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Innovation is driving a fundamental shift in IT and leading organizations are leveraging software to cut costs, simplify IT processes and improve business agility.

The equilibrium between software supplier and IT buyer has been shattered:

• Open Source is now an accepted—and often favored—option to commercial software.
• Monolithic applications are threatened by SOA.
• SaaS liberates businesses from software itself.
• Enterprise 2.0 tools, such as wikis and social networks, are a growing challenge to IT.

Conference: Five of 17 tracks will help you determine which best fits your needs and how your IT department can benefit from this change.
SaaS and Cloud Computing Track: Look at the challenges of provisioning applications with on-demand infrastructure and examine the use of on-demand software applications. How KnowledgeTree Quickly Grew a Software as a Service Model Using Virtual Appliances and Amazon EC2 SaaS and the Third Wave The New SaaS Model: Designing, Distributing and Monetizing Applications Think Outside the Box: The End of Standalone SaaS Designing the SaaS Enterprise Application Delivery On Demand SaaS: Overcoming Change Management and Operational Challenges Grid Computing: When is it Right, When is it Deadly? Moving to SaaS: Best Practices and Pitfalls Cloud Computing – Delivering Computing Power On Demand The Convergence of Open Source and SaaS Learn more...
Open Source Track: Learn the latest technologies, tools and strategies to help your organization thrive in an open source environment. Open Source Landscape IP Issues in Open Source: What Vendors and IT Buyers Need to Know How Digital Killed the Analog Store: Open Source and SAAS Solutions Virtualize Global IT Delivery Application Virtualization - What is it All About? The Convergence of Open Source and SaaS Open Source Governance: Recognizing & Dealing with the Risks of Free Software Learn more...
SOA Track: Understand the relationship between virtualization and SOA and how to develop an SOA roadmap to unlock SOA’s potential. The State of the Union on SOA The Impact of SOA on Traditional Middleware Technologies Enabling Business Innovation Through SOA Platforms SOA Case Studies News Flash! SOA Is Not About Technology Virtualization: The Safety Net to Scaling SOA OlivaNova-The Programming Machine Learn more...
Enterprise 2.0 Track: Learn how to deliver world class data center facilities. Enterprise 2.0: What it is and Why it Matters? The ROI for Social Networking RSS, Search and Enterprise Mashups: Connective Tissue for Enterprise 2.0 Enterprise 2.0: Case Studies Platform-as-a-Service and the SaaS Ecosystem: The Next Wave of Enterprise 2.0 Power to the People: Driving Business Innovation Through Communities Learn more...
Offshoring Track: Understand the relationship between virtualization and SOA and how to develop an SOA roadmap to unlock SOA’s potential. The Art of Collaborating for Innovation: Risk-Reward Partnership The Strategic Considerations and Opportunities of Virtualization for ISVs Lost in Translation Sinking Like a BRIC - Better Choices than Brazil, Russia, India and China Learn more...

Free Sessions and Events: All attendees can take advantage of free software-related sessions and events throughout the week.