Open Source Meets Business 2008

Abstract

The demands on Information Technology teams are similar across industries and countries: reduce IT costs and budgets while meeting the demands of new business projects and refresh aging technology. And you must meet the consistently raising bar of today’s audit and security requirements. The next several years will present more of the same for IT professionals. In this backdrop what is the best way to approach platform decisions in 2008 and beyond?
There are several critical elements that allow you to approach this problem differently than in the past. Virtualization provides a platform to make rapid infrastructure changes to support the business. The shift to hosted applications has given organizations greater platform flexibility than ever before. And the realization of standard infrastructure components combined with powerful interoperability solutions allow organizations to freely select platforms for particular projects and still participate in the broader organizations infrastructure.

Biographie: Barry Crist

Barry is a seasoned technology executive with 21 years of experience in technology sales and operations. Barry spent significant time at Mercury Interactive, Network Associates (now McAfee), Trusted Information Systems, and Apple Computer. He joined Centeris from Mercury Interactive, where Barry led the Application Management business unit for the Americas. Under Barry’s leadership, this business grew from negligible revenue to over $75 million in annual bookings. Prior to Mercury, Barry served as a vice president and sales director at Network Associates (now McAfee), where he turned around several underperforming teams.
Barry started his technology career at Apple Computer where he spent just under nine years. Initially working in information technology (IT) at Apple, he later moved into field sales and then to Asia-Pacific market development helping to drive the company’s explosive growth in these markets.