Karsten Thoms

Principal Software Engineer · itemis AG

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Karsten Thoms is Principal Software Engineer at itemis and has been a committer in open-source projects since 2003, including openArchitectureWare, Eclipse Xtext and the Eclipse Platform. Since October 2024 he has worked on Operaton, the free alternative to Camunda 7, and is now one of its most active committers. At BaselOne 2025 he gave the talk “Camunda 7 ist tot – lang lebe Operaton!”. He writes about BPMN process automation and open source in public administration. → operaton.org

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Digital Sovereignty Starts with Open Source

Open source alone doesn't protect against vendor lock-in, as MinIO, Terraform and Camunda show. Why digital sovereignty needs free software and shared responsibility for its development.

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October 15, 2026

Karsten Thoms 4 min read

Blog Full-Stack & Cloud

Operaton in the Public Sector: Open-Source Process Automation for Municipalities and Agencies

Amsterdam, Rotterdam, FIT-Connect: Operaton now automates public administration processes in the Netherlands and Germany. What's behind it and why it matters for digital sovereignty.

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October 12, 2026

Karsten Thoms 5 min read

Webinar Process Automation

Camunda 7 is over

Evaluating Your Migration Options — a joint session with itemis and Haulmont on life after Camunda 7's end of life.

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July 10, 2026

Blog Process Automation

What to Do After Camunda 7 CE End-of-Life?

Camunda 7 CE is reaching end-of-life. Operaton and the OpenBPM Platform offer a powerful open alternative – with minimal migration effort and maximum future-proofing.

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May 26, 2025

Karsten Thoms 2 min read