For the 3rd time:
The event for CIOs, CTOs and IT decision makers
Take your chances: With its high-class speeches, discussions and workshops, the congress' third run brings you together with selected decision makers from companies already successfully employing Open Source Software.
The congress highlight will be a controversial panel discussion about Microsoft's Open Source strategy and its effects on the market.
The
congress
highlight
2008!
“Confrontation or Co-operation – Microsoft and the Open Source”
on the panel, hosted by Dr. Oliver Diedrich, editor-in-chief heise open:
Bill Hilf, Microsoft
Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation
Paul Cormier, Red Hat
Roger Levy, Novell
Dr. Johannes Helbig, Deutsche Post
Larry Augustin, Angel Investor
Don't miss these key note speakers, too:
Bill Hilf
General Manager Platform Strategy, Microsoft Corporation:
Microsoft's Open Source strategy
Dr. Robert S. Sutor
Vice President Open Source and Standards, IBM Corporation:
Open and Private Source – IBM's Software Strategy.
Christine Martino
Vice President Open Source and Linux Organization, HP:
The Role of Open Source in HP's Corporate Strategy.
Robert Shimp
Vice President Technology Marketing, Oracle:
Oracle's View on the Future of Open Source Software.
Dr. Johannes Loxen
Managing Director SerNet GmbH:
How Open is Microsoft after the EU verdict?
Dr. Johannes Helbig
Board Member, Deutsche Post AG:
SOA and Open Source at Deutsche Post.
Larry Augustin
Open Source Investor:
The Open Source Business Financial Model.
Aleksander Farstad
CEO, EZ Systems:
The Future of Enterprise Content Management.
Tuesday, 22. Jan. 2008
Hands-on workshops for IT users and Open Source companies
- Start-ups present their business ideas
- Opinion leaders from economy and politics take their stances over Open Source market and visions.
Wednesday, 23. Jan. 2008
Open Source brains explain projects, technologies, services and trends.
- Ruby on Rails
- Open Office
- Open Xchange
- Debian
- Novell
- Open EMM
- Red Hat
- Spikesource
- Trolltech and many others
Look about and get to know fascinating concepts!
Thursday, 24. Jan. 2008
IT executives report about the successful deployment of Open Source software.
- Deutsche Post
- Lagardere
- Lufthansa
- LVM
- Otto Versand
- Rewe
- Stadt Wien
- Swisscom
- and many other companies of all industries and sizes.
Avail yourself of their experiences!