Your chance to engage in a live text chat with IT industry celebrities, your favorite Network World columnists and other newsmakers.
Peters can answer your questions about the open-source movement, reality versus hype, managing open source tools and anything else about the software world you want to discuss. Peters is co-founder of the non-profit GNOME Foundation and director of community and partner programs for OpenLogic. OpenLogic offers management tools for enterprise-class open source software. Prior to her role at OpenLogic, Peters founded and managed HP's Open Source Program Office and helped establish its Linux division. "I'm someone who thinks open source software is changing the way software works - bringing better technology solutions to us all faster," she writes in her blog.
2 - 3 p.m. ET, Wednesday, May 28
Crimeware: understanding new attacks and defenses, with authors Markus Jakobsson and Zulfikar Ramzan
Join internationally acclaimed security scientists and authors Markus Jakobsson and Zulfikar Ramzan where they will answer your questions about advanced IT threats. Some of the spooky new tools financially motivated attackers are using today include rootkits, bot networks, spyware, adware and click fraud. But you can learn to protect your networks. Markus Jakobsson is a principal scientist at Palo Alto Research Center, and a co-founder of RavenWhite Inc and Extricatus LLC, with previous experience at RSA Labs, Bell Labs and various universities. (He also helps write the popular cartoon series, SecurityCartoon). Zulfikar Ramzan is a senior principal security researcher with Symantec Advanced Threat Research. He has co-authored over 30 published research papers and holds over 15 patent applications. PLUS, attendees of the chat will be eligible to win one of 10 copies of the authors' latest book Crimeware: understanding new attacks and defenses (published April 6).
2 - 3 P.M. ET, Tuesday, June 10
Enterprise technology trends IT departments cant afford to ignore with John Hagel and Eric Openshaw
Two of the industry's most notable visionaries will be available to answer your questions about the IT trends changing your network (and ultimately your job). Topics will include: Offshoring and outsourcing -- what does every IT person need to know? Common cost-savings misconceptions where should IT look to save money? Green IT -- is it just a buzzword or can it be implemented with verifiable business and ecological benefits? Software vendor consolidation what happens to users as vendors merge? Social media -- how the exponential use of social media/online communities will impact the enterprise. John Hagel (pictured left) is co-chairman of the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation and author of the best selling series Net Gain, Net Worth, Out of the Box and The Only Sustainable Edge. He will be joined by another highly sought-after speaker, 30-year industry veteran (and former Oracle vice president) Eric Openshaw (pictured right). Openshaw is a principal with Deloitte's Technology, Media & Entertainment, and Telecommunications Group.
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