Pentaho Board Member Larry Augustin to Speak at Government Open Source Convention.Open Source Luminary to Discuss Open Source Community-Building at GOSCON GOSCON Government Open Source Conference 2006 ORLANDO Orlando, city, United States Orlando (ôrlăn`dō), city (1990 pop. 164,693), seat of Orange co., central Fla., in a lake region; inc. 1875. In a citrus fruit and farm area, it is one of the world's most visited vacation spots. , Fla. -- Pentaho Corp., creator of the world's most popular open source business intelligence (BI) suite, today announced that Pentaho Board of Directors member Larry Augustin Larry Augustin is a venture capitalist and the the former chairman of VA Software, now known as SourceForge, Inc.. He founded VA Research, the predecessor to that company, in 1993 while a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering at Stanford University. will be presenting on the topic of "Building Online Open Source Communities" at GOSCON 2006 in Portland, Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. . A successful entrepreneur entrepreneur (än'trəprənûr`) [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. , founder of VA Software, and active member of Pentaho's board since 2005, Mr. Augustin brings the unique perspective of someone intimately familiar with the open source software development model. Mr. Augustin is widely credited as having helped coin the term "open source", and was an early pioneer in the mainstreaming of open source software at VA Software, the company behind Slashdot.org and Sourceforge.net. Every day, more and more government organizations are turning to open source alternatives for numerous reasons including better security and reliability, lower total cost of ownership, and easier integration into IT infrastructures. State, local, and federal agencies are leveraging open source technology to improve citizen service and drive greater operational efficiencies. Mr. Augustin's presentation is currently scheduled for Friday, October 13 at 9:45 am pacific daylight time. For more information on GOSCON 2006, see www.goscon.com For more information on Larry Augustin, see www.lmaugustin.com . For more information on Pentaho, see www.pentaho.org . About Pentaho Pentaho provides a full spectrum of open source Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities including reporting, analysis, dashboards, data mining, data integration, and a BI platform that have made it the world's most popular open source BI suite. Formed by a highly experienced team of industry veterans, Pentaho's mission is to bring innovative, high quality technology and professional support to the BI market. Pentaho uses a revolutionary approach to development, distribution and support made possible by an open source business model. Pentaho is the primary sponsor and owner of popular open source projects including JFreeReport, Kettle kettle, oval depression found in glacial moraines, which are landforms made up of rock debris. When a glacier melts and draws away from an area, a block of ice may break off and be covered by earth and rock. , Mondrian, and Weka. Pentaho's technologies support a wide range of business initiatives from sales and profitability analysis, customer analysis, HR reporting, Financial reporting, KPI KPI Key Performance Indicator KPI Kuwait Petroleum International KPI Kiev Polytechnic Institute (Ukraine) KPI Kernel Programming Interface KPI King Pin Inclination (vehicle steering geometry angle) dashboards, Supply Chain analytics, and operational reporting. |
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