Crossing the SOA 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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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 will 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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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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AMD, 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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Architectural and Security Considerations in Deploying Open Source
The secret of success for deploying open source infrastructures in the financial service industry is thorough planning. The speaker will share his experience in open source deployment as the IT manager for Rabobank. He will speak on the factors for justification, selection and implementation of open source technology in THE mission critical financial services environment.
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Directing Development Dollars - Effecting Business Control of Software Projects
Developing complex systems is hard enough - managing it need not be. What is the best approach for better communications between project sponsors and developers building systems? This session explores open source technologies that can help businesses present their goals in a clear way that the development arm can execute smoothly. HeadWest will show executives and developers the consolidation of requirements, project planning and configuration management into a single system.
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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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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 and Red Hat LEAP Centre
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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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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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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Deploying a Virtual Infrastructure Using Xen
Open source virtualisation is maturing and moving rapidly into the enterprise space. This talk looks at the deployment of virtual machines as part of the enterprise infrastructure to reduce Total Cost of Ownership(TCO), improve utilisation and ultimately provide greater value to the customer.
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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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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 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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Unix to Linux Migration: Tips and Tricks
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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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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