About Craig Gallen

Dr Craig Gallen has been a committer to OpenNMS for over 10 years. He has worked as an engineer in broadcasting, telecommunications and academia where his doctoral research explored the role of Open Source in the Telecommunications industry. Presently Craig splits his time between teaching at Solent University Southampton and influencing the strategic direction of OpenNMS.

From Pirate to Proven: 20 Years in Open-Source Network Management pt. 3

Dr. Craig Gallen looks back over his history with open-source network management and the TM Forum. In the final part of this series, he collects 4 key learnings on how to successfully move open-source initiatives forward. Thinking back and looking [...]

By |2024-02-26T14:02:37-05:00December 27th, 2023|

From Pirate to Proven: 20 Years in Open-Source Network Management pt. 2

Dr. Craig Gallen looks back over his history with open-source network management and the TM Forum. In the second part of this series, he dives into the history of interface programs including the rise and fall of TIP and the growth of OpenAPI. Around 2008, [...]

By |2024-02-26T13:57:11-05:00December 19th, 2023|

From Pirate to Proven: 20 Years in Open-Source Network Management pt. 1

Dr. Craig Gallen looks back over his history with open-source network management and the TM Forum. In the first part of this series, he covers the kick off of the 'open-source pirates' at TM Forum Nice 2004 to open source coming into its own and starting to compete with commercial [...]

By |2024-02-26T13:58:30-05:00December 13th, 2023|

FOSDEM 2020 – So much open source, so little time

Well, the annual pan-European open source jamboree that is FOSDEM, marking its 20th anniversary this year, has come and gone again. OpenNMS' Craig Gallen provides his thoughts on the event, IoT, and trying to see it all.

By |2020-02-18T13:48:38-05:00February 13th, 2020|
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