Crossing the Service-Oriented Architecture Chasm with Open Source
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a compelling methodology, a modern approach to distributed computing which helps to reform the nature of flexibility and agility of corporate business service delivery. However, the depth and breath of functionality which SOA spans require corporate decision makers to carefully consider the scope and scale of implementation due to the number of software tools needed. With open source software, the march towards SOA can begin with minimal capital risk. In recent months, there are many open source offerings in the SOA space of which, if properly leveraged, can be a great step for corporate to evolve towards true realm of agility they need. This session explores the mix of open source technologies, their offerings and the issues involved in this blend of open source SOA approach. SOA concepts and features will be explored in the context of open source offerings. Open source evolving nature blends well with SOA of which coping with change is an extremely important factor in the equation. Crossing the chasm with open source is certainly looking interesting.
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Power of Choice: Open Source Architecture
Today, the priorities of IT decision makers include cost reduction, revenue growth and driving business innovation. Costly licenses and upgrades, and technology in-agility will only reflect short-term planning and sporadic IT investment. Hear the case for Open Source Architecture – a long term vision built on open standards and interoperability. The operational architecture delivers a suite of standard based technologies and services, allowing open source and traditional software applications to be deployed on a reliable, secure, scalable and highly performing platform. To the enterprise, it is the power to assemble the architecture, hardware, software and middleware and applications that best fulfill the goals of the business. This session also goes back to the fundamentals, what open source computing for the enterprise is really about.
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Providing the Bedrock for Open Source
AMD will explore the bedrock underpinning the Open Source Architecture. One of every four servers sold in the world today is using AMD processors. The use of AMD-based systems and Linux in the data centers for the enterprise is growing faster than the market as a whole. This is because Linux and AMD x86 deliver the open computing environment that creates choice and thereby, lower Total Cost of Ownership. AMD will speak on its work with the open source community to provide support for hardware-based virtualisation features recently released in the latest hardware.
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Role of Open Source Development in Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Malaysia
Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Malaysia is about driving transformation through Information Technology. Highlights of presentation includes the notion of industry development and focus unit dedicated towards the promotion of software development as core contributor to Malaysia’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry, economy. The presentation also looks at the aspirations of MSC. Open Source is regarded as one of the key enablers and that its promotion of technology, solutions development, skills training and certification will accelerate the cultivation of quality knowledge workers to meet the urgent requirements of the ICT industry.
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Panel
Intellectual Property – Trends and Best Practices in Open Source
Open source software presents great opportunities to businesses, but it also brings a new set of intellectual property challenges. Improper use of open source software can damage a business' proprietary strategy and undermine the value of its patents. It is time for companies to begin thinking about how they can alter their management of software intellectual property so they can capitalise on the new, component-based development model. By doing so, they will get ahead of the issue and put the power of open source to work for their organisations. Privacy law and copyright regulations for proprietary and open source software will be discussed.
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Business Sessions
Collaborative Technologies and Open Source Advantage
hSenid has adopted several collaboration technologies such as IM’s, Wiki’s, audio and video conferencing, project management, source control and trouble ticket systems, project repositories, blogs and emails. hSenid’s OrangeHRM is developed with the support of Wiki. Users are linked from the OrangeHRM website to Wiki and are able to participate in evolving OrangeHRM to the best open source HRM system in the world through the establishment of a global community of programmers and HR professionals. Wiki allows users to provide feedback on current releases and post suggestions for future releases of OrangeHRM. Specifications for future releases of OrangeHRM will also be derived from the information gathered through Wiki. The presentation will look at how hSenid overcomes issues in relation to collaboration technologies such as interruptions, lack of required knowledge,skills and technology, security issues, and reliability.
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Lowering Total Cost of Ownership and Increasing Returns with JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS) Service-Oriented Architecture
This presentation looks at how enterprises can lower their total cost of ownership by making use of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). IT budgets today are shrinking while the demand for service and growth is ever growing. With advancement in technologies and distributed work places, mergers and acquisitions, IT managers have to manage assets that are dispersed all over the world. SOA can bring a new lease of life to existing assets, making them ready for the future. The presentation looks into the challenges that are typically faced by organisations with recommendations of remedies.
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Open Source for MSC Malaysia: How to Ride the Wave?
The gateway to the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Malaysia’s initiative for the global information and communication technology (ICT) industry, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) will show you how to ride the open source movement that is now sweeping across the world. MDeC will share on how your business can harness the potential of open source in 's ICT and Multimedia Industry through partnerships with the government and private sector.
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Security and Identity Management: Keeping Your Business Safe
Security tops the list of concerns for IT administrators. Hackers are creating bugs faster than software fixes can debut. Security intrusion is increasingly difficult to prevent. How does open source address security and identity management, two key challenges facing Linux users and traditional software users alike? Why do experts think open source is more secure even when the set of technologies and codes are equally accessible by your best friends and enemies at the same time? This session will provide an overview of open source projects and technologies employed at all layers of a security infrastructure, addressing issues ranging from identity and access management to application, network, and kernel-level operating system protections. Learn how Security Enhanced- Linux available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 can keep your business safe.
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Solving Real Business Problems: Virtualisation
Emerging technologies often stem from the need to address the challenges of their users. Virtualisation, a technology created a few decades ago, has become an enterprise requirement today. With this session, gain insight into how Red Hat's virtualisation platform can reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for enterprise computing infrastructure by improving system utilisation; maintain operational agility through scalability in the management of hardware and software, and enhance security through continuous availability. Companies, can benefit from enhanced security through server failure isolation avoiding the domino effect of multiple server crashes, enjoy the ability for development, staging and testing and also stand to gain from cost effective client management. This session also looks into the Xen project, planned for inclusion in the future release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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Unix to Linux Migration Best Practices
Let us take you through the Unix to Linux migration process from the initial planning to the migration of the operating system, platform, application and database. This session outlines factors to be considered when planning a Red Hat Enterprise Linux migration.
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Technical Sessions
Building Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture Using JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS)
This highly technical presentation centers on why and how software has to be delivered as a service rather than an isolated installation. As uniformity of business and maintenance is becoming more complex, enterprises need to implement a Service Bus with services that can be attached and detached, addressed like any objects and with well defined and sufficiently granulated messages for interaction. At this session, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) will be discussed with real life examples. The current state and the roadmap of the JBoss Enterprise Service Bus will also be unveiled as well as the know-how of creating the Enterprise Service Fabric.
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Cluster Infrastructure with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
This session provides an overview of Red Hat high-availability products. Topics include the architecture and components of Red Hat Cluster Suite and Red Hat Global File System, as well as a performance overview of the Global File System in comparison with Ext3 and raw devices. The presenter will walk through the implementation of Red Hat Cluster Suite in the Shared Storage Model.
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Migrating to a Robust and Scalable Database
This session will provide an overview of Oracle Migration Workbench and Oracle Database XE. Oracle Migration Workbench is a tool that enables migration of the entire database schema, including triggers and stored procedures, in an integrated environment. The presentation will demonstrate how this tool is deployed to migrate a non-Oracle database and the benefits and limitations of Oracle Database XE.
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Oracle-Red Hat LEAP Program for ISVs
Established to grow the ecosystem of Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and System Integrators (Sis) delivering solutions on Linux, the Linux Enterprise Application Porting (LEAP) centre is the first joint Oracle and Red Hat Linux solution centre in the world. Find out more about the objectives, services and benefits that the LEAP centre provides.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Roadmap
Find out what's new and exciting in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux product line. The presentation will give an overview of the latest features and hardware support that have been added to the updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. Get a preview of the major feature enhancements planned for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The audience will have an opportunity to give their feedback on enhancements for consideration in upcoming releases.
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Red Hat Services
Enterprises rely on Information Technology for their business operations. Knowledge, support and advice are critical elements to deliver desired business results. Red Hat Services is the leading provider of Linux services, focusing on three key services areas: Global Professional Services, Global Learning Services and Global Support Services. Learn why Red Hat's Linux certification programmes are sought after in the industry.
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Security Metrics: A Year of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 reached its first anniversary in February this year. The speaker will look at the state of security for the first year, including metrics, key vulnerabilities, and the most common ways users were affected by security issues. The session will look at best practices that minimises the impact of security issues and also take a look at how Red Hat security innovations like ExecShield and SELinux fares.
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The Malaysian Public Sector Open Source Software Initiative: The Progress So Far
The first phase of the Malaysian Public Sector Open Source Software Initiative was completed on 31 May 2006. In two and a half years, more than 30 documents were delivered, including the Open Source Software Master Plan, Implementation Guidelines, Initial Policies and Interoperability Framework. The first phase was intended to lay the foundation for successful adoption of open source software within the public sector, and initial small-scale implementation. As the second phase is due to kick-off, the presentation will review the progress so far, the challenges faced as well as the gaps identified and measures that have been taken to bridge the gaps. The speaker also give a preview of what is to come in the second phase of the initiative and beyond.
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Red Hat Developer Day
20 Questions to Ask During a Red Hat Directory Server Deployment
There are several phases to deploying a successful directory service using Red Hat Directory Server. Planning and analysis is the first phase of the directory service deployment. Here are twenty questions to help you in this analysis and planning phase for a scalable, reliable, highly available and efficient deployment of Red Hat Directory Services.
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Accountability through Proactive Vulnerability
Take a look at how Red Hat adds accountability to open source vulnerability management. The talk will explain Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) and Open Vulnerability Assessment Language (OVAL) initiatives and the Red Hat severity ranking system, and the best practices that keep machines running Red Hat products up-to-date. Explore Red Hat policies on backporting security fixes and Fedora, and how we deal with embargoed and "0-day" issues. Learn how popular open source projects find and deal with vulnerabilities.
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Developing and Deploying ERP and E-Commerce Applications using JBOSS
This presentation will talk about JBoss deployment of ERP applications and development of J2EE applications on Red Hat.
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Dogtail – Taking Your Application for a Walk
Dogtail is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) test tool and automation framework written in Python. Dogtail, an open source project from Red Hat, uses Accessibility (A11Y) technologies to communicate with desktop applications. Dogtail scripts are written in Python and executed like any other Python programmes. It uses dynamic discovery of accessible application elements at run-time. The session would introduce you to Automated GUI testing with Dogtail and the modules available. There will be demonstrations of features available and the prototype of features yet to be implemented.
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Dynamic Linux Kernel Instrumentation with SystemTap
SystemTap allows developers and administrators to write and reuse simple scripts for deep examination of live Linux system activities. Data may be extracted, filtered, and summarised quickly and safely to enable diagnoses of complex performance or functional problems. This talk will introduce the SystemTap tool, how it works and the problems it addresses. Experience the SystemTap scripting language with several increasingly complex live demonstrations during the session.
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Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture with JBoss Enterprise Service Bus
At this session, the speaker will show the audience how to put together an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) using JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite (JEMS). Software can be delivered as a service rather than an isolated installation. As business uniformity and maintenance have become more complex, the implementation of a Service Bus across the enterprise with services that can be attached and detached, addressed like any objects, and with well defined and sufficiently granulated messages for interaction, is a viable option. The presentation delves into the goals and requirements of ESB with case studies, the state and roadmap of JBoss ESB. The speaker will also discuss the features of products that are part of JEMS and how these features work together to provide the Enterprise Service Fabric.
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Frysk
The goal of the Frysk project is to create an intelligent, distributed, always-on system monitoring and debugging tool that allows GNU/Linux developers and system administrators to monitor running processes and threads including creation and destruction events. Frysk can monitor the use of locking primitives, expose deadlocks, gather data and debug any given process by either choosing it from a list or by accepting Frysk's offer to open a source code or other window on a process that is in the process of crashing or that has been misbehaving in certain user-definable ways. This talk will provide an overview of Frysk architecture and how it can be applied to real world problems.
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Fun with Kickstart
Installation or redeployment of systems is often a time consuming affair. System administrators, even developers, spent a lot of time setting up systems, configuring them as part of the organisation's standard operating environment. Red Hat has built upon Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the leading platform for open source computing, features that allow systems provisioning and system configuration via scripts. Find out how you can save hours by automating the installation and configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux through KickStart.
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Libvirt: The Virtualisation Library
Libvirt is the virtualisation library used in Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 to isolate applications from rapid changes happening in virtualisation technologies. This session will cover the goals, status and the future of the project as well as the libvirt architecture. There will also be a tour of the API.
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libxml2 and libxslt: The Versatile XML Toolkit
This presentation will cover libxml2, the XML processing toolkit, focusing on the various specifications from W3C implemented with short and concrete examples. The presentation will also include topics such as XML and HTML parsers; validation DTD; Relax-NG and Schemas; XPath and XSLT transformations, and XInclude and XML Base support.
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Linux on the Desktop
The presentation will discuss the current desktop and laptop usage patterns within the public sector as well as the barriers to Linux adoption. A tour of Malaysian e-Government applications and limitations with regards to interoperability will be conducted to put forth the speaker's arguments on the challenges facing the adoption of Linux on the desktop. The speaker will also explore technical approaches to overcome the challenges from two angles: a build-from-scratch approach and a modify-and-adapt approach.
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Lower Your Datacentre Cost With Linux Migration
Linux has emerged as a credible alternative to Unix system deployments, particularly for datacentre infrastructure workloads at businesses, governmental organisations, and universities. As Linux draws on many of the same utilities and applications used in Unix, the similarities of these two environments enable a smoother path of migration from Unix to Linux. IT managers when making server solutions choices are interested in low capital cost alternatives such as Linux servers. IT organisations today are being pressed to freeze or reduce their annual budgets for new hardware, software, maintenance and operations, and personnel costs. In the case of Unix/RISC servers, customers are open to more economical alternatives for the necessary capabilities and performance. Increasingly customers are finding the solutions in the form x86 servers, paying significant attention to Linux solutions. The strong growth in this market segment is in turn accelerating the industry’s acceptance of new suppliers and new technologies.
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One Laptop Per Child
Diverse commercial interests, MIT professors, and open source hackers make strange bedfellows in One Laptop Per Child, the humanitarian project to put laptops into the hands of millions of kids around the world. Join us to discuss the challenges and opportunities inherent with the One Laptop Per Child project, and find out what Red Hat is doing to change the world, one child at a time.
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Red Hat 108: Contribute. Collaborate.
Open source developers now have a playground to share resources, build and fetch codes, find and meet fellow developers, interact and learn about Red Hat's partners and products. 108, an open source developer community website, hosts different communities focusing on people, product and news complete, with their own mailing lists, discussion forums and subversion from programming code version and control. During this presentation, learn how you can benefit from the Red Hat 108 portal to contribute and collaborate with the open source community.
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Red Hat Cluster Suite: Low-cost High Availability for Enterprise Applications
For applications that require maximum uptime, a Red Hat Enterprise Linux cluster with Red Hat Cluster Suite is the answer. Specifically designed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Cluster Suite provides two distinct types of clustering:
- Application/Service Failover - Create n-node server clusters for failover of key applications and services
- IP Load Balancing - Load balance incoming IP network requests across a farm of servers
With Red Hat Cluster Suite, applications can be deployed in high availability configurations so that they are always operational—bringing "scale-out" capabilities to enterprise Linux deployments. For high-volume open source applications, such as NFS, Samba, and Apache, Red Hat Cluster Suite provides a complete ready-to-use failover solution. For most other applications, customers can create custom failover scripts using provided templates. Red Hat Professional Services can provide custom Red Hat Cluster Suite deployment services where required.
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Red Hat Desktop: Past, Present & Future
Red Hat Desktop has come of age and is a viable option for organisations that demand productivity and compatibility within the enterprise. This session will review the prerequisites needed to introduce a new desktop operating system into the enterprise. It will also explain why the Red Hat Desktop succeeds in the areas of group collaboration, document exchange, security, host management, usability and support. The speaker will also cover the direction where Red Hat Desktop will be heading.
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Red Hat Satellite: Management, Monitoring and Deployment
Systems management has always been a challenge for administrators in large deployments. With Red Hat Network, the task is simplified with management, monitoring and provisioning features. Management tasks such as system grouping, monitoring of application level services as well as bare metal provisioning would be covered in this presentation.
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Reducing the Costs of Management with Stateless Linux
Historically, administrators of large and uniform deployments have faced many difficulties in managing their deployments. With Stateless Linux, the configuration and content are divorced from the physical machine. Gain insights into how these features may be expanded in future releases and how these features will appear in the next version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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RPM Package Manager (RPM) Best Practices – Making Software Distribution Easy and Predictable
This presentation will discuss the benefits, best practices, myths and misconceptions of cover packaging software with the RPM Package Manager tool. There will also be a demonstration of binary and source RPMS, and sharing of a few advanced tricks that can help in maintaining software. This talk aims to create awareness on how potentially simple it is to create and maintain RPM.
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Security-Enhanced Linux for Administrators
Developed by the National Security Agency, Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) enforces mandatory access control policies with the purpose of confining user programmes and system servers to the minimum amount of privilege in order to run. Compared to traditional discretionary access control methods, SELinux reduces the risk and damage which may arise from a compromised machine. The speaker will share on SELinux administration with examples of SELinux deployments with Apache.
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Security Enhancements in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Bugs in programmes are unavoidable. Programmes developed using C and C++ are especially in danger. Find out how improvements in Red Hat Enterprise Linux can help to reduce and eradicate the damage from bugs.
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Xen and the State of Open Source Virtualisation
The advent of virtualisation for commodity systems delivers the ability to lower costs by improving system utilisation and adding flexibility in the management of hardware and software. This session will delve into the current state of the Xen project, and its inclusion in Fedora Core and the future release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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