Open Source 101 for Managers

The challenges faced in the modern datacenter are driving IT leaders to
find new ways to reduce total cost of ownership and improve return on
investment. The special advantages of open source allow IT organizations to
provide real solutions to these problems across the enterprise. In Open
Source For IT Leaders, you will learn how open source can help solve
real IT problems and how to implement solutions based around an
open source architecture.

About the Speakers:

Greg Pryzby is a Senior Solutions Architect supporting the business
development team in the Public Sector business unit. Greg works closely
with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Corporation, MITRE, Raytheon,
Boeing and other system integrators to drive business in the public
sector as partners. Greg started working with Linux and open source in
1992 and founded the Northern Virginia Linux Users' Group
(http://www.novalug.com/) in 1993 and still leads the group today. Greg
has worked for other Linux companies (VA Linux and Novell) and at large
data centers (Sallie Mae and AOL). Greg is also a Red Hat Certified
Engineer.

Mr. David A. Wheeler is a well-known expert in developing secure software and open source software. His works on security include the book “Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO,” his developerWorks column "Secure Programmer," and the article “Countering Trusting Trust through Diverse Double-Compiling (DDC).” He is a co-author of the NDIA document “Engineering for System Assurance,” and the author of “Why Open Source Software? Look at the Numbers!” His works on open source software and the U.S. government include “Open Source Software (OSS) in U.S. Government Acquisitions” (Software Tech News, Vol. 10, No. 2) and the Data & Analysis Center for Software (DACS) webinar on “Open Source Software (OSS) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)”.