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Mike Sponseller
9/7/2005 - Keynotes for Nov. 1-2 event from Intel, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems, Novell, Fidelity Investments, JPMorgan Chase, Matrix Partners, CIO magazine
Framingham, MA — September 7, 2005 — OSBC, LLC today announced that the Open Source Business Conference™ (OSBC™), the premier event for Open Source software and business, scheduled to be held November 1-2 at the Boston Marriott Newton with featured keynote speakers from Intel, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems, Novell, Fidelity Investments, JPMorgan Chase, Matrix Partners, CIO magazine and Columbia Law School professor Eben Moglen.
OSBC is designed for IT business executives (buyers and vendors), venture capitalists, attorneys, and other decision-makers tasked with developing businesses that leverage Open Source software. It explores the legal, investment, vendor and customer risks, rewards, and opportunities presented by Open Source software. Listen to keynote speeches from:
• Hal Stern, CTO, Software, Sun Microsystems, Inc., on “Why Open Source Is Good Business”
• Jason Matusow, Shared Source Initiative, Microsoft Corp., on "Hell Freezing Over? Microsoft Opens Up to Open Source"
• Dirk Hohndel, Linux and Open Source Strategy, Intel, on "Growing an Industry”
• Ron Hovsepian, EVP and President, Worldwide Field Operations, Novell, Inc., on "Linux, the Data Center, and Security"
• Eben Moglen, Chair, Software Freedom Law Center, on "Legal Risks of Free Software and Open Source: Why You Should Worry Less"
• “CIO Panel: Beyond Linux in the Enterprise,” moderated by David Skok, General Partner, Matrix Partners, with panelists: Don Haile, President & CIO, Fidelity Investments; Gary J. Beach, Group Publisher, CXO Media, Inc. (publisher of CIO magazine); and Ameet Patel Managing Executive, LabMorgan (JPMorgan Chase)
Two days of conference sessions and keynote presentations will explore controversial issues around building a business on Open Source software and offer insights to commercial success. Listen to Sun’s CTO explain how Open Source has changed the economics of software consumption as well as software production. Hear Intel talk about how commodification grows industries. And learn how Microsoft is engaging the open source community and welding the benefits of open, collaborative development to the responsibilities inherent in serving a large, demanding customer population.
Additional speakers and panelists at Open Source Business Conference represent a wide range of industries, including:
Vendors: HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, MontaVista, Novell, Sun Microsystems, Sybase
Corporate Users: Cisco Systems, Dell, JP Morgan, Yahoo!,
Law Firms: Goodwin Procter; Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP; Alston & Bird, LLP; Choate, Hall & Stewart; Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Emerging Companies: Optaros, JBoss, MySQL, Scalix, SugarCRM, ActiveGrid, EnterpriseDB Corporation, Centeris, Funambol
Government: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, U.S. Department of Labor
Venture Capital: Fidelity Investments, Fidelity Ventures, Matrix Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners
For more information or to register for this event, please visit http://www.osbc.com.
About OSBC
The Open Source Business Conference™ is the only event that provides an educational forum for business leaders (both IT buyers and vendors), lawyers and venture capitalists focusing on the opportunities and challenges that open source technology presents. Attend this exceptional conference program led by well known thought leaders and industry executives and become part of the event where important issues are discussed and the future will be determined.
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Contact:
Mike Sponseller
OSBC
+1.508.424.4837
mike_sponseller@idg.com
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