Eclipse: An Open Source solution for application development: Eclipse is a kind of universal tool platform - an open extensible IDE for anything and nothing in particular. The Eclipse consortium includes over 40 leading firms in the IT industry including IBM, Hitachi, Micro Focus, Oracle and SAP. The original Eclipse code base was contributed by IBM and Eclipse is the core of IBM's WebSphere application development tools. Find out what Elipse is all about by attending this session where a member of the Eclipse development team at the IBM Ottawa Lab will discuss what Eclipse is being used today and future plans.
Linux in High Performance Computing and Grids: IBM Canada Ltd. High Performance Computing (HPC) unleashes massive amounts of computational power to run increasingly complex scientific and engineering applications. Grid computing enables the virtualization of distributed computing and data resources to create a single system image, users and applications seamless access to vast IT capabilities. In both of these areas Linux is becoming the dominant operating environment. This presentaiton will provide an overview of these technologies and how Linux is used and will also review implementations in Canada.
Panel Discussion featuring Forrester Research, a Linux Partner and a Linux Customer: Open forum with Forrester Research, Business Partners and a Linux customer. Q&A session regarding their views and experiences with Linux.
Delivering Business Capabilities Through Open Source Software on Linux: Today's businesses require systems and processes that deliver world-class capabilities. Software Solutions running on Linux can deliver what you need...from transaction systems, data management, messaging and e-mail to integrated enterprise management. This session will cover how Open Source Software and IBM solutions running on Linux can help you implement a solution that creates integrated, scalable infrastructures to support e-business applications with an affordable TCO.
Integration in Today's World of e-business on demand: Governments that wish to become flexible, efficient, client-centric organizations today must integrate their applications, databases and processes to respond with speed and efficiency to citizen/client demands, and market opportunity. Linux® and IBM can provide you with the ability to easily integrate components into your infrastructure and expand how they serve you and your customers' on demand business needs.
Server Consolidation with Linux: Find out first hand how your company can reduce total cost of ownership, increase efficiency and enhance performance with an IBM Linux Server Consolidation Solution. Flexible, reliable, secure and highly cost-effective, Linux is truly a game-changing technology and Consolidation enabler across the IBM eServer and TotalStorage product line. This session will focus on the importance and true business value of Linux and the IBM eServer & TotalStorage consolidation solutions that can help simplify and optimize the IT infrastructure by reducing costs, increasing efficiencies and accelerating the adoption of the on-demand business model. Interested in seeing a powerful business case for investment in major infrastructure consolidation and integration efforts? Areas of solution opportunity can now be identified fairly easily by broad type of server workload function. This session will also highlight 3 to 4 real, but disguised, IBM consultant led case studies completed in the last 18 months that demonstrate how major savings can be achieved in specific situations with Linux – each based on real financial data and realistic cost allocations.
Solving the Security Puzzle: In today's increasingly wired and increasingly vulnerable world, security tops the list of CIO's concerns. This concern is no longer limited to CIOs either. Citizens demand eGovernment solutions yet want full assurance that their personal information is handled securely and confidentially. Public officials relying on Linux for robust and economic eGovernment solutions should attend this workshop to learn how to ensure eGovernment solutions are secure as well as rich, reliable, and cost effective. Learn the common Linux security threats and learn how IBM Tivoli can assist organizations in securing themselves against these threats.
Linux on the desktop: In this session, we will discuss development trends to make the case that the Linux desktop is maturing and is ready for several market segments. We will see a demo of what can be done on the Linux desktop today.
