March 18, 2008 | Comments: (0)
InfoWorld's Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) to Tackle Putting Open Source to Work
SAN FRANCISCO – March 18, 2008 – InfoWorld's Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) is set to begin Tuesday, March 25th when open source software professionals from around the world convene in San Francisco to discuss the future of making open source software useful and profitable in the business environment. Taking place March 25-26 at the Palace Hotel, the conference will focus on the complete open source ecosystem - vendor, end-user, venture capitalist, and legal. Passes to attend the event are available at www.osbc.com or can be purchased onsite at the Palace Hotel beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
Headlining the keynote sessions will be Red Hat President and CEO Jim Whitehurst, CBS Interactive VP of Advanced Technologies Steven Pearson, Microsoft SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Brad Smith, Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions CTO Jon Williams, and Hewlett-Packard VP of Open Source Christine Martino.
The 2008 OSBC Agenda offers presentations and panel discussions from well-known industry leaders including Alfresco, Electronic Arts, the Linux Foundation, MySQL, The New York Times, North Bridge Venture Partners, PayPal, Synovus Financial, The Weather Channel Interactive, 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: ActiveState, Adaptive Planning, Baker & McKenzie LLP, BitRock, Black Duck, Cleversafe, Cooley Godward Kronish, Digium, DLA Piper, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, Enomaly, EnterpriseDB, Goodwin Procter, Holme Roberts & Owen, HP, Ingres, IONA, Jefferies, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, KnowledgeTree, Linagora, Microsoft, MySQL, North Bridge, Novell, OpenLogic, Oracle, Pentaho, ProcessMaker, Red Hat, the rSmart Group, SugarCRM, Trolltech, Univa UD, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, WS02, xTuple and Zenoss.
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.
Posted by Kaitlen Murphy on March 18, 2008 11:29 AM
March 11, 2008 | Comments: (0)
Tri-State CIO Forum Announces Call for Nominations for Best Practices Awards Program
Sector's Top Awards to Recognize IT User-Organization Deployments
NEW YORK CITY — March 11, 2008 — The Tri-State CIO Forum, produced in conjunction with Computerworld, InfoWorld and the Society for Information Management (SIM), is seeking IT-end-user organization case study submissions for its "Best Practices Awards Program."
Nominations will be considered for IT end-users only and are accepted from IT users themselves, their public relations representatives, or vendors on behalf of their IT end-user customers. Multiple submissions of case studies describing different deployments per IT end-user/organization will be considered.
Entries must be submitted by 8 p.m. EST Monday, April 7, 2008. Entry forms and more information can be found at www.infoworld.com/event/tristatecioforum/cio_awards.html.
Five finalists in each category will be recognized on May 7th at the Tri-State CIO Forum being held at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. The top honoree in each category will be recognized on the main stage during the Awards Ceremony held at the end of the day, followed by the networking cocktail reception. All finalists will be recognized on the event website, in an event press release, and online at Computerworld, InfoWorld and SIM.
Honorees and finalists will be recognized in each of the following five categories:
Adapting to Globalized Customer and User Needs
Nominations in this category will recognize a Tri-State IT user organization that has demonstrated the ability to create technology solutions that meet the global needs of its customers, both internal and external.
Attracting and Retaining Talent in Changing Markets
Nominations in this category will recognize a Tri-State IT user organization that is recognized among its peers as a destination workplace - a model for attracting and retaining the best IT talent in the market.
Closing the Continuous Business Alignment Gap
Nominations in this category will recognize a Tri-State IT user organization that has shown an ongoing ability to address the critical importance of aligning IT solutions to business needs.
Creating a Risk-Taking, Business-Thinking Culture
Nominations in this category will recognize a Tri-State IT user organization that has demonstrated positive business results from rewarding and encouraging risk-taking approaches to solving business challenges with technology.
Innovating in a Mission-Critical Environment
Nominations in this category will recognize a Tri-State IT user organization that has shown the ability to deliver innovative improvements to mission-critical business processes and technology.
For more information and to view full award criteria, visit www.tristateCIOforum.com
About The Society of Information Management
SIM is an association of senior IT executives, prominent academicians, selected consultants, and other IT thought leaders built on the foundation of local chapters, who come together to share and enhance their rich intellectual capital for the benefit of its members and their organizations. SIM members strongly believe in and champion:
- The alignment of IT and business as a valued partnership
- The creation and sharing of best practices
- The effective, efficient and innovative business use of information technology to continuously bring to market valuable products and services
- IT management and leadership skills development that enables our members growth at each stage of their career
- The replenishment and education of future IT leaders including a strong role in influencing university curriculums and continuing education
- Working with the IT industry to shape its direction
- Policies and legislation that stimulate innovation, economic development, healthy competition and IT job creation
- Servicing our communities and the industry through giving and outreach
In the Tri-State area, SIM is represented through three strong and vibrant chapters with over 500 members. For membership and additional information, please visit: New Jersey Chapter: www.njsim.org; New York Metro Chapter: www.simny.com; Fairfield/Westchester Chapter: www.fwsim.org.
About Computerworld
Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld's award-winning Web site (www.computerworld.com), weekly publication, focused conference series and custom research form the hub of the world's largest (40+ edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including Folio Magazine's 2006 Gold EDDIE Award for the best technology/computing magazine, the 2004 and 2006 Magazine of the Year Award, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). In addition, in 2007 Computerworld's editor-in-chief Don Tennant received the prestigious Timothy White Award from American Business Media. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 2 million unique monthly visitors and a print audience of 1,057,000 readers each week (IntelliQuest CIMS Fall 2007). Visit Computerworld at http://www.computerworld.com.
About InfoWorld Media Group
InfoWorld Media Group helps IT Decision Makers choose the right technology, within the context of a cohesive strategy for business impact at their organizations. 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 hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com.
About International Data Group
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG's online network includes more than 450 web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and video games worldwide. IDG also publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries. IDG's media brands include CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. 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 Macworld Conference & Expo, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Entertainment for All Expo (E for All), DEMO, Storage Networking World, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 900 IDC analysts in more than 90 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 http://www.idg.com.
Posted by Kaitlen Murphy on March 11, 2008 01:03 PM
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