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Mark Taylor & Duncan Gibb - Sirius Corporation

How does OSS stack up?

OSS software is often seen as the gaffer tape to cover the cracks in an organisation's proprietary infrastructure.

However, if OSS is to become a viable alternative for the enterprise it must be integrated and promoted as an end-to-end stack that can fulfill every business function.

Sirius' talk will consist of a broad technology stack comparison of leading vendor brands MS, Sun and IBM with Open Source.

• What's the reality of OSS usage in the market? e.g. development tool-chains and environments, rip and replace in specific areas that have become commoditised etc.
• Why is the concept of the stack so important to the enterprise?
• How can Open Source steal a march on proprietary brands?
• Case studies