| Dec. 11 open source summit spotlights business and technology issues |
Dec. 08, 2003
The SDForum Open Source Summit and Expo will take place Dec. 11, 2003, at the Marriott Hotel, in Burlingame, Calif., from 2:00 PM to 8:30 PM. IBM VP of Emerging Internet Strategy Rod Smith delivers the opening keynote at 2:00 PM, followed by sessions in both Business and Technology tracks. Brian Behlendorf, founder of the Apache Project, delivers the evening keynote.
Event spokesperson Craig Oda comments, "In addition to the technical track, the perspectives from investors, legal experts, and marketing experts round out the summit. The connection between open source and money is a unique feature of this event."
Oda adds, "Many people hope that a range of more mature open source business models will help to kickstart the tech economy in Silicon Valley."
The following is a complete list of sessions for the business track:- Business Models: -- 2:40 - 3:25
- Victoria Murphy, Reporter, Forbes
- Matt Asay, Director Linux Business Office, Novell
- Mike Olson, CEO, Sleepycat
- Munwar Shariff, CTO, Cignex
- Investor Viewpoint -- 3:35 - 4:20
- Fred Vogelstein, Reporter, Fortune Magazine
- Krys Corbett, Associate, Wilson Sonsini
- Mitchell Kertzman, Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
- Pradeep Tagare, Director, Intel Capital
- Legal Roundtable -- 4:30 - 5:15
- Heather Rafter, Esq., General Counsel, Digidesign
- Hank Jones, Esq., Law Office of Henry W. Jones, III
and Intersect Tech. Consulting
- Steve Mutkowski, Esq., Attorney, Microsoft
- Scott Peterson, Esq., Corporate Counsel, HP
- Jason Wacha, VP Corporate Affairs; General Counsel
- Reception -- 5:15 - 6:00
- SDForum Appetizers and Networking
- Evening Keynote -- 6:00 - 6:30
- Brian Behlendorf, Founder, Apache
- Sales and Marketing -- 6:40 - 7:25
- Andrew Aitken, Managing Partner, Olliance Group
- Lonn Johnston, Founder, Page One PR
- Bernie Mills, VP Marketing, Collabnet
- Marten Mickos, CEO, MySQL
- Dave Dargo, VP Linux Programs, Oracle
- CIO Panel -- 7:35 8:30
- Mike Evans, VP Business Development, Red Hat
- Ken Harris, SVP/CIO, GAP
- Matt Kesner, CIO, Fenwick and West
The following is a complete list of sessions for the technical track:
- Collaboration with Open Source Projects -- 2:40 - 3:25
- Joel West, Professor, San Jose State University
- Rahul Vaik, Director of IT, Advantest
- Mitch Ablove, Director of IT, GGTD
- Jeremy Allison, Director of Samba, HP
- Development Model -- 3:35 - 4:20
- Alan Zeichick, Reporter, SDTimes
- Cliff Schmidt, Director Open Source Strategy, BEA
- Kurt Zeilinga, Chief Architect Open LDAP, IBM
- Zack Urlocker, VP Marketing, MySQL AB
- Mitchell Baker, Chief Lizard Wrangler, Mozilla
- The Open Source Desktop -- 4:30 - 5:15
- Wade Rousch, Editor, MIT Technology Review
- Danese Cooper, Manager Open Source Programs Office, Sun Microsystems
- Louis Suarez-Potts, Open Office Community Manager, Open Office Project
- Reception -- 5:15 - 6:00
- SDForum Appetizers and Networking
- Evening Keynote -- 6:00 - 6:30
- Brian Behlendorf, Founder, Apache
- Open Source in the DataCenter -- 6:40 - 7:25
- Wim Coekaerts, Director Linux Engineering, Oracle
- Robin Goldstone, IT Director, Lawrence Livermore Labs
Click here for a map to the Burlingame Mariott, located at:Marriott Sfo Airport
1800 Old Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, California United States 94010
866-244-9330
Visit the SDForum Website for more details.
(Click here for further information)
|
|
|
FUEL Database on MontaVista Linux
Whether building a mobile handset, a car navigation system, a package tracking device, or a home entertainment console, developers need capable software systems, including an operating system, development tools, and supporting libraries, to gain maximum benefit from their hardware platform and to meet aggressive time-to-market goals.
Breaking New Ground: The Evolution of Linux Clustering
With a platform comprising a complete Linux distribution, enhanced for clustering, and tailored for HPC, Penguin Computing¿s Scyld Software provides the building blocks for organizations from enterprises to workgroups to deploy, manage, and maintain Linux clusters, regardless of their size.
Data Monitoring with NightStar LX
Unlike ordinary debuggers, NightStar LX doesn¿t leave you stranded in the dark. It¿s more than just a debugger, it¿s a whole suite of integrated diagnostic tools designed for time-critical Linux applications to reduce test time, increase productivity and lower costs. You can debug, monitor, analyze and tune with minimal intrusion, so you see real execution behavior. And that¿s positively illuminating.
Virtualizing Service Provider Networks with Vyatta
This paper highlights Vyatta's unique ability to virtualize networking functions using Vyatta's secure routing software in service provider environments.
High Availability Messaging Solution Using AXIGEN, Heartbeat and DRBD
This white paper discusses a high-availability messaging solution relying on the AXIGEN Mail Server, Heartbeat and DRBD. Solution architecture and implementation, as well as benefits of using AXIGEN for this setup are all presented in detail.
Understanding the Financial Benefits of Open Source
Will open source pay off? Open source is becoming standard within enterprises, often because of cost savings. Find out how much of a financial impact it can have on your organization. Get this methodology and calculator now, compliments of JBoss.
Embedded Hardware and OS Technology Empower PC-Based Platforms
The modern embedded computer is the jack of all trades appearing in many forms.
Data Management for Real-Time Distributed Systems
This paper provides an overview of the network-centric computing model, data distribution services, and distributed data management. It then describes how the SkyBoard integration and synchronization service, coupled with an implementation of the OMG¿s Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard, can be used to create an efficient data distribution, storage, and retrieval system.
7 Advantages of D2D Backup
For decades, tape has been the backup medium of choice. But, now, disk-to-disk (D2D) backup is gaining in favor. Learn why you should make the move in this whitepaper.
|
|
|
|
|
news feed