London, 16th June 2009

Why Attend?

Join us for the most extensive forum in Open Source technology.

Come and learn about some of the latest Open Source trends and technologies, get access to new best practices, and gain insight into the practical and pragmatic perspectives on the most business critical issues facing you today.

  • Engage with the experts
    Throughout the day , you will have the opportunity to meet with all vendor experts present. One to one sessions are available for you to book prior to the event or meet with the experts at the vendor booths.
  • Gain the latest industry perspective
    Meet customers who successfully leverage Open Source Technologies for mission critical applications and services. This is your opportunity to interact with customers from Red Hat, Alfresco, Ingres, MySQL...who have already joined the Open Source Community.
  • Connect and collaborate
    Join us in the Open Source forum and become part of the Open Source Community. You will be kept informed on any future events organised by our strategic vendors and will have the opportunity to discuss further any Open Source project relevant to your day to day business.
  • Hands-on information and demonstrations
    Discover products and services offered by our hosting vendors.

Take advantage of the special offers available ONLY for registered attendees:

Win one of 12 FREE seats on 2 day course RHM355: Open Source for IT Leaders (worth 960 EUR)

The challenges faced in the modern datacenter are driving IT leaders to find new ways to reduce total cost of ownership and improve return on investment. In Open Source For IT Leaders, you will learn how open source can help solve real IT problems, and how to implement solutions based around Red Hat's Open Source Architecture.

To enter the draw please email training-uk@redhat.com with the following information: (you need to register to the conference before entering the draw)

  1. Your name, job title, company, email and telephone contact details
  2. Why you would like to win a free seat on the course Open Source for IT Leaders

NB: The free course will be run as one course in the Red Hat Baker Street location at a date of Red Hat's discretion. One entrant per company. Course participants are responsible for their travel and accommodation required to attend this course.


Win a FREE half-day Open Source Consultancy Technical Workshop (worth 3000 EUR)

Limited to 10 workshops, includes a journey through the value of Open Source solutions from Red hat and other open source vendors presented by our technical experts Benefits:

  • The customer has the possibility to ask questions at his own site on Open Source solutions in general, not just Red Hat
  • The customer learns examples of how other customers in his industry have saved money through open source solutions
  • The greatest value is in the knowledge and experience of our experts
  • The offer comprises a profession advisory session for customers that would like to move to Open Source but who are not sure what requirements they need to set and the questions they should ask of vendors
  • There is no appraisal onsite, this is customised with only one customer at a time focusing on their questions about their infrastructure

To be entered into the draw to win one of 10 Free Open Source Consultancy Technical Workshop please email sso-emea@redhat.com by 16th June with the following information:

  1. Your name, job title, company, email and telephone contact details
  2. Why your company should win a free half-day Open Source Consultancy Technical Workshop

Target audience:
  • To truly benefit from such a workshop the customer would have to make available 3-4 people, at least 1of whom should be technical IT management, 1 business, 1 internal customer of their internal IT services
  • The goal of the engagement will be for the customer to have a clear understanding of the benefits, risks and efforts involved with undertaking an open source strategy
  • Companies who are actively looking at a specific project where they wish to investigate the benefits of moving to Open Source technology, e.g presently using Windows or Unix and want to move to Linux OR
  • Where the company has made the strategic decision to employ Open Source technology in their environment due to cost constraints, requirement for better performance or standardisation