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02/14/2007,
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
 | Bruce SchneierFounder and Chief Technical Officer, Counterpane Internet Security, Inc.
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Surveying current
trends in information security, it's clear that a myriad of forces
are at work. But fundamentally, security is all about economics: both
attacker and defender are trying to maximize the return on their
investments. Economics can both explain why security fails so often,
and offer new solutions for security success. For example, often the
people who could protect a system are not the ones who suffer the
costs of failure. Changing those economic incentives will do more to
improve security than more technology.
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02/15/2007,
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Thirteen years of open collaboration. Thousands of the best minds in software engineering working together, worldwide. A unifying conviction that the best ideas emerge from cooperation and peer review. Put it all together, and you have today's Linux operating system. To prove the enterprise Linux concept, the company has adopted Linux as a preferred platform for its own data center and end-user desktops. Debra will share how Novell made that migration and what was learned. Open Source is often perceived as only Linux. There are also boundless opportunities to IT departments that look beyond that.
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02/15/2007,
03:45 PM - 04:45 PM
 | Randy AllenCorporate Vice President, Advanced Micro Devices, AMD.
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For many of us in the technology world, Linux represents the concept of open collaboration. The open-source movement revolutionized IT by creating enduring models for technological innovation. Today, IT managers who are expected to leverage innovative solutions that deliver competitive advantage are also increasingly squeezed by pressure to reduce data center costs. Can the open model that Linux fostered address these competing pressures? Randy Allen will discuss the implications of an open and collaborative approach to technology innovation, using industry examples to demonstrate how IT managers today can best benefit by open vendor approaches to developing innovative data center solutions.
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