Toward Sustainable OSPO: Lessons Learned From One Year of OSPO...
Talkat Open Source Summit Japan + AI_dev: Open Source GenAI & ML Summit + Automotive Linux Summit 2025 · 2025-12-08..12-10·
summary
Hitachi launched OSPO Nov 2024 and reports concrete outcomes: contributing to Keycloak to add OpenID security profiles, turning internal engineers into Keycloak maintainers and shipping an API management product used across multiple customers. Memberships include CNCF (gold) and POPS with visible wins—governing board and tech-lead seats, public keynotes, and media coverage. OSPO operates as a hybrid profit/cost center, measures impact over direct revenue, and lists real constraints: digital-only governance, unclear foundation membership exit criteria, and limited activity coverage.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00OSPO journey introduction
- 1:03Hitachi’s OSPO launch
- 2:26Kikro prototype cycle
- 5:19OSPO establishment
- 7:52OSPO organization and budget
- 9:45Support for business units
- 12:34Sustainable OSPO key points
- 13:19POPS and CNCF case studies
- 15:10Global community support
- 16:36Challenges and future goals
- 18:04Q&A profit vs cost
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