OpenFin contributes to Symphony Software Foundation

OpenFin, the desktop operating system built specifically for the needs of capital markets, has publicly announced its contributions to the Symphony Software Foundation. Contributing code for the first time allows any OpenFin customer to deploy Symphony Chat on the OpenFin operating system.

The integration is currently in beta testing. While an expanding ecosystem of applications is already running on OpenFin, the new combined efforts will enable the seamless deployment and interoperability of Symphony.

By enabling Symphony to run on the OpenFin operating system, the companies are making it easy for their mutual customers to unify the Symphony desktop experience with their other OpenFin-based apps.

The Symphony Software Foundation now counts more than 50 projects, over 100 contributors, four active working groups, and a 25-member organisation under its wing. The Foundation recently hosted the industry’s first open source conference for financial services in New York.

“A commitment to open source software has been a core guiding principle at OpenFin and we’ve always strongly supported the Foundation’s efforts to bring that ethos to finance,” said Mazy Dar, CEO of OpenFin.

OpenFin’s customers include more than 45 of the world’s largest banks and trading platforms. Using a modern, open technology stack, the OpenFin operating system is dedicated to addressing the specific needs of these customers, enabling rapid deployment and interoperability, while simultaneously improving security.

Gabriele Columbro, executive director, Symphony Software Foundation, said, “By embracing open source, vendors can benefit from each other’s ecosystems, enabling each firm’s best-in-class technology to reach the widest number of developers. And by leveraging open standards, they can ensure high-longevity integration to their customers, resulting in a positive-sum game for the entire industry.”