CEO of GroundWork Open Source Solutions to Speak at LinuxWorld San Francisco 2005; Industry Veteran Will Discuss Emergence of Integrated Open Source Applications.EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- GroundWork Open Source Solutions, Inc., a leader in open source IT management solutions, announced that its CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. -- Ranga Rangachari -- will speak at LinuxWorld San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden 2005 on the emergence of integrated open source applications on Tuesday, August 9th at 10:15 am. GroundWork develops, integrates and enhances best-of-breed open source software to deliver comprehensive open source IT monitoring solutions that improve IT infrastructure availability and performance -- at a fraction of the cost of commercial software. Rangachari will speak about how open source developers are pioneering a development approach that focuses on constructing enterprise-ready open source applications by integrating diverse open source software into comprehensive enterprise solutions. This approach reflects a new trend in open source development -- the shift from single products to enhanced, composite applications In computing, the term composite application expresses a perspective of software engineering that defines an application built by combining multiple services. People often compare composite applications to mashups. . New companies are integrating open source components into various certified and supported application stacks The set of applications typically required by an organization. A typical "enterprise" application stack would include the basic office functions (word processing, spreadsheet, database, etc.), as well as a Web browser and e-mail and instant messaging programs. that aim to address enterprise customers' need for more "finished" open source products. Rangachari has over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and general management for software companies. Prior to joining GroundWork, he was CEO and founder of Invio Software, a leading provider of software to automate and control enterprise data storage operations acquired by Veritas in 2004. Previously, he spent 11 years at Legato (Legato Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA, www.legato.com) A leading provider of storage management and high-availability software founded in 1988 and acquired by EMC Corporation in 2003. Legato software, including Celestra data management (data mining, data migration, etc. Systems, a leader in enterprise storage management acquired by EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. in 2003, where he held senior management positions in sales, product management and strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. .
Who: Ranga Rangachari, CEO, GroundWork Open Source Solutions
What: The Emergence of Integrated Open Source Applications
When: August 9th, 2005, 10:15 - 11:30 am
Where: LinuxWorld San Francisco 2005, The Moscone Center,
San Francisco, Room 2005
About GroundWork GroundWork Open Source Solutions, Inc. (www.itgroundwork.com) provides open source-based IT operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. software such as network and systems monitoring and IT dashboards. With GroundWork solutions, enterprises leverage the flexibility and low cost of open source to achieve enterprise-level availability, performance and operational efficiency at a fraction of the cost of traditional software. Based in Emeryville, CA, GroundWork investors include Mayfield and Canaan Partners. |
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