Introduction
From self-employed consultants to international multinational corporations people have been making or saving money thanks to GNOME and more generally Free Software. In fact the commerciability of Free Software even prompted some to rename them Open Source Software around 1996-7, thinking it would be less confusing for the market. 28 years after the beginning of this movement we have seen a wealth of projects and solutions to answer various needs with GNOME taking a leading position in it. Whether telecommunication, medical, movie or services industry just to name a few, all major industry players are using GNOME and have found ways to get great value out of Free Software. While some have directly oriented their business around it, some use GNOME as a tool to achieve things that no other tool can provide with the same flexibility and wide support.
GNOME today is providing unparalleled opportunities for any company willing to open its eyes and learn from what others have been doing, be it to optimize a work flow or directly selling solutions or services based around its technology.
For its 4th edition GNOME.Asia Summit is bringing to Bangalore together with the GNOME Foundation, a wealth of experts whose daily jobs are to save or make money using GNOME and other Free Software. During this one day session you will have the chance to discuss and witness the benefits of GNOME technologies ranging from internal use and customization of the software to selling development services or building products around GNOME. Leaders in their respective fields professionals from Oracle, EDF (French utility company), Lanedo (outsourcing and customized software development) and Dexxon (French distribution company) will explain you what skills are required and the necessary steps involved to be successful in their domain.
From case studies, to implementation details, skill acquisition, community participation and extensive Q&A you will be able to fully cover each and every aspect of incorporating GNOME and Free Software in your business.
Industry experts
The GNOME Foundation has put up together a panel of professionals from specific industries purposely flying to Bangalore for this session and who should address the specificities of Asia and more specifically India. While covering a lot of the software and mobile spectrum we will also touch on internal computing needs for the world’s largest utility company, work definitely applicable to other fields involving science and research. So without further ado meet our panel of professionals.
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Brian Cameron, GNOME Board Director and Senior Software Engineer at Oracle has been working to bring the GNOME desktop environment to Solaris and OpenSolaris for the past ten years, initially with Sun Microsystems and now with Oracle. Brian will explain how Sun/Oracle have enhanced GNOME to make Solaris Trusted Extensions and Sun Ray more compelling products. These features are just an example of how a company can differentiate itself and bring value to its customers while sharing and contributing code to the GNOME Project.
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For this session Josselin Mouette, GNOME package maintainer for Debian and Technical manager at EDF will focus more specifically on clustering & workstations, their use in a large business environments and solving integration issues within an enterprise network.
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Lionel Dricot, GNU/Linux books author, a GNOME task management software author and maintainer, expert in the GNOME framework and Engineering Coordinator at Lanedo will cover Lanedo business focus and how GNOME has been critical in driving their business and helping securing new opportunities.
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Frederic Muller, former executive at Dexxon working on the Gdium project, will explain how Free Software has been the main drive to create a new division inside this company and helped them to go after new markets. From OEMing to community engagement and educational resource building, Frederic will address all the aspects of a very ambitious project made possible thanks to GNOME and Free Software.Attendants may be required to sign an NDA.
Who should participate
- Outsourcing firms
- R&D departments involved with desktop and mobile technologies
- Software consultants
- Companies wanting to understand what free and open source software can bring to a business in general
Registration options
We are offering the opportunity for regional independent software vendors or consultants to participate in the session and sponsor GNOME.Asia Summit for a very minimum fee. This will give you the opportunity to showcase your brand to the conference audience, the press on-site and be recognized as a GNOME contributor and technology expert. If you are interested in such an opportunity please select the "Sponsor" package in the table below. We also offer exhibition spots during the two conference days for a nominal fee and you should contact us directly to find out more.
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| Rs.19,000.- US $420 |
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Terms and conditions
- All payments go directly to the GNOME Foundation
- All payments are non-refundable
- The business session will happen on Friday April 1, 2011 from 9:30am to 5pm
