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Abstract. Open data initiatives on governmental data seem often to be linked to small software companies, which also use and release software under OSS licenses. This paper calls for more research to understand the similarities between open data and open source software vendors. We build a theoretical linkage between the more established OSS research and emerging research on open data in the context of small software companies.

Abstract. Providing information management services for multi-disciplinary research projects presents scientific, technological and communication challenges: constant change of themes and objects of scientific studies, entangled privacy and ownership requirements along with rapidly evolving methods of analysis and ways to look at data call for a highly dynamic communication and data service. We will present a case study of a collaborative network (simbioms.org). SIMBioMS, founded in 2005, develops open source software and provides data management services in biomedical research through four academic organisations and one company.