Information Security The theory behind security

For Sun Customers & Sun Partners Only: If you are interested in attending this session drop me a comment here!! Simon Phipps - Sun's COSO(Chief Open Source Officer) will be presenting on Sun's role in Open Source Community and also how Open Source is the way to go in Software Business for future.

We have an exciting opportunity to invite you to meet Simon Phipp's - Sun's Chief Open Source Officer!
Date: Friday 30^th May, 2008

Time: 2:00pm ( for 90 minutes )

Simon
believes that open source is
the pivotal moment in IT, and is definitely heading for mainstream.

Please
join us to hear Simon talk about the history,
current status, and future
challenges of open source including
topics like :

• Changing
  the economic equation for IT : Now that the Internet has
  become pervasive, examples of open source abound, but also
  controversies, because "open source means different things to
  different people."  Still, the movement is spreading
  globally and changing the way of doing business, with development
  centers in China, India, and South America.
• Gartner
  predicting 90% : Traditionally conservative Gartner predicted a
  year ago that by 2012, 70 percent of all software will be based on
  open source.  That percentage now reads 90!
• The
  "Adoption-Led Market" : IT
  managers must decide whether to hire support personnel; purchase
  subscriptions for support, training, warranty, and indemnity; or just
  risk it out.  No matter what the choice, IT now has more control
  over on what and when to spend its budget.
• Open
  Source moves power from the vendor to the user : With
  open source there is (usually) no cost to acquire, no vendor lock-in,
  you pay at the point of value (hardware, warranty and services), and
  your investment is protected : your software costs are no longer
  sunk, they are running costs. This is the coming software market.
• Sun
  is the leader in Free and Open Source Software : Sun
  is both a technological and a thought leader. Sun seeds open source
  communities with cutting edge, unique technology.