2000 VM and VSE Technical Conference - Abstracts
26-28 June 2000
IBM International Education Center
LaHulpe, Belgium
1B6 Linux and the Next Generation of e-business
Abstract:
The e-business phenomenon, representing a fundamental transformation of our worldwide economy, has only begun! An on-slaught of unprecedented business innovation, tremendous advances in technology and the adoption of open standards is driving the emergence of the next generation of e-business. Inherent in the next generation internet is the ability to easily integrated disparate people, business processes and IT infrastructures, based on an open, secure and highly dynamic internet application platform.
The rapid emergence of Linux and its truly open business model, will drive the next level of value around this open internet application platform. Linux's potential to deliver a completely vendor-neutral application development platform, coupled with value of complementary standards such as Java, XML and CORBA, has attract significant market attention and commitment. Please join us to investigate where Linux stand now vis a vis e-business, what the future may hold and IBM's vision for how Linux plays in the next generation of e-business.
Speaker Bio. Mark Cathcart is technology strategist to the IBM Corporate Technology Marketing team where he has responsibility for Linux, Open Source, Java and XML. Previously, he was Principal Consultant for OS/390 New Technology inc. Java, EJB, Component Software, e-business et al. and prior to that Mark was Senior Consultant in the IBM Europe VM Technical Support team, he is a knight of VM, "Sir Mark the VMSES Safari guide". Mark is a member of the S/390 Software Design Council and an IBM UK Technical Staff Member.
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