Paris-based OW2 Consortium, whose members include Alcatel Lucent, France Telecom, Red Hat and Thales, will merge with California-based Open Solutions Alliance, which represents organizations including Unisys and Ingres.
According to a press statement on Thursday, the two organizations will provide a "global platform for supporting research, development, distribution, and adoption of open source software."
"When you look at each organization's strengths in technology and market presence, as well as the global positioning of our members, OSA and OW2 look like two puzzle pieces waiting to be put together," said Cedric Thomas, OW2 chief executive, in the statement. "We can do much more together than apart, and a combined entity will provide a single voice for open source worldwide and a unique global pool of open source resources."
The merged organization will be called OW2, and OSA will become OW2's North American chapter, an Ingres spokesperson told ZDNet Asia's sister site, ZDNet UK on Thursday. No timescale for the merger was available at the time of writing.
This article was published as a blog post on ZDNet UK.
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