2010-02-04T17:48:17-05:00

Nicole

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2010-02-04T17:48:16-05:00

Director of Open Source Education, ByWater Solutions

2010-02-26T23:42:25-05:00

Nicole Engard

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2010-01-26T14:11:46-05:00

Open source is a commercial enterprise?

2010-02-17T12:14:26-05:00

Management

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<p>Firefox, Linux, apache and php are so ubiquitous they’re often overlooked as open source. Many consider open source to be mainstream. And yet, some organizations are still assessing risks. Open source solutions are competitive – even dominant – in a number of IT product areas. Open source offerings are covering more vertical solution spaces and covering them well. Cost savings is a strong motivation, but far from the only selection criteria. Perhaps the real concern at this point should be the risk in not adopting open source. For those already comfortable on the bandwagon, what’s next? Open source, Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud computing are all evolving and intertwined making for some interesting implications. Please join our panel of advocates and experts for a lively, interactive discussion on the value and future of open source in the enterprise.</p> <p>Nicole C. Engard is the Director of Open Source Education at ByWater Solutions. In addition to her daily responsibilities, Nicole has been published in several library journals and keeps the library community up to date on web technologies via her website <a href="http://www.web2learning.net">“What I Learned Today…”</a>. In 2007, Nicole was named one of Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers and in 2009 she was the editor of “Library Mashups,” a book published by Information Today, Inc. Her experience in open source software started with the Koha integrated library system, for which she is now the Documentation Manager and trainer at ByWater. In 2010 she will publish a book on open source software for libraries.</p>