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The 2007 OSBC conference has now concluded. Thank you to all our attendees, sponsors and exhibitors for making the 2007 OSBC an incredible event.
OSBC 2008 - save the date - March 25-26, 2008 in San Francisco, CA.
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The OSBC program guide is now available to download, discover all the OSBC speakers and sessions
Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) is the industry’s only forum for senior business leaders, C-level technical strategists, lawyers and venture capitalists to collaborate on emerging business models, strategies and profitability for open source software use. OSBC explores the legal, investment, vendor and customer risks, rewards and opportunities presented by open source software. The program will provide content-rich sessions from well-known thought leaders and industry executives on how open source technology is being used and to investigate the business implications of this technology.
Tracks and Topics include:
| » | What's Next - Open source business models (cutting edge models and details on how the leading companies do business), emerging issues (Attribution, effective download conversion strategies, etc.), and other topics of interest to the rising tide of open source vendors |
| » | What's Now - Examine CIO issues - implementation strategies, cost savings, etc., as well as ways to work with open source communities and get quality support |
| » | What's Legal - How to take a proprietary product into the open, the mechanics of setting up an open source review board for enterprises, what GPLv3 means for the industry, and more |
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InfoWorld recently surveyed 800 IT and business professionals to look at open source deployment trends and management. Data revealed that open source continues to expand across the enterprise, with 87% of respondents indicating that their companies were already using several open source projects. As open source implementations scale to over 100 products at an organization, IT challenges focus on the ability to select the right group of open source products to work together within the context of an open source policy. As these open source policies are developed and implemented, organizations gain needed insights and visibility into ROI and how open source improves overall business agility.
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| » | Identify the right grouping of open source solutions |
| » | Cultivate new relationships and business partnerships |
| » | Participate in discussions with industry thought leaders and experts about the trends and business opportunities through an open source-based environment |
| » | Discuss new models necessary to succeed implementing an open source strategy |
| » | Position yourself among peers and be considered as a key influencer in driving the future of Open Source |
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| » | IT end-users (from various industries, such as Financial/Banking, Insurance, Medical/Healthcare, Government, Education, Telecommunications, etc) |
| » | Finance/Banking/Venture Capitalists |
| » | Legal |
| » | Open Source Vendor Community |
| » | IT Analysts |
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