December 20, 2007 | Comments: (0)
InfoWorld Announces the OSBC 2008 Agenda and Registration are Live
InfoWorld's OSBC will take place March 25-26, 2008 at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco with a Focus on Putting Open Source to Work
December 20, 2007 - San Francisco, CA - IDG's InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT solutions management, today unveiled the agenda for the fifth year of the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), the premier event for open source software and business, taking place March 25-26, 2008 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The event focuses on the complete open source ecosystem – vendor, end-user, venture capitalist, and legal. Conference sessions will center on emerging business models and strategies for open source software use and profitability. Passes to attend InfoWorld's Open Source Business Conference are priced at $1,495, with early registration discounts available before January 28, 2008. Members of the press using promotional code PRESS_OSBC are eligible for complimentary registration. To register, visit: http://www.osbc.com.
"Open source is clearly entering the mainstream of enterprise IT, with ever increasing numbers of IT organizations putting open source to work for lower costs, increased innovation, and greater flexibility," said Matt Asay, event co-founder and content chair. "OSBC 2008's agenda is filled with practical sessions covering case studies on successful open-source software deployments, legal strategies for maximizing value and minimizing risk, and vendor sessions dedicated to showcasing where open source will go next."
The 2008 OSBC Agenda offers presentations and panel discussions from well-known thought leaders and industry executives including Dan Agronow, CTO, The Weather Channel Interactive, Derek Gottfrid and Jacob Harris, The New York Times, Matthew Mengerink, VP, Core Technologies, PayPal, Steve Pearson, VP, Advanced Technology, CBS Interactive, Dave Rossellat, Director of Online Community Technology, Electronic Arts, Jon Williams, CTO, Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions, and more. The event will feature four conference tracks: Putting Open Source to Work for the CIO/CTO, Putting Open Source to Work for the CEO/CMO, Putting Open Source to Work for the General Counsel and Putting Open Source to Work: Highlighted Products and Services. A number of sessions will be eligible for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit. More details on the Agenda and CLE program are available at: http://www.osbc.com.
Current sponsors include: Adaptive Planning, Baker & McKenzie, BitRock, Black Duck Software, Cooley Godward Kronish, DLA Piper, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, Jefferies, KnowledgeTree, Microsoft, North Bridge, Novell, OpenLogic, Oracle, Pentaho, and the rSmart Group.
About InfoWorld Media Group
InfoWorld Media Group helps IT solutions management choose the right technology, within the context of a cohesive strategy, for business impact at their organizations. Rather than merely covering the enterprise technology market, InfoWorld identifies and promotes emerging technology segments that add unique value for the organizations that implement them, as well as the vendors that provide those solutions. Using an integrated communications approach including online, events, research, and a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide both hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at www.infoworld.com.
About International Data Group (IDG)
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's online network includes more than 450 Web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and gaming worldwide. IDG's lead generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers.
IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including E for All Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Macworld Conference & Expo, DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 850 IDC analysts in 50 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.
Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is available at www.idg.com.
Note: Product names and company names are trademarks of their respective companies.
Contact:
Kaitlen Murphy
Content Manager, Events
InfoWorld Media Group
415-978-3251
kaitlen_murphy@InfoWorld.com
Posted by Kaitlen Murphy on December 20, 2007 09:46 AM
December 17, 2007 | Comments: (0)
Credit Suisse and Andi Mann Set to Keynote InfoWorld’s Virtualization Executive Forum
InfoWorld's Virtualization Executive Forum will take place February 4, 2008 at the Hotel Nikko, San Francisco with a Focus on Mastering Virtualization from the Datacenter to the Desktop
December 17, 2007 - San Francisco, CA - IDG's InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT solutions management, today announced the full keynote and presenter lineup for its fifth Virtualization Executive Forum, taking place Monday, February 4, 2008 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, California. The executive-level event provides real-world guidance and best practices for dynamically managing the IT environment. David Reilly, Credit Suisse's managing director of Technology Infrastructure Systems, will report from the leading edge on how virtualization is bringing unprecedented agility to the financial services giant's business processes and technology infrastructures, and transforming the way the IT organization delivers services to the business. Andi Mann, Research Director, Enterprise Management Associates, will look back on the past 12 to 18 months with a progress report on how virtualization has changed IT management. Passes to attend InfoWorld's Virtualization Executive Forum are priced at $1,295, with credential and early registration discounts available. Members of the press using promotional code VIRTPRESS are eligible for complimentary registration. To register, visit: http://VirtExecForum.com/register.
"Arrive early and grab a front row seat for keynotes David Reilly and Andi Mann," advises Doug Dineley, InfoWorld's executive editor and content chair for the event. "Reilly's deep experience and strategic vision, and Mann's sweeping research and keen insights, make the perfect combination -- I couldn't have dreamed a better way to kick off our event."
The Virtualization Executive Forum agenda features leading experts from companies defining enterprise virtualization across industries and end users that have successfully implemented a virtualization strategy for their business. Session speakers and panel participants will include Vincent Biddlecombe, CTO, Transplace; Adam Gray, CTO, Novacoast, Inc.; Christofer Hoff, Chief Architect of Security Innovation, Unisys Corporation; Ron Oglesby, Director, Architecture-Virtualization Services, GlassHouse Technologies, Inc.; Dan Pollack, Operations Architect, AOL; Matt Prigge, Network Architect, SymQuest Group; Jim Smith, VP, Engineering, Digital Realty Trust; Christopher M. Steffen, Principal Technical Architect, Kroll Factual Data; and Mornay Van Der Walt, Sr. Solutions Architect, Enterprise & Technical Marketing, VMware. Plus, InfoWorld's top editors will be on hand to share their expertise. The complete agenda is available online at: VirtExecForum.com.
Virtual Iron is the Cornerstone sponsor and Stratus Technologies is an Associate sponsor for InfoWorld's fifth forum on virtualization.
About InfoWorld Media Group
InfoWorld Media Group helps IT solutions management choose the right technology, within the context of a cohesive strategy, for business impact at their organizations. Rather than merely covering the enterprise technology market, InfoWorld identifies and promotes emerging technology segments that add unique value for the organizations that implement them, as well as the vendors that provide those solutions. Using an integrated communications approach including online, events, research, and a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide both hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at www.infoworld.com.
About International Data Group (IDG)
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's online network includes more than 450 Web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and gaming worldwide. IDG's lead generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers.
IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related events including E for All Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Macworld Conference & Expo, DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 850 IDC analysts in 50 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends.
Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is available at www.idg.com.
Note: Product names and company names are trademarks of their respective companies.
Contact:
Kaitlen Murphy
Content Manager
InfoWorld Media Group
415-978-3251
kaitlen_murphy@InfoWorld.com
Posted by Kaitlen Murphy on December 17, 2007 10:28 AM
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