marketing the Blockchain e-book, watched The Grand Vision of […]
Was Microsoft the Greatest Open Source Business of All Times?
Before you flame, take a look at this ad: This is a historic document that shows the exact moment when Microsoft began taking over the world. Its main products at the time were BASIC and DOS, but DOS was the indispensable layer of the Personal Computer (PC) industry. It sat between the hardware and software of the IBM […]
A World of Possibilities for Open Source
Ten years ago we started with the (immodest?) goal of bringing open source to enterprise software. Today, there are even greater opportunities for open source — not just in software, but as a fundamental force for positive change in the world. Imagine a world where smart devices could be 3-d printed anywhere. Further imagine all […]
Let’s Stop Imitating Amazon and Make E-Commerce Fun Again
Has online shopping become boring? Every website shows you grids of categories and products, with cross-sells and up-sells. Scroll down and you might see a few reviews. Somewhere are the same add coupons, sign up for our emails, and free shipping offers you’ve probably seen a hundred times already. The sad truth is that there […]
Our Responsibility: Making the World Better with Technology and Open Communities
What do you say when people ask, “Why do you do your job?” Is it a mix of I’ve-done-it-for-years, I’m-good-at-it, and it-makes-me-money? That’s all fine and good, but please take a moment to think about the bigger picture: Our world is heading to a peak population of 9 billion people within our lifetime. More than […]