Cisco Announces 10 Finalists in its Linux App Contest

by Sam Dean - Jun. 02, 2009Comments (0)

I'm always a big fan of contests seeking top open source and crowdsourced applications, especially ones with cash prizes. Why shouldn't innovative developers be paid for their work, even if they're creating open tools? For several months now, Cisco has been running a contest seeking Linux-based applications for its AXP (Application Extension Platform) and ISR (Integrated Services Routers). The contest drew proposals from developers all over the world, 900 entries in all, and Cisco has announced the 10 finalists here, including a video worth watching. The ultimate winner gets $100,000 in the contest. Here are details on some of the applications the winning teams came up with.

As Matt Asay notes, the Cisco contest drew submissions from all over the globe. There were finalists from North and South America, Europe, and Asia.

The finalists look to be quite savvy when it comes to routers, deep network services and the like. There were several unified communications applications among the finalists, network security applications, a phone call validation application, video streaming services ideas, rich media environment applications for networks in hotels, and more.

It will be interesting to see which finalist wins the contest. To get a sense for how many good ideas this open source, crowdsourced contest produced, check out the video. 


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