About us

Ars Aperta is an independent consulting firm focusing on open standards and open source software related strategies for corporate and governmental organizations.

Ars Aperta helps its customers through change management, methods, and technical, relational and legal expertise on Free & Open Source projects.

Member of several technical committees of the OASIS consortium, Ars Aperta assists organizations in their strategic reflexion on interoperability and the use of solutions based on open standards, in particular OpenDocument format.

A professionnal approach to Interoperability

Ars Aperta offers a wide range of consulting services to the industry. Our offer fits the needs of several markets. We analyze every client's needs, goals and context and help him achieve them through a careful and real-world strategy.
Open Standards and Free and Open Source Software (FLOSS) can help people, governments and businesses get the best out of their I.T. infrastructure through its diversity and its processes by enabling truly open and interoperable technologies shaping the future of I.T. And since interoperability can only be made real through openness and transparency, the values and the methods of the Free and Open Source Software world are thoroughly taken into account in our service to our clients.
In this regard, Ars Aperta helps organizations interact and manage their strategy in regard of interoperability issues affecting their I.T. infrastructure as well as their relationship with the community. Ars Aperta carefully studies the potential benefits and drawbacks related to the adoption of Open Standards based technologies in the particular context of each one of its clients. In the same way, communities are important to any organization; community starts with Free and Open Source Software and can spread up to the organization's suppliers, partners and even customers. Below is a list of industries we can help succeeding in their FLOSS strategies:

• Large accounts (private sector)
• Governmental and public sector
• Software vendors
• Universities - R&D departments
• IT services companies
• Not for Profit companies /organizations.