Computerworld's Open Source Business Conference 2010, San Francisco

Recession fears have been good to open source, with tight budgets leading to increased adoption and more open source-enabled applications. But cost containment is just one of many attributes fueling the continued rise of open source technologies. As companies like General Electric, Google, and Goldman Sachs can prove, open source has gone well beyond cost-cutting to become an exceptional way to boost productivity and increase innovation. In fact, open source is quickly becoming an essential ingredient for building next-generation Web applications in ways not possible with proprietary software. OSBC 2010 will reveal the latest strategies for leveraging open source for competitive advantage.

• Enterprise Success Stories. Winning strategies for building applications and services using open source software.
• Open Source as Cost Cutter and Innovator. Compelling examples of how open source is shaving enterprise costs without sacrificing product quality.
• Beyond Linux. Leading-edge journeys of moving beyond Linux to the next generation of open-source infrastructure and applications.
• Lessons Learned. How Web 2.0/open source companies like Google use proprietary services to drive revenue.
• Legal Updates. Navigating the legal waters as open source shifts to customer-facing Web services.